Talk:List of Internet phenomena
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Intertextuality
I won't add this to the article, because I don't have evidence on hand to support my claim. However, the difference between a Fad and a Meme is the concept of Intertextuality. For example, the recent "IT'S OVER 9000" gag is becoming a Meme, because jokes have begun appearing about the price of a PS3 on eBay being over $9000 USD. To assist in controlling what things are classified as Memes, I offer that two, or some set number, of examples be needed of the Meme at use in this capacity of intertextuality. In other words, that a fad has spin off fads in other sources would classify the original as being a Meme.67.87.189.225 03:53, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Why is Tila Tequila on "celebrities"?
I mean, she isn't really famous outside the internet... --Escondites 05:55, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- She has been in Playboy, on the cover of the magazine Stuff and Maxim, as well as being on VH1...when does one make the leap to "celebrity?" MightyAtom 06:21, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
LawForKids.org
I added LawForKids.org to the list and even included links to the various parodies, but someone removed it. Why? I think it should be mentioned. "You are both suspended." - NES Boy 12:22, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
A source for most memes
I know Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Dramatica have historically hated each other, but this topic is one that ED users are most knowledgeable about, since that is the focus of the website (not as 'hate site' as often claimed). The meme category http://www.encyclopedia dramatica.com/index.php/Category:Memes and more importantly the 4chan memes article http://www.encyclopedia dramatica.com/index.php/4chan_memes are probably the most reliable sources of what is and isn't a meme currently available on the internet. The etherchan wiki is another such source of meme related information, but currently has technical difficulties. I know that these website definitely do not pass the wikipedia guidelines for a course, but as this article is about memes, and ED was created to document drama and memes, I strongly believe this should be an exception. As isn't the whole point of Wikipedia many people collaborating by contributing to the topics that they have knowledge about? The average wikipedia user who hasn't lived online in places such as 4chan's /b/ (where this stuff starts) really shouldn't be the ones deciding what is and isn't notable as a meme. --Einsidler 09:37, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
- ED is not considered a reliable source, for what should be obvious reasons. Chris cheese whine 09:43, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
- 4chan is not the final authority on memes, by any stretch of the imagination. 4chan's /b/ is nto the onlly place memes start, as any denizen of, say, YTMND or Fark will tell you. Being a 4chan in-joke does not raise something to the level of an Internet meme. As one who has fought some 4chan-related vandalism here (repeated vandalism to the Candle Jack entry in Freakazoid!), I'm suspicious of anyone who claims 4chan is a reliable source. Jay Maynard 13:17, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
- oh, and I think I have some insight into what is and isn't a meme... Jay Maynard 13:18, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone have a problem with the reference to Chuck Norris stating that he's more famously known as Walker Texas ranger, this seems incorrect. Wasn't Chuck Norris a major movie star for fifteen years before the show? I personally can't stand his work but don't feel this is accurate.--Colin 8 08:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Fark.com - List of Farkisms
There's currently a list in the Fark.com article with a list of 'farkisms and cliches', which is really nothing more than a list of various internet phenomena (most of which really didn't originate on fark.com anyway, despite what most farkers would probably tell you). I think it would be best to merge that list with this one here, linking to the fark.com article with a 'see also' reference. Dr. Cash 18:32, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- It would probably be more appropriate to prune the list on the Fark article to reduce it to thinks which originated on Fark, with a see also pointing here. Chris cheese whine 18:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- I oppose this on the grounds that the Fark article has a certain purpose, which is to list internet phenomena which are widespread on that website. If it is merged with this one, that purpose is lost. Regardless of whether they originated on Fark or not, not every internet phenomenon is a fark phenomenon (and the reverse is true as well - if a phenomenon is limited to Fark only, would it really be considered important enough to place in this article). In the interest of full disclosure: I'm a member of Fark.com (a "liter"). Esn 09:29, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Crazy Asian Mother
Two boys do a skit about how an Asian mother reacts to a B+. It's most hilarious line in the skit is " we ain't like no white people we don't give timeout. From the far China maybe no timeout, we got something called knockout."
That's hardly a neutral POV...
138.243.228.52 11:51, 8 December 2006 (UTC)