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Pages up to the latest comic have been created, but almost all of them still need proper transcripts and explanations. For comics without manually created transcripts, a bot has been run to generate transcripts automatically using AWS's Textract. These transcriptions have a lot of errors, but they are somewhat sufficient for searching for comics by text.
Pages up to the latest comic have been created, but almost all of them still need proper transcripts and explanations. For comics without manually created transcripts, a bot has been run to generate transcripts automatically using AWS's Textract. These transcriptions have a lot of errors, but they are somewhat sufficient for searching for comics by text.
To make it easier to coordinate development of the site in case anybody would like to help, there is a Discord server at https://discord.gg/ARxyyTEzr7.


'''For those who want to contribute:''' The most helpful thing you could do is add basic explanations to comics that explain references, such as linking to external sites that define terms, explaining who mentioned real people are, and pointing out references to science or philosophy topics. Don't worry too much about keeping style or voice consistent across the wiki, that can be looked over later, and the primary goal right now is giving at least something helpful for people who might not be familiar with the topics SMBC references.
'''For those who want to contribute:''' The most helpful thing you could do is add basic explanations to comics that explain references, such as linking to external sites that define terms, explaining who mentioned real people are, and pointing out references to science or philosophy topics. Don't worry too much about keeping style or voice consistent across the wiki, that can be looked over later, and the primary goal right now is giving at least something helpful for people who might not be familiar with the topics SMBC references.


You can add a redirect to Wikipedia by using the format <code><nowiki>{{w|Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal|SMBC}}</nowiki></code>, which as an example creates the following link: {{w|Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal|SMBC}}
You can add a redirect to Wikipedia by using the format <code><nowiki>{{w|Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal|SMBC}}</nowiki></code>, which as an example creates the following link: {{w|Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal|SMBC}}
There is also a Discord server at https://discord.gg/ARxyyTEzr7, which is to be used for broad coordination and planning, though all that gets discussed on there should eventually be explained on public facing wiki pages as well.
== Latest comic ==
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Revision as of 14:42, 11 February 2024

Welcome to the SMBC Wiki!
This site was modeled after explainxkcd.com and requires a lot of work, such as adding transcripts and explanations, documenting recurring characters, and making the site look less like xkcd.

Pages up to the latest comic have been created, but almost all of them still need proper transcripts and explanations. For comics without manually created transcripts, a bot has been run to generate transcripts automatically using AWS's Textract. These transcriptions have a lot of errors, but they are somewhat sufficient for searching for comics by text.

For those who want to contribute: The most helpful thing you could do is add basic explanations to comics that explain references, such as linking to external sites that define terms, explaining who mentioned real people are, and pointing out references to science or philosophy topics. Don't worry too much about keeping style or voice consistent across the wiki, that can be looked over later, and the primary goal right now is giving at least something helpful for people who might not be familiar with the topics SMBC references.

You can add a redirect to Wikipedia by using the format {{w|Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal|SMBC}}, which as an example creates the following link: SMBC

There is also a Discord server at https://discord.gg/ARxyyTEzr7, which is to be used for broad coordination and planning, though all that gets discussed on there should eventually be explained on public facing wiki pages as well.

Latest comic

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Theory 3
Or maybe Queen Elizabeth did it all, especially after she was dead.
Title text: Or maybe Queen Elizabeth did it all, especially after she was dead.

Votey

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Explanation

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Transcript

[A man with large eyeglasses is speaking and holding his palms slightly outward at the height of his shoulders.]
Caption: "Theories that someone else wrote the works of Shakespeare:"
Man 1: "Well if it wasn't Francis Bacon how did he know any medical references? How did he know about aristocratic life? What about the secret codes hidden on page 112 of the first folio, not to mention this sequence of italics, which if converted to binary, spells a series of bacon-related words!"
[Another man speaks and has his right hand raised with his thumb and index finger forming a C-like shape.]
Caption: "The theory that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare:"
Man 2: "The guy who signed his name Shakespeare, lived during the years Shakespeare made plays, whose plays were published as the works of Shakespeare by friends of Shakespeare, and who was mentioned by critics as Shakespeare, the writer of Shakespeare's plays... that guy was probably Shakespeare."

Votey Transcript

"Please plase send me your detailed hatemail."