Talk:Yuppie

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Yuppie was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Reviewed version: July 7, 2007

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[edit] The Great Rewrite

Due to Loodog's proposed deletion, a few of us have stepped up to rewrite the article to conform to Wikipedia's quality standards. If you have previously contributed to this article, you are welcome to do so again; however, please do not be surprised if your contributions are reshuffled to form a more comprehensive and encyclopedic article. Please also ensure that the sources of your new contributions are properly cited. Adraeus 07:49, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pseudo acronym

I had always thought it was Young Upwardly-mobile Professional Person. It would still only be "Yupp". Rich Farmbrough, 08:42 28 April 2007 (GMT).

Both "urban" and "upwardly mobile" were presumed derivations of the acronym as far back as the early 1980s.[1] I think "yumpies" just didn't flow off the tongue. --Dhartung | Talk 04:02, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Popular culture" section

Do we need a "Yuppies in popular culture" section? I mean, really? And would anyone be upset if I nuked it in its entirety? Lewis Collard 16:00, 29 April 2007 (UTC) (See below; I don't think this is a good idea anymore. Lewis Collard! (baby i'm bad news) 11:15, 23 July 2007 (UTC))

If William Wallace can have a popular-culture section, I think we can have a popular-culture section, too. Adraeus 22:52, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Haven't you ever been told "well, if everyone jumped off a cliff..."? ;) Lewis Collard 23:23, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm envisioning this article's popular culture section as more than a list. The article's still in development. Don't delete content that can be later spliced to create something more comprehensive. Adraeus 01:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Mmmkay. Lewis Collard 01:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
It's a cultural phenomenon, so it must stay.--141.241.29.187 16:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
I think the movie examples make it easier to understand what a yuppie is. I had a vague idea, but when I saw Fight Club referenced I knew I had it right. Maybe it can be removed later though if the article expands. Maybe a picture of an "archetypical" yuppie would add to it too. --Cyhawk 20:53, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I've changed my position on the above. I feared it might turn into "here's this film, I reckon it depicts yuppies pretty good" or "so this guy mentioned the word Yuppie in this song one time". It contains cultural depictions that third-party sources explicitly call depictions of yuppiedom. So I no longer think nuking it is a good idea, as long as it's kept to this standard. Lewis Collard! (baby i'm bad news) 11:15, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] American values?

I replaced "American values" by "family values", since being a yuppie is not specific to the US; the word is also actually in use in other English speaking countries like the UK Actually, "Family values" might still be not the perfect term, since it's not just about the family; so please feel free to edit further. Kuteni 19:16, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

I've gone one better: I've removed the bit about "American/family values" altogether; "American values" was backed up by a source, "family values" may have been more accurate, but it was not backed up by anything. Lewis Collard! (baby i'm bad news) 21:58, 5 September 2007 (UTC)