Talk:Image macro
 | This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | This article was nominated for merging with Internet meme on 24 October 2012. The result of the discussion was not merged. |
|
This page has archives. Sections older than 150 days may be automatically archived by Lowercase sigmabot III when more than 5 sections are present. |
Dated
editthe 'white impact text on the top and bottom of an image' format is nowhere near as popular now as it was a few years ago, and lolcats are pretty much dead at this point. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.79.61.67 (talk) 22:06, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
Original image macros
editThe typical image macro has gone back much further than the internet, with examples like Harry Whittier Frees adding text to funny pictures of cats back in the early 1900s. That article even credits him as a precursor to lolcats, and seems relevant to this article. 68.49.47.134 (talk) 22:55, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
"Im in ur base killin ur d00dz" listed at Redirects for discussion
edit
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Im in ur base killin ur d00dz. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Not a very active user (talk) 12:48, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
"Bucket walrus" listed at Redirects for discussion
edit An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Bucket walrus. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 00:39, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
"Socially awkward penguin" listed at Redirects for discussion
edit An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Socially awkward penguin. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 00:39, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
Article should be renamed
editAfter reading 6 of the 8 references listed(the website ones, excluding SA since it requires registration), I struggle to understand why this page should be named "image macro". The phrase appeared exactly 2 times in all of the sources combined. In the WSJ article, the phrase directly links to this article. In the Vox article, it says "image macro (a fancy name for text on picture memes)", and directly links to this article. Note the possibility of WP:REFLOOP. This article should be moved to "internet meme images" or something similar, one other option is "text on image", optionally appending "meme", "(internet culture)", or something similar. 103.66.132.62 (talk) 00:47, 17 October 2024 (UTC)