Talk:Wojak

Add a Gallery

Add a gallery of all the different variations of Wojak. AVeryUncoolGuy (talk) 04:57, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Suggesting this article be registered users only due to toxic forum board raids

I don't know how to describe it but basically there are trolls on a 8chan like forum board called "soyjak party" who often raid Twitch streamers, Wikipedia pages, dox people, and generally be scummy people. I suggest people remove future mentions of "Cobson" (a soyjak only really used on that site), "kuz" and "soot" (owners of the site) and site slang such as IAS, NAS, Coal, Gemmie, Ack, Brimstone, and keyed (I could make a whole section about the slang known by them as "soyspeak"). I suggest you only interact with the soyjak section of the article if you know for certain you don't have identifiable information. Peace! User:Tearuss (User talk:Tearuss) 16:10, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

I agree, though don't dismiss ALL information about soyjak.party as "raiding", it is an important part of soyjak's impact Formerlychucks (talk) 15:29, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

I get the reference in your name and yeah, I guess that's true. User:Tearuss (User talk:Tearuss) 00:24, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

FYI: This user is from that same forum. He makes Wikipedia edits on request of other Soyjak party users and has made numerous disruptive edits. Source: I browse many forums to make sure that vandalism doesn't happen. LOLHWAT (talk) 14:58, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

I do them by my own volition, I do not take requests, and they aren't most of my edits. I add in a way that aims not to break the rules.

I'm I on a watchlist or something? You're following me constantly. <== this is a joke Formerlychucks (talk) 15:54, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes. I have seen your edits -- they are akin to that of the Wiki that accompanies the Imageboard you browse. For example, during J. Ryne's q&a on that board, you immediately added the tweets he made. Despite being reliable, this shows that you are indeed from that forum. Please cease your disruptive editing or you'll be taken to ANI. LOLHWAT (talk) 16:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

It is completely normal for an editor to add something/add to something they're interested in. Also, what disruptive editing have i caused? While it is true that many users of that forum do vandalize and edit disruptively, I don't! I even reverted vandalism on J. Goldberg's page! I am only tying to help! Formerlychucks (talk) 20:10, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Correct; they can add something they're interested in, but they have to abide by WP:NPOV, WP:DUE, and WP:CONFLICT.

You did indeed add disruptive edits. In fact, you made quite a few, even after being asked to stop:

Adding unsourced/original research to Wojak and repeatedly reverting back to it

Adding a disruptive/humorous link on Clickhole

Adding "There are no humans in Yemen" to a list of mammals in Yemen

Censoring a picture in the Eve article.

Combined with the fact that you're often seen on a hate forum, this editing does not make you look good.

Please read Wikipedia's policies.

Thank you. LOLHWAT (talk) 11:47, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Oh i just realized how racist the "There are no humans in Yemen" joke was. I added that randomly because the primates section was missing humans, I have no idea why i didn't think how racist that could've been. I apologize. Formerlychucks (talk) 06:12, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

@Formerlychucks Wikipedia is NOT a place for joke, the fact that you admitted to vandalizing multiple articles is concerning, the administrators should've banned you by now. 45.153.118.185 (talk) 19:52, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

We should be putting info out, regardless of whether the “sharty” will raid us. There is a boatload of info out there, and the soyjak was created by /qa/, the sharty’s predecessor. We should not censor but rather discourage their antics. HaytchT (talk) 00:56, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Soyjak.party

on the wojak page, you dismissed my edits concerning soyjak.party due to it being an unreliable source, yet the first reference on the article is know your meme, WP:KYM

i would like to remind you that soyjak party has a KYM article aswell, dont be a hypocrite

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/soyjakparty Formerlychucks (talk) 16:14, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

It isn't hypocrisy. Unreliable sources can't be used but we still get articles of poor quality using them. We don't have enough volunteer time to enforce that. Usually, someone is supposed to find a better source instead of removing content wholesale. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 16:26, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

But in your case, the WP:BURDEN is on you to show that your content can be attributed to a reliable source. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 16:27, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Yes it is hypocritical, why are you removing my content wholesale when "unreliable sources" are casually used in the articles and are only given a [better source needed] tag? your mental gymnastics contradict logic, also, please assume good faith.

Also, it seems you deleted my addition hastily and haven't checked my source, the source i am using, followchain.org is made by Lim How Wei, this man has 8+ years of experience in social media marketing, and has been quoted and referenced by major publications and media companies like WikiHow, Fast Company, HuffPost, Vice, New York Post, The Conversation, and many others, and despite having poor english (that still gets the point across and can be corrected thoughbeit) he can still research obscure social media websites and provide adequate information for them, i would argue he is more reliable than even know your meme. Formerlychucks (talk) 11:00, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Seems like a spammy source at best. Primary and beware of WP:ONUS. Please try to work with us and find an actual reliable source. And also bring it up on Talk:Wojak instead of here. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 12:14, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

"Spammy source"

That does not matter, it gives valuable information about social media.

All news articles are spammy, technically.

WP:ONUS: "Consensus may determine that certain information does not improve an article. Such information should be omitted or presented instead in a different article"

Mentioning soyjak.party presents the impact of the soyjak and how it created an entire thriving community, that definitely improves the section (and by addition; the article) by adding interesting and notable information about soyjak.

Do you understand now? Formerlychucks (talk) 14:49, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

No. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 14:54, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Do not be ignorant, you are an admin.

We are trying to have a discussion here. Formerlychucks (talk) 15:03, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

In conclusion:

User:0xDeadbeef is being hypocritical by removing content entirely while allowing content with verifiably weak sources

User:0xDeadbeef dismisses experts with 8+ years in social media marketing

User:0xDeadbeef doesn't understand WP:ONUS

Why do you not understand? Formerlychucks (talk) 15:25, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

I think you are wasting our time here by trying to give vanity to a website that has virtually zero coverage in any reliable source. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 16:01, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/soyjakparty 2001:9B0:1:1603:176:10:248:194 (talk) 16:06, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

I repeat, it is an important part of soyjak's impact, Mentioning soyjak.party presents the impact of the soyjak and how it created an entire thriving community.

That's way i want it presented on the section concerning soyjak. Formerlychucks (talk) 16:06, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Call it a thriving community all you want but all from what I can see is a 4chan clone that dox people and hate on trans people for fun. No encyclopedic value can be gleaned from covering a website like that. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 16:22, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

by that logic you better delete the Kiwi Farms article, huh? 2A00:23C7:F31C:4B00:6DCC:5B12:58FE:35DD (talk) 16:23, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Don't act like im making a brand new article, this is a trivia paragraph for soyjak, Kiwi Farms is a Something Awful clone that doxxes and hates on trans queens for fun aswell. Formerlychucks (talk) 16:29, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

I think you just need to understand that we probably won't cover your site. Also, I thought you believe that contributors to Wikipedia are just NPCs. Why would you care? 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 16:32, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

"Why would you care" 2A00:23C7:F31C:4B00:6DCC:5B12:58FE:35DD (talk) 16:37, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

I dont care about you covering the site because you wont cover something like Tetragonoderus eximius or Orodromeus either, wikipedia is the free online encyclopedia that people with different interests from different backgrounds can add to.

And i dont understand what you mean with that second sentence. Formerlychucks (talk) 16:38, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

User:ScottishFinnishRadish please read this discussion. Formerlychucks (talk) 18:02, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Having read it, it's fairly clear you're the one who doesn't understand WP:ONUS. You also don't seem to be aware that we don't support WP:TRIVIA. Find better sources or let it go. Period. Alternatively, if you really think your site is somehow reliable, you can start a discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard for independent community evaluation. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:40, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

It is already on https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard you can find it here, i hope you're willing to discuss. Formerlychucks (talk) 11:21, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Also, my addition and its source does conform to WP:TRIVIA, quote: " A Wikipedia article may include a subject's cultural impact by summarizing its coverage in reliable secondary or tertiary sources. A source should cover the subject's cultural impact in some depth; it should not be a source that merely mentions the subject's appearance in a movie, song, television show, or other cultural item."

It is from a secondary source, and it includes the cultural impact of the subject (soyjak)

And how didn't i understand WP:ONUS? Formerlychucks (talk) 11:29, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

To clarify, since there seems to be some confusion here: Kiwi Farms was originally the CWCki forums, which came from 789chan some time before that, which came from legi0n and partyvan in the immediate post-Chanology era. It's true there was a SA thread about Chris, but the main base of posters there were channers, same as the sharty (which came from /qa/ some time in 2020). It's true that 4ch (from which all of these sites ultimately derived) originally consisted of goons, but that's going back to 2003, and it's beside the point anyway.

The "trvke", as you might say, is that the 'tation you want in this article is dust. You've said that Know Your Meme is coal, which is valid, but it's not being used as a source here, it's in the external links section for supplementary reading. It's not an inline citation in the article. Frankly, it's not clear that it really ought to be listed in the external links section either, but that's neither here nor there. If you want the honest truth, it's difficult to write Wikipedia 'rticles about memes, because a lot of sources are on the outer fringes of credibility, and we have to take what we can get. For the subject of Wojak in general, it's been demonstrated pretty thoroughly that the character is notable, so it makes sense to have an article about him, and it makes sense to then try to seek out and reference the coverage that we can find, even if it is not maximally gemmy. For the subject of the sharty, its notability in the first place has not been demonstrated at all.

We cannot just have any random website be mentioned in any article where it's tangentially relevant, and then source its notability to random clickbait slop; many thousands of utterly coally sites would have to be included in articles if we permitted that. If the sharty teens want to achieve some kind of lasting notability, maybe they should do something with their website besides be a hostile nuisance. Why don't you guys just stick to stealing GETs from other boards, which is actually funny and epic win, instead of this /pol/ trash, which is fail aids? Why do you guys raid and wipe other altchans? Why do you guys dox people? Why do you guys post racist nonsense etc all the time? You can hardly roll up out of a website that does this and then complain when you're treated with suspicion. What do you expect? Maybe if you quit doing that stuff, people will like your site more. jp×g🗯️ 18:49, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

>t. does it for free jp×g🗯️ 19:01, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Why is this guy an admin? Soyjak.party is not a “random website.” Yes, it’s often rude and vicious to people. But that doesn’t mean it’s a “random website”. We know you’re a 4chan user, and 4chan users often clash with soyjak.party users. For hell’s sake, at least allow a single sentence mentioning its origin, /qa/, as well as a small summary surrounding the culture on the late board. HaytchT (talk) 01:00, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

All you seem to be doing on this article is PREVENTING good information because of your petty dispute with a site that is equally as worse as the one you support. Honestly, get over it. Also, cut it with the buzzwords and dogwhistles. You’re an admin, not a random IP address. HaytchT (talk) 01:03, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

It's not good information, it's poorly sourced unreliable information. Hey man im josh (talk) 01:06, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

All I ask is for /qa/ to be referenced in the article. That is how the soyjak even came into existence. Denying it is denying well-known information that has been covered multiple times. HaytchT (talk) 01:12, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Do you have reliable sources that make this assertion? Hey man im josh (talk) 01:13, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

This 4chan thread, archived by automatic systems. It is the earliest sight of the face HaytchT (talk) 01:40, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

4chan cannot be used as a source. Hey man im josh (talk) 01:42, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

That is a primary source. The face originated from that site HaytchT (talk) 01:43, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia has policies on what sources are acceptable. If we allowed sources that consisted of user generated content to be used to cover something, then that would mean everything covered by a 4chan thread can be discussed within an article. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 09:23, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

My fault. I am sorry for causing disruption HaytchT (talk) 21:32, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

My fault, it was /int/ HaytchT (talk) 01:42, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

@0xDeadbeef Reviving this talk

After reverting revision 1235550766, i suggest you remove the extra-protection.

I do agree that the revision was undue, excessive, and overly specific though, i suggest you remove the extra-protection so i can rewrite it better later on. That Daily Dot article is a helpful source for this section i'd say, not just because of the soyjak.party stuff, that shouldn't be the main thing. Formerlychucks (talk) 20:48, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

You can feel free to use edit requests on the talk page if the current protection level makes you unable to edit. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 02:41, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Question regarding sources

Currently on the "Soyjak" section, there's a citation from a Spanish source called "Elplural", the source makes no mention of the so-called "Soyjak". The second source also makes no mention of "Soyboys", how did the article come to the conclusion that "Soyjak" is a portmanteau of "soy" and "wojak"? How did the article come into the conclusion that "Soyjak" is an illustration that has features of a "soy boy"? This is a clear violation of WP:OR, I demand experienced editors to look into this and decide whether the section should stay in its current unsourced state, or whether it should be removed entirely. 45.153.118.225 (talk) 17:34, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

I have changed the paragraph to fit the sources. Formerlychucks (talk) 17:43, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

"Chudjak" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Chudjak has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 March 9 § Chudjak until a consensus is reached. QuicoleJR (talk) 13:04, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Source 22: https://www.heyalma.com/why-is-everybody-suddenly-sharing-these-alt-right-memes/ is clearly not neutral.

"Some may argue it’s possible to “reclaim” this image; by taking it out of an alt-right context and placing it into a liberal, leftist, or queer context, we can perhaps take back some of that power and make a few Nazis mad along the way."

Explicitly politically motivated source. ActualOswinOswald (talk) 23:08, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Reliable sources are not required to be neutral or free from bias, per WP:BIASED where it says "Reliable sources are not required to be neutral, unbiased, or objective. Sometimes non-neutral sources are the best possible sources for supporting information about the different viewpoints held on a subject." Marcus Markup (talk) 23:24, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, forgot how dogwater this website's sourcing policy is. ActualOswinOswald (talk) 19:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Add Category:Internet memes introduced from Poland

Please to add this category to article. Szturnek_¿? 23:12, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: The roots of the word are from Polish, but it doesn't look like the meme itself was "introduced" from Poland - it was from a meme sharing website and the only connection to Poland is the linguistics. If I'm misinterpreting this, feel free to reopen this request with an explanation. FifthFive (talk) 00:38, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

@FifthFive: This mem was created in Poland. I don't know, why in en version of this article we have written that first appirance was on "Sad and Useless", because its's a wrong information. This meme first appeared on Polish Vichan and was called "cieplatwarz.jpg" (warm face). Sourses from pl wiki: 1, 2. So not only the name but the entire meme has Polish origins. Of course nowadays is international mem, but this category is about origins of mem. Szturnek_¿? 17:14, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the links. If you can translate the corresponding part from the pl wiki article/suggest a specific change to the section and put it here I can go ahead and add it (& the category). FifthFive (talk) 19:24, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Ok. I would like to add some thing like this to the section history: "The exact date of Wojak's creation is unknown, however it is known that the meme first appeared on the Polish imageboard Vichan. The original title of the image was ciepłatwarz.jpg (in English warmface.jpg). The earliest archived appearance of the meme that was saved on the webtimemachine was [rest part of first sentence]". Szturnek_¿? 20:32, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done FifthFive (talk) 23:17, 24 November 2024 (UTC)