Talk:Meme Man

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 00:34, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that Meme Man was popularized during the 2021 GameStop short squeeze by users of the subreddit r/wallstreetbets as the face of the "stonks" meme? Source: https://www.insider.com/stonks-meme-origin-stocks-dogecoin-gamestop-hold-line-memes-game-2021-1
  • ALT1:... that Meme Man is used in many surreal memes, a genre of internet humor inspired by surrealism? Source: “For the most part, surreal memes don't feature any recurring characters, except what looks like a decapitated bald head...He goes by "Meme Man," and is the mascot of a surreal memes Facebook page called "Special meme fresh." (https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/xwz833/surreal-memes-are-the-last-escape-the-internet-has)
    • ALT3:... that Meme Man, already the face of the stonks meme, was further popularized during the 2021 GameStop short squeeze by users of the subreddit r/wallstreetbets? Source: “'Stonks' has become a popular word in the discussion around internet-fueled boosting of the unlikely stocks such as GameStop....The actual, visual "stonks" meme features a face known as "Meme Man," a smooth, bald facsimile of a 3D human head." (https://www.insider.com/stonks-meme-origin-stocks-dogecoin-gamestop-hold-line-memes-game-2021-1)

Created by Yitzilitt (talk). Self-nominated at 03:20, 1 August 2021 (UTC).

• Comment Yitzilitt, thanks for this nomination! The basic concept seems OK for a DYK. However, reading the sources, I have concerns about the information. A lot of the websites, even if they're considered reliable sources, ultimately admit that they got their information from Know Your Meme, and while I do find them pretty reliable I'm concerned about whether we consider that a reliable source. It would be nice to have some information about the "Special meme fresh" facebook page-is this person generally considered an artist or more an admin of a Facebook group, and do they always go by that name or is that more the name of their Facebook group? The comment Special meme fresh apparently made that it "was a wonky attempt at a human head posted on 4chan's 3DCG board long ago" could probably be quoted as without reading the text closely you could assume that they created the image. I'm also not keen on either of the hooks as phrased: I was aware of the "stonks" meme in the context of anything dramatic/stupid happening with finance long before the Gamestock spike. I would maybe consider reordering that hook to something like "Meme man, [already used as] the face of the stonks meme, was popularized during..." etc. The second hook repeats itself so could also maybe use rephrasing. In any case, the topic is clearly notable, so I've marked the article as patrolled. I would suggest quoting Slate's sentence "The image of a generic business dude with a 3D-rendered head standing in front of a ticker with a giant arrow pointing up, with its suggestion of empty-headed overconfidence, became a popular template for jokes about dumb life and money decisions" as for me this kind of epitomises the meme, and add a fair use image of the "Stonks" meme itself. Blythwood (talk) 01:13, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

• Blythwood thanks for the feedback (and apologies for taking so long to respond)! While I don't believe that Know Your Meme can be used as a direct source on Wikipedia, they themselves are very much wiki-like in nature, and the relevant information in the case of the Meme Man entry is cited on the page (with some further details in the comments). I think that we can trust sources like Forbes to have done their due diligence in checking those sources before citing Know Your Meme, so I wouldn't be too concerned about that. I did also briefly check the cited links myself, and the description of primary sources all seem to be accurate. With regards to the "Special Meme Fresh" Facebook page, it is an fact an individual artist, and they have talked about their creative process in the past. I found this fascinating article which includes an interview with them, but I don't know if it would count as a valid source on Wikipedia. I also added a third possible hook as per your reccomendation, and will get to work adding your suggestions to the page itself. Yours, Yitz (talk) 20:44, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article is just long enough and was new enough at the time of the nom. The sources seem fine since they're articles in reliable newspapers and magazines. Their information ultimately does derive from less well known internet sources, but that's to be expected in news coverage of a meme. None of the info is controversial and it seems like there's no factual inconsistencies so it's not a problem. It would be nice to have more info about the "Special Meme Fresh" page but its not necessary, especially if there aren't enough sources to add much.

The hooks are cited and interesting. I edited the hook to say that the meme was "further popularized during the Gamestop short squeeze..." to address Blythwood comments about the meme predating the squeeze. No copyvio was detected and qpq is not needed since the nominator has only had 1 dyk credit. Overall nom looks good! BuySomeApples (talk) 19:03, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

To T:DYK/P5

Not enough coverage

As is, I think the page is a bit raw. It doesn't elaborate on anything besides the "stonks" meme, despite his more prominent appearance in surreal meme lore (most importantly Meme Lads and Riddle of the Rocks).

Should that be changed, or is the one meme he happens to appear on that happened to get mainstream popularity enough? cogsan (talk) 19:21, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Yes, please improve the intelligibility of this article. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 01:53, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

a valid argument, i agree cogsan • (give me attention) • (see my deeds) 09:49, 11 August 2023 (UTC)