Talk:3212: Little Red Dots - Revision history

81.179.199.253 at 18:44, 9 March 2026

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138.51.66.12 at 15:36, 9 March 2026

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Xkdvd at 19:38, 27 February 2026

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160.39.41.199 at 18:27, 27 February 2026

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82.13.184.33 at 10:03, 27 February 2026

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2600:8807:2180:4B00:B947:5804:53D5:72E2: Noting the mis-spelling of vermilion

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Noting the mis-spelling of vermilion

136.226.55.1: added "nits or haemovore ticks" comment

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added "nits or haemovore ticks" comment

81.179.199.253 at 19:22, 26 February 2026

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82.132.236.204 at 18:54, 26 February 2026

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82.132.236.204 at 18:52, 26 February 2026

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	Are we sure the title-text isn't a reference to the Big Red Dot on Jupiter? [[Special:Contributions/138.51.66.12\|138.51.66.12]] 15:36, 9 March 2026 (UTC)		Are we sure the title-text isn't a reference to the Big Red Dot on Jupiter? [[Special:Contributions/138.51.66.12\|138.51.66.12]] 15:36, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
		+	:As it doesn't have a "planetary scientist" wading in to say what ''they'' think it looks like (it's {{w\|Great Red Spot\|Great Red ''Spot''}}, BTW)... frankly, no. I honestly don't think it can be, because looking at Jupiter's red spot/dot is going to show at least some of the rest of Jupiter, not blank-black image with ''other'' spots (equally as 'great') dotred around. It's about (or refering to) just what actually ''is'' the 'little red dots' in JWST images, plus the various things that the misplaced experts are creatively misinterpreting them as. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 18:44, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

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	Isn't there a similar xkcd from some time ago, also about asking the opinion of various people, most of whose opinions are comically off-base and relevant only to their profession? I can't remember anything else, but it might be worth finding and linking. [[Special:Contributions/160.39.41.199\|160.39.41.199]] 18:27, 27 February 2026 (UTC)		Isn't there a similar xkcd from some time ago, also about asking the opinion of various people, most of whose opinions are comically off-base and relevant only to their profession? I can't remember anything else, but it might be worth finding and linking. [[Special:Contributions/160.39.41.199\|160.39.41.199]] 18:27, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
	:I'll add that to the explanation. [[User:Xkdvd\|Xkdvd]] ([[User talk:Xkdvd\|talk]]) 19:38, 27 February 2026 (UTC)		:I'll add that to the explanation. [[User:Xkdvd\|Xkdvd]] ([[User talk:Xkdvd\|talk]]) 19:38, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	Are we sure the title-text isn't a reference to the Big Red Dot on Jupiter? [[Special:Contributions/138.51.66.12\|138.51.66.12]] 15:36, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

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	Isn't there a similar xkcd from some time ago, also about asking the opinion of various people, most of whose opinions are comically off-base and relevant only to their profession? I can't remember anything else, but it might be worth finding and linking. [[Special:Contributions/160.39.41.199\|160.39.41.199]] 18:27, 27 February 2026 (UTC)		Isn't there a similar xkcd from some time ago, also about asking the opinion of various people, most of whose opinions are comically off-base and relevant only to their profession? I can't remember anything else, but it might be worth finding and linking. [[Special:Contributions/160.39.41.199\|160.39.41.199]] 18:27, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
		+	:I'll add that to the explanation. [[User:Xkdvd\|Xkdvd]] ([[User talk:Xkdvd\|talk]]) 19:38, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

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	A rare typo in an xkcd comic! That pesky second L peoplewant to add to "vermilion" strikes again! [[Special:Contributions/2600:8807:2180:4B00:B947:5804:53D5:72E2\|2600:8807:2180:4B00:B947:5804:53D5:72E2]] 00:09, 27 February 2026 (UTC)		A rare typo in an xkcd comic! That pesky second L peoplewant to add to "vermilion" strikes again! [[Special:Contributions/2600:8807:2180:4B00:B947:5804:53D5:72E2\|2600:8807:2180:4B00:B947:5804:53D5:72E2]] 00:09, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
	:It's not really a typo. 'Vermillion' is an accepted alternative spelling. It derives from an Anglo-French word that did have a double-l, so arguably the single-l spelling, while now more common, was originally the 'mistake'. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 10:03, 27 February 2026 (UTC)		:It's not really a typo. 'Vermillion' is an accepted alternative spelling. It derives from an Anglo-French word that did have a double-l, so arguably the single-l spelling, while now more common, was originally the 'mistake'. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 10:03, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	Isn't there a similar xkcd from some time ago, also about asking the opinion of various people, most of whose opinions are comically off-base and relevant only to their profession? I can't remember anything else, but it might be worth finding and linking. [[Special:Contributions/160.39.41.199\|160.39.41.199]] 18:27, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

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	A rare typo in an xkcd comic! That pesky second L peoplewant to add to "vermilion" strikes again! [[Special:Contributions/2600:8807:2180:4B00:B947:5804:53D5:72E2\|2600:8807:2180:4B00:B947:5804:53D5:72E2]] 00:09, 27 February 2026 (UTC)		A rare typo in an xkcd comic! That pesky second L peoplewant to add to "vermilion" strikes again! [[Special:Contributions/2600:8807:2180:4B00:B947:5804:53D5:72E2\|2600:8807:2180:4B00:B947:5804:53D5:72E2]] 00:09, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
		+	:It's not really a typo. 'Vermillion' is an accepted alternative spelling. It derives from an Anglo-French word that did have a double-l, so arguably the single-l spelling, while now more common, was originally the 'mistake'. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 10:03, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

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	:::Yes, add it if you want to. But its utility is far less than in the days when even Outlook Express (with its problematic default to "top posting", as well, which lead to a general decline in readability and good-netiquette from which we haven't really recovered) would take "<LF>-- <LF>" as a cue and tidy things up just enough to be useful. :p [[Special:Contributions/82.132.236.204\|82.132.236.204]] 18:52, 26 February 2026 (UTC)		:::Yes, add it if you want to. But its utility is far less than in the days when even Outlook Express (with its problematic default to "top posting", as well, which lead to a general decline in readability and good-netiquette from which we haven't really recovered) would take "<LF>-- <LF>" as a cue and tidy things up just enough to be useful. :p [[Special:Contributions/82.132.236.204\|82.132.236.204]] 18:52, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
	::::And don't forget the security implications of top-posting... (Not that this was your point, but it was another problem with OE/Outlook/everything that followed and also switched everything topsy-turvy like that...) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 19:22, 26 February 2026 (UTC)		::::And don't forget the security implications of top-posting... (Not that this was your point, but it was another problem with OE/Outlook/everything that followed and also switched everything topsy-turvy like that...) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 19:22, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	A rare typo in an xkcd comic! That pesky second L peoplewant to add to "vermilion" strikes again! [[Special:Contributions/2600:8807:2180:4B00:B947:5804:53D5:72E2\|2600:8807:2180:4B00:B947:5804:53D5:72E2]] 00:09, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

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 I don't know if it is "nitpicking" per se (though admittedly that is a clever pun, even though nits are generally brown and are rarely red). It could be that the graphic designer is genuinely interested in helping identify the color. [[User:Cwallenpoole|Cwallenpoole]] ([[User talk:Cwallenpoole|talk]]) 12:41, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
+:Nits? Or haemovore ticks? [[Special:Contributions/136.226.55.1|136.226.55.1]] 20:49, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
 My complements to whomever added the color dots; nicely done. -- [[User:Dtgriscom|Dtgriscom]] ([[User talk:Dtgriscom|talk]]) 12:54, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

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	:::Strictly, the "(line-feed, then) hyphen hyphen space (then line-feed)" of old (which was adopted as a marker for easily automated removal of signatures when replying/forwarding in a reply-chain) isn't really a useful thing, though. As well as being the wrong way round ("space hyphen hyphen (nospace!)", and inline preferably with ''no'' linefeeds directly before or after it, the signature (especially yours) is already fairly obvious by eye. And, because it's easy to not add it (and potentially easier ''than'' to add it, signature-button aside!), there's no convention to leave it in for the sake of some probably misguided script that ''tries'' to use it as a signature-delimitter but really would be missing so many honestly-added versions (that lack it) if that was its solidly preprogrammed expectation.		:::Strictly, the "(line-feed, then) hyphen hyphen space (then line-feed)" of old (which was adopted as a marker for easily automated removal of signatures when replying/forwarding in a reply-chain) isn't really a useful thing, though. As well as being the wrong way round ("space hyphen hyphen (nospace!)", and inline preferably with ''no'' linefeeds directly before or after it, the signature (especially yours) is already fairly obvious by eye. And, because it's easy to not add it (and potentially easier ''than'' to add it, signature-button aside!), there's no convention to leave it in for the sake of some probably misguided script that ''tries'' to use it as a signature-delimitter but really would be missing so many honestly-added versions (that lack it) if that was its solidly preprogrammed expectation.
	:::Yes, add it if you want to. But its utility is far less than in the days when even Outlook Express (with its problematic default to "top posting", as well, which lead to a general decline in readability and good-netiquette from which we haven't really recovered) would take "<LF>-- <LF>" as a cue and tidy things up just enough to be useful. :p [[Special:Contributions/82.132.236.204\|82.132.236.204]] 18:52, 26 February 2026 (UTC)		:::Yes, add it if you want to. But its utility is far less than in the days when even Outlook Express (with its problematic default to "top posting", as well, which lead to a general decline in readability and good-netiquette from which we haven't really recovered) would take "<LF>-- <LF>" as a cue and tidy things up just enough to be useful. :p [[Special:Contributions/82.132.236.204\|82.132.236.204]] 18:52, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
		+	::::And don't forget the security implications of top-posting... (Not that this was your point, but it was another problem with OE/Outlook/everything that followed and also switched everything topsy-turvy like that...) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 19:22, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

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 :::Assuming they weren't busy doing homework, or going to see a movie, or actively on a date/date-night with their spouse, or getting ready to do something like an aformentioned geeky all-nighter (probably involving cartloads of GIS data and a partially written Perl script that needs bashing into shape), or just fancied watching the TV, or had just given up on xkcd for the day (having hoped it had come out an hour or two earlier), or had even forgotten it was a Wednesday, or ...just like to visit here when 'the dust has settled' so that they only have to nitpick prior editors and not have to Edit Conflict the "created by a FIRST POST!" edits... ;)
 :::And then there's those even ''more'' adrift (across the Pacific, and all points between there and Europe) where other matters (breakfast... or oversleeping due to last night's geek-in) might take automatic precedence.
-::::Naturally, there's all kinds of people on all kinds of offsets of availability against all kinds of local timezones, but I (for one) actually had a relatively early night, due to needing to be up earlier than usual this morning. I doubt that is everyone else's reason (TZ-adjusted, etc), but there's better and worse times when it comes to chancing across a reason to fill in the original BOT-posted 'blank' Explanation, and this time it seemed to be a less servicable than it might have been. ;) [[Special:Contributions/82.132.236.204|82.132.236.204]] 18:52, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
+:::Naturally, there's all kinds of people on all kinds of offsets of availability against all kinds of local timezones, but I (for one) actually had a relatively early night, due to needing to be up earlier than usual this morning. I doubt that is everyone else's reason (TZ-adjusted, etc), but there's better and worse times when it comes to chancing across a reason to fill in the original BOT-posted 'blank' Explanation, and this time it seemed to be a less servicable than it might have been. ;) [[Special:Contributions/82.132.236.204|82.132.236.204]] 18:52, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
 :OK, we want something here? I get [https://www.google.com/search?q=clover+mites Clover Mites] a lot. On the patio table, on the deck chairs. On the car, but I fooled them this time: I got a cherry-red car. Maybe they got into the JWST? --[[User:PRR|PRR]] ([[User talk:PRR|talk]]) 05:32, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

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 ::Yeah by the amount of people who read xkcd you would think at least 100 people saw this and did not do anything for ''two hours'' [[User:Ehogin|Ehogin]] ([[User talk:Ehogin|talk]]) 04:45, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
 :::Its not a question of how many people read xkcd, its how many people use explain xkcd, and edit, and know what to put here. EDIT: forgot my signature. oops. [[User:Xkdvd|Xkdvd]] ([[User talk:Xkdvd|talk]]) 04:51, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
 :OK, we want something here? I get [https://www.google.com/search?q=clover+mites Clover Mites] a lot. On the patio table, on the deck chairs. On the car, but I fooled them this time: I got a cherry-red car. Maybe they got into the JWST? --[[User:PRR|PRR]] ([[User talk:PRR|talk]]) 05:32, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
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 :You can also press the penultimate button just above this edit textbox (between the "no-W", for temporary disabling of wikimarkup, and the black-line on the end of that set of icon-buttons, which gives the Horizontal Rule markup; it's supposed to be a "signature" in icon form, but wouldn't blame you for not realising this). It actually gives you "<code><nowiki> --~~~~</nowiki></code>" (the double-hyphen isn't necessary, it's just a historic "signature marker" from decades ago when it mattered more in text-only messages, like email and usenet, but it also doesn't hurt). But, at the very least, it saves you having to find the tilde on your (on-screen?) keyboard if you're not too sure where to find it. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.236.204|82.132.236.204]] 17:46, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
 ::Personally, I recommend adding the '--' directly into your signature if/when you make an account. --'''''[[User:DollarStoreBa'al|<span style="color:#3c2004">DollarStoreBa'al</span>]]<sup>[[User Talk:DollarStoreBa'al|<span style="color:#1E0F00">Converse</span>]]</sup> (BLM)''''' 18:11, 26 February 2026 (UTC)