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This comic is a reference to how an internet browser will make the links of the pages that you have visited a different color than the links that you have not visited. In the case of wikipedia, they are blue for non visited and purple for visited. In this comic, [[Randall]] is ashamed of the pages he has visited, because with the color changes there is evidence of what he has visited in the past. | This comic is a reference to how an internet browser will make the links of the pages that you have visited a different color than the links that you have not visited. In the case of wikipedia, they are blue for non visited and purple for visited. In this comic, [[Randall]] is ashamed of the pages he has visited, because with the color changes there is evidence of what he has visited in the past. | ||
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 Title text: I hate when I read something like '... tension among the BASE jumpers nearly led to wingsuit combat ...', and I get excited because 'wingsuit combat' is underlined, only to find that it's just separate links to the 'wingsuit' and 'combat' articles. |
Explanation
This comic is a reference to how an internet browser will make the links of the pages that you have visited a different color than the links that you have not visited. In the case of wikipedia, they are blue for non visited and purple for visited. In this comic, Randall is ashamed of the pages he has visited, because with the color changes there is evidence of what he has visited in the past.
So, I can't quite figure who who this fake article is supposed to be about, but the Macarena band is certainly from Dos Hermanas, Spain. So, it is quite possibly a made up article from Randall.
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How is Andalasia even relevant to the article? It shouldn't be mentioned in the first place. And what's wrong with autoerotic asphyxiation? Davidy22[talk] 13:56, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
The blue / purple links are a common standard in IE and Firefox, at least. Not specific to Wikipedia. --68.200.188.141 01:55, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
- You can set the colours in a browser but you can also set them in a website. The websites colours take prevalence. Wikipedia actually has set them to blue and purple, possibly to make sure everyone has the same experience reading the article. Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia's style sheet
a{
text-decoration:none;
color:#0645ad;
background:none}
a:visited{
color:#0b0080}
a:active{
color:#faa700}
a:hover,a:focus{
text-decoration:underline}
a.stub{
color:#772233} Tharkon (talk) 20:56, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
I'm with Randall on this one, Wikipedia should TOTALLY have an article on Wingsuit Combat. It could be a new sport! -- 69.10.219.243 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- Yeah! Wingsuit combat!™ (giving credit where credit is due. Check Please! StillNotOriginal (Talk to me!) 23:16, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
Embarrassed is misspelled in the caption in the picture. --162.158.252.185 11:45, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Author?
It should be clarified whether or not the author mentioned in the script is imaginary or not! (Imaginary as far as I can see.)
the title text refers to violations of WP:SOB, which I think is notable enough to be included 172.70.174.41 19:43, 24 May 2022 (UTC)Bumpf
