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Mathematical surmise of never ever.

The Probability Of Monkeys Typing: https://envisionourfuture.tumblr.com/post/727987139933044736/the-probability-of-monkeys-typing KING (talk) 12:47, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Date of proof

It doesn't seem clear from the history section (or the proof section) where the proofs came from. It seems to be an idea that has evolved so clarifying when it was proved would be informative, as well as who authored the proofs. Lightbloom (talk) 17:17, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Monkey caption

Previously, the caption said "A Chimpanzee probably not writing Hamlet." This was funny, but perhaps too humorous for an article. A user opted to change it to "a chimpanzee sitting at a typewriter," which, although changing the caption is reasonable, strikes me as redundant. Worth changing to something else? Delukiel (talk) 13:09, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it to "A chimpanzee typing random characters", which seems to capture both the sense of the image and the article. — Loadmaster (talk) 16:39, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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	Previously, the caption said "A Chimpanzee probably not writing Hamlet." This was funny, but perhaps too humorous for an article. A user opted to change it to "a chimpanzee sitting at a typewriter," which, although changing the caption is reasonable, strikes me as redundant. Worth changing to something else? [[User:Delukiel\|Delukiel]] ([[User talk:Delukiel\|talk]]) 13:09, 21 October 2023 (UTC)		Previously, the caption said "A Chimpanzee probably not writing Hamlet." This was funny, but perhaps too humorous for an article. A user opted to change it to "a chimpanzee sitting at a typewriter," which, although changing the caption is reasonable, strikes me as redundant. Worth changing to something else? [[User:Delukiel\|Delukiel]] ([[User talk:Delukiel\|talk]]) 13:09, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

			:I changed it to "A chimpanzee typing random characters", which seems to capture both the sense of the image and the article. — [[User:Loadmaster\|Loadmaster]] ([[User talk:Loadmaster\|talk]]) 16:39, 22 October 2023 (UTC)