Talk:List of Internet phenomena/Archives/2007/December

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Section choice

We have some sections in the article but it's difficult to use these in a consistent way. For example, is Chocolate Rain a video or a band? Is Numa Numa a person or a video? And so on. Some input on this would be helpful before I tackle the problem myself. Colonel Warden (talk) 14:37, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Chocolate Rain

Minor vandalism request to be fixed, someone got something about /b/tards in there. Please Fix. 71.98.12.254 (talk) 18:01, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Done. Colonel Warden (talk) 18:06, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! 71.98.12.254 (talk) 20:51, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Bands

I renamed this section "Musicians" because, obviously, not all the musicians featured comprise, or are in, bands. --Tony Sidaway 16:05, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Charlie The Unicorn

This is a pretty significant video, with over 25 million views on Youtube alone. Possibly could be added to the list under "animation-based." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.189.129.134 (talk) 20:29, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

As stated at the top of the page, you'll need reliable sources to support it's notability. OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Indeed. As famous as this is, there are almost certainly some sources, so you just have to find them. Try poring through google news.Wikidemo 21:18, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Well i don't know if these are included as sources but almost everyone at my school has been singing the song along with many other schools. And many remake videos have been produced for the video too. Such as a harry potter one and one from thehill88 etc.--Mugatu3333 (talk) 03:38, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Here. This video has 17 million views, and there a few other which total over 25 million. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q5im0Ssyyus —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.189.129.134 (talk) 02:51, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Bubb Rubb + Lil sis

It is a crime against wikiality that Bubb Rubb and lil sis are not included. the Lepraucan/Where da Gold at? Both are classic examples of Meme. And the grape stomp lady, how could I forget her? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.101.119.130 (talk) 04:45, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

I have no idea what the hell you're talking about. JuJube 04:54, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSOSJ68xOBA --BillyTFried (talk) 18:01, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Websites

I removed the list of websites because I couldn't work out how the listed sites could be classed as "internet phenomena" in the sense of this article. --Tony Sidaway 16:07, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

I suppose that the idea is that these websites are either phenomena in their own right or they are a notable seed-bed for the phenomena. We can have cites if you really insist but these seems quite unnecessary for well-known sites which have articles of their own, like Google and Wikipedia. For example, see Russia Today on YouTube. Colonel Warden (talk) 16:18, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

reorg

This article seriously needs clarity as to what should be included and how to categorize it. I think that the way in which something is a phenomena is more important than what the item itself is. For example, Chuck Norris Facts and Walken for President are web-based jokes about celebrities, Tourist Guy and lolcats are appropriated image/collage, Chris Crocker is a celebrity blogger; from a net phenom viewpoint, he has more in common with bands that got famous thru online vids than he does with Chuck Norris (but right now, both are in the "people" section). I think having a websites section is a serious detraction from quality. Social Networking Sites are a net phenomena; let's just say that and link to a list of them from here rather than engaging in a popularity contest. Ditto content hosting sites like JibJab, YouTube, YahooVideo, etc. -- Akb4 (talk) 09:05, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Christmas gift from Time Magazine

For all those in search of reliable sources, Time just came out with its top ten viral videos of 2007 list here. I shall not partake, but if you need a source here it is. Enjoy. Wikidemo (talk) 17:32, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Alison Stokke

Isn't she the quintessential internet phenomenon? A rather average athlete becoming insanely popular on the internet on the basis of her looks. There was an article about her in the Washington Post. [1] 122.167.24.74 (talk) 18:40, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allison Stokke (second nomination). –Pomte 12:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)