Talk:Harambe

What happened to the kid?

The article is ambiguous about the status of the child. Is there a reason for this? Hamsterlopithecus (talk) 03:55, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Perhaps it's because the article focuses on Harambe (specifically, his death), but not necessarily the child. Radioactivated (talk) 21:33, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

A brief mention of what happened to the kid would really close that loop. It's really hard for a reader to think about that. Hamsterlopithecus (talk) 17:52, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Did something happen to the kid? -- GreenC 19:19, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

No. The kid is fine, aside from a couple of scrapes. He was seen in public less than one week after the incident. Meters (talk) 21:29, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

"Killing"

Is "killing" the appropriate term for the title here? I feel like "shooting" might be more appropriate, unless it fundamentally changes the title. Radioactivated (talk) 21:12, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

A shooting does not necessarily cause death. Harambe was deliberately killed. WWGB (talk) 22:41, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Agreed. The fact that the gorilla was deliberately killed rather than just shot is a key part of the article. Meters (talk) 23:15, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

It should be renamed "Execution of Harambe"184.91.99.69 (talk) 16:00, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Listed pronunciation of Harambe is wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KIMXGElC7Q 71.8.148.148 (talk) 20:46, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

Requested help at Help_talk:Pronunciation_respelling_key#Help_for_Harambe -- GreenC 20:40, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

I was bold and fixed the pronunciation. I've never heard the pronunciation that was given before. — Ƶ§œš¹ _{[lɛts b̥iː pʰəˈlaɪˀt]} 23:36, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Unrelated songs titled "Harambe"

There are two instances in the subsection Music of songs titled "Harambe" that do not mention the gorilla in the lyrics. The seem like nothing more than opportunism, trying to capitalise on the dead ape. I deleted them as having no relevance to Harambe, but another editor insists they are named Harambe and so should appear. I seek the thoughts of other editors on the relevance of this content. WWGB (talk) 03:17, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

How can a song that is supposedly capitalizing on Haramabe be unrelated to Harambe? Furthermore, what difference does it make if that were true? It's hard to imagine how the article would be complete without mention of popular songs named after him in the event of his death, even if all we said was something to the effect that the songs were capitalizing on his death - in itself noteworthy supported by reliable sources. -- GreenC 03:48, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

As tired as I am of Harambe memes, I have to say that songs which can be shown to be titled for Harambe or mention the events are reasonable inclusions. Note that the statement that Young Thug cited Harambe as one of his idols when he released the song "Harambe" is not properly cited. The Pitchfork ref says that the songs are named for Young Thug's idols, but that may just be the opinion of the writers. Meters (talk) 08:05, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 September 2016

I used this page as recording practice:

(blanket) (talk) 00:38, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Not done for now: I suggest you announce your recording at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia for more visibility. — Andy W. (talk · ctb) 01:23, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

It's not bad really you have a good voice. Some stumbles or pauses over words, a couple that need better pronunciation, but yeah, not bad at all. Good work hope you keep narrating. The article is still being worked on (I just redid the Internet meme section to be more coherent). Too bad we couldn't take the Incident section reading and use that in a box for that section. It has a dramatic narrative and short to listen. -- GreenC 04:03, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Filthy Frank

Hey, just a head's up - I removed the Filthy Frank mention for two reasons. The first is that Forbes article was one of their blog posts. These have no editorial oversight and are marked with the phrase "Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.", which indicates that. Second, there has been a pretty concentrated attempt to add Filthy Frank to various Wikipedia articles in the last year or two. Chef (film) has been a popular target and it looks like this was also one that was tagged. Articles on this person have been repeatedly deleted, to the point where Filthy Frank and a few of the other names have been salted. Two of his links have been added to the blacklist because people kept readding them after repeatedly being told that they didn't belong. Apparently the fandom is getting obsessed with adding him to Wikipedia, if the AfD Reddit post is any indication. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 09:17, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Add new category

The page should have an additional category about the primatologist view on harambe and whether he was actually trying to kill the toddler or not Erin Dunn (talk) 19:14, 8 October 2016 (UTC)