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Problematic social media use article

The Problematic social media use article is exceptionally poor, and has been for some time, largely because it has been the subject of repeated student editing projects that have resulted in people adding material just for the sake of writing. The writing style reflects this, with a lot of school-essay style padding.

The article desperately needs tightening up, refactoring and copyediting; I think it could easily be reduced to half the length without losing anything of value.

Would anyone here be willing to take a look at it? — The Anome (talk) 08:56, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Viral videos category

I've started working on the Viral videos category, to further categorize the videos by decade (and after that, I'll likely further cat them by year).

While working on this, I've noticed a lot of videos, that yes, while technically "viral" (or better put, simply popularly-viewed), don't quite fit the spirit or idea of what a "viral video" is. I was going to try and start a discussion but I do think WikiProject talk page discussions (or maybe just this particular projects') kinda move at a slow pace, so I'll just be bold and make these edits myself within the next week or so and be open to reversion if there is any push back. Definitely would also like any further discussion on this to get a gauge on other editors' thoughts.

So, that in mind, it's somewhat difficult to put into words for me but I'll provide examples and hopefully other editors get what I mean here, because I'm proposing we should examine the articles in this cat and remove the cat from videos that don't fit here. For example, clear examples of viral videos include things like classic one-off videos from the early 2000s that have been routinely described by sources as "viral videos" (i.e. Charlie Bit My Finger, Keyboard Cat). This type of video isn't even bound to the time frame of early-era YouTube. There are examples from the 2010s (Chewbacca Mask Lady) and 2020s (Hawk tuah) that fit this idea.

However, there are videos listed in this cat that I would argue for removal from the cat. These are the types of things that I feel like we need/should remove:

YouTube videos that yes, while amassing millions of views, were produced by YouTubers/content creators who were already established as popular (i.e. Ryan Higa's Agents of Secret Stuff, or Mr. Beast's "$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!")
Songs and the accompanying music videos by artists who were already established as notable or signed to major record deals (i.e. "Roar" by Katy Perry).
- Things like "Somebody That I Used To Know", I think would be alright to keep in this cat, as that video and things like it are things that were genuinely propelled to virality by sharing on the Internet (this is documented in the article and by sources, unlike songs like "Roar").
- Things that aren't actually even videos (i.e. animation studios like Huevocartoon, or BLP articles like Catherine Wayne - an article on a specific Boxxy video (or even maybe the Boxxy character) would hold a better argument for inclusion).

Then there's things like "Juju on That Beat (TZ Anthem)", which is a song that inspired a viral dance challenge, but the song itself isn't really a viral video (I would argue even its music video isn't a "viral video" in the traditional sense, but regardless I feel like maybe we should spin-out a subcat like "Category:Viral dance challenges" or "Category:Internet dance challenges" instead, and make that a subcat of both the Viral videos cat and Category:Internet challenges).

Soulbust (talk) 14:49, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

talk:Enshittification

Please review and assess. Bearian (talk) 09:04, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance with VShojo

Hello, requesting any members to please review and help correct the VShojo page. The company is experiencing an implosion with talent leaving because of recent events; current editors are mostly fans of vtubers and having a frustrating time asking to consolidate, remove fluff, and use proper references. If you can assist in any way, that would be great, thank you. --WashuOtaku (talk) 17:06, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:The Backrooms#Requested move 24 July 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:The Backrooms#Requested move 24 July 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 07:39, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]