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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 Yoninah (talk) 00:11, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that one of the most common stereotypes of a Karen is asking to "speak to the manager"? Source: "Karen has a “can I speak to the manager” haircut and a controlling, superior attitude to go along with it" (Vox)

Reviewed: Addled Parliament
Comment: A hook about Kate Gosselin's haircut might also be a decent alternative hook.

Created by Sceptre (talk). Self-nominated at 17:11, 21 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Sceptre: Ref number 4, is not a reliable source. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 17:28, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ref #4 removed and replaced with better sources. Sceptre (talk) 22:55, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GTG. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 20:24, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A fact from Karen (slang) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that one of the most common stereotypes of a Karen is asking to "speak to the manager"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Karen (slang).

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lol wikipedia is really going there with ridiculously trendy things to make an article of? is this even a thing that will still be relevant in six months? Wikidude10000 (talk) 04:51, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I feel inclined to agree, somewhat. This article probably serves better as one for Know Your Meme, but then if we were to do that, we'd have to apply the same rule to OK Boomer, Bye, Felicia, and so on. I suppose the real big issue making sure the article is clean and not filled with obscure jargon. -- Tytrox (talk) 09:27, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No, the real issue is whether any random attack on women by disgruntled losers on the internet deserves a wikipedia page. Watch: the next one and the next one and the next one will all get pages too, and because we cannot possibly leave out a page for "OK Boomer" we're apparently stuck with all the "clever" insults made up by misogynists. Peezy1001 (talk) 16:28, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Any random attack on women? Karen isn't an attack on women. It's a well defined stereotype that almost anyone in the service industry recognizes. Well worth a wikipedia-page.

Dontirri (talk) 18:49, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is now the place for bigots to share "well-defined stereotypes"? Your anecdotal claims about "everyone" using the term is irrelevant. It's an attack on women by assholes and shouldn't be on wikipedia. Peezy1001 (talk) 00:14, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Karen aka "Gretchen", "Big Gretch", and "That Woman from Michigan"

What is the relationship with Gretchen Whitmer ? --92.184.104.48 (talk) 16:04, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's immaturity from people who really don't like Whitmer, and nothing more. Sceptre (talk) 18:14, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"One Source" twinkle tag

@Fuzheado: Hey, flagging that I removed your One Source tag that you applied with Twinkle. Although I can see rational arguments about notability (which I do think it passes GNG), I think it's fairly clear from the plethora of sources that are listed here that the tag doesn't apply. Feel free to revert if you disagree, but it seemed like an off-kilter tag to me. Nomader (talk) 00:18, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Nomader: Thanks for the note. I defintely think it's notable, but the origins and background are completely from one source, which is why I added it. I've modified it to be "One source section." -- Fuzheado | Talk 20:57, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Fuzheado: My mistake on removing the section version-- I didn't realize it was a different template. Completely agree here. Nomader (talk) 21:28, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]