Talk:List of collectables

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Removed pictures, made single column

Didn't mean to mark those changes as minor, but I removed the random pictures of "collections" from the page as well as removed the two column, difficult to read format. Scientific29 (talk) 04:23, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Criteria for inclusion

Almost anything can potentially be collected and if it can be collected it is almost certain that someone somewhere is collecting it. This list needs criteria for inclusion otherwise it will become (if it isn't already) sprawling, unmaintable and meaningless. My suggestion is that an item can be included if it meets any one of the following criteria,

A Wikipedia article, or a substantial part of an article, discusses the item as a collectible item. Just having an article is not enough, the article must verify that the item is collectible.
A periodical publication exists that specialises in collecting the item and has been in existence for a number of years.
A reliable source such as a book has been written on the subject of collecting the item.
A society exists for collectors of the item and has been in existence for a number of years.

SpinningSpark 21:38, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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May consider a temporary editing protection

We're seeing an influx of vandalism on this page from today's xkcd, and as per policy a very brief protection may be warranted. - nathanielhm 2019-03-13

Somebody actually tried to add "Yacht" to the list in reference to the comic. The comic even references the fact that pages that appear on the comic end up being locked. Randall is getting what we wants it seems. Douira100 (talk) 17:41, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The explain-xkcd page references that. The comic just says that he's "trying to get the page locked". 65.189.28.135 (talk) 19:16, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My favorite term for this is "Randallism". —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 18:46, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]