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<includeonly> data-sort-value="{{#expr:{{formatnum:{{{1|0}}}|R}}}}" style="background-color:#cceeff;"|<!--Featured in the [[what if? (blog)|''what&nbsp;if?''&nbsp;blog]], -->'''{{ordinal|{{{1|0}}}}}''' blog article{{#if:{{{2|}}}|, on {{#iferror:{{#time:Y&#8209;m&#8209;d|{{{2|}}}-{{{3|}}}-{{{4|}}}}}| {{{2|}}}&#8209;{{{3|}}}&#8209;{{{4|}}}}}}}<!-- -->{{#if:{{{5|}}}|<br><small>''({{{5|}}})''</small>}}</includeonly><noinclude><!--
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<includeonly> data-sort-value="{{#expr:{{formatnum:{{{1|0}}}|R}}}}" style="background-color:#cceeff;"|<!--Featured in the [[what if? (blog)|''what&nbsp;if?''&nbsp;blog]],  
  
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Start                    -->'''{{ordinal|{{{1|0}}}}}''' blog article{{#if:{{{2|}}}|<!--
  
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-->Used for [[what if? (blog)|in the ''what if?'' index]], to mark the article number and date of release. For the books, use [[Template:book|<nowiki>{{book}}</nowiki>]]. The date and number are always needed.
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If date provided          -->, on {{#iferror:{{#time:Y&#8209;m&#8209;d|{{{2|}}}-{{{3|}}}-{{{4|}}}}}| {{{2|}}}&#8209;{{{3|}}}&#8209;{{{4|}}}}}}}<!--
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If late or early:        -->{{#if:{{{5|}}}|<br>''({{{5|}}})''}}</includeonly><noinclude><!--
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-->Used in the [[What If? chapters|''what if?'' index]], to mark the article number, date of release, and how late/early the article was. It also colors the cell blue. For the books and the YouTube videos, use {{template|book}} instead. The number is required, and the date is always needed if known.
  
 
===Usage===
 
===Usage===
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  <nowiki>{{blog|ARTICLE-NUMBER|YYYY|MM|DD|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''LATE-OR-EARLY'''''</font>}}
 
  <nowiki>{{blog|ARTICLE-NUMBER|YYYY|MM|DD|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''LATE-OR-EARLY'''''</font>}}
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===Examples===
 
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|[[File:Relativistic Baseball.png|100px]]
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|'''{{what if|1|Relativistic Baseball}}'''
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|''"What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?"''
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|The ball would create plasma and reach home plate by about 70 nanoseconds. The result would be some kind of nuclear explosion, destroying everything about a mile from the field. A ruling of "{{w|hit by pitch}}" could be interpreted in this situation.
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|{{blog|8|2012|07|10|10d early}}
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|{{book|5|2024|02|06|3EI08o-IGYk|What if you threw a baseball at nearly light speed?}}
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|'''{{what if|2|SAT Guessing}}'''
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|''"What if everyone who took the SAT guessed on every multiple-choice question? How many perfect scores would there be?"''
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|No one would get a perfect score. The odds of guessing correctly on every question would be less than the odds of every ex-living president at that time and the main cast of [[:Category:Firefly|Firefly]] getting struck by lightning on the same day.
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|'''{{what if|3|Yoda}}'''
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|''"How much Force power can Yoda output?"''
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|Yoda can output about 19.2 kilowatts, or 25 horsepower. "Yoda power" would cost about $2/hour.
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| 2012‑07‑10 || [[File:Relativistic Baseball.png|100px]] || '''{{what if|1|Relativistic Baseball}}''' || ''"What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?"'' || The result would be some kind of nuclear explosion, and possibly a ruling of "hit by pitch". || {{blog|3|YYYY|MM|DD}}
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|'''{{what if|4|A Mole of Moles}}'''
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|''"What would happen if you were to gather a mole (unit of measurement) of moles (the small furry critter) in one place?"''
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|As a mole is such a high number this would be tricky. They would condense into a pressurized sphere of meat that would freeze and occasionally explode from gases.
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| 2012‑07‑10<br>0w later || [[File:SAT Guessing.png|100px]] || '''{{what if|2|SAT Guessing}}''' || ''"What if everyone who took the SAT guessed on every multiple‑choice question? How many perfect scores would there be?"'' || No one would get a perfect score. No one would get a perfect score. No one would get a perfect score. No one would get a perfect score. No one would get a perfect scoNo one would get a perfect score. No one would get a perfect score. <!<!--SUPPOSED TO BE BROKEN HERE--> || {{blog|65}}
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|''"What if there was a robot apocalypse? How long would humanity last?"''
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| 2012‑07‑10<br>0w later || [[File:SAT Guessing.png|100px]] || '''{{what if|2|SAT Guessing}}''' || ''"What if everyone who took the SAT guessed on every multiple‑choice question? How many perfect scores would there be?"'' || No one would get a perfect score. No one would get a. || {{blog|9|YYYY|MM|DD}}
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|''"What if a glass of water was, all of a sudden, literally half empty?"''
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| 2012‑07‑10<br>0w later || [[File:SAT Guessing.png|100px]] || '''{{what if|2|SAT Guessing}}''' || ''"What if everyone who took the SAT guessed on every multiple‑choice question? How many perfect scores would there be?"'' || No one would get a perfect score. No one would get a perfect score. No one would get a perfect score. No one would get a. || {{blog|169|YYYY|MM|DD|1m 19d late}}
 
  
 
[[Category:Templates]]</noinclude>
 
[[Category:Templates]]</noinclude>

Revision as of 16:46, 31 January 2025

Used in the what if? index, to mark the article number, date of release, and how late/early the article was. It also colors the cell blue. For the books and the YouTube videos, use {{book}} instead. The number is required, and the date is always needed if known.

Usage

{{blog|ARTICLE-NUMBER|YYYY|MM|DD|LATE-OR-EARLY}}

Examples

{{blog|69|YYYY|MM|DD|1m 19d late}}

Produces:

 data-sort-value="69" style="background-color:#cceeff;"|

69th blog article, on YYYY‑MM‑DD
(1m 19d late)

and 

{{blog|69|YYYY|MM|DD}}

Produces:

 data-sort-value="69" style="background-color:#cceeff;"|

69th blog article, on YYYY‑MM‑DD

and 

{{blog|69}}

Produces:

 data-sort-value="69" style="background-color:#cceeff;"|

69th blog article


Thumbnail Title Reader's question Randall's answer Blog Books YouTube
Relativistic Baseball.png Relativistic Baseball "What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?" The ball would create plasma and reach home plate by about 70 nanoseconds. The result would be some kind of nuclear explosion, destroying everything about a mile from the field. A ruling of "hit by pitch" could be interpreted in this situation.

8th blog article, on 2012‑07‑10
(10d early)

What If?, Chapter 2

5th video, on 2024‑02‑06: What if you threw a baseball at nearly light speed?
SAT Guessing.png SAT Guessing "What if everyone who took the SAT guessed on every multiple-choice question? How many perfect scores would there be?" No one would get a perfect score. The odds of guessing correctly on every question would be less than the odds of every ex-living president at that time and the main cast of Firefly getting struck by lightning on the same day.

69th blog article, on YYYY‑MM‑DD
(1m 19d late)

Yoda.png Yoda "How much Force power can Yoda output?" Yoda can output about 19.2 kilowatts, or 25 horsepower. "Yoda power" would cost about $2/hour.

420th blog article

A Moles of Moles.png A Mole of Moles "What would happen if you were to gather a mole (unit of measurement) of moles (the small furry critter) in one place?" As a mole is such a high number this would be tricky. They would condense into a pressurized sphere of meat that would freeze and occasionally explode from gases.

4th blog article, on 2025‑07‑24

Robot Apocalypse.png Robot Apocalypse "What if there was a robot apocalypse? How long would humanity last?" Humanity would survive if the robots cared about keeping themselves alive as well. If not, then we would all die.

56th blog article, on 2012‑07‑31

Glass Half Empty.png Glass Half Empty "What if a glass of water was, all of a sudden, literally half empty?" If the vacuum were on the bottom half, it would explode, but if it were on the top half, the air rushes in and it becomes normal water.

100th blog article, on 2012‑08‑07

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