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Hi! BlackHat (talk) 18:57, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA aoijgpisbHtejsykl7ekderhtsjk6r64os4kys\\\[]jsrtjgdrght (talk) 04:55, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

That is one of the most cursed usernames, cursed real name, cursed website and cursed signature if I had ever seen one... — The 𝗦𝗾𝗿𝘁-𝟭 talk stalk 15:48, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Weird humor is my speciality. aoijgpisbHtejsykl7ekderhtsjk6r64os4kys\\\[]jsrtjgdrghtvgwrhtejyku5dli6;78t7l6rk5j4h|||||#Rty-----WWWWWWfflfllfllfllfeogk0q9wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww4-cv;c;;c;c[;]z\]d;v[\]????????OH GOD IT'S CRASIHNG MY PC����������������������������������������������� (talk) 01:23, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Welcome to the internet! -Donthaveusernametalk 18:22, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Correct me im wrong but i feel like the 4 people who went to this talk page, Me, BlackHat, Lettherebedarklight and Sqrt1 all like dark humor -Donthaveusernametalk

I prefer to stick to stapler humor. ka-CH- oh. I appear to be out of staples. --Wielder of the Staple Gun (talk) 23:35, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

i stepped on one and it hur- IM BLEEDING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miLcaqq2Zpk (talk) 08:53, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Would you like a consolation scone? --Wielder of the Staple Gun (talk) 15:17, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
no. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miLcaqq2Zpk (talk) 09:25, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
consolation antimatter staple? --Wielder of the Staple Gun (talk) 18:42, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
that is not a thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miLcaqq2Zpk (talk) 14:23, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
If you say so... --Wielder of the Staple Gun (talk) 15:17, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

I feel sorry for even trying to add any sanity to this page. But I've noticed that you're heavy on editorialising things, LTBDL, 'naw, we don't need that' in various ways without much justification but personal taste or (possibly) sensibilities. It's good to have another active editor who spots and corrects things, of course, just I keep wondering if I should revert a few of your changes (I don't think I ever do, I do revert spam/vandalism but you're clearly hearfelt and genuine). 172.70.86.64 08:02, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

what? can you link the diffs? youtube.com/watch?v=miLcaqq2Zpk (talk) 10:28, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
(Me again, whatever the IP below says. If you take an anon-IP's word for it.)
A sample, only, from recent change-history, indicative of what I mean. Nothing I'd undo, but I was tempted. (I did undo something, but that's for different reasons, as stated. And this seemed strange to remove so I partially reinserted it.)
Oh, and, I totally agreed with this... ;) 172.70.90.173 20:14, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
(Me again...) Just got two minor problems with this couple of edits. Firstly, just wiping the hebrew out (is it not relevent, to those that might read it?). Secondly, the image (fixing the obvious lack of one, or at least the redlink of the original which might just be a typo with a real original upload out there somewhere) is huuuuuge. Can you at least reupload that one of yours rescaled at half width (and height, obviously) so it doesn't put the rest of the page into only the left half of the screen at much reduced font — at least in my case. Your browser/display might be happier with it, or else you'd have noticed, but it definitely breaks mine. 172.70.90.121 20:42, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
stop using a vpn. anyway,
1137: i didn't remove it, just moved it to the bottom of the explanation as it was causing a space to appear at the start of the explanation, but i can see how people would miss it.
305: do we really want to link to that?
1534: i just thought that we're explaining the comic, not external things.
972: same as 1534.
2592: pls ignore
1037: the hebrew is in the comic itself, so i just thought, you know. and sorry, but i have no idea how to shrink the image size of photos.
that's my rationale for those edits. hope you understand. youtube.com/watch?v=miLcaqq2Zpk (talk) 10:06, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
(what are these citation neededs)

Re: your edit, the answer is that these are the raw markup code that the actual {{Citation needed}} template uses, as can be seen if you dig deep enough, e.g. here.

Some people just can't remember the exact format, so might copy the non-template form from somewhere where it's explicit, and/or recreate it from scratch for themselves. (Or possibly they get confused by the 'correct format' examples in the Template page being markup, not template, when the intention of the correct/incorrect formatting shown is really the intended relationship of the tag with any punctuation.)

The actual template is upper then lower initials but (because not everyone remembers that) it is also redirected to from {{Citation Needed}} (upper and upper) and {{citation needed}} (lower and lower) for easy/carefree use. Also there's {{template|fact}} (doubly ironically named?), which many also use as a shortcut, and possibly some other redirects that I can't recall right now. You recently added the one via {{cn}}, I think I noted, and why not? Less obvious in editing, what that is, but basically identical when just reading.

Not to be confused with {{Citation neededs}}, which is a struckthrough variation (not sure how often that is used!), and {{Actual citation needed}} which is the non-joke version as per 'normal' wiki use, though tends not to be used because linking to something (or editing it out) tends to be easier for the userbase who even know of this.

HTH, HAND! 172.70.90.211 17:45, 24 March 2022 (UTC) ( <= Random IP user... No, not intentionally through a VPN, it's the third-party router site that everyone goes through to access the site anyway. ;) )

yeah i know[citation needed] youtube.com/watch?v=miLcaqq2Zpk (talk) 00:54, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
== Fuck is that bad? ==

Is it normal that it will expire? What will happen? How often do websites get this close? tell me everything aaaaaa --FaviFake (talk) 15:01, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Drafting up a email to Davidy22 and Jeff right now regarding this issue. 42.book.addictTalk to me! 16:32, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
i hope some sort of auto renew is on this website's domain expires in august 00:49, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Look at the "last renewed" date, the cycle is obviously year-by-year, so not that worrying. Barring the on-record payment details suddenly becoming invalid for any number of reasons, and the payee not caring to correct, or an active decision for the same person to call it a day and abort the renewal.
If the cycle had been five years or ten years, or anything where 2009->2025 divided neatly into a larger number (say 8, but not so much the far more recent 4), then I might be worried that a not-so-active domain owner had manually renewed the last time "your N-year ownership fee is expiring soon, please log in to reserve it for the next N years" happened but was significantly at risk of being no longer able (or caring) to do it this time round.
Of course, still could happen that way for N=1, last year, but the intervention/inertia happening so recently sort of proves that it's something the registree (and registrar) is still on top of. It's also like acting surprised that somebody has a birthday sometime this year. The number of people who don't is very roughly 0.07%, but I suspect that particular loophole doesn't even exist where annual subscriptions are involved... Anyway, if you'd have looked at this same page one year ago, you'd probably have had exactly the exact same apparent immediacy looming, yet we got past it.
Not to say that this is not the one year when it won't get renewed, just that the odds aren't high enough, on all available evidence.
Also, if the domain and the hosting server aren't linked as a package deal (and I suspect that they aren't, with actual techy/nerdy types at the blunt end of this whole site, but haven't cared to track down that information), domain-loss doesn't mean automatic site-loss. Inconvenience, maybe, and frustration for us while it's sorted. Chances of a cyber-squatter leaping in for traffic capture/spoofing-for-profit? And/or hoping to make a high return on re-selling back to the initially forgetful past-owner when the mistake is realised. But the site software/database is probably intact enough, until the totally different time when the data is wiped (hosting or rack-space contract isn't renewed, or a sufficiently bad hardware (and backup hardware) crash that could actually happen any time at all without any so obvious forewarning!).
A further point-of-failure (also recoverable, eventually, if there's someone still willing and able to manage the necessary changes) is if the Cloudflare proxy service ends, for any reason (e.g. proxy fees unpaid, Cloudflare itself stops operating, etc). Again, not something I can easily predict. But it puts the seemingly annual renewal process into perspective. I wouldn't actually start really worrying until the anniversary of the last renew passes (and then at least to the next working day, or two, inncas3 that's applicable), with about a month left to go, and still no sign of change.
NB: to avoid the recursive templating, for something like that on your User page, one could 'includeonly' the workings on this page (if you had nowhere else to put it) and then transclude this one on the other, instead to neatly get whatever you wanted to appear there. I could suggest a sub-page (User:Lettherebedarklight/domaintime, or similar), but not for something that (one way or another!) is going to no longer be relevent after not too long.
HTH, HAND! 172.69.224.74 05:31, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Hey could you give us a summary of your answer pls? I'm interested in this. --FaviFake (talk) 17:23, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
"Is it normal that it will expire?" Yes. Commercial domain registrations have expiry/renewel cycles. Length may depend on the registrar and the domain.
"What will happen?" Your browser wouldn't know how to get here, from the "explainxkcd.com" name. But 'here' could still exist. May even be accessible by some obscure IP, which you're not likely to be told.
"How often do websites get this close?" If it's set to be renewed every year... every year. Renewal last year was one-month-minus-one-day before the 'birthday date', heavily implying it got down to that, then auto-renewed with zero fuss. (Or dealt with manually in a very efficient manner.)
"tell me everything aaaaaa" See above, for starters..? 172.68.186.141 20:59, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
the ip is 172.67.157.56, but you have to use a Host header to see this site, so you can't access it through a browser like chrome. 21:43, 28 July 2025 (UTC)Treeplate (talk) 21:43, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Just to specifically inform those who are watching this particular page: 

Doman: EXPLAINXKCD.COM
Updated On: 2025-07-11T07:07:51Z
Expires On: 2026-08-10T21:58:25Z

...so, the usual yearly cycle continues, and there's nothing (particularly) to worry about. Just everything else that could go wrong, at any time at all. 92.23.2.228 16:40, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Please change your signature[edit]

At the very least, your lack of punctuation and capital letter makes it look like part of whatever else you've just written, whatever that might have been. Imagine reading:

  • Ha ha yes this website's domain expires in august
  • It's all trumps fault this website's domain expires in august
  • I want to go to mars so much this website's domain expires in august
  • I don't believe that this website's domain expires in august

Re-add the link to here, your User Talk. If you still want to keep mentioning the matter, get the above full discussion added in (and added to). Rather than only a link to your 'countdown page', at least get people to either support or contest the facts in a place they can at least edit their own concerns/non-concerns without 'vandalising' your User-space.

(You don't need to have that big recursion-error message on your User page, BTW. Easy to fix, even if you want to keep the time-until thing.)

Finally, I believe it's unwarranted worry, anyway, and I remember pointing that out to you a while before you still went ahead and changed your User page (and Signature?) like you did. But I'm not sure you're paying attention, so it might have to be fixed (removed/struckthrough?) by someone else. Which shouldn't really be me, but rest assured that I'll consider it an option if the time gets renewed and you're still 'warning' us about it.

Please do comment (or wipe this whole lot out once it becomes no longer relevent), if you can, so that I know at least you've acknowledged it. 82.132.213.196 11:05, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Agreed. --FaviFake (talk) 21:18, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
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