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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 [[: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. | 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= | <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. | '''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. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:10, 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
| Theory 3 |
 Title text: Or maybe Queen Elizabeth did it all, especially after she was dead. |
Votey
Explanation
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This explanation is either missing or incomplete. |
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."