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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 16:14, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Brain rot

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This article shouldn't be here because it is not a dictionary. See WP:NOTDICT AutorisedUser673 (talk) 10:28, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • I think there is remit for more information about brain rot and its influence on Gen Z culture and, expanding beyond the current stub article as a mere dictionary-esque definition. It's been cited in The New Yorker and NYT this summer and I would be interested in working to build out this article.WeeMungo (talk) 00:35, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, the article as currently exists has little specific encyclopedic value, but the concept is an important pop-cultural descriptor of a present societal development. And we have an article for enshittification, after all. This concept is analogous, and, at this point in that page's life cycle, it was similarly sparse. Now it's a pretty good article. Rework, but don't delete. Bruhpedia (talk) 23:02, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, the article has a lot of room for expansion and the concept as a whole ties into a lot of Gen Z internet culture. It shouldn't be a simple dictionary definition in the first place. Nightheight (talk|tribs) 16:40, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. This is goofy, but it's gotten a lot of coverage over the past year:
  • Gunnell, Marshall (Apr 14, 2023). "Doom scrolling is giving you brain rot". PCWorld. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  • Staff, Newport Institute (2024-01-10). "Brain Rot: The Impact on Young Adult Mental Health". Newport Institute. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  • Venkatraman, Sakshi (2024-08-10). "Parents and Gen Alpha kids are having unintelligible convos because of 'brainrot' language". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  • Koenig, Angela (2024-09-04). "It's not you: Gen Alpha's slang is really 'Ohio'". UC News. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  • North, Anna (2024-09-05). "iPad kids speak up". Vox. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  • Roy, Jessica (2024-08-16). "'Brainrot' Is the New Online Affliction - The New York Times". New York Times. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
I don't see a broader topic on Wikipedia for a merge yet, Rjjiii (talk) 07:50, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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