User talk:Beanie - Revision history

81.179.199.253: /* Could you create some category pages ("Superheroes" & "Superman") for me so I can edit them? */

2026-05-13T13:26:56Z

‎Could you create some category pages ("Superheroes" & "Superman") for me so I can edit them?

IAmADroid: /* Could you create some category pages ("Superheroes" & "Superman") for me so I can edit them? */ new section

2026-05-13T11:39:03Z

‎Could you create some category pages ("Superheroes" & "Superman") for me so I can edit them?: new section

42.book.addict at 17:03, 5 September 2024

2024-09-05T17:03:05Z

172.70.90.207: /* YOU. SIGNIFICANT USER OF THIS WIKI. */ new section

2024-09-05T13:21:44Z

‎YOU. SIGNIFICANT USER OF THIS WIKI.: new section

Beanie: /* "(That sentence was redundant, as that's the entire reason why categories exist. I'll be doing this for the other comics now too." */ remove typo

2023-04-18T11:30:35Z

‎"(That sentence was redundant, as that's the entire reason why categories exist. I'll be doing this for the other comics now too.": remove typo

Beanie: /* "(That sentence was redundant, as that's the entire reason why categories exist. I'll be doing this for the other comics now too." */

2023-04-18T11:30:10Z

‎"(That sentence was redundant, as that's the entire reason why categories exist. I'll be doing this for the other comics now too."

172.71.242.190: /* "(That sentence was redundant, as that's the entire reason why categories exist. I'll be doing this for the other comics now too." */ new section

2023-04-03T13:50:54Z

‎"(That sentence was redundant, as that's the entire reason why categories exist. I'll be doing this for the other comics now too.": new section

172.70.162.5: /* Mdashes */ new section

2022-02-25T01:20:49Z

‎Mdashes: new section

Beanie: /* It is actually a perfectly cromulent word... */

2022-01-29T23:27:58Z

‎It is actually a perfectly cromulent word...

172.70.90.173: /* It is actually a perfectly cromulent word... */ new section

2022-01-29T23:26:17Z

‎It is actually a perfectly cromulent word...: new section

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	&sim;[[User:IAmADroid\|IAmADroid]] ([[User talk:IAmADroid\|talk]]) 11:38, 13 May 2026 (UTC)		&sim;[[User:IAmADroid\|IAmADroid]] ([[User talk:IAmADroid\|talk]]) 11:38, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
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		+	:Hi, IAmDroid. You might like to note that this user (Beanie) hasn't actually made any edits for over a year, so this is not really a particularly handy place to ask for their help. (Or an obvious one to ask for anyone else's, although — like me — someone may still spot your request to Beannie and consider if they can and want to help you out.)
		+	:Also, you might want to read the recent [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Proposals#possible new "superheroes" category]], in which this has been discussed at length. (But nobody who can make it work, whatever 'it' should be, has decided to do anything positive about it... yet.)
		+	:Thirdly, you will likely soon (if not already? ...you've been here a while, but I haven't counted how many actual edits you've so far made) have the ability to create pages yourself, as the criteria for new users (with actual usernames) to do this are not so onerous. I would still advise caution in unilaterally taking advantage of that ability, once you have it, but you wouldn't ''have'' to ask random other people (or via the Portal) to do it.
		+	:Hope that helps. And I'll probably see how things go for you. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 13:26, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

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	:Your point about editors' work being removed is a little odd though. Isn't that the entire point of wikis? [[User:Beanie\|<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black;font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie]]</span> [[User talk:Beanie\|<sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px black;font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk]]</span></sup> 11:30, 18 April 2023 (UTC)		:Your point about editors' work being removed is a little odd though. Isn't that the entire point of wikis? [[User:Beanie\|<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black;font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie]]</span> [[User talk:Beanie\|<sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px black;font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk]]</span></sup> 11:30, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
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		+	== Could you create some category pages ("Superheroes" & "Superman") for me so I can edit them? ==
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		+	The pages I want are: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Superheroes
		+	and another one specifically for superman: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Superman
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		+	I'd make the superman category a subcategory of superheroes obviously,
		+	and superheroes a subcategory of fiction.
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		+	There are also a few comics that have superman that I could aggregate in a superman category:
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1792:_Bird/Plane/Superman
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1063:_Kill_Hitler (doesn't explicitly feature superman but references a superman movie)
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1384:_Krypton
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1394:_Superm*n (the lame Supermoon parody of Superman)
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1434:_Where_Do_Birds_Go
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1633:_Possible_Undiscovered_Planets
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1848:_Glacial_Erratic
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1970:_Name_Dominoes
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2230:_Versus_Bracket
		+	https://what-if.xkcd.com/14/#:~:text=Superman
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		+	And some stuff to toss in the potential superheroes category:
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1004:_Batman
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2367:_Masks
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		+	but I can't do that if the category pages don't exist.
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		+	An alternative to a "Superheroes" category was "Comics featuring Superheroes",
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1012:_Wrong_Superhero&action=edit&oldid=411893
		+	https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2367:_Masks&action=edit
		+	(you can only see it in the "edit" page)
		+
		+	but I think that's kinda dumb and unnecessary to specify "Comics" because the superheroes category isn't big enough. Plus some people are already using "Superheroes" without it even existing, hence why it is the superior version of the category to create, since it is more intuitive.
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		+	Anyways, coming to you for help on creating these categories because I saw you created a category page in the past. And I don't have sufficient permission to create the superman and superheroes pages myself.
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		+	thanks,<br>
		+	&sim;[[User:IAmADroid\|IAmADroid]] ([[User talk:IAmADroid\|talk]]) 11:38, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

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	:Your point about editors' work being removed is a little odd though. Isn't that the entire point of wikis? [[User:Beanie\|<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black;font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie]]</span> [[User talk:Beanie\|<sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px black;font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk]]</span></sup> 11:30, 18 April 2023 (UTC)		:Your point about editors' work being removed is a little odd though. Isn't that the entire point of wikis? [[User:Beanie\|<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black;font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie]]</span> [[User talk:Beanie\|<sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px black;font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk]]</span></sup> 11:30, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
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−	~~DO YOU FW PALESTINE?~~
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	:Your point about editors' work being removed is a little odd though. Isn't that the entire point of wikis? [[User:Beanie\|<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black;font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie]]</span> [[User talk:Beanie\|<sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px black;font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk]]</span></sup> 11:30, 18 April 2023 (UTC)		:Your point about editors' work being removed is a little odd though. Isn't that the entire point of wikis? [[User:Beanie\|<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black;font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie]]</span> [[User talk:Beanie\|<sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px black;font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk]]</span></sup> 11:30, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
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		+	== YOU. SIGNIFICANT USER OF THIS WIKI. ==
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		+	DO YOU FW PALESTINE?
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		+	[[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.207\|172.70.90.207]] 13:21, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

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 Keep going, if you want. I find it awkward on this device to put in mdashes (except by using "&amp;mdash;", which is inefficient), so I'll hyphen it and accept someone converting it later. Not that you've changed any that I recognise as being mine, originally, yet. And you're preserving the spaces... as long as you don't convert legitimate "…this - and that…" to "…this&mdash;and that…", I'm happy. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.5|172.70.162.5]] 01:20, 25 February 2022 (UTC) (PS., I'm also the guy who wrote the above section. :-p I'd forgotten I'd told you that, but I see you continue to be of good humour!)
-== "(That sentence was redundant, as that's the entire reason why categories exist. I'll be doing this for the other comics now too." ==
+== "That sentence was redundant, as that's the entire reason why categories exist. I'll be doing this for the other comics now too." ==
 Technically correct, and I have no intention of reversing this/others, but it's really more a "this is a further example of (category)" style comment which is exceedingly common and relevent in narrative explanations. Some things (being one of the Wednesday Comics) need have no mention, except when it's one of the unusual ones. That it features a given character is probably not special (save for in-text link to their character page).

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	Having seen all the recent edits done (linknit to Category rather than the list of direct cross-article references), I wonder if the editor(s) who did that might feel a bit miffed at the excision of their own work. (From here on the sidines, I can sympathise with both your and their POVs, though obviously I tend to theirs a bit more.) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.190\|172.71.242.190]] 13:50, 3 April 2023 (UTC)		Having seen all the recent edits done (linknit to Category rather than the list of direct cross-article references), I wonder if the editor(s) who did that might feel a bit miffed at the excision of their own work. (From here on the sidines, I can sympathise with both your and their POVs, though obviously I tend to theirs a bit more.) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.190\|172.71.242.190]] 13:50, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
		+	:You are correct about comments denoting a comic's inclusion in a category being common, but there are a ''lot'' of categories. It's not possible nor necessary to mention which categories each comic are in, so where is the line drawn?
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		+	:Your point about editors' work being removed is a little odd though. Isn't that the entire point of wikis? [[User:Beanie\|<span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black;font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie]]</span> [[User talk:Beanie\|<sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px black;font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk]]</span></sup> 11:30, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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	Keep going, if you want. I find it awkward on this device to put in mdashes (except by using "&mdash;", which is inefficient), so I'll hyphen it and accept someone converting it later. Not that you've changed any that I recognise as being mine, originally, yet. And you're preserving the spaces... as long as you don't convert legitimate "…this - and that…" to "…this—and that…", I'm happy. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.5\|172.70.162.5]] 01:20, 25 February 2022 (UTC) (PS., I'm also the guy who wrote the above section. :-p I'd forgotten I'd told you that, but I see you continue to be of good humour!)		Keep going, if you want. I find it awkward on this device to put in mdashes (except by using "&mdash;", which is inefficient), so I'll hyphen it and accept someone converting it later. Not that you've changed any that I recognise as being mine, originally, yet. And you're preserving the spaces... as long as you don't convert legitimate "…this - and that…" to "…this—and that…", I'm happy. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.5\|172.70.162.5]] 01:20, 25 February 2022 (UTC) (PS., I'm also the guy who wrote the above section. :-p I'd forgotten I'd told you that, but I see you continue to be of good humour!)
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		+	== "(That sentence was redundant, as that's the entire reason why categories exist. I'll be doing this for the other comics now too." ==
		+
		+	Technically correct, and I have no intention of reversing this/others, but it's really more a "this is a further example of (category)" style comment which is exceedingly common and relevent in narrative explanations. Some things (being one of the Wednesday Comics) need have no mention, except when it's one of the unusual ones. That it features a given character is probably not special (save for in-text link to their character page).
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		+	At some point you get to "This is a further example of a Cursed Connector" usefulness in the Explanation, ''in addition to'' the respective category being found buried in the extensive footer list. And I (not that my opinion is authoritative!) thought the gist of the Interviews comment headed in that direction.
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		+	Having seen all the recent edits done (linknit to Category rather than the list of direct cross-article references), I wonder if the editor(s) who did that might feel a bit miffed at the excision of their own work. (From here on the sidines, I can sympathise with both your and their POVs, though obviously I tend to theirs a bit more.) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.190\|172.71.242.190]] 13:50, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

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	...just sayin'. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.173\|172.70.90.173]] 23:26, 29 January 2022 (UTC)		...just sayin'. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.173\|172.70.90.173]] 23:26, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
	:Fine then :p <span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black">[[User:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie</span>]]</span> <sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px #000000">[[User talk:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk</span>]]</span></sup> 23:27, 29 January 2022 (UTC)		:Fine then :p <span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black">[[User:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie</span>]]</span> <sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px #000000">[[User talk:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk</span>]]</span></sup> 23:27, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
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		+	== Mdashes ==
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		+	Keep going, if you want. I find it awkward on this device to put in mdashes (except by using "&mdash;", which is inefficient), so I'll hyphen it and accept someone converting it later. Not that you've changed any that I recognise as being mine, originally, yet. And you're preserving the spaces... as long as you don't convert legitimate "…this - and that…" to "…this—and that…", I'm happy. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.5\|172.70.162.5]] 01:20, 25 February 2022 (UTC) (PS., I'm also the guy who wrote the above section. :-p I'd forgotten I'd told you that, but I see you continue to be of good humour!)

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	...just sayin'. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.173\|172.70.90.173]] 23:26, 29 January 2022 (UTC)		...just sayin'. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.173\|172.70.90.173]] 23:26, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
		+	:Fine then :p <span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black">[[User:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie</span>]]</span> <sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px #000000">[[User talk:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk</span>]]</span></sup> 23:27, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

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	:But the official transcripts said 'a guy in a knit cap' D: <span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black">[[User:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie</span>]]</span> <sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px #000000">[[User talk:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk</span>]]</span></sup> 13:21, 7 July 2021 (UTC)		:But the official transcripts said 'a guy in a knit cap' D: <span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black">[[User:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie</span>]]</span> <sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px #000000">[[User talk:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk</span>]]</span></sup> 13:21, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
	::Well, in the other comics where Knit Cap has long hair, the transcripts always refer to them as 'A guy in a knit cap'. Lorenz's transcript is more about the structure. <span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black">[[User:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie</span>]]</span> <sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px #000000">[[User talk:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk</span>]]</span></sup> 13:26, 7 July 2021 (UTC)		::Well, in the other comics where Knit Cap has long hair, the transcripts always refer to them as 'A guy in a knit cap'. Lorenz's transcript is more about the structure. <span style="text-shadow:0 0 6px black">[[User:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:11pt;color:#dddddd">Beanie</span>]]</span> <sup><span style="text-shadow:0 0 3px #000000">[[User talk:Beanie\|<span style="font-size:8pt;color:#dddddd">talk</span>]]</span></sup> 13:26, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
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		+	== It is actually a perfectly cromulent word... ==
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		+	https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glintingly
		+	...just sayin'. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.173\|172.70.90.173]] 23:26, 29 January 2022 (UTC)