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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by IagoQnsi (talk | contribs) at 23:50, 10 October 2022 (→Radiation dose chart: PNG or SVG: Reply). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Reassessment of quality

I've reassessed this article's quality and consider it is better than a "Start" and is (at least) a C-class.

  • Start-class standard: "An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources."
  • C-class standard: "The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains much irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup."

This article has a number of reliable sources and covers all core information to some extent. This brings it past Start-class. HenryCrun15 (talk) 21:52, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Birth date?

I found the deletion dates for the two citations for Randall Munroe's birth date - https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Randall_Munroe&direction=next&oldid=937919437 and https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Randall_Munroe&direction=prev&oldid=937928182. Why were these sources deleted, and can we find new ones?

Bookipedia2001 (talk) 17:38, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Two? I only see one citation in those revisions. A recent edit (re-)removed this date (which showed up in today's xkcd) and noted in the edit comment that the reference was to a "now vanished, unarchived wiki". So that's probably why it was removed. But! It turns out it is archived (Wayback Machine 2017-12-22). I'm not saying the date should be re-added on the strength of this citation alone (it's not exactly a paragon of WP:RS), but at least it's available to us to check. -- Perey (talk) 05:55, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well found! For some reason I didn't see that when I checked Wayback. I suppose I should not label that an open wiki, but I don't think it meets the required standards for a BLP, and the xkcd could be Munroe's own version of citogenesis '-) In any case, under WP:BLPPRIVACY we do not give full birthdates that have not been widely published. I've just reverted reinsertion of the full date in the infobox with the xkcd as a reference. I understand from Explain XKCD that other-language versions of Wikipedia still have it, so it will likely get reinserted. Perhaps a footnote in the lead paragraph stating that the vaccination certificate in the comic gave that birth date, and a hidden note in the infobox? Of course, this morning's New York Times may mention that he revealed his birth date in the comic ... Yngvadottir (talk) 11:35, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good Question column

Since 2019 (and perhaps a bit earlier), Munroe has had a column in the New York Times entitled Good Question. The most recent article can be accessed here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/science/randall-munroe-question-popcorn.html Could someone add a bit about this coloumn or perhaps just acknowledge its existence? 72.138.144.38 (talk) 14:27, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"President of the Internet" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect President of the Internet and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 May 15#President of the Internet until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Plantdrew (talk) 18:51, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Radiation dose chart: PNG or SVG

There are two versions of the radiation dose chart: there's the PNG version that Munroe created, and an SVG adaptation created by User:Rama. Because this is an article about Munroe, I think it makes the most sense to use Munroe's original PNG version. The SVG adaptation is very nice and perhaps would make sense to use on an article about radiation. However, it is not a direct vectorization of Munroe's work; it has different colors and fonts, and some things are laid out a bit differently. Since this is an article about Munroe, it doesn't make sense to me to use someone else's chart about radiation doses when we could use Munroe's very own chart.

This article used to have the PNG version, but recently @Matr4x-404 changed it to the SVG version. I reverted with a short message about why I thought it didn't make sense, but Matr4x-404 changed it back again without any new explanation. Matr4x-404, could you please explain why you prefer the SVG version? Thanks, IagoQnsi (talk) 04:35, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I thought you accidentally reverted it, sorry. Matr4x-404 (talk) 08:07, 10 October 2022 (UTC), I didn't see the edit summary[reply]
No worries, thanks for the quick reply! Cheers, IagoQnsi (talk) 23:50, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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