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

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Aleksey Vayner

This has to make it. He and his video "Impossible is Nothing" spawned an uproar covered by many real media outlets, including the New York Times. A true meme if ever there was one.

His biographical article was written, then deleted by a zealous editor on notability grounds but with a recommendation that his Internet meme is probably notable even if he personally is not. Only fitting. So I'll do that.Wikidemo 21:30, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Blanking is very bad

The italicized sourced text was blanked yesterday. It is not proper to blank sourced text, so please restore it promptly--thanks!

  • "Little Fatty" — Beginning in 2003, a Chinese high school student from Shanghai named Qian Zhijun (钱志君) had his face superimposed onto various other images, creating an Internet fad.[1][2] In July 2007 it was announced that plans were underway to cast him in a Hollywood film being produced by New Line Cinema.[3][4] Badagnani 04:36, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Relevance?

Can someone please tell me how this article is relevant to an encyclopedia? 24.224.212.191 18:18, 11 July 2007 (UTC)crazyreader

That question is subjective, and I don't see any real answer. That is to say, how is any article directly relevant to an encyclopedia? This article serves a purpose by providing a sourced list of Internet meme that have become so popular as to merit inclusion into this article as well as other third-party publications. If you don't feel the article is fit for inclusions, you might want to register your account and place the article up for deletion. the_undertow talk 18:54, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
This article was already nominated twice for deletion and the decision was made to keep. Nothing has really changed since then. "List of" articles are always a little less encyclopedic, particularly ones like this that are far from comprehensive. Even with the requirement that the phenomenon be notable and sourced, and people vigilantly removing some of pranks and attempts to insert trivia, it's still not a very good list. But what can you do? If someone really wanted to take the effort they could clean this up a little, but if you want to spend the effort why not edit the now-parent article I wrote on Internet memes? That one is just a stub and there's a little disagreement over what an Internet meme really is, but at least that one is trying to be encyclopedic. Meanwhile this article is interesting to many people, and harmless. Wikidemo 19:08, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

David Elsewhere

Should the David Elsewhere popping and liquid dancing video be mentioned? Valerius Myotis 05:49, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

No, i think he's mentioned elsewhere...

Angry German Kid

He's also pretty popular, why wont someone add him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.153.6.196 (talk)

If you find a good source, you are free to add him. Don't forget to sign your posts. the_undertow talk 18:22, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Mentos & Diet Coke

Mentos & Diet Coke eruptions is listed as an Internet phenomenon in it's own Wikipedia article, as well as in a Houston Chronicle article [1] but is not mentioned here. Dubkiller 09:58, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

virally self-replicating content ?=

Does the content really reproduce itself in the same way as a virus? I thought people simply sent the content to friends, and so it gets replicated, or more often just a hyperlink gets replicated. I don't know enough meme-theory to be able to rephrase that in a way that makes sense both to a specialist and a layperson. Any suggestions? --Davémon 08:18, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's redundant. A video meme is usually the result of viral video, which is where the term comes from. However, virii are self-replicating, so there does not seem a real urgency to tag it as such. the_undertow talk 08:34, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

DragonForce, and Fuck Yeah Seaking

should be added DragonDance 03:02, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

No, they shouldn't. They are limited to the chans.

Crazy Frog

I wonder if something about Crazy Frog should be included here. It originally started as an MP3 of someone impersonating a two stroke engine and spread virally across the internet before being animated, and eventually becoming the Crazy Frog we all know and hate. --Darksun 17:40, 29 July 2007 (UTC)