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Xkcd (talk·contribs) / Munroe, Randall This user has contributed to the article.
When you click on the link for 'one thousand most commonly used words in English', it takes you to the page 'Basic English'. From what I can tell, Basic English is a specific concept, which has nothing to do with the book. Randall Munroe states in the book that he himself compiled the list of words that he used, through a variety of different means. Can someone tell me why it links there? O-dog222 (talk) 19:18, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
I don't think so. Controlled vocabulary appears to be a system that uses complicated words/markup to reduce ambiguity, about the opposite of Randall's intent in the book (as I see it). O-dog222 (talk) 20:15, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Do you guys think we should add a list of characters to the article? I know it was partially addressed in the 'recurring themes' section, but I think a dedicated section for characters would make sense. Mr. Skinny Wiki (talk) 14:51, 20 October 2020 (UTC) Mr. Skinny Wiki, Oct. 20, 2020
I think the themes section covers them sufficiently. I don't find any reliable sources giving much attention or significance to individual characters, and fans who are interested in that type of minutiae can go to xkcd.fandom.com. Schazjmd(talk)15:39, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
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The picture in the history section, of mr munroe, is rather terrible and sinister looking. Upon watching video of him, I can safely say this is not an accurate depiction of his appearance, and as such is could be considered as a bad picture of him. Can we change this to a better one, perhaps one more obviously related to the webcomic xkcd as well? Just a thought The Theory of Knowledge (talk) 01:43, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
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