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:''[[xkcd]]: A webcomic of [[:Category:Romance|romance]], [[:Category:Sarcasm|sarcasm]], [[:Category:Math|math]], and [[:Category:Language|language]].''
 
:''[[xkcd]]: A webcomic of [[:Category:Romance|romance]], [[:Category:Sarcasm|sarcasm]], [[:Category:Math|math]], and [[:Category:Language|language]].''
  
It's a kind of general mission statement for what constitutes a "good" xkcd comic. No where is there a mention of humor, though it doesn't exclude it. In fact, there are some true [[931|downers]].
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It's a kind of general mission statement for the xkcd comics. No where is there a mention of humor, though it doesn't exclude it. In fact, there are some true [[931|downers]].
  
 
In the early days (until april 2006) the tagline read as:
 
In the early days (until april 2006) the tagline read as:
 
:''A webcomic of romance and geek humor. Updated on time every M/W/F since 1779.''
 
:''A webcomic of romance and geek humor. Updated on time every M/W/F since 1779.''
(Old versions on the site can be viewed [http://web.archive.org/web/20060408220042/http://www.xkcd.com/c60.html here].)
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(Old versions of the site can be viewed [http://web.archive.org/web/20060408220042/http://www.xkcd.com/c60.html here].)
  
 
[[Category:Meta]]
 
[[Category:Meta]]

Revision as of 00:05, 26 February 2013

The following tagline appears at the top of the xkcd main page, regardless of which comic is being viewed.

xkcd: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

It's a kind of general mission statement for the xkcd comics. No where is there a mention of humor, though it doesn't exclude it. In fact, there are some true downers.

In the early days (until april 2006) the tagline read as:

A webcomic of romance and geek humor. Updated on time every M/W/F since 1779.

(Old versions of the site can be viewed here.)