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Semi-protected edit request on 22 May 2019

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Change The Internet in the first sentence to the Internet or the Internet 146.255.181.66 (talk) 18:32, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done NiciVampireHeart 19:26, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 23 May 2019

No information on article 13? "Article 13" in the European Union is relevant to internet memes and copyright as it was a big point of contention and controversy, it should have enough sources to warrant an edit to this article, especially since U.S. and Indian copyright law is already there. See: Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market Please add! Thank you!

Updated illustration?

I created and uploaded this image with the intent of adding it to this article. Someone reverted it twice so I guess I'll get some consensus.
The reason for this is that this article's illustrations are in clear need of updating. The concept of internet memes have changed a lot, and displaying an image macro such as File:Wikipedia meme vector version.svg as an "example meme" is more or less a decade old and a really poor example for readers unfamiliar to the present-day meme culture.
I am fully aware that the picture I have submitted is a so-called "dank" meme and a rather peculiar form of meme, but one cannot deny that it is a very common kind. I thus read the in-text examples about dank memes and created this Wikipedia-style meme as free content.
To summarise, I'm sure we can all agree that the current image is dated. I don't suggest its removal, rather adding another one to stay up to date. Gaioa (T C L) 13:20, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn’t seem too far fetched, and I agree an example of a “dank meme” should be added. The argument by the user reverting your edits (I think?) is that it is not spreading or part of any real meme and is therefore not a meme or something along those lines, but that kind of format fits very snugly into the way that many deep fried meme formats work and look and is a good example of that format in general. I would suggest removing the last frame bc it doesn’t particularly add anything the frame before didn’t. _{Integral Python}^{click here to argue with me} 19:31, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging DMacks who reverted my edits and may want to offer their opinion🙂 Gaioa (T C L) 20:48, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Is that last panel really needed? For illustration purposes only the first two panels are needed. I'm well versed in memes and don't even understand what the Wikipedia logo is doing in the last panel and the :B: meme is sorta dead. Nixinova T C 05:47, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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After the section on Vine memes, Add the following section on "TikTok memes"

TikTok Memes

After the popular platform, Vine was shut down, it left a gap in the creative production of video memes. This was fulfilled by a new application called "TikTok" introduced in the end of 2016. The new platform shares familiar features to its predecessor and provides space for viral video content to be uploaded and shared worldwide. This can then be replicated by other users turning it into a meme. Intercomgenius (talk) 07:30, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. Articles should only link to other articles at Wikipedia. See write the article first. Johnuniq (talk) 08:11, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Aside from the poor wording of the proposed addition, the man has a point that tik tok has been referred to as a replacement for Vine memes; it probably doesn't deserve its own section, but maybe a sentence or two if I can find some good sources backing up the comparison._{Integral Python}^{click here to argue with me} 12:10, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Partially done. I expanded the section about vine to include short form video (and as such TikTok), but in a different way than was asked. I hope it helps, _{Integral Python}^{click here to argue with me} 13:47, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Vine and short form videos

"After the success of the application Vine, a format of memes emerged was created in the form of short videos and scripted sketches." Wouldn't it be fair to say short-form videos and sketches had been around and well-known well before Vine started in 2012?