https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3A688%3A_Self-DescriptionTalk:688: Self-Description - Revision history2026-05-22T21:50:01ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:688:_Self-Description&diff=368450&oldid=prev162.158.74.15 at 19:31, 9 March 20252025-03-09T19:31:23Z<p></p>
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</table>Bb777https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:688:_Self-Description&diff=339380&oldid=prev172.70.162.37 at 14:55, 11 April 20242024-04-11T14:55:10Z<p></p>
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</table>172.70.162.37https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:688:_Self-Description&diff=339378&oldid=prev172.71.254.157: Cheating in mouseover text.2024-04-11T14:27:23Z<p>Cheating in mouseover text.</p>
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</table>Trogdor147https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:688:_Self-Description&diff=305863&oldid=prev172.71.178.64 at 07:05, 7 February 20232023-02-07T07:05:07Z<p></p>
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</table>No Idea If There's A Character Limit LMAOhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:688:_Self-Description&diff=187840&oldid=prev162.158.187.111 at 16:30, 27 February 20202020-02-27T16:30:32Z<p></p>
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</table>162.158.187.111https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:688:_Self-Description&diff=153674&oldid=prevQATEKLYXM: comment2018-03-05T04:05:11Z<p>comment</p>
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</table>QATEKLYXMhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:688:_Self-Description&diff=152903&oldid=prevMatchups: Image question2018-02-21T16:00:47Z<p>Image question</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::In the mouseover text: "The graph of panel dependencies" Also this wiki explains everything in every possible detail, so I think it would be ok to include. The page is short for the amount of complexity in this comic anyway. [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 14:36, 25 August 2017 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::In the mouseover text: "The graph of panel dependencies" Also this wiki explains everything in every possible detail, so I think it would be ok to include. The page is short for the amount of complexity in this comic anyway. [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 14:36, 25 August 2017 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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