Category talk:Internet memes

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Contents 1 PT-109 2 Homestar Runner 3 Importance? 4 Golden rule of defintion writing 5 Brian Peppers and YTMND 6 Rename

[edit] PT-109

This is an Internet Meme?

[edit] Homestar Runner

Woah! There are far too many wiki articles for Homestar Runner. I request that these be merged into one or mabey just a few articles. HSR might be popular but i dont think it deserves that many entries and definitly not its own subcategory. --Paradox CT 22:57, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

There are lots of somewhat-disconnected things at Homestar Runner which are all notable in their own right - Baleeted gets referenced everywhere, the Teen Girl Squad, etc. The only real connection is that they're all in Homestar Runner. It's not obvious that they're all related. --AySz88^-^ 23:15, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

True, some of them can stay, but i think most of them can be merged, especially the ones on the characters. --Paradox CT 05:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Importance?

Most of these entries should have their importance re-verified on a regular basis. -- 75.23.152.73 15:28, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Golden rule of defintion writing

Golden rule of defintion writing, don't use the word you are trying to define in the defintion itself.

I changed:

• Internet memes are objects of interest on the Internet that are passed around in a memetic manner.

to:

• Internet memes are catch-phrases on the Internet.

Signed: Travb (talk) 10:36, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

i doubt that thats good, as most of them aren't "Catch-phrases" Articon 14:48, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I've changed it back. The new description is incorrect. The "defined word in the definition" thing isn't really a problem here, as neither "Internet" or "meme" are the words we are defining. The purpose of the description in this case is to clarify that "Internet meme" does indeed refer to what is assumed - that is, a meme on the Internet - rather than something completely different. --- RockMFR 22:13, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brian Peppers and YTMND

The list of internet memes is rather below par in terms of quantity, and the rather lack of YTMNDS and how some of the most popular memes is omitted, eg. Brian Peppers etc.

I am curious as to why these have been left out, have they been labelled as inappropriate or just overlooked. If they have been labelled as inappropriate, then why does wikipedia allow much more offensive articles to be allowed

I'm just looking for answers and explanation, not requesting possibly offensive material.

(Evansam 09:59, 26 February 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Rename

This category should be renamed Category:Internet fads or Category:Internet phenomena. The term and concept of "memes" are contested, hardly anyone outside of Internet geek culture even knows what a "meme" is, and having a category with this name lends unwarranted promotion to the POV of Richard Dawkins. Fads exist, "memes" do not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.108.132.16 (talk) 10:21, 3 November 2007 (UTC)