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This site was modeled after [https://explainxkcd.com explainxkcd.com] and requires a lot of work, such as adding transcripts and explanations, documenting [[:Category:Characters|recurring characters]], and making the site look less like xkcd.
This site was modeled after [https://explainxkcd.com explainxkcd.com] and requires a lot of work, such as adding transcripts and explanations, documenting [[:Category:Characters|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.
Pages up to the latest comic have been created, but almost all of them still need proper transcripts and explanations. For [[:Category:Autogenerated transcript|comics without manually created transcripts]], a bot has been run to generate automatic transcripts, which have a lot of errors but are somewhat sufficient for searching for comics by text.
 
<font size=5px>''[[SMBC Wiki:Getting started|Getting started]]''</font><br>
'''For those who want to contribute:''' The most helpful thing you could do is [[:Category:Incomplete_explanations|add basic explanations]] to comics that explain references, such as linking to external sites that define terms, explaining who mentioned [[:Category:real people|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.
 
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.


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/9DxCmZeE.
== Latest comic ==
== Latest comic ==
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Latest revision as of 13:10, 13 October 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 automatic transcripts, which have a lot of errors but are somewhat sufficient for searching for comics by text.

Getting started
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.

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[edit]

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Clouds
Someone told me they could only do 2 weeks of SMBC in a single sitting before feeling sad and needing a walk.
Title text: Someone told me they could only do 2 weeks of SMBC in a single sitting before feeling sad and needing a walk.

Votey[edit]

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Explanation[edit]

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Transcript[edit]

Gday human.png This transcript was generated by a bot: The text was scraped using AWS's Textract, which may have errors. Complete transcripts describe what happens in each panel here are some good examples to get you started (1) (2).
[Describe panel here]
Having nor hoping for meaning.
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How it whispers to me.. Of when time will have effaced all things below and leave neither an epitaph nor eyes to weep over it.
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I see a dragon sniffing a duck's butt.
"there is a quack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Caption: Patreon.Com/zachweinersmith
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Votey Transcript[edit]

Gday human.png This transcript was generated by a bot: The text was scraped using AWS's Textract, which may have errors. Complete transcripts describe what happens in each panel here are some good examples to get you started (1) (2).
[Describe panel here]
Now, back to our walk through purgatory.