This shit isn't funny, guys. Quit breaking rules one and two, that's how we got infested with gaiafags in the first place. Also, "Lolcat"? Never heard of that particular euphemism for Caturday/cat macros. -Anonymous

It's hit mainstream now. You might not have seen the thread about it, but there was an article in the Housten Chronicle about icanhazcheeseburger, the piece of filth that it is, they're refering to them as lolcats. Ironically, considering lolcats.com never refered to them as such. If you think of the amount of downtime lolcats.com experienced though, they probably just didn't have the chance to make any attempts at errouneous attributation. I second the motion for deletion. - Anon

This has already been put up for articles for deletion a while ago and it was judged KEEP. The only problem is the string of recent vandalism. I understand some people have strong opinions (or just want to spout out), but please try to at least trim it down to a factual basis. Zipzap2 13:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Might want to merge LOLCode into this or make LOLCode a good bit better. -- Archeus 17:27, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

absolutely not. LOLCODE is a programming language, while Lolcat is a meme. Though the language is inspired by Lolcat, they are too completely different entities. Would you merge the article for the Python language with Monty Python (which it is named for)? 71.61.15.192 15:44, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

yes. totally totally totally shouldn't be merged. related things, but fundamentally different. lolcode is an awesome concept to nerds, but someone looking up lolcats is would be getting their time wasted with a big slab on lolcode. information buried inside useless information is information diminished

You have two choices: rename this shit Caturday" or wipe that "particularly 4chan" off that page. Both doesnt work. I've never heard anything like lolcat on 4chan. The term lolcat is coined by some other community. Prolly gaiaonline.

It's been referred to that in the news and I've seen it on Digg and Fark MikeSims 15:59, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This whole thing really did begin with 4chan, and they definitely don't use the term 'lolcat' around there, Digg and Fark aside. The meme was hijacked by outside forces though (damn you boingboing!!!!!), and it looks like lolcat is the name that's gonna stick. Has 4chan finally been successfully trolled? TankRamp 20:59, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So Wikipedia should be giving out *faulty* info the news have spread?

I suggest this page be moved to Cat Macro or LOLcat. Kittah just doesn't cut it, and lolcat gets more google results. --General Miaow Say Hello! 19:12, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree about lolcat being a better link. either way, this article should include mention of walri and bukkits--Shadebug 08:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

pics plzSkomorokh 16:57, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

incredibly stupid, on so many levels. please VFD. --Wedge 23:37, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, this has become a fairly popular and prevalent activity over the last few months...if it was just a flash-in-the-pan thing, there probably wouldn't be as many websites dedicated to it. It's a fad, to be sure, but I say leave it alone for now. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 01:23, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ok, i started an Afd thingy. You may share your thoughts on the matter at this article's entry on the Articles for deletion page. --Wedge 23:09, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What you can't delete this page it documents an internet phenomenon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.18.241 (talk • contribs) 09:06, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

wtf. photos of cats, with grammatically erroneous text... "popularized" by the pedophilic messageboard, you believe this is encyclopedic material because... why? so you can be "in" on the "joke"? because web-loggers have discussed it? perhaps wikipedia could simply mirror every stupid half-retarded thing that gets posted at. and then hey, maybe "bloggers" will start talking about {whatever stupid/cutesy thing}, and wikipedia could cite them for talking about that. omg yes, "lolcats" is so very important, meaningful, and noteworthy... surely it deserves to be preserved forever in the annals of human internet knowledge! --Wedge 01:52, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is no more or less worthy than many other internet memes. It's sourced, it's documented, it survived the AfD process, it's in. "Calm down, have some dip." Willbyr (talk | contribs) 12:43, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'M IN UR X Ying your Z: likely started from a Counterstrike screen capture.

That comment is totally wrong, this was based off Starcraft, which one person would be in the enemy base and would joke, "I'm in ur base, killing ur doods". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.45.20.148 (talk) 01:43, 3 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I'm in ur comment, fixin ur bold tags 142.59.172.187 03:08, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not to mention that the citation even states that, one definition down.

The 'started in 2006' part is also inaccurate. This phrase was being used at least as early as 2004[1], if not before that. Nobody seems to have a record of the original usage (probably from StarCraft), though. Terraxos 22:30, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[2] This is generally considered one of the earliest uses, a screenshot of the Red Alert 2 beta (identifiable due to distinct pre-release graphics) tagged with the image macro, "I am in your base killing your d00ds". It's also notable for the sentence being grammatically and syntactically correct until the very last word, indicating its age even more - it had yet to be exposed to internet slang, corrupting it into the distinct "im in ur X, Ying ur Z" (im in ur base, killin ur d00dz) format. However, that image is from a blog and I know that's not a verifiable source, but the facts can be obtained from the image. Encyclopedia Dramatica also has an article on it (search "I_am_in_your_base_killing_your_d00ds" over on ED if you're that curious). Not Starcraft, not Counter-Strike, Red Alert 2. AFAIK. BobisOnlyBob 09:14, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stuff goes here. Have a nice day. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 23:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was nothing there that needed merging, as "caturday" is already mentioned here. Redirected Caturday to Lolcat. —ptk✰fgs 01:02, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Short and sweet, I like it. =^_^= --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 02:30, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This source may be useful for supplementing or replacing one of our existing sources: http://www.charlotte.com/171/story/123446.html —ptk✰fgs 18:50, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think we'd all like it to be Caturday --smadge1 11:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The LOL* meme has spread far beyond cats - http://laughingsquid.com/roll-your-own-lol-not-just-for-cats-anymore/ - star trek, geeks, burning man, code, robots, rocky horror, porn, LOST, NIN, science, librarians etc. What should we do, add a section on derivatives?

It's my opinion that it would be worth coming to a talk-page consensus on what external links are appropriate in this article, as it appears to be a popular target for additions. The only one I think is clearly key is I Can Has Cheezburger, but I'd be open to discussion on which others should also be included. JavaTenor 01:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the Lolcat image gallery and Macrocats.com sites are appropriate as each appears to be updated regularly and are different enough to not be redundant. Desertdwell 02:16, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]