Talk:4chan/Archive 8

4chan is a meme?
I think this artice should be on the Internet Memes Category.--Tuddy15 (talk) 14:59, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to disagree, but I think that it should be kept as FAR AWAY from the memes catagory as possible--Evilagram (talk) 07:08, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Redirect
I'm pretty sure this whole article should just be replaced with:


 * Oh look, a troll. Nice try, eBaum's fail. Howa0082 03:47, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * who's a troll? it was a serious suggestion. you've obviously never been to 4chan, so why do you care?


 * In reply to Howa0082, it's a running gag on 4chan, if you didn't know, which you don't seem to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.7.241.167 (talk) 15:10, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

/something/
Would it not be useful to create a list of all the "/something/"s on 4chan and what they mean? That's what I came to the article looking for... Crowley 09:19, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * A list of the boards is visible when one goes to the website.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龍 ) 09:22, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * So just because it's on another website is a reason why we shouldn't have it here? Doesn't that invalidate most of the whole Wikipedia...? Crowley 11:25, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It would be long list that wouldn't really add anything to the article. All that could be sourced is the topic of each board, which is in the frame beside front page, and the rules of each board, which is on it's own page.  Trying to discuss the culture and in-jokes of even the popular boards (/a/, /b/, /v/, etc.) would steer too far into original research. --Transfinite (Talk / Contribs) 03:19, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I would like to second the request for the explanation of /b/, /t/, etc. I always thought I was tech-savvy, but this 4-chan/2-chan thing is absolutely beyond me. I came here looking for an explanation of the /whatever/s and instead find only that terms like /b/ are thrown around without definition.--Iritscen 17:38, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Here are the shortcuts:

This thing won't let me post lists? That sucks...[converted to list by iritscen]
 * /a/ - Anime & Manga
 * /an/ - Animals & Nature
 * /b/ - Random
 * /c/ - Anime/Cute
 * /cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL
 * /ck/ - Food & Cooking
 * /cm/ - Cute/Male
 * /co/ - Comics & Cartoons
 * /d/ - Hentai/Alternative
 * /e/ - Ecchi
 * /g/ - Technology
 * /gif/ - Animated GIF
 * /h/ - Hentai
 * /hr/ - High Resolution
 * /k/ - Weapons
 * /m/ - Mecha
 * /mu/ - Music
 * /n/ - News
 * /o/ - Auto
 * /p/ - Photography
 * /po/ - Papercraft & Origami
 * /r/ - Request
 * /s/ - Sexy Beautiful Women
 * /t/ - Torrents
 * /tg/ - Traditional Games
 * /tv/ - Television & Film
 * /u/ - Yuri
 * /v/ - Video Games
 * /w/ - Anime/Wallpapers
 * /wg/ - Wallpapers/General
 * /x/ - Paranormal
 * /y/ - Yaoi

M.W. 07:58, 19 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks. At least the list is on the discussion page, which is better than nowhere. --Iritscen 17:11, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Just look at http://www.4chan.org/rules.php, where it's described in detail.

207.161.63.213 15:41, 18 July 2007 (UTC) Lists for the sake of lists are frowned upon and the article describes the breadth of topics covered on 4chan. Leaving it on the talk: page seems like the best plan.
 * A list like that isn't even necessary anyways. A comprehensive general description of all the /boards/ in one paragraph should cover it. KyuuA4 06:32, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Copy-editing
I have just made a variety of edits to the article that, hopefully, will lead to improved readability.Plovis 17:31, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know. The article seems much unreadable now. Word choices like "humor is...frequently characterized" are vague and used in an improper context. "...remove instances of illegal content as soon as possible, as well as ban the individuals responsible for them..." is wordier than "...remove instances of illegal content as soon as possible, as well as ban the individuals who submit it". While some of it is valid (i.e. "residents" to "users", act -> attempt, and so forth) I don't know if it's really any better than it used to be. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 22:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That is a correct use of the word characterized and, while I agree it is somewhat vague, the assertion demands that kind of vagueness. Not everything in /b/ is an inside joke, but sometimes it is. One would not want the article to overly stress the inside nature of the humor. As for your second criticism, one can be responsible for an "instance," but one cannot "submit" one. Plovis 18:42, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That really isn't the correct use of characterized here. Maybe you can characterize a sense of humour or say that a sense of humour is exemplified by something but you don't characterize humour in general when referring to things that the vast majority of people would call retarded. Fratley 14:16, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Absolutely wrong. In this context "exemplified" and "characterized" could be used interchangably. I think, however, that the sentence should focus on /b/, not on its users. So, rather than "the humor of /b/tards..." it should speak of "humorous postings found on /b/" or something similar.

I'm removing the fox news reference, it has nothing to do with 4chan. It was in fact about 420chan, which the anonymous informant strives to counter act. It has nothing to do with 4chan, it can be put in an overall "Anonymous" article, but has no place here. They never once show 4chan or mention 4chan in the video. Also, rules 1 and 2.
 * Rules 1 and 2 have nothing to do with wikipedia... And the fox news refrence DOES infact have to do with 4chan. It clearly shows 4CHAN's /b/ and 7CHAN's /i/. Not 420chan's... If you have an issue with wikipedia breaking "Rules of the internet (Not rules of 4chan, by the way) Then leave! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.244.83.194 (talk) 14:11, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 7chan used to have an /i/, but at the time of the news report, it was already down. It was up, but it wasn't even popular or linked to the 7chan server. It was effectively dead. I didn't really pay close attention, but I am sure I saw 4chan on the video, as well as 420chan's /i/. 75.7.241.167 (talk) 15:03, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

rules 1 and 2 only apply to raids, you newfags —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.182.109.83 (talk) 02:28, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Deletion?
I noticed that this article was deleted for an odd reason. To the editor responsible, it would be best if you explained yourself, as well as why restore it for equally odd reasons. Unless it was a mistake of course. Deleting fairly well established articles is rather unusual policy.. - AVX 00:35, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It was deleted to get rid of some questionable diffs.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龍 ) 00:42, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Blocks in the UK
This section needs revising by someone who knows the history. It's implied that BT continue to block access, however I myself have been accessing 4chan and /b/ for the last seven months through BT broadband with no problems at all. Parjay 19:44, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I've been accessing /b/ through NTL/virgin media for a while... (82.31.151.236 15:30, 29 July 2007 (UTC))

I too am an NTL customer (although NTL is now Virgin Media), and can access /b/ (82.6.110.0 11:18, 11 August 2007 (UTC))

Yeah, I'm a BT user and I went on /b/ just seconds ago. 81.129.190.249 17:38, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

So, what about Fox News lulz?
http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=3894628&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1 --HanzoHattori 15:34, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


 * that site is fake, right? 217.91.55.124 16:56, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Of course not. --HanzoHattori 17:49, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that was pretty funny. And the mom got a security system and a guard dog.  Oh, come on: "What happens on the Internet, stays on the Internet."
 * If you were seeing if it is notable enough, I guess it could. However, 4chan doesn't have an "anonymous website branded with an 'i'." The only *chan site that has an /i/ is 420chan. So, it loses some of its notability there. DiamondDragon  DESU  19:02, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Some of those screens are obviously 4chan, while others may be 420chan. --206.57.35.85 20:47, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


 * They're talking about any site where there is anonymity, really. It would fit in nicely with the 4chan article simply because they're the biggest concentration of anonymous. In other news, it's on YouTube now: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UxWgRY1I_SI Metty 22:30, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I know; I've been refreshing the page just to see what other Anon/non-Anon had to say. Guess I'll slide it into the Anonymous section now.
 * This just has to be one of the most Epic wins for Anonymous. DiamondDragon DESU  03:09, 28 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Lots of chans have /i/ boards for invasions. 7chan, to name a prominent one. And anyway, 4chan does in fact have an /i/, it's just for Oekaki.
 * 7chan's /i/ has been dead since summer IIRC. At the time of this "news report" it was alive, but at a hidden address and not even linked to 7chan at all. 75.7.241.167 (talk) 15:06, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

4chan doesn't have an invasion forum. In fact, if you even suggest an invasion on 4chan, you get banned, even on /b/. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.189.163 (talk) 08:13, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Fox 11 Report
The section on the Fox 11 report is not supported whatsoever by the source provided - the video it references makes no mention of 4chan at all, and this passage in the article is nothing but the contributor's own take on who the "Anonymous" in the report is discussing. It should be removed until proof is found. Aceya 14:40, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Ive removed it, it has nothing to do with 4chan whatsoever. It was in fact about 420chan, where the informant previously posted. Robnubis 16:33, 29 July 2007


 * But they showed the 4chan bomb threat posts on the report, didn't they? Parjay ► Talk 15:53, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

That may be the case, but they certainly don't explicitly name 4chan. The link is tenuous at best - certainly not enough to warrant adding it to wikipedia. Even if they did, why should it be on here? A mention in a local news report? Nothing but pointless trivia. Aceya 15:56, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * That's not trivia, it's notability. If 4chan is implicated in this Fox news report, then it should indeed be included on the article; there is nothing trivial about it.  Parjay ► Talk  16:03, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It's not explicitly mentioned, it's only implicated. Which makes that not so much of a verifiable statement. Pacific Coast Highway {talk • contribs} 17:43, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * This article talks about Anonymous, which is a theme of this article. I think that if we were to talk about illegal activity happening on 4chan (such as truck detonation, performance enhancers and domestic terrorism), then this piece certainly could be mentioned, but not as a citation to be taken literally, seeing as it's just wrong. -InternetHateMachine

That section was also put in anonymous, the article. But it was removed because of being "related" to 4chan instead of anonymity itself. Where does this belong? 420chan is not "noticable" enough, it's a "different" anonymous, it's "not related" to 4chan. Maybe there should another section that discusses the other *chans. Maybe it's just "pointless trivia". The Conundrumer TC 22:44, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

People - watch the video. It doesn't name 4chan at all, only some vague concept about "Anonymous" which 4chan shares with a myriad of other sites. The only way you'd even know this was even remotely related to 4chan is if you were a regular of the site. If we're going to be adding little tidbits on to wikipedia pages every time Fox News does an investigation of a web phenomenon or on some other sensationalist garbage then this place is going to get full of crap. Maybe if this were some federal attorney investigating the site then it would be worthwhile, but at the moment all it is is some local tv network running filler material. Furthermore, Fox has gone to a lot of trouble to preserve the secret of the website's identity - obviously in the same way that one wouldn't publish the details of a website advocating hate speech or how to make bombs. This should be taken into consideration before we go claiming on here that 4chan is the site that the report is talking about - this so-called nexus of "domestic terrorists" Aceya 04:18, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

The report is clearly refering to 4chan. Please see the page posted on the Slashdot main page which states, "The segment, which focuses mainly on users at 4chan, 7chan, and 420chan" --Android Mouse 05:38, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think it ever referenced 7chan at all. 75.7.241.167 (talk) 21:32, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Just thought I'd point out a few things, first, in regards to the current discussion, quite a bit of the report did feature 4chan as mentioned, including some of the screenshots of an actual chan website (not to mention the photoshopped habbo picture which was a 4chan thing if I'm not mistaken. Also, 4chan, due to being the undisputibly largest *chan and birthplace of the anon we know today would clearly be the target, if not the focus of the report. Hell, givin the amount of journalism put into this they probably think 420chan is 4chan. And finally, the sentance "Oddly enough, 4chan and other sites are publicly viewable" should probably be changed to reflect the fact that any site that "Requires its users to remain Anonymous" couldn't possibly be hidden, as that would imply a login and password, with at least a number to identify the user. 24.222.133.66 05:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I've added a citation to the Slashdot article and hopefully clarified that sentence a bit.
 * >>And finally, the sentance "Oddly enough, 4chan and other sites are publicly viewable" should probably be changed to reflect the fact that
 * Be bold. --Android Mouse 05:45, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Bold? Without following that link I'm assuming your telling me-someone who just now created a wikipedia acount-to change a protected article. I really would, but my hands are tied. By the system, no less.Beran senae 05:53, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I didn't notice the page was semi-protected. If you tell me how you'd like to see it changed I, or someone else can make the change for you until your account is able to edit it. --Android Mouse 05:55, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Givin that it's 3:00 AM here and that means I can't type for crap or think coherant thoughts I'm just pointing out the fact that the report included that fallancy in it's logic (among others) and since it's mentioned someone should complete it. personally I laughed as I watched them activally choose the name anonymous onscreen while saying the site forces all users to remain anonymous. Great lulz, if you will. Beran senae 06:07, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I applaud your efforts here to get this cleaned up, Android Mouse, but a slashdot article doesn't really qualify as a legitimate source. It's just some sort of weak commentary on the original video which is vague enough as it is. Aceya 11:37, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

The tone of the Fox News entry is odd. It seems to dismiss everything in the fox news peice as incorrect, just by use of quotations marks for every point used by fox. I'm removing it until someone can rewrite it in a non-dissmisve tone and relevant to 4chan. Without relevancy to 4chan, it should be added to the image board article or something...

Also i'd like to add that this doesnt fit under controversy, how is a news peice on a"Anonymous" controversial? There is no evidence linking this to 4chan, only 420chan.Robnubis


 * Please do not delete content to make a point. It is very much a controversy, as Fox is attempting to call them a group of hackers. In addition, it is one of *chan imageboard's first real news coverage, with the exception of the bomb scare. -- L ie! 13:53, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

there is no proof that that fox were reffering to 4chan, they were most likely referring to 420chan. its a pointless entry. Robnubis


 * It doesn't refer to anything by name, it just says "Anonymous" and "Secret Websites", and shows sites that are very clearly chan imageboards. They're probably referring to BOTH, although anything you say on the subject is just OR. -- L ie! 14:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

My position is that it doesn't belong on here, but if it must, perhaps this will be of help. 4chan have now issued a response of sorts to the video: http://www.4chan.org/blog/ Perhaps this will do as a more credible source as it has been made by 4chan admins themselves and seems to at least acknowledge the report as being about them. Aceya 14:37, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

4chan wanting to make a response to this does not implicate them. Also, L, it doesnt show "chan imageboards" it clearly shows 420chan, an individual imageboard. Its stupid to lump 4chan into this just because its an imageboard. While it is the most popular it should need to take the blame. The person interviewed who's "indetity" was hidden, was in fact a former poster of 420chan, and thats the site he hopes to take down via use of their /i/ board. It has no place on this article. also L [USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST] Robnubis


 * Again, it says secret websites. They are probably referring to *chan boards in general, not any specific one. They showed four or five webpages, one was very clearly NOT a *chan board, and only one indicated which one it was. The mass opinion is that it's about 4chan though, so we should stick with that because it's clearly created more controversy about 4chan than anything else, even if that wasn't what FOX11 was talking about -- L ie! 16:28, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It's obvious that it refers to 4chan and others besides just 420chan, I think the slashdot posting and 4chan's blog posting clearly demonstrates this. What do you have that would demonstrate otherwise? --Android Mouse 16:47, 30 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Looks like the small piece of info I added has caused quite a stir. I sort of agree with those who don't believe it's to be here in a way; they have a few good points.  However:
 * The imageboard style mimics that of *chans and 4chan is the most known of the *chans (at least, in the U.S.).
 * Also, since the "webpages" are of similar structure, they probably weren't really all separate pages (the popular people's belief in Fox's news' accuracy), but just different pages of one or two sites.
 * Images of Habbo Hotel "raids" are commonly associated with 4chan (more specifically /b/).
 * If it actually were about 420chan or similar others, it would still apply to this article since 1) they don't have separate articles and 2) many happen to be "split-offs" from 4chan itself (though credible sources stating that probably don't exist even though it's "obvious"). I have the urge to email Fox themselves about what websites they've investigated in their report (or how many, if they don't specifically answer), but that probably wouldn't be credible and would count as OR, I think.
 * And L, of what part of the video did it show a website not of *chans? Was it MySpace? If so, that doesn't mean that it's not of 4chan (or *chans, for that matter); it was part of an attack on a Myspace user. DiamondDragon * 04:04, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1. The report mentioned the bomb threats. 2. The bomb threats are already attributed to 4chan and this is referenced in the article. Therefore, no discrete reference to 4chan is needed, there is a link between the two proven by the content of the news video and which requires no original research or "obviousness" to verify. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 04:35, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * What wooty said, and DiamondDragon, I forget the exact part, but I remember seeing something that looked like a phpBB forum, done in black background, with yellow text. I'd have to look up the video again to be sure --L onging.... 06:43, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Found it - about 1:55-1:56.
 * I see. Sorry for the lengthy opinion. DiamondDragon DESU  07:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Well I've re edited again, at this stage i think the article is ok to stay in. It doesn't overtly blame 4chan and just says that Fox implies 4chan/420chan were the perpetrators. I'd still be in favour of it being removed completely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robnubis (talk • contribs)

I'd exclude it simply because Fox did a horrible job on the story. It's funny as hell to those of us who know about 4chan and the other chans, but it's like including a tabloid report. If anything, we should wait for additional sources that criticizes the Fox report, so we can mention it without giving the report undue weight. At the same time, the little devil inside me says "eh, throw it in there, and laugh when someone believes it". -- Ned Scott 06:44, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * In other words, I believe the Fox report being flawed will be what actually makes this notable to mention. I just hope we can get some good sources for that. -- Ned Scott 06:47, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay, it seems like there's some twisted logic going on here. We all pretty much agree that the coverage by fox is flawed and it's claims are spurious, it vaguely mentions 4chan at all and practically no one outside of the chan community even took notice of the show; and yet there's this attitude that we should include the report but qualify it by saying "oh yeah, but what they said was crap." This is not the way this site should be run. If a source is flawed and discredited and has no merit, then there is no reason for including it. I have yet to hear any reasons in favour of keeping it in besides some notion that because it was mentioned by a major news outlet it somehow deserves to be included in an encyclopedia. Trying to modify the section to being a dig at Fox's credentials is just as bad. I understand that this mention on the news was a big event for 4chan regulars, but every little thing in the real world that somehow relates to 4chan doesn't have to be included here. I mean, there was this recent drama when G4 mentioned an upcoming story about 4chan. Is that going to have a paragraph on here too? Aceya 15:39, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Its unlikely it will, but for some reason people have got it into their heads that because /b/tards at 4chan etc. thought the fox news report was funny, they believe it to be of factual importance. The fact is, it became what it was because it was hilarious, are we going to add Tay Zonday to Controversy? 4chan has been accused of being a lot worse than "hackers on steroids"

So how do we settle this? to be quite honest i think it should be removed, its stupid, it was only one LOCAL news station and they said nothing new, they just reported on the activities of *chan imageboards. needs to be removed asap. --Robnubis 22:33, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Maybe this could be settled by adding a new section about 4chan in the media? Otherwise, I agree with deleting it. Everything the report discusses (anonymous, raids, the bomb threat hoax), is mentioned elsewhere in the article. All we learn from that whole section is that one FOX affiliate did a story obliquely related to 4chan.

AotS report?
I've recently heard that G4's Attack of the Show is going to do an episode sometime today that will explain the "anonymous" of 4chan. I don't know if it's notable or not (I think it is), but I'm not sure since I don't know if AotS is highly viewed or not. Even more confusing, are there going to be some credible web sources on this? What does anyone think? DiamondDragon DESU  17:33, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

EDIT:G4 copyright claim DiamondDragon DESU  19:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

G4 lied to get anon to watch their shitty show, it wuz a hoax. :(((((( 75.177.63.125 02:43, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Maybe, but there was some confusion over whether it would be today or Thursday. Probably they changed their minds.  I'll check the show on Thursday.  DiamondDragon  DESU  06:28, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


 * 4chan's /b/ generally don't like it at all when their imageboard is mentioned in public, (official /b/ rules #1 and #2 state that you should never talk about it (like Fight Club)) this has therefore lead to a DDoS attack to G4tv.com. (which is actually going on as I write this.) Anonymous

>official /b/ rules #1 and #2 They're not official you fucking retard.


 * Especially when on air, G4 says "OH HAY WERE BREAKING RULES 1 AND 2 OH NOES". That makes it even worse. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 05:01, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * "Official /b/ rules"?! According to the 4chan rules page, the only "official" rule for /b/ is "ZOMG NONE!!!1" -- there is no rule #2. 4chan was never some secret club until all this raid nonsense came about, and 4chan has never officially supported raids at all. In fact, you may well get banned for organizing one on 4chan.
 * Then what about Rule 34? Anyways...m00t is the one who doesn't support raids as he said during the Otakon panel. That in itself isn't a rule of /b/, but you'll still get banned for it as you said. InsaneZeroG 18:43, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Rules 1 and 2 are a reference to Fight Club. The "rules" were developed by Anonymous and are in no way endorsed by the mods or admins.

Dpbjinc 00:52, 12 August 2007 (UTC) >The "rules were developed by newfags and are in no way endorsed by the mods or admins or Anonymous. fixed.
 * NEWFAGS DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES. YOU SIR ARE A NEWFAG GTFO MY INTARBUTTS AND BECOME AN HERO —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anonymousb543 (talk • contribs) 11:40, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Coverage of other boards
Seeing as another user was incapable of posting this properly, there were edits to include /c/ in the article, but I doubt that it has gotten any news coverage. Right now, only six boards are mentioned on this page (mostly because they have over 1M posts), but is there any other board that is remotely notable in Wikipedia's guidelines?— Ryūlóng ( 竜龍 ) 06:33, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Technically, the notability guideline doesn't cover the specifics of an article's content. So I don't think it is a question of notability, more of a question of is it original research? --Android Mouse 19:09, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * True. There's not much we can really state other than other boards exist.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龍 ) 22:32, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The Rules section of 4chan's Page includes a description of permitted content on each board. 0reteki 05:55, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The Slashdot Article has a section on "Article Sections", and its pretty extensive. I agree that a list is pointless. How about we just add descriptions of boards with over a certain number of posts, say maybe 2M or 3M or whatever you think reflects significance of the board. 0reteki 05:57, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Notoriety
Maybe we could put a little more emphasis on how 4chan is notorious on the internet for being ruthless/apathetic/uncaring/disgusting? It's pretty much the first thing people think of/say when you mention 4chan. Maybe we could change the opening line to "notorious imageboard"?--87.194.98.220 21:04, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * A word like "notorious" is POV. It has to be sourced. --Transfinite (Talk / Contribs) 22:10, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Surely the FOX 11 News video is justification of this?--87.194.98.220 19:54, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * It seemed a little biased in my opinion, and it didn't actually indicate 4chan. InsaneZeroG 21:36, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * It shows continual screenshots of 4chan. Out of interest, what kind of a source would justify 'notorious'?--87.194.98.220 15:25, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * It also shows screenshots of 420chan which may or may not also be the same screenshots. Also see: Reliable sources InsaneZeroG 22:51, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * They're not screens of 4chan, you confound yourself. They're 7chan, 420chan and Ebaumsworld. It' a running gag in those websites to blame 4chan userbase for anything they do, since 4chan userbase is larger and more civilised than their scum Anonymous gang.130.251.167.29 10:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC)


 * "Notoriety" wouldn't be something that would be used. Besides, the news report seems flawed (Fox 11's "accuracy").  A section about "Inappropriate content" would be viable though (about child and adult pornography and vulgar images mainly on /b/). DiamondDragon  DESU  18:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Why don't we include this then? Would we need sources for the Child Porn? --87.194.98.220 12:44, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

GA Review

 * GA review (see here for criteria)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
 * 1) It is stable.
 * 2) It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
 * a (tagged and captioned): b lack of images (does not in itself exclude GA):  c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
 * 1) Overall:
 * a Pass/Fail:
 * a Pass/Fail:

The article overall fails to provide a very clear and concise picture of exactly what 4chan is, other than an internet message board. There's little info on it's significance to the overall internet culture, and the controversy section is at least half of the article, leading me to think that the primary purpose being served here is as a sounding board for 4chan user's complaints (hence the failure on criterion 4 of the GA criteria.

Some specific issues with this article include:


 * The lead section is too short. It should adequately summarize the article and essentially be a mini-version of the article itself. Please review WP:LEAD for further information on this.
 * There are two 'citation needed' tags in the article. While most of the information is reasonably well referenced, these tags tell me that some information is challenged, which fails the GA criteria.
 * The article also has several citations to some of its own message board forum posts. Message board forums are not considered reliable sources. There is also a citation to a google search (which turns up blank, BTW), and should not be used as a reference.
 * The 'origins' section is far too short. Consider changing the name of this section to 'history', and greatly expand it.
 * The name of the 'layout' section does not seem to match the content of the section. When I see 'layout', I think it would describe the layout of the site, and it's general functionality. It seems to go into more detail on specific discussion boards. Consider renaming this section.
 * Again, at least half of this article is contained in the 'controversy' section. Perhaps this is just because there's too little information in other sections, so this will be solved by expanding the article. But overall, criticism and controversy sections are largely discouraged in articles (see Criticism).

I think that covers the major issues. But overall, this article is quite a way away from GA status. Good luck! Dr. Cash 05:12, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * While I disagree with your assessment that the article is a haven for complaints about the site (as opposed to, say, Neopets controversy), and the usefulness of the criticism/controversy section (which contains the most reliably sourced and pertinent information about 4chan, unfortunately), thanks for the tips. I already changed Origins to History and perhaps that section should be merged into the lead. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 06:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC)


 * What gets me is that some people flip out and revert like mad whenever people try to attribute memes to 4chan, because there's no way to prove it, so how on Earth can this article possibly prove any claims to notability? 4chan itself is, apparently, not a valid source about 4chan, so how would one say certain things originated there? I remember a small edit war over the LOLcats/Caturday thing, because some stickler wouldn't accept that anything funny could come from 4chan without ten other pages supporting the position. And as a small point, archive.org doesn't archive 4chan due to the porny bits. Howa0082 14:31, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Minor point, but 4chan is not mirrored at archive.org due to 4chan's robots.txt, which disallows all Internet bots. (Yes, people still spider 4chan, robots.txt is voluntary). --Transfinite (Talk / Contribs) 02:45, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, that makes sense, too. I just figured it was the Christina Puzzo. Howa0082 18:22, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Internet Hate Machine
I looked for the term "internet hate machine", but I got redirected to this article. Why? 80.121.54.40 09:20, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * And what exactly did you expect to find? --Android Mouse 09:27, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * An explanation what this term exactly means. 195.64.3.178 13:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Amendment: And what the connection to 4chan is. 195.64.3.178 13:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess someone thought it would be a good joke. Pacific Coast Highway {talk • contribs} 01:06, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * A lot of 4chan based Memes redirect here, rather improperly. InsaneZeroG 01:25, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * wiki doesnt like having pages for memes, i read sumwhar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.66.5.237 (talk) 16:25, 14 August 2007
 * FYI, "Internet hate machine" refers to a report on L.A.'s Fox News 11 about "anonymous", where they said "they attack innocent people, like an Internet hate machine". The whole thing is in 4chan's blog.   It was one of several things from that report that the users of /b/ found amusing.  Of course, things that the users of a message board think are funny is more or less unattributable to reliable sources. On a related note, it looks like the redirect was speedily deleted as nonsense.  --Transfinite (Talk / Contribs) 02:34, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Transfinite is close. "Internet Hate Machine" has actually been used self-referentially by users of /b/ for quite some time, and the phrase has been Photoshopped onto image macros and motivational posters, one of which was the source for the Fox News use of the phrase. 72.130.19.180 07:09, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I don'tthink so. I never noticed the phrase used before the infamous Fox "news" report used it. All the image macros / memes / etc. seem to postdate the Fox show. Meowy 01:57, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the Info! :) (I'm the one who started this discussion on the internet hate machine) 80.121.22.142 14:27, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

What's the purpose of 4chan?
What is 4chan's "official" purpose for what their website is devoted to? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.33.224.252 (talk) 15:45, 16 August 2007
 * Being an imageboard really...It's the same general purpose or idea as Something Awful or Futaba. InsaneZeroG 17:16, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's pretty much it. "The primary focus of 4chan is discussion related to Japanese anime, manga, doujinshi, culture, and language; however this is by no means the only topic under discussion at any given time..."  This description's source is a video of 4chan's own panel at the Otakon convention one year. Closetoeuphoria 11:45, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Its an internet forum with lowered standards on content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MidNiteNeko (talk • contribs) 04:17, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't say that to describe anything than /b/ really. 4chan's purpose is to be a imageboard for English-speakers. That's, I assume, pretty much it. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 11:39, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

That describes the software running on 4chan, not the purpose. There 50+ English Imageboards. see http://2ch.us and http://www.1chan.net/overchan/  MidNiteNeko 12:05, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

The answer to this question is really if you're asking what the purpose of 4chan is, or the purpose of /b/. If you want to know what 4chan is, it's a website with many different forums, most of them imageboards. It allows people to post in completely anonymous threads. If you want to know what /b/ is, that's like asking the sound of one hand clapping-- you'll get a lot of smartass answers, but no really good ones --L ucid 13:00, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm gonna throw this out there: there is no purpose. Pacific Coast Highway {talk • contribs} 13:34, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Moot said in an interview once, the reason he started 4chan was that he was tired of looking for porn on the internet and wanted a way for people to bring porn to him. It seems to have worked. -- Bobdoe (Talk) 00:14, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Sauce please InsaneZeroG 00:18, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Here's the Interview, and be prepared for a lot of awkward meme dropping and mispronunciations. Mr.Hotkeys 18:38, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

4chan was created as an English version of 2chan, and is the first English *chan, if I recall correctly. It is primarily an anime-based board, though /b/ is a rather unique entity that is difficult to describe. Wikichan has plenty of information on 4chan and /b/, I suggest you go there for more information. --M.W. 17:32, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The purpose is lulz. Meowy 02:00, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If that's what lets you go to sleep at night, fine. But for all of us who aren't new to 4chan, what Bobdoe said is correct, and if there's a source for it, even more so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by InsaneZeroG (talk • contribs) 03:40, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I think someone (well, two people at least) doesn't understand the phrase "taking the piss". Haven't the time to download a 111mb podcast - but I bet there is quite a lot of the said taking going on in it. Meowy 14:32, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Typo
Found a small typo in the FOX 11 section,

"Fox news ran mis-leading fottage ", I'm thinking that should be "footage" 67.80.185.50 19:53, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

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 * WP:SEMI. Read it. 58.178.50.223 10:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Ha ha ha. Told. --MichaelLinnear 04:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Yotsuba as mascot?
I'm trying to find a citation for the statement in Yotsuba Koiwai that "Yotsuba is considered the unofficial mascot" of 4chan. I've seen it mentioned, here and there, but nowhere that counts as a verifiable source. Can anyone offer any assistance? Thanks. —Quasirandom 21:45, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I seriously doubt that there would be a valid source for that. It's one of those things where the vast majority knows it's true, but there is no official source to support that. DiamondDragon  DESU  00:23, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Wouldn't that fall under common knowledge or something? InsaneZeroG 01:15, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Only within the 4chan community and those who know all about 4chan. Anyone else would be skeptical.  DiamondDragon  DESU  23:21, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * In that case, put it as saying "to the members of 4chan, Yotsuba is considered the site's unofficial mascot" or something. While it's not official, it is somewhat apparent. InsaneZeroG 00:15, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Something like that would still need some form of a source. We may already know that, but other people may not and may hit the "ORIGINAL RESEARCH, DEFCON ELEVENTY" button. Pacific Coast Highway {talk • contribs} 20:55, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah. That. —Quasirandom 23:27, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Every 404 page contains picture of Yotsuba and optionally one of 4chan memes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MidNiteNeko (talk • contribs) 07:13, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 4chan's logo itself is based on Yotsuba's hair, and it goes as far as to be the name of 4chan's software.

4chan runs a heavily modified and now propriety version of imageboard software that we refer to internally as "Yotsuba".
 * | Source is under Technical Mr.Hotkeys 20:36, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Ah -- the 404 message, that can be used. Not sure about the software name, though it IS nicely citable. I'll have to come up with a way to describe the pigtail logo. Thanks, guys. —Quasirandom 23:27, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


 * One of the rotating logos is a scan from the title page of volume one of Yotsuba&!, and all the 404 (not found) and 403 (forbidden) errors are Yotsuba fan art. I think the article can call her an "unofficial" mascot without anybody calling it WP:OR or WP:SYNTH. --Transfinite (Talk | Contribs) 17:12, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The 4chan contest page states in one contest rule: "1. Image should incorporate Yotsuba&! / 「よつばと!」's Yotsuba Koiwai in some fashion. [...] (remember: she is 4chan's mascot". The text is struck out because the contest is over, but that is pretty clear that Yotsuba is the 4chan mascot. Defixio 16:02, 4 October 2007 (UTC)


 * If this issue is still salient, how about using the "Lurk More" wiki as a source regarding this matter? Anyone who has lurked for a while on Yotsuba becomes an expert when it comes to Yotsuba culture, so that lends credence to lurk being a reliable source of information, despite being a wiki like Wikipedia. Any sort of content control, which IS excercised by Kyrio, should only reinforce its reliability. Terek 04:50, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

You could mention it as a de facto mascot. (which is generally the case) 68.209.235.149 14:41, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Guys, don't forget that when viewing the 4chan, one of the page styles you can choose is called Yotsuba. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.141.255.11 (talk) 00:59, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Name
What does "4chan" actually mean? 141.213.220.186 06:09, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


 * 4channel.


 * -- Mik 17:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The name was inspired by the Japanese image board 2chan, which was influlenced by the Japanese mega-BBS 2ch. --Transfinite (Talk | Contribs) 18:59, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Wasn't there a previous explanation saying that "chan" meant leaf, so the logo meant 4 leaves? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.213.220.186 (talk) 01:46, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 2chan.net is known as "Futaba" (2 leaves), thus 4chan is known as "Yotsuba" (4 leaves). --Transfinite (Talk | Contribs) 23:19, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Trey Burba
I saw the section about the October 18, 2006 bomb threat hoax, and I was wondering if the recent September 11, 2007 bomb hoax to Pflugerville High by Trey Burba should be added since he was arrested and all that good stuff that happens. 24.205.177.168 23:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

TAKE OUT THE SECTION ON /B/. RULES ONE AND TWO. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.62.243.164 (talk) 03:32, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

rules 1 and 2...
...were created to stop the influx of newfags. keep that in mind as you edit. --Alex Ov Shaolin  02:38, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * HURR BLURR RULZ ONE ADN TWO!!!11!!1 Seriously, anon doesn't care about that anymore. Newfags either become anonymous or they leave, and until that point are an immense source of lulz. That's the only rule you need worry about. Howa0082 23:56, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * "ZOMG NONE"; Remember that. Pacific Coast Highway {blab • stalk} 22:07, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Rules 1 & 2 apply only to raids. The only people who really care about /b/ not being good as it once was are moot and disgruntled /b/tards. Newfags only become a problem when they start spreading to other boards. --M.W. 07:22, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, 1 and 2 are not rules, more suggestions. you look bad if you go running around screaming "LULZ LOOK HOW KOOL I AM I GO ON 4CHON!" 69.142.50.135 20:57, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Being banned
Every time I try to post something on 4chan, it says I am banned forever for "ban evasion" and then I can't even view the site anymore. This doesn't make any sense because my IP changes once a day. How do they do it? Did they install malicious tracking cookies on my computer or something? If so, how do I get rid of it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.189.163 (talk) 08:08, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I think I found it: Using Spybot - Search & Destroy, I found a bunch of cookies, several of which were from Statcounter.com, and the program said the default browser was Firefox. I usually only use Firefox to view 4chan, and each Statcounter cookie listed a lengthy "session" number. So just a heads up, if anyone finds themselves banned forever on each IP address they use, just delete all their cookies. I hope that will solve the problem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.189.163 (talk) 08:56, 29 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Nah, didn't work. Probably banned my whole IP range. Ah well, screw them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.188.66 (talk) 03:53, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

4chans history
4chan went down recently and no one has been in contact with moot, this should be reflected in the history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.255.27.63 (talk) 03:21, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * "4chan went down recently and no one has been in contact with moot, this should be reflected in the history." - on a normal website, you'd be right, but this is Wikipedia. They do everything very slowly and only with tons of confirmation.  Wiki editors don't believe they've actually screwed their own mothers until the prints come back from the photo lab.  So, just give the Wikipedia mods time to get confirmation (and stop looking at those prints) and it'll show up/stop being reverted.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.117.155.203 (talk) 01:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

i agree, this needs to be in there. 68.238.205.190 04:24, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

He's just making some soup. 71.84.195.131 06:00, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

According to several websites (1, ), 4chan is being DDoSed. Should we write something about this in the article? DJLarZ 12:03, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

According to its IRC channel, it has been shut down due to allegations that it has been hosting child pornography. KDLarsen 14:34, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * There's a quote by moot about it being down and moot says "i dont care about 4chan, im making soup." William Ortiz 15:16, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 4chan is down due to child pornography and 12chan continues to exist? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.208.171.133 (talk) 20:29, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * God damn you people need to lurk moar. It was not due to CP.  It was just some stupid IRC fags who think they're Anonymous and want all the chans to relocate to their new faggy IRC server irc.lulz.net.  The conversation went like this.
 * IRC fag: "Moot.  We gots all teh chans but you to combine teh servers for max cool."
 * IRC fag: "Moot.  7chan did it.  And 420chan might do it.  You have to do it."
 * IRC fag: "Moot.  I suck ur dick if you move to my irc."
 * Moot: (exact words) "not happening.  irc is stupid.  go away."
 * And then the DDOS started. Sometime later..
 * IRC fag: "Moot.  If you don't come to IRC we gonna double ddos u."
 * Moot: (exact words) "uh okay.  i am going to go make soup now."
 * That was Saturday. Since then, lulznet claims to have stopped ddosing.  Moot had previously disconnected the servers from the network to evade the.. other effects of a ddos.  Now who knows if/when the servers will be back.  Moot has always hated 4chan and Anon, so there's a possibility that he might just say "Fuck it.  I made some money.  I don't need this shit." --76.204.101.243 00:12, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Moot not giving into DDOS threats is moot not bowing to terrorism. If moot moved his servers because of DDOS, then the terrorists have won. Do we have any reliable websites to reference for this information, though? William Ortiz 00:24, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Sadly no. I picked it up from lurking 4chan's irc.rizon.net room, and the new artificial 4chan on irc.lulz.net.  Plus there was a lot of discussion of the matter on the 4chan encyclopedia dramatica article.  And there was a freechan discussion that went pretty damn long.  I have the exact text of the moot IRC conversation if that helps. 76.204.101.243 00:30, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I should also mention.. a lot of Anonymous is blaming Encyclopedia Dramatica for this, because there are some personnel ties between lulznet and ED. Which could explain why ED is currently being assfucked. --76.204.101.243 00:39, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Wikichan.org also went down around when 4chan did. I suspect it got DDOSed by the same people. William Ortiz 00:26, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah. 7chan delinked from lulznet when the ddos news got out too.  (Either because they thought the ddos was over the line or because they were pissed about the influx of refu/b/s overloading their bandwidth.)  Either way, 7chan did end up getting ddosed as well but is back up now. --76.204.101.243 00:39, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Why is wikichan gone? Is ED DDOSing it again, too, and then disclaiming responsibility and blaming a patsy (Blargh) like when they attacked wikichan last time? William Ortiz 03:06, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Supposedly they're no longer ddosing anyone. 4chan just came back online within the hour.  Everyone's pissed. --76.204.101.243 00:39, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 4chan and ED came back at about the same time and for only about a half hour. Then they both went back down -- pretty much up and down at the same time.  Wikichan is still gone--host likely suspended because the DDOS exceeded their usage.  ED will probably scapegoat another non-admin user on its site to blame for it all when everyone knows they're responsible. William Ortiz 04:56, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I wonder whether anyone's complaining to the government about the DDOSing. 204.52.215.107 22:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 4chan is down again. It may be ddos again.  But I've also heard rumors that moot took it down while he's travelling to Mexico.  It would make sense after this last attack.  I doubt he would want to leave town with his servers up if another ddos was possible.  Bullshit anyway. --76.204.101.243 23:05, 23 October 2007 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.201.149.105 (talk)

Verifiable?
Is anyone able to verify the latest edit: that 4chan is down due to accusations of hosting child pornography? I don't think this is correct; I found something on 420chan about how its due to DDOS attacks. "I'm going to clear up a lot of bullshit right now. 4chan is down because of DDoS attacks, stemming from a bunch of guys that are angry that moot doesn't want to move #4chan to lulznet. That's it. That's all this shit is about. 4chan was not v&, it's not the GNAA, it's stupid IRC drama. That is all." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.162.88.90 (talk) 14:47, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * That edit was bull. Pacific Coast Highway {Trick • or treat!} 21:40, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I really doubt that it was actually because of child porn. This would have happened a long time ago if that was the case. Unless there has been a huge influx in CP threads since I stopped lurking /b/. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.98.223.85 (talk) 23:46, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

The topic over at #4chan on irc://irc.rizon.net claimed it was a DDOS as well. None of this is verifiable, though. --Transfinite (Talk | Contribs) 03:52, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

http://www.geocities.com/kakamafive/ has the entire story, although I suppose you're just going to ignore this because of your stupid DURRR CREDIBLE SOURCES policy. Fags. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.111.53.70 (talk) 17:19, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I hate it too, sometimes. Pacific Coast Highway {Trick • or treat!} 22:22, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Image:Shoop.svg
I think this should be removed from the article, for several reasons: Thoughts? --Transfinite (Talk | Contribs) 04:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) It is a sort of a derivative work of Dragonball Z (specifically, Cell (Dragon Ball)).
 * 2) The original copyright owner can't be reliably tracked down (he/she is, obviously, anonymous).  Thus, the copyright status of the original shoop da whoop (which this is a derivative of) is unknown.
 * 3) Memes aren't citable.  Images can't be used to get around WP:NOR and WP:V.
 * Agreed. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 04:07, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Take it off. It's not even mentioned in the prose.   ✗iℎi✗  (talk) 05:30, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

There are too many memes for any single meme to properly represent 4chan anyway. --M.W. 16:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

However, shoops is a well-established meme. And a derivative of dbz? WTF mate, Shoop Da Woop is a form of Neo-Blackface illustration. Also, cocks. --124.40.47.34 16:05, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

This isn't 4chan. Learn to Wikipedia and gb2 /b/ --M.W. 17:10, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I think shoop may generally apply as trivial and this is just one making of a trivial thing..... of which there are many makings. 128.175.100.127 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)