Talk:Harlem shake (dance)

message: The article states that the harlem shake evolved into the [[chicken noodle soup (dance)chicken soup dance, but I don't see any connection between these two styles/techniques besides both originating from Harlem. - Wintran (talk) 08:18, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chicken noodle soup? 

message: Can someone write a better description of how to do the harlem shake? I have no idea what it is; I came here to find out, and the description is no use at all.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.103.201.244 (talk) 22:07, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better description 

message: The Bauer article may soon need a link to this article in its See also section, because Baauer's (yes, double-a) song Harlem Shake is becoming fairly popular. And, obviously, this article would then also need to mention the recent YouTube craze. --82.170.113.123 (talk) 16:54, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Couple of links: the Know Your Meme page here, Reddit thread here, CollegeHumor page here. --82.170.113.123 (talk) 17:06, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Baauer - Harlem Shake; YouTube Videos 

message: Perhaps someone could add a section on the Harlem Shake meme that became popular in early February 2013? 137.112.157.84 (talk) 02:35, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add section on recent meme? 

message: The Harlem Shake dance is not the same as the dance in the video, and has a different cultural context than the meme. The video and meme deserve their own page. The actual dance is hilariously demonstrated on YouTube Useless.miscellany (talk) 06:57, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference between dance and video 

message: The Azealia Banks freestyle is over the Baauer song and has nothing to do with the dance ie. wrong article
198.84.196.77 (talk) 17:54, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Azealia Banks 

message: I think this article needs to be Semi-protected. Vandalism is getting out of control. Wethar555 (talk) 21:42, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Y Done Someone took care of it a few minutes before your comment. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 15:31, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protect Page 

message: I just added the section, if you don't like the layout or the form of the text, feel free to beautify it; just don't delete the section: I heard many people are asking for the instructions section to be added, which I did. I referenced the mahalo.com page, too. They explain the shake nicely there, and quite professionally. Thanks? Don't mention it! :) Boky (talk) 14:10, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: And they've been removed by Lester Foster. Thanks for your efforts, but you may want to review Wikipedia policies again as Wikipedia is not a guide or how-to site. - M0rphzone (talk) 08:59, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I added the link back, under "External links." Other Wikipedia articles about dance usually describe the movements, occasionally in a "how to" style, so an exception to WP:NOTHOWTO could perhaps be gotten. However, just copy-pasting from other sites isn't allowed. —rybec 01:31, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Instructions on how to do the Shake 

message: I removed the hatnote per WP:NAMB. The parenthetical "(dance)" makes the name unambiguous; no one will type in the phrase "Harlem shake (dance)" looking for the other articles (if they do, then the parenthetical needs to be changed). The other articles are already found through the disambiguation page Harlem Shake (disambiguation).--Cúchullain t/c 15:08, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I see I've been reverted again. Can you please explain why the hatnote needs to be there in contradiction to the usual style and practice?--Cúchullain t/c 15:17, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The hatnote is also improperly formatted. Baauer should not be linked; only the ambiguous article is linked.--Cúchullain t/c 15:19, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

text: The point is that the parentheses distinguish the articles from one another. If your argument is they don't distinguish each other enough, then you should start a discussion to change them to something that does. The hat note doesn't fix that problem. It's also distracting and not particularly helpful considering it doesn't say anything that's not already at Harlem shake (disambiguation). I see someone else removed it before and you reverted them; as the one restoring the challenged material it's really on you to defend it.--Cúchullain t/c 16:35, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll remove the song now. It does look distracting. I don't think the hatnote is "material" (article text), it's just a hatnote. As you can see, I have a long list of reasons to leave it in. Maybe the other person who tried to remove it was just a random visitor. I participated a little bit in writing the meme article, and I must say that it was very hard to explain what the meme was. I think the lead of that article is still confusing and a person who doesn't know what Internet memes are won't understand. If you insist about the other hatnote, I think there should be a serious discussion about it. I don't think anything can be done about disambiguating the topics better cause 1. the meme is a dance; 2. the word "meme" is rather confusing to many people. --Moscow Connection (talk) 17:19, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Hatnote

message: External Links
* Harlem Shake at Wedding Receptions
96.25.122.219 (talk) 23:08, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Wikipedia is not a link repository and there are already several example videos linked to already. BryanG (talk) 02:33, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 10 July 2013 

message: All claims referenced in this article about Harlem Shake's origins in Eskista all refer back to one article on dancejam.com, which is now defunct. A simple close look at the motions involved in the Harlem Shake (side-to-side arm movement, alternately lifting one shoulder then the other) versus in Eskista (keeping both shoulders level and keeping arms mostly still) makes it clear that they're probably unrelated. Can we just remove the section claiming that they're related? Or put a disclaimer?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashleyisachild (talk • contribs) 06:09, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not concerned that the web page is no longer active (especially since the citation points to a copy at archive.org), although I do wonder whether it was a reliable source in the first place. It appears that the original site consisted of user-generated content; see WP:SPS.  However, it also cites ABC News, although that article was written after this information appeared on Wikipedia (and, for that matter, the original website).  Call me cynical but I have to wonder where ABC got their information.  If the text is to remain, then I believe we should specify "ABC News says that..." rather than the current wording mentioning it as a straightforward fact.  I will go ahead and make the edit. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 13:58, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  History and ties to Eskista traditional Ethiopian dance 

message: The Harlem shake was originally called the shake created in 1981 on soul train by Myron Montgomery. 
Prlydell (talk) 22:00, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Stickee (talk) 23:52, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 June 2015 

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