Talk:4chan

Edit request for Dusty The Cat

I think it should be noted that even this event could not have avoided being "lulzified" as NEDM (standing for not even doom music) is a meme involving said cat. --68.94.200.69 (talk) 14:34, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Er, what does this mean in plain language?--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 14:55, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

It would help if this request could be made in English.--Graythos1 (talk) 15:01, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Lolwut? English, do you speak it? UMADWiki (talk) 23:05, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

NEDM doesn't involve "said cat"...NEDM was around long before the Dusty incident, and didn't originate on 4chan. Get your facts straight. rzrscm (talk) 16:08, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

NWO4LIFE

Edit request: Internet attacks subsection

"4chan users have a reputation for being immature pranksters whose bad behavior is encouraged by the site's total anonymity and the absence of an archive." [1] Some part of this could be emphasized after the first sentence in the 4chan#Internet_attacks section. It would be useful in expressing the observed attitude of 4chan users. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aoszkar (talk • contribs) 10:18, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

The source cited does indeed pass WP:RS, not just some blog comment or such. I would think we would have to frame it as "According to...", but perhaps some part of that would be worth adding. What do other editors think? --Tryptofish (talk) 21:41, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm going to add this source to the page, but not specifically in terms of internet attacks, since the source does not really refer to those. Instead, it refers (as noted) to board contributors, and also provides information about moot's new venture. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:37, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

On the discussion of whether or not to include memes

I would argue that contrary to suggestions that the 4chan wiki page include memes, or similarly, that there be a devoted page for 4chan memes outside its official one, that memes be separated entirely from association with purely 4chan. Without citing articles, I would suspect that few if any 4chan members exist purely on 4chan, i.e., that there are people who ONLY contribute or engage with 4chan, and therefore that memes are ubiquitous across many individual sites, and established only after they have permeated the larger web. To suggest that any meme can be confirmed to have been originated at 4chan, would be highly suspect. bradleygriffith (talk) 18:31, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

To the extent that this might be so, it would be just as much an issue at a spin-off page. Is there any place here where there is insufficient sourcing? --Tryptofish (talk) 00:43, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiLeaks

What about a section on WikiLeaks? This is surely a major event, why so silent about it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.207.97 (talk) 23:06, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I think you mean the attempts to retaliate against companies that withdrew support for WikiLeaks. Yes, that is worth adding, and I don't think anyone is being intentionally silent, just haven't gotten around to it. Also, there was just an article in the New York Times about Poole and Canvas. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:20, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Show me some sources that show that 4chan directly had something to do with it, and I'll add it. rzrscm (talk) 22:37, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit request: External links

Adding the "missing" catalog mode to the External links might be a good idea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.190.50.37 (talk) 17:44, 28 March 2011 (UTC)