Talk:3141: Mantle Model - Revision history

R128 at 15:14, 25 February 2026

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42.book.addict at 02:39, 5 November 2025

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42.book.addict at 02:39, 5 November 2025

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81.179.195.93 at 18:58, 6 October 2025

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Kapten-N at 14:19, 6 October 2025

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Theclapp at 13:00, 22 September 2025

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82.132.245.77: Unnoticed remnant of the timestamp+IP copypasta...

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Unnoticed remnant of the timestamp+IP copypasta...

82.132.245.182 at 13:36, 17 September 2025

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66.159.217.128 at 14:49, 16 September 2025

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82.13.184.33 at 08:30, 16 September 2025

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	It makes no sense to put [citation needed] on something being unconfirmed. Either say that mantle plumes have no shadow aspect[citation needed] or just leave it as being unconfirmed without the need for citation. [[User:Kapten-N\|Kapten-N]] ([[User talk:Kapten-N\|talk]]) 14:19, 6 October 2025 (UTC)		It makes no sense to put [citation needed] on something being unconfirmed. Either say that mantle plumes have no shadow aspect[citation needed] or just leave it as being unconfirmed without the need for citation. [[User:Kapten-N\|Kapten-N]] ([[User talk:Kapten-N\|talk]]) 14:19, 6 October 2025 (UTC)
	:I'm not sure if that was even meant as a [Citation needed] (tongue-in-cheek, for humour) or [Actual citation needed] (the real thing), at least as far as whatever the tag is attached to. I'd be tempted to remove that and/or reword the text to make the intended serious/funny sense more obvious. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93\|81.179.195.93]] 18:58, 6 October 2025 (UTC)		:I'm not sure if that was even meant as a [Citation needed] (tongue-in-cheek, for humour) or [Actual citation needed] (the real thing), at least as far as whatever the tag is attached to. I'd be tempted to remove that and/or reword the text to make the intended serious/funny sense more obvious. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93\|81.179.195.93]] 18:58, 6 October 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Isn't this a riff on the standard model of particle physics seeming adhoc? Some situation comes up and is then explained by a new particle (even if it is rigorous in its addition, it does seem contrived fom far away) [[User:R128\|R128]] ([[User talk:R128\|talk]]) 15:14, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

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 ::This seems to be a recurring feature of many sites at the moment, whether behind Cloudflare or not. My suspicion is that scraping for AI is out of control, acting as a particularly stupid (vibe-coded) and well-funded DDoS. --[[Special:Contributions/81.96.108.67|81.96.108.67]] 06:58, 13 September 2025 (UTC)
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	It makes no sense to put [citation needed] on something being unconfirmed. Either say that mantle plumes have no shadow aspect[citation needed] or just leave it as being unconfirmed without the need for citation. [[User:Kapten-N\|Kapten-N]] ([[User talk:Kapten-N\|talk]]) 14:19, 6 October 2025 (UTC)		It makes no sense to put [citation needed] on something being unconfirmed. Either say that mantle plumes have no shadow aspect[citation needed] or just leave it as being unconfirmed without the need for citation. [[User:Kapten-N\|Kapten-N]] ([[User talk:Kapten-N\|talk]]) 14:19, 6 October 2025 (UTC)
		+	:I'm not sure if that was even meant as a [Citation needed] (tongue-in-cheek, for humour) or [Actual citation needed] (the real thing), at least as far as whatever the tag is attached to. I'd be tempted to remove that and/or reword the text to make the intended serious/funny sense more obvious. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.195.93\|81.179.195.93]] 18:58, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

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	I am a bit surprised of the passive/agressive tone of this explanation. Is it simply me not being good enough in english ? {{unsigned ip\|66.159.217.128\|14:49, 16 September 2025}}		I am a bit surprised of the passive/agressive tone of this explanation. Is it simply me not being good enough in english ? {{unsigned ip\|66.159.217.128\|14:49, 16 September 2025}}
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		+	It makes no sense to put [citation needed] on something being unconfirmed. Either say that mantle plumes have no shadow aspect[citation needed] or just leave it as being unconfirmed without the need for citation. [[User:Kapten-N\|Kapten-N]] ([[User talk:Kapten-N\|talk]]) 14:19, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

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 : Counterpoint: Yes it is. [[User:Theclapp|Theclapp]] ([[User talk:Theclapp|talk]]) 19:25, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
 :: Synthesis: It could be, but wasn't here. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33|82.13.184.33]] 08:30, 16 September 2025 (UTC)
 My interpretation of the comic was that it was more of a satire on geology and how it interprets mantle plumes rather than just some random absurd thing. After all, looking at the Wikipedia page for mantle plumes, it lists like 10 totally random things that geologists sometimes attribute to mantle plumes. [[User:Qoiuoiuoiu|Qoiuoiuoiu]] ([[User talk:Qoiuoiuoiu|talk]]) 02:54, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

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	He did this whole comic just so he could do the "antle plumes" pun in the title text, didn't he? [[User:Theclapp\|Theclapp]] ([[User talk:Theclapp\|talk]]) 19:25, 15 September 2025 (UTC)		He did this whole comic just so he could do the "antle plumes" pun in the title text, didn't he? [[User:Theclapp\|Theclapp]] ([[User talk:Theclapp\|talk]]) 19:25, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

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	He did this whole comic just so he could do the "antle plumes" pun in the title text, didn't he? [[User:Theclapp\|Theclapp]] ([[User talk:Theclapp\|talk]]) 19:25, 15 September 2025 (UTC)		He did this whole comic just so he could do the "antle plumes" pun in the title text, didn't he? [[User:Theclapp\|Theclapp]] ([[User talk:Theclapp\|talk]]) 19:25, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
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 To my knowledge, D. B. isn't an "alias" of the plane hijacker but more of a cultural nickname. The hijacker named himself "Dan Cooper" (an European comic about a pilot. Relevancy never proved or disproved by the FBI according to Wikipedia) while D. B. Cooper was a random person misnamed by the media? {{unsigned ip|91.181.199.112|12:12, 15 September 2025 (UTC)}}
 ::Yep, D.B. Cooper is a nickname given by a reporter that stuck, after the composite drawing was released.  But back to the comic, this case could have been made much harder in 1980 due to a mantle plume.  LOTS of stuff got buried under ash in the Mt. St. Helens eruption in May of 1980.[[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 15:47, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
 Forgive me if I'm off base here, but isn't this one a joke about Dark Matter? 12:54, 15 September 2025 (UTC)