Category:Comics sharing name - Revision history

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-:''Not to be confused with [[Comic series|comic series]].
+:''Not to be confused with [[Comic series]].
 </noinclude>These comics have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters. Sometimes, this is because they are part of a [[:Category:Comic series|comic series]], where often the only difference is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name without being part of a series<noinclude>, such as:
 *[[786: Exoplanets]] and [[1071: Exoplanets]]. Both images were originally named <code>exoplanets.png</code>. When the latter was published, this broke the former on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], so it was renamed <code>exoplanets_2010.png</code>.

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-<!--
+<noinclude><!--
 NOTE FOR EDITORS: This category is different from the most comic categories, since it sorts comics by name instead of sorting them in chronological order by default using the "DEFAULTSORT" tag hidden in the comic card template.
 To add new comics in the right order in this category, use the {{distinguish}} template. It's easy! See the template documentation for more details:
 explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Template:distinguish
 -->
-<noinclude>:''Not to be confused with [[Comic series|comic series]].
+:''Not to be confused with [[Comic series|comic series]].
-</noinclude>These comics have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters. Sometimes, this is because they are part of a [[:Category:Comic series|comic series]], where often the only difference is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name without being part of a series, such as:
+</noinclude>These comics have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters. Sometimes, this is because they are part of a [[:Category:Comic series|comic series]], where often the only difference is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name without being part of a series<noinclude>, such as:
 *[[786: Exoplanets]] and [[1071: Exoplanets]]. Both images were originally named <code>exoplanets.png</code>. When the latter was published, this broke the former on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], so it was renamed <code>exoplanets_2010.png</code>.
 *[[60: Super Bowl]] and [[1480: Super Bowl]]. No images broke because the first one is a {{w|JPG}} file and the second one is a {{w|PNG}} file.
-*[[827: Business Idea]] and [[1721: Business Idea]]. When the second comic was released, the image file and the comic title were the same and there was a conflict both on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and [[1721:_Business_Idea#Trivia|on this site]]. Randall renamed the first comic [[827: My Business Idea]] and the comic image <code>my_business_idea.png</code>.<noinclude>
+*[[827: Business Idea]] and [[1721: Business Idea]]. When the second comic was released, the image file and the comic title were the same and there was a conflict both on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and [[1721:_Business_Idea#Trivia|on this site]]. Randall renamed the first comic [[827: My Business Idea]] and the comic image <code>my_business_idea.png</code>.
 There are also other pairs of comics where the only difference is that one of the titles is plural:

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 *[[827: Business Idea]] and [[1721: Business Idea]]. When the second comic was released, the image file and the comic title were the same and there was a conflict both on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and [[1721:_Business_Idea#Trivia|on this site]]. Randall renamed the first comic [[827: My Business Idea]] and the comic image <code>my_business_idea.png</code>.<noinclude>
-There are also other pairs of comics where the only difference is that one of the titles is plural. They are:
+There are also other pairs of comics where the only difference is that one of the titles is plural:
 <div style="column-width:30em">
 *[[235: Kite]] and [[1614: Kites]],

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 *[[235: Kite]] and [[1614: Kites]],
 *[[441: Babies]] and [[1650: Baby]].
-*[[518: Flow Charts]],  [[1195: Flowchart]] and [[1488: Flowcharts]].
+*[[518: Flow Charts]], [[1195: Flowchart]], and [[1488: Flowcharts]].
 *[[561: Well]] and [[3004: Wells]].
 *[[716: Time Machine]] and [[1203: Time Machines]].

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-<!-- NOTE FOR EDITORS: This category is different from the most comic categories, since it sorts comics by name instead of sorting them in chronological order by default using the "DEFAULTSORT" tag hidden in the comic card template.
+<!--
 To add new comics in the right order in this category, use the {{distinguish}} template. It's easy! See the template documentation for more details: explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Template:distinguish
 -->
-This list includes all comics that have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters.
+This list includes all comics that have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters. Sometimes this is because they are part of a [[:Category:Comic series|comic series]], where often the only difference is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name without being part of a series, such as:
 *[[786: Exoplanets]] and [[1071: Exoplanets]]. Both images were originally named <code>exoplanets.png</code>. When the latter was published, this broke the former on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], so it was renamed <code>exoplanets_2010.png</code>.
 *[[60: Super Bowl]] and [[1480: Super Bowl]]. No images broke because the first one is a {{w|JPG}} file and the second one is a {{w|PNG}} file.
 *[[827: Business Idea]] and [[1721: Business Idea]]. When the second comic was released, the image file and the comic title were the same and there was a conflict both on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and [[1721:_Business_Idea#Trivia|on this site]]. Randall renamed the first comic [[827: My Business Idea]] and the comic image <code>my_business_idea.png</code>.
-There are also other pairs of comics where the only difference is that one of the titles is plural:
+There are also other pairs of comics where the only difference is that one of the titles is plural. They are
-*[[1027: Pickup Artist]] and [[1178: Pickup Artists]].
+<div style="column-width:30em">
 *[[518: Flow Charts]],  [[1195: Flowchart]] and [[1488: Flowcharts]].
-*[[235: Kite]] and [[1614: Kites]].
+*[[561: Well]] and [[3004: Wells]].
 *[[716: Time Machine]] and [[1203: Time Machines]].
 *[[1256: Questions]] and [[1448: Question]].
-*[[561: Well]] and [[3004: Wells]].
+*[[1373: Screenshot]] and [[1863: Screenshots]].
-*[[1490: Atoms]] and [[3050: Atom]].</div>
+*[[1490: Atoms]] and [[3050: Atom]].
-<br>
+</div>
 [[Category:Distinctive comics|Name]]
 [[Category:Comic series| ]]