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- 15:56, 19 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+650) . . User talk:JohnHawkinson (→ip comments: r) (current)
- 15:41, 19 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+222) . . User talk:JohnHawkinson (And therefore?)
- 14:45, 19 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+725) . . User talk:JohnHawkinson (→ip comments: r in midstream)
- 02:00, 19 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+561) . . User talk:JohnHawkinson (Yes, Virginia, there is a point to talk pages for IP users.)
- 23:56, 17 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+593) . . User talk:Barmar (→r: ahem. Not me.) (current)
- 23:50, 17 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+314) . . N User talk:108.162.245.30 (Umm, no, don't do that.) (current)
- 23:49, 17 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . m User talk:JohnHawkinson (Undo revision 339897 by 108.162.245.30 (talk) No, you do not edit my talk page.)
- 22:14, 17 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (-101) . . m User talk:JohnHawkinson (Clean. Replied on barmar's page.)
- 15:21, 16 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+235) . . User talk:Barmar (→r: new section)
- 14:38, 16 April 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+109) . . Talk:2920: Survey Marker (dat—ahhhh)
- 16:49, 18 March 2024 (diff | hist) . . (-3) . . m 2771: College Knowledge (last edit seems to clearly intended 1202 rather than 2771. This *is* 2771!) (current)
- 14:46, 24 January 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+1,289) . . Talk:2884: Log Alignment (log video expl)
- 07:12, 11 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+210) . . Talk:2853: Redshift (3.8e-10? 380e-12?)
- 11:29, 8 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+486) . . m Talk:2815: Car Wash (unsigned. weirdly in the middle of other people, is this vandalism?) (current)
- 01:37, 10 October 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+253) . . Talk:2839: Language Acquisition (e)
- 01:34, 10 October 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+375) . . Talk:2839: Language Acquisition (Game is improper and dilatory.)
- 21:43, 9 October 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+709) . . Talk:2839: Language Acquisition (sum of unique words is a unique sum of words)
- 00:12, 9 October 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+223) . . Talk:2838: Dubious Islands (r/dubious names)
- 07:43, 7 October 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+488) . . Talk:2838: Dubious Islands (no names, alas!)
- 22:47, 29 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+394) . . Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (r: it makes no sense)
- 21:48, 25 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+595) . . Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (→Use of the unsigned templates: Netherlands! Netherlands! Netherlands!)
- 21:44, 25 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+822) . . Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (→Use of the unsigned templates: r)
- 21:41, 25 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . m Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (Back to a topic, please. If you're going to change it, please explain why.)
- 20:24, 25 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+823) . . m Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (→Use of the unsigned templates: r.)
- 18:46, 25 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1,159) . . Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (→Use of the unsigned templates: reply to 141.101.69.53 and/or 172.70.85.58. LEAVE IT ALONE!)
- 18:36, 25 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-7) . . 2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (rv last. No es, makes no sense ("just require"), is wrong for reasonable definitions of "require" (most of the time cyclists CAN cycle off the street), and is unsupported.)
- 14:04, 25 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (Re-sort current first comment into chron. order with the rest of them, it has no special claim to primacy and mostly ruins the spontanaeity of the ''actual'' first comment.)
- 14:00, 25 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . m Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (typo)
- 13:59, 25 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1,361) . . m Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (What is it with all these unsigned comments? tag the lof of them)
- 09:26, 25 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m 2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (Partial rv. We understand Knit Cap to be female, see Knit Cap.)
- 23:32, 24 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+187) . . m Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (Re-subst. It doesn't NEED to be subst: but it can be, and as the original editor who added that template, it is my choice to make. Kindly don't go around reverting other people's discretionary choices for no reason, especially as an anonymous IP!)
- 21:04, 24 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+187) . . m Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (subst)
- 21:03, 24 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . Talk:2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (sign for Andrewtheexplainer; sprinkle <br>s. What does he mean by "line" here? I do not understand.)
- 16:33, 24 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . m 2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (No, use "in the street." Not Just Bikes (really had WORK WAY TOO HARD to figure out that was "NJB") is not an authority on definitons of "roads" versus "streets." But even if it were, the comic here is talking about city streets, not intercity roads.)
- 00:52, 24 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . m 2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (→Explanation: {{w|Snow Crash}})
- 00:51, 24 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . m 2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (→Explanation: refimprove citation: include party/army of dates)
- 00:42, 24 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . m 2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (→Explanation: adjust edit 324247, remove the first person ("I learned"). I don't care for "One editor" in it's place, but it's better than nothing)
- 00:39, 24 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (→Explanation: lowercase cyberbpunk)
- 00:38, 24 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+529) . . 2832: Urban Planning Opinion Progression (→Explanation: clarify the Garber study a bit, format it better, mouseover the conclusions. If only we had CS1 templates—just kidding!)
- 22:07, 20 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+144) . . Talk:2831: xkcd Phone Flip (flip?)
- 21:47, 19 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-3) . . 2830: Haunted House (→Explanation: Remove wording about "current" where voltage or some other aspect of electricity may be more appropriate. In common parlance people say "electric current" for things w/ nothing to do w/ amps, but that's unwise in technical contexts.)
- 11:01, 19 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+571) . . Talk:2830: Haunted House (r: ANSI/NEMA, &c.)
- 01:13, 19 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+15) . . 2830: Haunted House (→Explanation: Note it's the door/doorknob interface, not the doorknob, per se, that might be standardized. I'm not sure how standardized they really are, though? 1/4" square shafting?)
- 01:12, 19 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . 2830: Haunted House (→Explanation: s/plugs/wiring/; maybe the Pennsylvania/Delware/NJ difference is voltage! (120V/277V? Or even just 115V/125V? A small buck/boost transformer?))
- 07:36, 9 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+54) . . 2826: Gold (Clarify that the bouquet danger occurs at rest. If you were traveling away from the merged stars at an appropriate velocity and direction, catching the bouquet would be reasonably safe.)
- 23:43, 7 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-10) . . m 2825: Autumn and Fall (→Explanation: Drop italicized ''could'' from imply. All things that are implied are CAPABLE of being implication, "could imply" is redundant, and the emphasis is inexplicable.)
- 12:52, 7 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+40) . . 2825: Autumn and Fall (→Explanation: five, eight; poem, mate)
- 18:10, 2 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m Talk:2823: Fossil ((reorder last, this is basically a chronological discussion.))
- 12:26, 2 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+823) . . Talk:2823: Fossil (more boop)
- 06:20, 2 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+25) . . m 2823: Fossil (→Explanation: {{wiktionary|boop#Verb}})
- 06:15, 2 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+7) . . 2823: Fossil (→Explanation: Cueball boops a trilobyte FOSSIL not an actual trilobyte. (As far ss we know))
- 02:22, 25 August 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+309) . . Talk:2818: Circuit Symbols (spritesheet?)
- 20:37, 15 August 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+574) . . Talk:2815: Car Wash (r: Err, implying what?)
- 05:09, 27 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+621) . . Talk:2807: Bad Map Projection: ABS(Longitude) (oops, actually...)
- 05:00, 27 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+590) . . Talk:2807: Bad Map Projection: ABS(Longitude) (Longitudes seem off?)
- 21:22, 4 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+6,197) . . m 743: Infrastructures (rvv revision 316945 by Vandal (talk))
- 21:22, 4 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+4,028) . . m 59: Graduation (rvv revision 316946 by Vandal (talk))
- 21:22, 4 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+3,720) . . m 2102: Internet Archive (rvv revision 316948 by Vandal (talk)) (current)
- 21:22, 4 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+4,353) . . m 1919: Interstellar Asteroid (rvv revision 316949 by Vandal (talk))
- 21:21, 4 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+4,654) . . m 1245: 10-Day Forecast (rvv revision 316950 by Vandal (talk))
- 21:21, 4 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+539) . . m Blog (rvv revision 316951 by Vandal (talk)) (current)
- 21:21, 4 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+3,720) . . m 2072: Evaluating Tech Things (rvv revision 316952 by Vandal (talk))
- 21:21, 4 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+4,770) . . m 2161: An Apple a Day (rvv revision 316953 by Vandal (talk)) (current)
- 21:21, 4 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+2,318) . . m 934: Mac/PC (rvv revision 316954 by Vandal (talk))
- 21:21, 4 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+9,521) . . m 1540: Hemingway (rvv revision 316955 by Vandal (talk))
- 21:20, 4 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+4,153) . . m 1713: 50 ccs (rvv revision 316947 by Vandal (talk))
- 00:48, 2 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+164) . . Talk:2796: Real Estate Analysis (r)
- 21:16, 30 June 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+303) . . Talk:2796: Real Estate Analysis (confounded abscissa and ordinate?)
- 10:41, 27 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+364) . . Talk:2781: The Six Platonic Solids (i,j coords?)
- 12:36, 4 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+517) . . Talk:2771: College Knowledge (scansion / jumprope challenge)
- 10:12, 27 April 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+24) . . m 2768: Definition of e (→Explanation: give 8-digit expansion of ''e'' for comparison)
- 23:31, 31 March 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+241) . . Talk:2757: Towed Message (draftkings plane(s) yesterday)
- 20:47, 26 March 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+213) . . Talk:2734: Electron Color (link survey results)
- 20:43, 6 March 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . m 2745: Obituary Editor (→Transcript: Skewed left -> skewed counterclockwise. I don't know why you would assume "skewed left" means "the top is skewed left" rather than the bottom, but I guess you have to start somewhere?)
- 00:33, 6 March 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . 2745: Obituary Editor (→Explanation: Distinguish a obituary from a death notice, which was incorrectly defined here. (How did that happen?!) Much of this should be edited and stripped out.)
- 22:42, 22 February 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+128) . . 2740: Square Packing (→Explanation: Explain 's' better with an example (4x4), that could use a picture. Break ¶ and avoid "whilst" as excessively awkward.)
- 23:49, 11 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . m 2709: Solar System Model (→Explanation: Removed quotes around "quantum mechanical" (and on 2nd reference!), becuase it is not a quote and makes no sense to be in quotation marks.)
- 10:46, 17 November 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+358) . . Talk:2698: Bad Date (absence of thematic jumanji tie-in?) (current)
- 20:27, 21 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . m 2661: Age Milestone Privileges (→Explanation: consistently capitalize God-Empress. Also the possessive singular is Empress's, not Empresses's (wtf))
- 20:25, 21 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+262) . . 2661: Age Milestone Privileges (→Explanation: counterpoint to 105's utilitarian argument.)
- 20:21, 21 August 2022 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 2661: Age Milestone Privileges (→Explanation: sent -> send)
- 04:30, 19 June 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+191) . . Talk:2634: Red Line Through HTTPS (no mbta? aww.)
- 22:32, 20 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+171) . . Talk:2622: Angular Diameter Turnaround ("feature fones.")
- 23:48, 15 April 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+13) . . 2607: Geiger Counter (→Explanation: make explicit "stood under")
- 20:23, 10 April 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m 2604: Frankenstein Captcha (→Explanation: fix bad wikilink to Link. Oh the irony. Missing close paren.)
- 19:29, 7 April 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+787) . . Talk:1168: tar (belated note on shell escapes to ?)
- 09:34, 29 March 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+739) . . Talk:2599: Spacecraft Debris Odds Ratio (→Odds ratio confusion?)
- 00:46, 16 March 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-4) . . 2593: Deviled Eggs (→Explanation: Landscaping copyed: involve levelling rather than requiring leveled. Strike pointless "as such," remove "perfectly flat" for "leveled flat.")
- 12:22, 10 March 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+8) . . m Talk:2591: Qua (repair formatting and separation in first few comments)
- 04:23, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+191) . . Talk:2583: Chorded Keyboard (r/lift)
- 03:46, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+195) . . Talk:2583: Chorded Keyboard (r)
- 03:22, 19 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+144) . . Talk:2583: Chorded Keyboard (Left?)
- 01:48, 5 February 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+20) . . 2577: Sea Chase (Category:Maps)
- 16:12, 22 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+148) . . 2570: Captain Picard Tea Order (→Explanation: Comic's release ties in with Star Trek: Picard season 2 trailer; link it. I do not think this is too promotional. I had no idea the trailer was out and would have appreciated knowing when I read the comic explanation.)
- 20:32, 20 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+10) . . m 2570: Captain Picard Tea Order (→Explanation: Earls Grey sted Earl Greys)
- 03:24, 11 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+10) . . explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous (→Timer: retitle section to →Countdown Timer: consistent with the HTML that is <div id="countdown">, to aid in searching.)
- 03:29, 2 August 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+17) . . 2495: Universal Seat Belt (→Explanation: USB protects the computer from device malfuction, not devices from computer malfunction.)
- 03:28, 2 August 2021 (diff | hist) . . (-10) . . 2495: Universal Seat Belt (→Explanation: Hardware malfuctions that the USB standard may protect against are not "crashes" in any way shape or form. I think this is still wrong, though…)
- 10:53, 23 July 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+11) . . 2490: Pre-Pandemic Ketchup (→Explanation: ketchup packets: Dubious. I don't think so, but I'll let someone else delete it.)
- 08:54, 23 July 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+572) . . Talk:2490: Pre-Pandemic Ketchup (r re actual shelf life vs. labels) (current)
- 11:30, 20 July 2021 (diff | hist) . . (-201) . . m Talk:2490: Pre-Pandemic Ketchup (Undo revision 215327 by Charlyne23 (talk); spam/vandalism)
- 11:29, 20 July 2021 (diff | hist) . . (-136) . . 2490: Pre-Pandemic Ketchup (→Explanation: Remove unsupported (and factually wrong!) claim that ketchup has shelf-life of 1 year and that a 15-month shelving of ketchup would have "probably gone bad." See talk.)
- 18:15, 26 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+7) . . 2481: 1991 and 2021 (→cordless: No. It's not our job to define the terms used in the comic in ways that are inconsistent with the comic. Clarify literal meaning and wordsmith.)
- 17:04, 26 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m Talk:2481: 1991 and 2021 (my typo)
- 03:50, 26 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+22) . . 2481: 1991 and 2021 (→Explanation: Weaken claim of White Hat's confusion to "not expecting." Indeed, WH properly guesses "[It is] not the lasers." Arguably Cueball has mislead WH here anyhow. Needs RW to eliminate double negative? aircraft -> passenger (b/c airliner))
- 03:46, 26 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+424) . . Talk:2481: 1991 and 2021 (r: No.)
- 01:01, 26 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (-17) . . 2481: 1991 and 2021 (→Explanation: strengthen the lasers-at-airplanes section. I'm under the impression it can permanently damage pilot's eyesight, but citation needed.)
- 00:36, 7 May 2021 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . m 2459: March 2020 (→Transcript: A needle is "inserted into" an arm, not "injected in to" it. (The contents of a syringe, i.e. the drug, would be injected.))
- 20:29, 6 May 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . m 2459: March 2020 (→Explanation: likely -> plausible; where do people get these outré claims of knowledge about Randall Munroe's personal life?)
- 02:05, 2 May 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+2,123) . . 2456: Types of Scientific Paper (→Parodies: -> →Derivatives: per Talk discussion (read Talk first!) and include table of examples.)
- 13:45, 1 May 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+2,311) . . Talk:2456: Types of Scientific Paper (→Derivatives: r and lots more)
- 18:40, 30 April 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+406) . . Talk:2456: Types of Scientific Paper (→Derivatives: new section)
- 18:37, 30 April 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+181) . . N File:2456-radioastronomy.jpeg (https://twitter.com/GreenBankObserv/status/1388148786707406854 Green Bank Observatory @GreenBankObserv: With apologies to Mr. Munroe, may we present: Types of Radio Astronomy Papers) (current)
- 02:50, 9 February 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+228) . . Talk:2422: Vaccine Ordering (21 or 28 days?; section off image quality conversation.)
- 13:47, 22 December 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m 2401: Conjunction (→Explanation: official terms -> technical terms)
- 21:12, 24 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+383) . . Talk:2386: Ten Years (r to Kynde. N Years instead of X Years?) (current)
- 06:12, 17 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 2386: Ten Years (→Transcript: years > Years)
- 19:54, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+492) . . Talk:2381: The True Name of the Bear (Limit of teleportation and ur-bears)
- 19:49, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-6) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear (→Explanation: The only explanations -> One explanation)
- 01:04, 1 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+38) . . 2379: Probability Comparisons ({{#tag:references}} below table)
- 14:13, 22 October 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+234) . . Talk:1234: Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013) (→Passage of Time: Yes, also 1968, 1984.)
- 13:25, 5 September 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . m 2348: Boat Puzzle (Undo revision 196780 by 108.162.245.26 (talk). If we capitalize the T, we capitalize the P. Don't be mislead by Wikipedia's requirement to upcase the initial letter of all articles.)
- 20:47, 3 September 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-414) . . 2353: Hurricane Hunters (→Explanation: Cut irrelevant facts mistakenly in support of passenger non-participation in hurricane flight. Remove "certainly" (hyperbole).)
- 19:54, 3 September 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+126) . . User talk:NotaBene (— and also the reply.)
- 19:54, 3 September 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+725) . . Talk:2353: Hurricane Hunters (r re st. louis)
- 11:49, 3 September 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m Talk:2354: Stellar Evolution (formatting fix; separate prior comment)
- 11:42, 3 September 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+187) . . N User talk:NotaBene (Created page with "==Sept. 2020== Hi. Please see my note on Talk:2353: Hurricane Hunters, thanks! ~~~~")
- 05:53, 3 September 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m 2354: Stellar Evolution (→Explanation: missing space after ))
- 05:47, 3 September 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+761) . . Talk:2353: Hurricane Hunters (NotaBene's statement that a flight to St. Louis was "presumably…far out of its way" is unsupported and needs to go. How best to do it?)
- 20:27, 22 August 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+36) . . 605: Extrapolating (→bottom: Transcript says that's Megan in the veil, so Category:Comics featuring Megan)
- 20:10, 20 August 2020 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 2348: Boat Puzzle (→Missing Information: probably -> probable)
- 18:04, 18 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+333) . . User talk:Kynde (→Edit summaries: cf. Talk:xkcd_Header_text#Recent_BLM_edits)
- 18:02, 18 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,157) . . Talk:Header text (→Recent BLM edits: new section)
- 17:50, 18 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,061) . . User talk:Kynde (→Edit summaries: r in confusion)
- 12:59, 18 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+230) . . Talk:2334: Slide Trombone (Common usage is "waterjet" not "water cutter," fyi.)
- 12:55, 18 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . m 2334: Slide Trombone (→Explanation: wikilink Constant Pressure System. Arguably the patent should go, a wikipedia link is a lot more accessible.)
- 21:22, 16 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+306) . . User talk:Kynde (→Edit summaries: new section)
- 21:18, 16 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Header text (→2020-06-03 - Black Lives Matter: black -> Black, when speaking of people, consistent with the prevalent style trend in English today.)
- 21:18, 16 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . m Header text (→2020-06-03 - Black Lives Matter: punctuation)
- 21:13, 16 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-31) . . Header text (→2020-06-03 - Black Lives Matter: Simplify hierarchy, wordsmithing on the cartoon description. Don't use Cueball's left, which is our right.)
- 21:07, 16 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-84) . . Header text (→2020-06-03 - Black Lives Matter: Remove claim about "Randall decided to take a stand." Randall speaks for himself, we're not in his head, and the existing bullet points are sufficient.)
- 21:06, 16 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+9) . . Header text (→2020-06-03 - Black Lives Matter: Comment out confusing unfilled-in claim about "It was last up".)
- 21:05, 16 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . m Header text (→2020-06-03 - Black Lives Matter: George -> Floyd. spelling.)
- 21:05, 16 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+9) . . Header text (→2020-06-03 - Black Lives Matter: We don't KNOW the reason Randall does this. Rewrite based on encyclopedic facts, not some omniscient style.)
- 21:01, 16 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+143) . . Header text (→2020-06-03 - Black Lives Matter: Rewrite BLM definition. It is not possible to "found" a dcentralized movement. Wordsmith and wikilink. This is very sensitive stuff, take care with it.)
- 20:56, 16 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-69) . . Header text (→2020-06-03 - Black Lives Matter: Remove claim about Randall knows and does not know, re image links / image maps. We are not inside his head, we cannot know that. Also, it was ungrammatical.)
- 20:55, 16 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+237) . . Header text (→2020-06-17 - Black Lives Matter: changed from joincampaignzero.org to blacklivesmatter.com)
- 14:59, 4 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+9) . . 1820: Security Advice (→Change your maiden name regularly: A common security question is "your mother's maiden name," not your own maiden name, which would exclude most males and be an ineffective security question for at least half the population.)
- 14:52, 4 July 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+711) . . 1820: Security Advice (→Use a 2-factor smoke detector: Relegate to a comment debunked claim that dual function smoke detectors lessen safety, and explain why (complex threshold interactions).)
- 18:55, 25 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-14) . . 2324: Old Days 2 (→Explanation: floppy disks: "magnetic storage" sted "magnetic-based storage." Drop "early" because floppies were far later than, e.g., magtapes, which date from the 1920s (1950s for computer data))
- 18:50, 25 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-9) . . 2324: Old Days 2 (→Explanation: Magtapes were not primarily cartridge-based, although some were. Also, specify that as bulk data, as there was in-core and even hard drive storage avalailable, depending on system and era. Perhaps it wants "among other places"?)
- 18:29, 25 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-18) . . 2324: Old Days 2 (→Explanation: Drop "from the Internet" re modem connections. Modem connections need not be to the Internet, and historically most were not, esp. in a mainframe context.)
- 18:28, 25 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-11) . . 2324: Old Days 2 (→Explanation: Not only early dialup-modems, but all dial-up modems, by definition, use landlines. (Arguably all modems, but also arguably not.) "do" sted "did," there's no need for the past tense here, nor for emphasis on it.)
- 18:25, 25 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . m 2324: Old Days 2 (→Explanation: mainframes not ''necessarily'' near Sacramento rather than "specifically" which is confusing.)
- 12:03, 13 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+747) . . Talk:2319: Large Number Formats (→"Engineering" notation omitted?: r)
- 23:09, 12 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+396) . . Talk:2319: Large Number Formats (e12 ftw)
- 06:28, 11 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+765) . . explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous (→Should we* reference xkcd.com "black lives matter" banner: "We already do," sorta.)
- 19:01, 9 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+422) . . Talk:Header text (→Formatting this page as a visual gallery?: new section)
- 19:00, 9 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+331) . . Talk:Header text (→Black lives matter: done.)
- 18:57, 9 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+19) . . Header text (→2020-06-03 - Black Lives Matter, how to help: Spoken by Cueball)
- 18:47, 9 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+162) . . 2315: Eventual Consistency (→Trivia: Note header text change and link to it.)
- 18:44, 9 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+434) . . Header text (→2020-06-03 - Black Lives Matter, how to help: New; also empy header in interim)
- 09:34, 8 June 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . m 2055: Bluetooth (→Trivia: Partial revert of PotatoGod's 192993. There's no obvious reason to put present this irrelevant parenthesis on specification date to the reader, and no reason for doing so was given in the es. It's in a comment to stop people from adding it.)
- 00:13, 25 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+449) . . Talk:1522: Astronomy (What if they're just white paint on the ceiling?) (current)
- 00:04, 25 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 1522: Astronomy (→Explanation: consistent spelling: centimeter over centimetre. The former is the US usage anyhow and this xkcd is a US comic.)
- 00:03, 25 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-38) . . 1522: Astronomy (→Explanation: Remove {{Citation needed}}. None is necessary for the fact that stars are not 2 meters away, nor that microscopes are expensive. The former is axiomatic from the definition, the latter is simply well-accepted.)
- 00:02, 25 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-6) . . m 1522: Astronomy (→Explanation: Grammar. "takes approach by" and "attempts approach it" are improper. Go with "is using" and "attempts to view them")
- 12:08, 23 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-4) . . m 2310: Great Attractor (→Explanation: consistent casing throughout: lowercase 'the' but titlecase 'Great Attractor'; also, no 'the The'; also also 'wall' stead 'Wall' (once))
- 11:57, 23 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+42) . . m 2310: Great Attractor (→Explanation: wikilink strange powers of beret guy)
- 02:28, 19 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+18) . . 1614: Kites (Category:Dogs)
- 01:41, 18 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . m 1725: Linear Regression (Category:Dogs rather, one colon)
- 01:40, 18 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+19) . . 1725: Linear Regression ([[Category::Dogs]])
- 23:04, 17 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+18) . . 1552: Rulebook (Category:Dogs)
- 23:03, 17 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+18) . . 1252: Increased Risk (Category:Dogs)
- 22:55, 17 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+18) . . 1193: Externalities (Category:Dogs)
- 22:54, 17 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+18) . . 207: What xkcd Means (Category:Dogs)
- 22:45, 17 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+18) . . 1079: United Shapes (Category:Dogs)
- 22:41, 17 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+18) . . 1922: Interferometry (Category:Dogs)
- 22:38, 17 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+18) . . 1829: Geochronology (→top: Category:Dogs)
- 22:35, 17 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+86) . . N Category:Dogs (Dogs.) (current)
- 00:13, 14 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . 2306: Common Cold (→Explanation: elimination of common cold at the same time as covid19 is more "colaterally" than "incidently." Probably a more accessible word is appropriate, though.)
- 00:54, 9 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+146) . . m 2304: Preprint (→Explanation: ref to Adobe trademark guidelines; break graf; fix typo)
- 00:46, 9 May 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+287) . . 2304: Preprint (→Explanation: PDF is actually an open format and not even Adobe uses an ® about it.)
- 14:14, 5 April 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . 824: Guest Week: Bill Amend (FoxTrot) (→Explanation: sudo isn't POSIX-compliant (wow, 82660 from Jan. 2015!) so don't say POSIX, nor is it Linux-specific. It's a common addition to Unix systems that's included by default in many. Say Unix!)
- 01:26, 10 March 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+228) . . m Talk:2278: Scientific Briefing (subst:unsigned)
- 23:20, 9 March 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+178) . . Talk:2278: Scientific Briefing ("bad to worse.")
- 23:19, 9 March 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+227) . . m Talk:2278: Scientific Briefing (unsigned)
- 09:17, 19 November 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+229) . . Talk:2230: Versus Bracket (Visual representation?)
- 09:12, 19 November 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+26) . . N File:versus bracket 2x known.png (Annotated version of 2230.) (current)
- 02:56, 19 November 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+197) . . m Talk:2230: Versus Bracket (fix xkcdbraket typo in yomikoma's comment and link it while we're here)
- 00:48, 19 November 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+65) . . 2230: Versus Bracket (→Explanation: Convert 2nd round to wikitable to array the data consistent with the bracket)
- 18:44, 18 November 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+478) . . Talk:2230: Versus Bracket (What happens if we fill in known winners?)
- 21:57, 13 November 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-207) . . 2218: Wardrobe (Remove Trivia section per (extended) Talk discussion; the trivia doesn't rise to the level of relevance to this comic's subject matter.)
- 21:41, 26 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+2,470) . . Talk:2218: Wardrobe (strike+r,r,r: I was totally wrong to accuse Lupo of misrepresentation; address "validity" of trivia; EU style guide; reversion &c.)
- 01:42, 25 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+55) . . m Talk:2218: Wardrobe (unsigned)
- 22:47, 24 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,723) . . Talk:2218: Wardrobe (EU/E.U. doesn't belong in trivia either. Also various responses.)
- 20:22, 23 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,352) . . Talk:2218: Wardrobe (EU vs. E.U. is a style choice that is not pertinent to the explanation of this comic.)
- 20:22, 23 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-56) . . 2218: Wardrobe (Remove lecturing about EU vs. E.U. See Talk.)
- 04:29, 11 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . m Talk:2213: How Old (fix my typo)
- 23:57, 9 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+932) . . Talk:2213: How Old (r)
- 23:45, 9 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+25) . . m Talk:2213: How Old (cleanup unsigned reply and fixup indentation)
- 11:21, 9 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+207) . . Talk:2213: How Old (It's all about the logarithms, baby!)
- 08:33, 7 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+294) . . Talk:2212: Cell Phone Functions (r r)
- 08:18, 7 October 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+211) . . Talk:2212: Cell Phone Functions (No WATCH?)
- 03:34, 15 August 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+493) . . explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous (→Randall NYT excerpt from "How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems": new section)
- 05:41, 20 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+322) . . Talk:2152: Westerns (compare regency)
- 12:59, 17 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+436) . . Talk:2147: Appendicitis (r: looser verifiability, but _something_ is needed?)
- 12:08, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 2148: Cubesat Launch (Cubesats -> CubeSats (sigh…))
- 12:08, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 1866: Russell's Teapot (Cubesats -> CubeSats (sigh…))
- 12:07, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 1992: SafetySat (Cubesats -> CubeSats (sigh…))
- 12:05, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+22) . . 2148: Cubesat Launch (Category:Cubesats)
- 12:05, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+22) . . 1866: Russell's Teapot (Category:Cubesats)
- 12:05, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+22) . . 1992: SafetySat (Category:Cubesats)
- 11:55, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . 883: Pain Rating (Category:Doctor Ponytail)
- 11:55, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . 996: Making Things Difficult (Category:Doctor Ponytail)
- 11:55, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . 1141: Two Years (Category:Doctor Ponytail)
- 11:55, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . 1471: Gut Fauna (Category:Doctor Ponytail)
- 11:55, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . 1713: 50 ccs (Category:Doctor Ponytail)
- 11:55, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . 1839: Doctor Visit (Category:Doctor Ponytail)
- 11:55, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . 1840: Genetic Testing Results (Category:Doctor Ponytail)
- 11:53, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m Category:Doctor Ponytail (missing [ oops)
- 11:53, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . 2147: Appendicitis (category:Doctor Ponytail)
- 11:52, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+175) . . N Category:Doctor Ponytail (Create category)
- 11:47, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . 2148: Cubesat Launch (→Explanation: A "typical" cubesat is not an anti-sat tech prototype. Reword. But is this really a common function? Strongly considering citation needed though?)
- 11:43, 13 May 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . m 2148: Cubesat Launch (→Explanation: emdash)
- 23:13, 5 April 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+158) . . Talk:2132: Percentage Styles (→Missing: Alas poor U+2030–2031, I knew him well.)
- 10:46, 28 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-288) . . 2119: Video Orientation (rv removal of Dubious and many other controversial unsupported edits. Might be some wheat in the chaff, but troubling. Undo revision 171721 by R.A.B (talk))
- 12:55, 22 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-8) . . m Category talk:Version Control (Undo "fixes" for cat refs. Use Category instead. Ref comics as nnnn not {{xkcd|nnnn}} but also not {{explainxkcd|nnnn}}; also typo fix ("seams"))
- 13:50, 21 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,048) . . Category talk:Version Control (r: there are four. also only 1 would be ok.)
- 02:02, 21 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+17) . . 1667: Algorithms (→Categories: +Git)
- 16:50, 20 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . 1234: Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013) (→Trivia: Category:Version Control)
- 16:49, 20 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+26) . . Category:Version Control (subcat of Programming)
- 16:49, 20 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+219) . . N Category:Version Control (Created page with "Comics that are about {{w|version control}} generally, as opposed to those about {{w|Git}} which belong in that subcategory. Also comics that broadly reference version control...")
- 16:39, 20 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-8) . . 1296: Git Commit (→categories: Programming -> Git)
- 16:38, 20 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-8) . . 1597: Git (→categories: Programming -> Git)
- 03:37, 7 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-17) . . m 2119: Video Orientation (partial rv of last: it is no coincidence that the diagonal orientation is similar to a dutch angle. It's tautological.)
- 10:15, 5 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . 2119: Video Orientation (Weaken 170523 edit: Remove claim about the "likely" inspiration; there's a lot more prior art. Leave it at "could have" + Dubious. While here, unbracket "this" anchored article URLs. Absent a gloss/title, bare URLs are better.)
- 10:08, 5 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+5) . . 2119: Video Orientation (Let's say the comic compares SELECTED pros and cons rather than DIFFERENT or (most recent edit) THE pros and cons. Because, as noted in Talk, it's far from a comprhensive discussion of these issues.)
- 03:10, 5 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+2,917) . . m 2119: Video Orientation (Undo revision 170533 by 162.158.63.172 (talk) rvv)
- 02:48, 5 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+7) . . 2119: Video Orientation (Undo revision 170529 by 162.158.138.4 (talk); category links don't pipe)
- 14:49, 4 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m Talk:2109: Invisible Formatting (fix 172.68.144.145 link, ooops)
- 14:48, 4 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+2,653) . . Talk:2109: Invisible Formatting (Longer explanation for removal of inappopriate claims of Randall's word processing practices and alleged non-familiarity with word processors.)
- 14:27, 4 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-452) . . 2109: Invisible Formatting (No: rv. Comic does not "indicate Randall bolds text via clicking." It cannot "indicate Randall is not familiar." Those are unsupported conclusions that are false. Because they're foolhardy, it makes little sense to state them weaker ("might suggest").)
- 14:21, 4 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+322) . . Talk:2119: Video Orientation (ref. Vertical Video Syndrome)
- 15:02, 2 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+796) . . Talk:2118: Normal Distribution ("completely meaningless" seems incorrect to me?)
- 12:36, 28 February 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-4) . . m 2109: Invisible Formatting (→Explanation: Italics and bold are MARKUP, not "markdown." Markdown is a specific language for encoding markup and it's not relevant or appropriate here. [I want to see a comic about HyperText Markdown Language…])
- 12:32, 28 February 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-452) . . 2109: Invisible Formatting (→Explanation: Revert spurious claim that Randall doesn't know kbd shorcuts or word processors. An iconbutton is used for bold in comics for illustrative purposes, because you can't see the keyboard. It does not reflect the author-artist's knowlege.)
- 03:23, 23 February 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+396) . . Talk:2109: Invisible Formatting (Belated comment re proportionally spaced width of boldface versus roman)
- 16:31, 8 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-18) . . m 2055: Bluetooth (→Explanation: each device MIGHT have it's own method (is that even true?), but they are not all "proprietary" (some might be?). Number agreement, favor "or" over "and/or".)
- 16:28, 8 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-125) . . m 2055: Bluetooth (rv unjustified & unsupported claim ("probably a reference"); blue pottery isn't good enough. It's not even plausible a reference, much less probably. rv 163808 by Hjmillman (talk))
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