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| − | ''Welcome to the | + | __NOTOC__{{DISPLAYTITLE:explain xkcd}} |
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| + | <font size=5px>''Welcome to the '''explain [[xkcd]]''' wiki!''</font><br> | ||
| + | We have an explanation for all [[:Category:All comics|'''{{#expr:{{PAGESINCAT:All comics|R}}-1}}''' xkcd comics]], | ||
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| + | and only {{PAGESINCAT:Incomplete explanations|R}} | ||
| + | ({{#expr: {{PAGESINCAT:Incomplete explanations|R}} / {{LATESTCOMIC}} * 100 round 0}}%) [[:Category:Incomplete explanations|are incomplete]]. Help us finish them! | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:50, 17 April 2024
Welcome to the explain xkcd wiki!
We have an explanation for all 2949 xkcd comics,
and only 17
(1%) are incomplete. Help us finish them!
Latest comic
| Network Configuration |
 Title text: If you repeatedly rerun the development of technological civilization, it turns out that for some reason the only constant is that there is always a networking utility called 'netcat', though it does a different thing in each one. |
Explanation
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This explanation may be incomplete or incorrect: Created by a NETCAT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon. |
Transcript
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This transcript is incomplete. Please help editing it! Thanks. |
- [Ponytail is at her computer with a headset on]
- Ponytail (typing): Ugh, your connection is so laggy.
- Computer screen: Yeah, sorry.
- [Cueball is at his laptop]
- Cueball (typing): It's because I messed up my network configuration and now I have to rebuild a separate civilization from scratch for each packet.
- Ponytail (typing): Huh?
- Ponytail (typing): What are you talking about?
- Ponytail (typing): ...Hello?
- [Beat panel]
- [Cueball, with dirt on his head and around him, is at an old computer setup with an agricultural tool resting on his now non-office chair]
- Cueball (typing): Sorry, got stuck in the Neolithic that time.
- Cueball (typing): Inventing farming takes forever.
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Lots of people contribute to make this wiki a success. Many of the recent contributors, listed above, have just joined. You can do it too! Create your account here.
You can read a brief introduction about this wiki at explain xkcd. Feel free to sign up for an account and contribute to the wiki! We need explanations for comics, characters, themes and everything in between. If it is referenced in an xkcd web comic, it should be here.
- If you're new to wiki editing, see the explain xkcd:Editor FAQ for a specific guidance to this Wiki and the more general help on how to edit wiki pages. There's also a handy wikicode cheatsheet.
- Discussion about the wiki itself happens at the Community portal.
- You can browse the comics from List of all comics or by navigating the category tree at Category:Comics.
- There are incomplete explanations listed here. Feel free to help out by expanding them!
Rules
Don't be a jerk!
There are a lot of comics that don't have set-in-stone explanations; feel free to put multiple interpretations in the wiki page for each comic.
If you want to talk about a specific comic, use its discussion page.
Please only submit material directly related to (and helping everyone better understand) xkcd... and of course only submit material that can legally be posted (and freely edited). Off-topic or other inappropriate content is subject to removal or modification at admin discretion, and users who repeatedly post such content will be blocked.
If you need assistance from an admin, post a message to the Admin requests board.
