Category:Explanation Improvement Project
After remaining inactive more than a decade, the Explanation Completion Project is back with a new goal and a new name! Explaining every comic was just the start; the key to an active wiki is the maintenance and constant improvements for the existing explanations.
While most new comics receive high-quality explanations, due to the growing user base and our high standards, our goal is to have a complete repository of explanations for every comic. However, old and complicated explanations don't attract enough attention and tend to remain stagnant. This project aims to solve that.
This week's explanation for improvement is:
See also previous selections and future selections
There are a total of 3315 explanations on this wiki. Every Monday, upon completion of This Week's Explanation for Improvement (TWEFI), a new page will be featured in the Main Page and in our global site banner with the goal of continually keeping our older explanations as detailed and fresh as possible. Remember; every little bit counts. Even if all you can do is add a sentence or fix a typo, that's still another step taken towards finishing the article.
This project differs from our list of incomplete articles, which mostly includes the most recent comics and some evergreen explanations that are never truly "finished". For those, browse Category:Incomplete explanations or jump to a random incomplete explanation.
Criteria[edit]
The Explanation Improvement Project should focus primarily on improving existing explanations while also helping create new editors. Ideal candidates for This Week's Explanation for Improvement are:
1. Needing of improvement, with expansion opportunity. Short explanations are often the most ideal for improvement, but long explanations can be great candidates due to poor writing, redundant phrases, or not explaining the joke well. Short explanations about quick and simple jokes should remain short. Regardless of am explanation's lenght, give due consideration to its quality before nominating.
2. Interesting to the general public or otherwise ideal for new editors. This can be evidenced by how niche or complex the topic is. Comics that cover everyday ("normal") topics are better suited for this "one-week edit-a-thon" format, while comics about obscure and deeply technical topics usually belong in the Category:Incomplete explanations backlog instead.
3. Released before 2013. The comic should preferably (but not always) have been published before the creation of this wiki; comics released after July 2012 were featured on the Main Page for multiple days and are generally higher-quality as a result. Particularly, comics released in the last few years should almost never be nominated. (The lastest comic posted before this wiki was created is 1079: United Shapes)
Nominations[edit]
Current TWEFI[edit]
- 3290: Trade — FaviFake (talk) 22:26, 26 August 2026 (UTC)
Successful nominations (pending)[edit]
- Nominations from "Current nominations" will be moved here once they're approved.
Current nominations[edit]
- Feel free to list your proposed TWEFI here, with a brief comment on why it meets the #Criteria above.
15 comics nominated. All of the comics below are somewhat niche, but broad enough to be good for new users, and in need of some revamping and improvement. Most are before 2013. To be fair, I came upon with this list before the criteria was put down. Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 1447: Meta-Analysis – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 1025: Tumblr – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 330: Indecision – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 301: Limerick – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 640: Tornado Hunter – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 1334: Second – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 686: Admin Mourning – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 2171: Shadow Biosphere – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 795: Conditional Risk – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 366: Your Mom – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 680: December 25th – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 1165: Amazon – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 779: Anxiety – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 380: Emoticon – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
- 729: Laser Pointer – Nominated by Black Hat's Hat (talk) 03:42, 27 August 2026 (UTC)
Archived nominations[edit]
Past successful nominations[edit]
- Successful nominations will be moved here once after being advertised on TWEFI for a week.
Failed nominations[edit]
- None! (We have a 100% success rate so far!)
Implementation[edit]
Here's how the MediaWiki:Sitenotice could look like for the first few TWEFI:
After more than a decade, the Explanation Improvement Project is back with the new goal of rewriting 1 stagnant explanation every week. The Explanation for Improvement for this week is:3290: Trade
Wish your favourite comic were explained better? Want to vote on the next Explanation for Improvement? Vote on the current nominations or propose new ones! See also the ongoing logo redesign contest.
The current TWEFI will be tagged with {{This Week's Explanation for Improvement banner}}:
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The Explanation Improvement Project has selected this page as This Week's Explanation for Improvement. Anyone is encouraged to help explain this comic! Every little bit counts; even just adding a sentence or fixing a typo is another step towards improving the wiki for everyone.
Click here to get started! If you are new to wiki editing, see our editing FAQ for guidance, or simply learn by doing :) |
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Pages in category "Explanation Improvement Project"
The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.