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The section on Mrs. Roberts' children cites the comic "Exploits of a Mom" as a source, however in that comic there is no mention of Mrs. Roberts but rather it is a subjective connection that fans have made from the character of that comic and Mrs. Roberts of the 1337 series looking alike. I don't think it has ever been admitted by Mr. Munroe. --[[User:Mauricio Maluff|3M]] ([[User talk:Mauricio Maluff|talk]]) 01:59, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
The section on Mrs. Roberts' children cites the comic "Exploits of a Mom" as a source, however in that comic there is no mention of Mrs. Roberts but rather it is a subjective connection that fans have made from the character of that comic and Mrs. Roberts of the 1337 series looking alike. I don't think it has ever been admitted by Mr. Munroe. --[[User:Mauricio Maluff|3M]] ([[User talk:Mauricio Maluff|talk]]) 01:59, 9 November 2009 (UTC)


== New criticism section? ==
[[User:Patricoo|Patricoo]] ([[User talk:Patricoo|talk]]) 07:29, 27 November 2009 (UTC)== New criticism section? ==


Because the xkcd critic community has grown to a considerable size, I think it deserves some mention on xkcd's Wikipedia page, perhaps in the form of a new section titled 'Criticism.' Some websites include:
Because the xkcd critic community has grown to a considerable size, I think it deserves some mention on xkcd's Wikipedia page, perhaps in the form of a new section titled 'Criticism.' Some websites include:
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::Already discussed, already shot down: [[Talk:Xkcd/Archive2#XKCD sucks website]]. Unless something new is brought to the discussion, I don't see the point. <b class="Unicode">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;<small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small> 17:27, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
::Already discussed, already shot down: [[Talk:Xkcd/Archive2#XKCD sucks website]]. Unless something new is brought to the discussion, I don't see the point. <b class="Unicode">[[User:Rjanag|r<font color="#8B0000">ʨ</font>anaɢ]]</b>&nbsp;<small><sup>[[User talk:Rjanag|talk]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rjanag|contribs]]</sub></small> 17:27, 12 November 2009 (UTC)


::: A lot of the discussion in that link... (should I say, the points you made at the redirection link you have there) was about that blog, which misses the point of the discussion. While I may agree that the commonly referenced to blog, linked above, is not noteable enough to be placed within the XKCD article itself, adding a criticism section WITHOUT a link to the blog may well be suitable in itself. Note, Rjanag, that you've now had to address this discussion about the criticism of XKCD (and its community) one more then one occasion. Such is evidence to a growing mindset that is, again, not wholly backed by the blog itself. I simply make the point as even one wikipedia moderator felt compelled to write a .pdf article to the troubles of the XKCD community for how they affect wikipedia. (I can produce it if requested.) See the SkiFree article and its current XKCD culture reference tag thanks to a recent a comic. If a single comic is enough to endorse a tag on skifree, then what of this growing dissent to a growing community? Again, to reiterate the point that was brought up in the conversation you linked, the blog need not be in the XKCD article. Its the natural disdain for behaviors of a growing internet community.
::: A lot of the discussion in that link... (should I say, the points you made at the redirection link you have there) was about that blog, which misses the point of the discussion. While I may agree that the commonly referenced to blog, linked above, is not noteable enough to be placed within the XKCD article itself, adding a criticism section WITHOUT a link to the blog may well be suitable in itself. Note, Rjanag, that you've now had to address this discussion about the criticism of XKCD (and its community) one more then one occasion. Such is evidence to a growing mindset that is, again, not wholly backed by the blog itself. I simply make the point as even one wikipedia moderator felt compelled to write a .pdf article to the troubles of the XKCD community for how they affect wikipedia. (I can produce it if requested.) See the SkiFree article and its current XKCD culture reference tag thanks to a recent a comic. If a single comic is enough to endorse a tag on skifree, then what of this growing dissent to a growing community? Again, to reiterate the point that was brought up in the conversation you linked, the blog need not be in the XKCD article. Its the natural disdain for behaviors of a growing internet community.[[User:Patricoo|Patricoo]] ([[User talk:Patricoo|talk]]) 07:29, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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public recognition - by intel

IMHO it is to be added to the article!

The very intel recognised it!

http://imgur.com/73EAu

91.77.200.16 (talk) 18:35, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the reference. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 18:36, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There's a note to xkcd 619 in the changelog- near the bottom. Here's a link directly to the changelog/build. However, it's still a pop culture thing, not exactly encyclopedic.. and the change is by someone at Redhat, not Intel. tedder (talk) 18:42, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nice find166.217.145.105 (talk) 08:40, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

xkcd comics created for IBM's Smarter Planet initiative

There were a set of comics created for IBM's Smarter Planet initiative. Should these be listed on the main page? Conservation[1] Heath Care 1[2] Heath Care 2[3] Heath Care 3[4] Justin Ormont (talk) 22:33, 6 October 2009 (UTC) --Disclaimer: I'm a previous ibm Extreme Blue intern.[reply]

IBM does publicly recognize too: Building a smarter planet for squirrels Justin Ormont (talk) 16:29, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW, this seems notable inside IBM, but not for an encyclopedic article on xkcd (or an encyclopedic article on IBM, for that matter). tedder (talk) 16:31, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shavian translation

I've been transl(iter)ating the comics into Shavian for a couple of weeks now. It might eventually warrant a mention in the translations section. Marnanel (talk) 16:42, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs. Roberts

The section on Mrs. Roberts' children cites the comic "Exploits of a Mom" as a source, however in that comic there is no mention of Mrs. Roberts but rather it is a subjective connection that fans have made from the character of that comic and Mrs. Roberts of the 1337 series looking alike. I don't think it has ever been admitted by Mr. Munroe. --3M (talk) 01:59, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Patricoo (talk) 07:29, 27 November 2009 (UTC)== New criticism section? ==[reply]

Because the xkcd critic community has grown to a considerable size, I think it deserves some mention on xkcd's Wikipedia page, perhaps in the form of a new section titled 'Criticism.' Some websites include:

I'm sure there are others, but I think xkcd's had enough praise by such figures as Google, YouTube, and Python, that it deserves to have its critics mentioned as well. Theta4 (talk) 03:29, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Already discussed, already shot down: Talk:Xkcd/Archive2#XKCD sucks website. Unless something new is brought to the discussion, I don't see the point. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 17:27, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
A lot of the discussion in that link... (should I say, the points you made at the redirection link you have there) was about that blog, which misses the point of the discussion. While I may agree that the commonly referenced to blog, linked above, is not noteable enough to be placed within the XKCD article itself, adding a criticism section WITHOUT a link to the blog may well be suitable in itself. Note, Rjanag, that you've now had to address this discussion about the criticism of XKCD (and its community) one more then one occasion. Such is evidence to a growing mindset that is, again, not wholly backed by the blog itself. I simply make the point as even one wikipedia moderator felt compelled to write a .pdf article to the troubles of the XKCD community for how they affect wikipedia. (I can produce it if requested.) See the SkiFree article and its current XKCD culture reference tag thanks to a recent a comic. If a single comic is enough to endorse a tag on skifree, then what of this growing dissent to a growing community? Again, to reiterate the point that was brought up in the conversation you linked, the blog need not be in the XKCD article. Its the natural disdain for behaviors of a growing internet community.Patricoo (talk) 07:29, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ http://xkcd.com/about/
  2. ^ http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18497&start=40#p1777560
  3. ^ http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18497&start=40#p1777560
  4. ^ http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18497&start=40#p1777560
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