Talk:3245: Results Age - Revision history

82.13.184.33 at 08:33, 14 May 2026

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RG at 02:08, 14 May 2026

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JohnHawkinson: self-posts too

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self-posts too

208.59.176.206: comment

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comment

RG at 00:29, 14 May 2026

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64.201.132.210: non-positive times ago

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non-positive times ago

81.179.199.253 at 20:56, 13 May 2026

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SomebodyElse at 19:40, 13 May 2026

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Barmar at 19:13, 13 May 2026

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2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:2D6B:645A:50A9:6FDF at 18:48, 13 May 2026

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	Man, I’m not even 24 ''years old'' [[Special:Contributions/2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4\|2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4]] 18:45, 13 May 2026 (UTC)		Man, I’m not even 24 ''years old'' [[Special:Contributions/2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4\|2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4]] 18:45, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
		+	:Can we block this IP address? [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 08:33, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

	I guess once we finish the table in the explanation we can convert that to a similar table in the transcript, rather than doing them independently. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 19:13, 13 May 2026 (UTC)		I guess once we finish the table in the explanation we can convert that to a similar table in the transcript, rather than doing them independently. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 19:13, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

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	What about when the post is more than 13 years old and you see that the post is from yourself, you had just forgotten about it? [[User:JohnHawkinson\|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson\|talk]]) 01:52, 14 May 2026 (UTC)		What about when the post is more than 13 years old and you see that the post is from yourself, you had just forgotten about it? [[User:JohnHawkinson\|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson\|talk]]) 01:52, 14 May 2026 (UTC)
		+	:Same vibe as googling early warning signs of alheizmers for the first time but all the links are purple.[[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 02:08, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

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	Yeah it's even better when there's no god damn results at all.[[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 00:29, 14 May 2026 (UTC)		Yeah it's even better when there's no god damn results at all.[[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 00:29, 14 May 2026 (UTC)
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		+	What about when the post is more than 13 years old and you see that the post is from yourself, you had just forgotten about it? [[User:JohnHawkinson\|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson\|talk]]) 01:52, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

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 :You ''could'' copy an Explanation table (having the comic text, in various rows and columns) to the Transcript then 'de-Table' it (remove the table-formatting) and 'en-Transcript' what remains (add the ":[This bit looks like..]" stuff). But that's not much less effort than rewriting such a relatively small comic's from scratch.
 :It can also go the other way, though... Someone gets the Transcript done, and then ''from that'' the base text of the Table is 'en-Tabled'. It'd depend on who visits the newly-created Comic page and what they decide to concentrate on to start up the otherwise blank page that the BOT put together. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253|81.179.199.253]] 20:56, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
 I will add an explanation of an edge case [[User:SomebodyElse|SomebodyElse]] ([[User talk:SomebodyElse|talk]]) 19:40, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

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	If it's negative time old you are in a Tardis. If it's sqrt(-1) time old, give me some of whatever it is you are smoking. [[Special:Contributions/64.201.132.210\|64.201.132.210]] 22:02, 13 May 2026 (UTC)		If it's negative time old you are in a Tardis. If it's sqrt(-1) time old, give me some of whatever it is you are smoking. [[Special:Contributions/64.201.132.210\|64.201.132.210]] 22:02, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
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		+	Yeah it's even better when there's no god damn results at all.[[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 00:29, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

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	I will add an explanation of an edge case [[User:SomebodyElse\|SomebodyElse]] ([[User talk:SomebodyElse\|talk]]) 19:40, 13 May 2026 (UTC)		I will add an explanation of an edge case [[User:SomebodyElse\|SomebodyElse]] ([[User talk:SomebodyElse\|talk]]) 19:40, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
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		+	If it's negative time old you are in a Tardis. If it's sqrt(-1) time old, give me some of whatever it is you are smoking. [[Special:Contributions/64.201.132.210\|64.201.132.210]] 22:02, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

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	I guess once we finish the table in the explanation we can convert that to a similar table in the transcript, rather than doing them independently. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 19:13, 13 May 2026 (UTC)		I guess once we finish the table in the explanation we can convert that to a similar table in the transcript, rather than doing them independently. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 19:13, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
		+	:No. [[explain xkcd:Editor FAQ#What is the format of the transcript section?\|Tables do not belong in the Transcript.]] It serves a different purpose. And it'll just be the text that's there, so would be far simpler (and more likely to be 'finished' any time soon) than the Explanation table which will get tweaked to add or clarify explanatory descriptions.
		+	:You ''could'' copy an Explanation table (having the comic text, in various rows and columns) to the Transcript then 'de-Table' it (remove the table-formatting) and 'en-Transcript' what remains (add the ":[This bit looks like..]" stuff). But that's not much less effort than rewriting such a relatively small comic's from scratch.
		+	:It can also go the other way, though... Someone gets the Transcript done, and then ''from that'' the base text of the Table is 'en-Tabled'. It'd depend on who visits the newly-created Comic page and what they decide to concentrate on to start up the otherwise blank page that the BOT put together. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 20:56, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

	I will add an explanation of an edge case [[User:SomebodyElse\|SomebodyElse]] ([[User talk:SomebodyElse\|talk]]) 19:40, 13 May 2026 (UTC)		I will add an explanation of an edge case [[User:SomebodyElse\|SomebodyElse]] ([[User talk:SomebodyElse\|talk]]) 19:40, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

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	I guess once we finish the table in the explanation we can convert that to a similar table in the transcript, rather than doing them independently. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 19:13, 13 May 2026 (UTC)		I guess once we finish the table in the explanation we can convert that to a similar table in the transcript, rather than doing them independently. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 19:13, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
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		+	I will add an explanation of an edge case [[User:SomebodyElse\|SomebodyElse]] ([[User talk:SomebodyElse\|talk]]) 19:40, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

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	Man, I’m not even 24 ''years old'' [[Special:Contributions/2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4\|2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4]] 18:45, 13 May 2026 (UTC)		Man, I’m not even 24 ''years old'' [[Special:Contributions/2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4\|2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4]] 18:45, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
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		+	I guess once we finish the table in the explanation we can convert that to a similar table in the transcript, rather than doing them independently. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 19:13, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

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	oh god these are uncomfortably accurate...though sometimes the post age is the next time rung down. i hit an issue recently which sent me to mozilla forum posts from 2008, migrated twice, where the people having the problem seem to have stopped caring about it a decade ago - '''[[User:Vaedez\|Vaedez]]''' ([[User talk:Vaedez\|talk]]) 18:43, 13 May 2026 (UTC)		oh god these are uncomfortably accurate...though sometimes the post age is the next time rung down. i hit an issue recently which sent me to mozilla forum posts from 2008, migrated twice, where the people having the problem seem to have stopped caring about it a decade ago - '''[[User:Vaedez\|Vaedez]]''' ([[User talk:Vaedez\|talk]]) 18:43, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

−	Man, I’m not even 24 ''years old''[[Special:Contributions/2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4\|2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4]] 18:45, 13 May 2026 (UTC)	+	Man, I’m not even 24 ''years old'' [[Special:Contributions/2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4\|2A02:6B6F:E226:B00:803D:CE4C:ED8:DED4]] 18:45, 13 May 2026 (UTC)