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I think this should be set as explainxkcd.com's 404 page. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.25|173.245.54.25]] 13:40, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
  
 
For a second I thought my government actually blocked a page. We "reelected" Putin today, so I thought it is somehow related. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.208|108.162.241.208]] 18:35, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 
For a second I thought my government actually blocked a page. We "reelected" Putin today, so I thought it is somehow related. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.208|108.162.241.208]] 18:35, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
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Not sure about the green, but old versions of macOS (and possibly other systems?) showed inproperly/nonexistent embedded images in websites as a blue puzzle piece with a “?” in it. I think this is what Randall’s referencing in the title text. Oddly a google image search is not finding any examples, so I may be misremembering the details somewhat. [[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 16:22, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 
Not sure about the green, but old versions of macOS (and possibly other systems?) showed inproperly/nonexistent embedded images in websites as a blue puzzle piece with a “?” in it. I think this is what Randall’s referencing in the title text. Oddly a google image search is not finding any examples, so I may be misremembering the details somewhat. [[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 16:22, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
:I thought it refered to the general icon for a browser plugin which is often a green puzzle piece. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.243.17|162.158.243.17]] 20:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
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:I think it refers to the general icon for a browser plugin which is often a green puzzle piece. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.243.17|162.158.243.17]] 20:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
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:: ... which was used as a placeholder image in cases when user lacked the plugin necessary to play the content. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 21:25, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
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I honestly thought for a moment that this comic is actually not available in my country, then I laughed.Boeing-787lover 18:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC)  <small> -- [[User:Xkcdreader52|Xkcdreader52]] ([[User talk:Xkcdreader52|talk]])  <span style="color:grey; white-space:nowrap;">''(please sign your comments with <nowiki>~~</nowiki>~~)''</span></small>
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Maybe we should add the fact that, this is shown while the fact hit the news that the EU is forbidding Geolocking within the EU staring from the 1. April. .UserM 16:38, 20 March 2018 (UTC)  <small>[[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.20|141.101.77.20]] ([[User talk:141.101.77.20|talk]])  <span style="color:grey; white-space:nowrap;">''(please sign your comments with <nowiki>~~</nowiki>~~)''</span></small>
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Sorry for that, the bot lost it's internet connection. I've changed the picture to the common normal size, when saving a comic picture from a browser you typically get the larger version (''file_2x.png'' instead of ''file.png'') but everything else looks fine thanks to [[User:RamenChef|RamenChef]]. The bot should do it's work again for the next comic. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 15:57, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
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I've added an explanation about the broken image icon. I found an example of two, I think Firefox's and possibly Chrome's, but on a cursory glance I can't see how to upload a picture to the wiki. Since the legality of doing so might be questionable, I'm not trying any harder. It's on a blog post about fixing a broken image issue on [https://liliontheloose.com/2016/04/14/fix-random-broken-images-wordpress/ WordPress]. The title picture offers two examples of the "broken image icon". [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:16, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
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The explanation says that the error 451 references ''Fahrenheit 451''. Is there proof? [[User:Lettherebedarklight|aaaaaaaaaaaoijgpisbHtejsykl7ekderhtsjk6r64os4kys\\\&#91;&#93;jsrtjgdrghtvgwrhtejyku5dli6&#59;78t7l6rk5j4h&#124;&#124;&#124;&#124;&#124;#Rty-----WWWWWWfflfllfllfllfeogk0q9wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww4-cv&#59;c&#59;&#59;c&#59;c&#91;&#59;&#93;z\&#93;d&#59;v&#91;\&#93;????????OH GOD IT&#39;S CRASIHNG MY PC�����������������������������������������������]] ([[User talk:Lettherebedarklight|talk]]) 07:24, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
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:Yes. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7725 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/22/ray-bradbury-internet-error-message-451 [[User:Bugbear|b?]] ([[User talk:Bugbear|talk]]) 23:22, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
  
I honestly thought for a moment that this comic is actually not available in my country, then I laughed.Boeing-787lover 18:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
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of course the "forbidden because law" error is 451. of course. [[User:An user who has no account yet|An user who has no account yet]] ([[User talk:An user who has no account yet|talk]]) 18:48, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

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I think this should be set as explainxkcd.com's 404 page. 173.245.54.25 13:40, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

For a second I thought my government actually blocked a page. We "reelected" Putin today, so I thought it is somehow related. --108.162.241.208 18:35, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

I think I'm the first to implement this? Blacksilver (talk) 17:12, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

This comment is not available in your country. 141.101.99.107 15:31, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

This is probably related to some websites adding this type of banner to support Net Neutrality. Miguel Piedrafita 15:35, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Not sure about the green, but old versions of macOS (and possibly other systems?) showed inproperly/nonexistent embedded images in websites as a blue puzzle piece with a “?” in it. I think this is what Randall’s referencing in the title text. Oddly a google image search is not finding any examples, so I may be misremembering the details somewhat. PotatoGod (talk) 16:22, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

I think it refers to the general icon for a browser plugin which is often a green puzzle piece. 162.158.243.17 20:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
... which was used as a placeholder image in cases when user lacked the plugin necessary to play the content. -- Hkmaly (talk) 21:25, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

I honestly thought for a moment that this comic is actually not available in my country, then I laughed.Boeing-787lover 18:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC) -- Xkcdreader52 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Maybe we should add the fact that, this is shown while the fact hit the news that the EU is forbidding Geolocking within the EU staring from the 1. April. .UserM 16:38, 20 March 2018 (UTC) 141.101.77.20 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

dgbrtBOT was not available

Sorry for that, the bot lost it's internet connection. I've changed the picture to the common normal size, when saving a comic picture from a browser you typically get the larger version (file_2x.png instead of file.png) but everything else looks fine thanks to RamenChef. The bot should do it's work again for the next comic. --Dgbrt (talk) 15:57, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

I've added an explanation about the broken image icon. I found an example of two, I think Firefox's and possibly Chrome's, but on a cursory glance I can't see how to upload a picture to the wiki. Since the legality of doing so might be questionable, I'm not trying any harder. It's on a blog post about fixing a broken image issue on WordPress. The title picture offers two examples of the "broken image icon". NiceGuy1 (talk) 06:16, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

The explanation says that the error 451 references Fahrenheit 451. Is there proof? aaaaaaaaaaaoijgpisbHtejsykl7ekderhtsjk6r64os4kys\\\[]jsrtjgdrghtvgwrhtejyku5dli6;78t7l6rk5j4h|||||#Rty-----WWWWWWfflfllfllfllfeogk0q9wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww4-cv;c;;c;c[;]z\]d;v[\]????????OH GOD IT'S CRASIHNG MY PC����������������������������������������������� (talk) 07:24, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7725 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/22/ray-bradbury-internet-error-message-451 b? (talk) 23:22, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

of course the "forbidden because law" error is 451. of course. An user who has no account yet (talk) 18:48, 6 September 2023 (UTC)