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Protected edit request on 26 April 2014

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Can it be changed to redirect to #creepypasta? Ollieinc (talk) 04:42, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done I set it to #Creepypasta - most browsers (Internet Explorer excepted) are case-sensitive on the URL fragment. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:19, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Petition to unprotect Creepypasta

Hello. I've written up a decent beginning to a new Creepypasta article for Wikipedia. I understand the previous ones were deleted for lack of notability, but that was several years before the Wisconsin Slenderman stabbings that brought the term "creepypasta" into mainstream media. Cultural relevance for creepypasta is significant and notable enough to give creepypasta its own page. My current sandbox has a rough draft (that is still being worked on) that could be used as the first page.

Draft:Creepypasta

Thanks for reading this,

_{░ nozkrov ░}•^talk 03:56, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Nozkrov Perhaps you could add in the "lost" spongebob espisode that was about squidward, this type of story sounds a lot like that. --Jaitlin206 (talk) 22:50, 19 October 2014 (UTC)Jaitlin206[reply]

Lead section

The lead sentence doesn't make grammatical sense.

Creepypasta are an Internet phenomena and meme that typically consist of short stories collected and shared across the Internet with the intent of frightening or spooking the reader

Is "creepypasta" plural or singular? If it's singular, then it should read:

Creepypasta is an Internet phenomenon or meme that...

or, if it's plural, it should read:

Creepypasta are Internet phenomena or memes that...

Ollieinc (talk) 03:38, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing out the grammatical error. Your suggestions were nice, but I came up with a better lead than all three of those. _{░ nozkrov ░}•^talk 02:54, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a creepypasta fan, and i have seen many of these "killers" through my life. My friends gave me two nicknames: Angel, and EJ which stands for eyeless jack. They call me Angel cause i am very caring and nice when i am happy, but make me mad, and i could careless if your ok. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.170.47.242 (talk) 16:40, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

liamqc classroom review

Hey there! So it was mentioned above, and I agree, the lead section of your article seems awkward, I'm not sure how it should read, but it doesn't read well. Also, at the bottom of the article is a section dedicated to "External Links", It looks like there is some more information relevant to your article down there, but it seems to be formatted wrong, or maybe I'm just looking at it wrong. I'd offer help as to how to fix it, but I'm still learning as well. Good Luck! Liamqc (talk) 20:25, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 17 December 2014

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MythicToons (talk) 05:54, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 06:10, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Smile Dog & Candle Cove

Does anyone who knows how the hell Wikipedia works have any ideas on how to mention Smile Dog and Candle Cove on this page in a way that nobody will take umbridge at? Anyone who has spent any time in the creepypasta community knows that these are two of the most infamous and well-recieved examples of the phenomenon out there, but my additions of them to the page keep getting booted. Firstly because my citing of the creepypasta.wikia.com version of it "wasn't reliable", for some reason, then for some reason someone doesn't like my citing of the creepypasta.com version of it.

In any event, I think they deserve mentioning, but I'll leave it up to someone else to figure out how to do it from here on out. I'm done pulling my hair out while trying to circumnavigate Wikipedia politics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.183.5 (talk) 18:17, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It just needs a "reliable source" per WP:RS - some secondary press coverage, as is the case for the other examples in the article. --McGeddon (talk) 14:59, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Two things

1.) I removed this paragraph from the lead section

Creepypastas come in a variety of styles, but some are particularly common. "Haunted image" creepypastas are fictional stories that include a picture that is said to haunt and torment the reader. "Lost episode" creepypastas are fictional stories about discarded or unused episodes of real shows, usually cartoons. Lost episodes are intended to unnerve the reader by deviating from the normative behavior of characters, centering on death, and including "hyper-realistic" images of the characters in the show. "Ritual" creepypastas are fictional procedures to invoke entities or supernatural experiences.

Reason: unsourced and it seems to be a poorly-written version of something on this page.

I'm leaving this here because some of the information might be worth mentioning in the article if any of it can be cited properly. If anyone can find a way to incorporate it into the article that would be great.

(Feel free to revert if you feel this is an inappropriate change, but please at least slap a {{citation needed}} tag on it.)

2.) The examples section seriously needs a re-write. Almost every subsection is nothing but an overly-long plot summary of each story with very little factual information in between. I think this would be a better way to format the section (except § Slender Man, that should stay as it is):

Notable creepypasta #1: [One or two sentences which briefly summarize the plot]
Notable creepypasta #2: [One or two sentences which briefly summarize the plot]

Ect.

Also maybe add in more notable examples if possible. I would check these out and see if any of them have reliable sources which can be used. lurkaccount (talk) 20:37, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Major rewrite

I've rewritten the article per the feedback here and at the recent AfD. I've removed sources that were fringe and made only minor mention of the subject (some not at all). I've also removed trivia about different characters and stories associated with the genre as they were either trivia with no notable coverage or completely unsourced. I've given due weight to the reliable mainstream sources that gave the topic major weight in their articles. Most of the sources only made minor mentions or discussed details about Internet legends like Slender Man which were not exclusive to CP.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 18:46, 25 May 2015 (UTC)-- — Keithbob • Talk • 19:06, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Squidward's Suicide should be grouped with other Lost Episode tales

Squidward's Suicide is not unique as Creepypasta stories go. It is part of an extensive subgenre known as Lost Episode Creepypastas. Other noteworthy examples include Megan Griffin's Suicide, Dead Bart, and The Magic School Bus Original Pilot.

The entire subgenre is based on Candle Cove, where in 1971 hundreds of children around the world turned their household's television receiver to a blank channel full of static because they hallucinated of a non-existent children's show called Candle Cove. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 05:21, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 12 March 2016

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Please Add a List of Creepy-pastas on a separate page, Please add these below (if allowed)

MARIO Creepypasta
- Creepy Gaming - MARIO Creepypasta Explained!

— 2601:183:4000:D5BD:E404:EA86:FB4C:C7D8 (talk) 01:03, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please propose things that are well sourced. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 00:16, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff the Killer edit and citation request & editing dispute resolution proposal

On March 22, 2016, I edited the Jeff the Killer section of this page, updating it to add some crucial and not widely known information that could shed some new light on the history of Jeff the Killer (namely, a YouTuber named Sesseur being the original creator of Jeff, as well as an interview Sesseur had participated in). The three sources I cited were two YouTube videos and a Wayback Machine archive of the Jeff the Killer story as it appeared on the Creepypasta wiki. Needless to say, all of my edits were undone about three hours later.

While I understand why wikis would be considered unreliable (I'll confess I was just looking for the earliest piece of evidence I could find), there is overwhelming evidence pointing to the two YouTube sources being legitimate. The first YouTube source was original Jeff the Killer video; it is dated to October 3, 2008 and thus predates all other appearances of Jeff the Killer on the web. The second was an interview with Sesseur that contained vital information about the Katy Robinson story. Despite existing valid evidence pointing to the contrary, both of these sources were considered illegitimate simply because they were YouTube videos; and I quote the editor who undid my edits with the note: "Youtube and Wikis are not reliable sources." Furthermore, I have in the past found a page on this site that cited a YouTube video as a reliable source. (For those who are wondering, the page was Tim Cain and this YouTube video was the source used).

I didn't want to start an edit war. I just wanted to state that the two YouTube sources I found were the most reliable pieces of evidence that could be found pertaining to the history of Jeff the Killer. I'm just seeking a peaceful resolution and compromise to a possible editing dispute before it gets out of hand. — Jonny2126 (talk) 18:45, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We need a reliable source, such as a newspaper, to identity the origins. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:20, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 9 May 2016

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Could somebody change the "Machinima" to redirect to Machinima from the sentence, "In May 2015, Machinima announced plans for a live action web series curated by Clive Barker, titled Clive Barker's Creepy Pasta."

Since they were referring to the gaming company/website, not animation. --173.73.242.76 (talk) 10:23, 9 May 2016 (UTC) 173.73.242.76 (talk) 10:23, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done although I have left Machinima Inc. in full without a pipe - Arjayay (talk) 10:46, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Short etymology explanation request

Most people don't know the origins of the term "pasta" in this context, being a memetic adaptation of the word "post". Most likely it originated on 4chan. I don't really know how this definition could be incorporated into the article smoothly though. Any suggestions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.34.98.32 (talk) 17:03, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

SONIC.exe

I've noticed that the SONIC.exe section was removed. I believe this should be undone.