User talk:Ojadepope

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Hello, Ojadepope, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 01:21, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Change my mind

Hi! I wanted to give you some feedback about the Change My Mind meme page:

• The article needs more sourcing to show notability. I'm concerned that the coverage is primarily local papers covering local people using the meme IRL. You need to show where the meme has received wide coverage, as it's incredibly difficult for memes to establish notability on Wikipedia. Most don't get the type of coverage needed for Wikipedia and of those, most don't show a good depth of coverage because the coverage tends to be over a fairly short period of time and mostly say the same thing. Something like this is good because it shows where the meme has gone global, but you'll need a lot.

• Be careful with listing examples of people doing this meme IRL. Most times, these won't be all that major or notable enough to highlight in the article - especially as popular memes are often repeated or imitated.

I'm concerned that the meme isn't independently notable outside of Crowder - popularity isn't a sign of notability on Wikipedia, nor does the involvement of a notable person guarantee notability. Offhand I'd recommend condensing this and merging this into Crowder's page. It would make for a good subsection that could read as follows:

On February 18, 2028 Crowder uploaded an photo to Twitter depicting him seated behind a sign that reads "Male Privilege is a myth / Change My Mind." Since posting the photo of himself seated behind the sign, the viral photo has been manipulated a multitude of times to change the sentence on the sign. Examples of people imitating Crowder's photograph offline includes a student at Texas A&M University set up their own table with a sign that read "LAYNE'S IS BETTER THAN CANE'S / CHANGE MY MIND". According to Julie Wurth, a writer at News-Gazette, the conservative podcaster and comedian set up a table outside the campus of Texas Christian University with the sign reading "Male Privilege is a myth / Change My Mind" and invited students walking by to change his mind on the subject.

This is all of your own work, so no worries about re-using it above. I think that placing this in the main article for Crowder would help ensure that your work remains on Wikipedia, as this just doesn't seem to have enough coverage to justify it having its own article right now. It's incredibly rare for memes to have their own page within a year of its creation. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 01:34, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Change My Mind (meme)

The article Change My Mind (meme) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Short-lived meme that did not gain continued coverage to demonstrate notability.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. wumbolo ^^^ 14:11, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Change My Mind (meme) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Change My Mind (meme) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Change My Mind (meme) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. wumbolo ^^^ 14:32, 9 July 2018 (UTC)