Talk:Xkcd
Latest comment: 1 month ago by JuxtaposedJacob in topic Xkcd should be capitalized
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Xkcd should be capitalized edit
As per WP:MOS, articles should follow standard English capitalization practices. This takes priority over WP:COMMONNAME, for example with Star Trek Into Darkness or Numbers (TV series). BlueBanana (talk) 13:07, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
- See MOS:LCITEMS and MOS:TMCAPS. In these cases, we follow reliable sources, which I think either use all-lowercase or all-caps for xkcd. A proper dig through all the sources would probably be needed to get a good conclusion of best presentation. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 13:18, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
- Its a really difficult decision which version is correct . Nira gliro (talk) 17:44, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
- WP:MOS quite clearly states at the very top of the page that it is a guideline, not a rule. --Rob Kelk 14:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
- At the bottom of https://xkcd.com/about/, xkcd gives its preferred capitalization.
- JuxtaposedJacob (talk) 16:14, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Short description edit
@The Grid: (I apologize for the terrible grammar in that edit summary.) It wasn't just because of the 40 characters, I also feel the word "American" doesn't help much. The short description is supposed to help disambiguate between searches, and there's no British cartoonist with a webcomic called xkcd. The word "Cartoonist" is much more helpful for this purpose. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 23:22, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- He's from the US and that makes his an American. To be honest, he's more than an cartoonist but if you want to simplify the short description than saying it's by someone based from the US is pretty normal. There's singers, songwriters, mathematicians, etc where the short description is based on where they're from. – The Grid (talk) 02:15, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Academic Research edit
Hi all, I've added the subsection "Academic Research" to the section "Inspired Activities". Please let me know what you think about it and whether any improvements can be made - this was my very first Wikipedia edit. Maxmuller100 (talk) 10:58, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
TSA response to Bag Check (#651) edit
As documented by explainxkcd.com, the TSA actually responded to the comic. They expounded their view on the matter, not without Randall responding on his own.
Such instances of truly official recognitions of his comics would probably be worth noting. -- WA1TF0R䷟ 14:17, 23 January 2024 (UTC)