Talk:List of Internet phenomena/Archive 1

message: Please don't delete this article! I love it!!
71.12.169.132 20:31, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: deletion

message: 66.108.43.127 and 66.65.125.6,
You, who are most likely the same person, can not continue adding this entry every time someone deletes it.  You are the only person that has added this item to the "Internet Phenomenon" page. I do not know what your relation to this site is, but you obviously have a strong connection to it.  Please understand that you can not continue to add this item to this page. (At least without strong clause.)  I encourage you to read up on What Wikipedia is not -- especially the no propaganda clause.  There are very few guidelines for this site.  Please understand and follow them. ConCuu 03:12, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Stop adding "Ignorant Immigrant"

message: * Big Ass Titties - video which fantasizes over Lindsay Lohan, Halle Berry, Mariah Carey, Angelina Jolie, and various other celebrities' "big ass titties". View the official website here.
* How to Open a Door, Anime Style - a stick figure tries to open the door by pushing, using brute force and variety of weapons, but at the end the door is opened only by pulling. 
*I Hate Yuo Myg0t 2 - a flash animation of a Counter-Strike player who blames 'hacking' (especially that of myg0t) for his lack of skill. He is then tricked into downloading a Counter-Strike 'hacking' program off of myg0t which infects his computer (warning:  contains foul language). 
**I personally think this one is noteable.. damn near everyone at my school knows about it. -WindFish 05:10, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Animation-based

message: * Black People Love Us
**This one is somewhat old (archive.org's first entry is in 2002) and still popular to this day. Definitely a notable meme. 75,400 Google results when searching for the exact phrase "black people love us". --Aleron235 19:47, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Websites

message: * Fully Ramblomatic - Personal website of Benjamin 'Yahtzee' Croshaw, a British teenager who rambles, reviews and entertains.
*  Peter Pan's Home Page - Personal site of Randy Constan, an adult man who likes to dress up like Peter Pan.
**That peter pan website has been passed around a lot, for obvious reasons.  Nathan J. Yoder 09:12, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Personal sites

message: * The September 11, 2001 Attacks is considered to be the first major event to be followed by a mass audience on the internet.  It spawned hordes of e-mails, especially about a pair of Nostradamus predictions which were later announced to be hoaxes.
::Plainly false statement. mikka (t) 16:59, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: News events

message: 80.58.2.236 says... "(To those who keep removing its entry, it's there because, as well as being a phenomenon itself, it's hosted things such as Elian Wassup, All Your Base, Numa Numa & Salad Fingers.)"
:I'm not disputing that Elian Wassup, All Your Base and Salad Fingers are phenomenons. (I've never heard of Elian Wassup, but that's besides the point.)
:But what's Newgrounds part in this? They are just a web host. Weebl and Bob are hosted on Nildram servers. Perhaps they should be listed as a phenomenon too? --Billpg 23:54, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is newgrounds here? 

message: I happen to know a site which lists all of these.  It is called ourstrangeworld.com. Matau 15:02, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  A source for all of these sites, plus many more 

message: I don't see this anywhere in the article, surely this is a notable internet phenomenon? --anon
:All your base are belong to us yes and is in the. mikka (t) 18:51, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  All your base are belong to us? 

message: I was looking for some outside documentation to back up this entry, and this article  got my attention.  Are we missing some big items here? Or do they not fit this definition? (Or worse yet, should the definition change)
Here are a few that came to my mind that are possible additions:
*P2P - Peer-to-peer file sharing such as Napster Gnutella
*MMORPG - multiplayer online role-playing games such as Ultima Online and EverQuest revolutionized gaming experience
*Bulletin board system/Internet forums
*Chatting through instant messaging or chat rooms
*Online dating service - such as Hot or Not
*Social network service - such as Friendster
*Cybering - Long distance and very personal communication. "Bloodninja" has many well known comical cybering conversations.
*Blogger? This one I kinda see more of a hosting site for potential phenomenons, rather than one itself.  
ConCuu 21:03, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing? Or not fads? 

message: The christmas lights video has received news coverage, and has spread widely across the net. I'm of the opinion it belongs on the list Elijya 17:34, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I believe Miller Brewing Company even uses it in one of their new commercials. --Klaser 17:38, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Christmas Lights

message: CNN.com had a "Best of the Web '05" newsclip which listed the following:
* The Star Wars Kid (remixes/tributes)
* Brian Collins & "Boom Goes the Dynamite"
* SNL: "The Chronic of Narnia Rap"
* Chin2
* "Will You Go To Prom With Me"
* Back Dormitory Boys (or Chinese Backstreet Boys)
* Numa Numa
I would imagine that some of the ones missing should be added.  (Perhaps not the SNL skit, but the others are sure better than a lot of other stuff currently listed).  ConCuu 00:29, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Best of the Web '05 

message: I am now going to add, again, the 2: electric boogaloo meme reverted by Mikkalai with no comment. Obviously the notability of these phenomena is a subjective thing, so that one particular person has not heard of them is not reason enough not to include a particular one. Look at this Google search.
If it is still not to be included, please explain why.
Arru 16:29, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  2: electric boogaloo 

message: I think many items on this page clash with the definition given.  At least according to the definition, the criterion for inclusion is that it was something previously unknown that has become well-known, often suddenly and fleetingly, because of the internet.
So, how to listed items hold up when subjected to the criteria of (i) obscurity; (ii) fame; (iii) caused by internet.
# The Howard Dean scream: certainly it became notable, but almost immediately and largely through television.  I don't think simply popularity on the internet is sufficient (though it is necessary).  Then, popular websites could count as phenomena.  Also, it gained its currency largely through television.  Perhaps a television phenomenon, but not really an internet one.
# A lot of the animation-based ones are trickier.  Certainly, they are popular and exist because of the internet.  But how does is this distinguished from, say, Google as a popular phenomenon?  Maybe a different page on internet animation?
# Examples of what I would call the purest internet phenomena would be John Daker and The Star Wars kid.  The "item" (in both cases) exists prior to its placement on the internet in obscurity and rose to fame because of the internet.  The Star Wars kid even more so, gaining currency outside of the internet.  Howard Dean almost is the opposite of this: gained currency on TV and then became popular on the internet.
# What about the Farting Preacher? Certainly, popular on the internet.  But wasn't this originally designed as a humorous series of video tapes?
# Text and image-based phenomena also seem like something different.  What distinguishes them, say, from internet "slang" or "catch-phrases"?  Are catch-phrases really the same thing as phenomena?  Is this page just a "Popular Things on the Internet" page?  I mean, I do appreciate this page, but perhaps think that developing criteria for internet phenomena (a short series of questions, for instance) would help bring focus to the page.  I actually don't object to any of the items listed here being on wikipedia, but I think this page either needs to be divided for the definition at the top re-thought.
--Hamiltonian 06:17, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defining internet phenomena 

message: Lately there has been a lot off buzz about Chuck Norris, should we add him
--Perfection 00:22, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chuck Norris 

message: Should the Falling Sand Game be included in the page?  I wasn't sure, so I'm asking here.
--Dch111 03:26, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say so. Its become very popular in such a short time, its worth being mentioned at least. Plus it has a page on wikipedia already, so yes. DemonWeb 18:12, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Would it go under "Things?" I'm not sure of the category.  If anyone knows where it goes, they can put it there because I might not be back for awhile. --Dch111 00:25, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Falling Sand Game?