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Chicken noodle soup?

The article states that the harlem shake evolved into the chicken noodle soup dance, but I don't see any connection between these two styles/techniques besides both originating from Harlem. - Wintran 08:18, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

This article was written by idiots. My god! Read books people. You are functionally illiterate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.107.1.20 (talk) 20:06, 5 March 2007‎ (UTC)

It didn't evolve into the Chicken noodle soup at all. Also, it became popular with "Who's That Girl" by Eve which came out before "Let's Get It" 24.63.133.140 02:02, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Better description

Can someone write a better description of how to do the harlem shake? I have no idea what it is; I came here to find out, and the description is no use at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.103.201.244 (talk) 22:07, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

no. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.12.93 (talk) 14:26, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

This makes no sense

I came to this article hoping to find out what the Harlem Shake is and how to do it. I have no idea how to perform this even after having read the description though a number of times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.2.161 (talk) 23:05, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

i removed the "how it's done" section (which was completely uninformative anyway) until it can be done in compliance with wikipedia composition and style standards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.208.132.221 (talk) 04:45, 3 December 2008‎ (UTC)

Also, WP:NOTHOWTO. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 15:47, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

With regards to the "Not How To" link - it doesn't need to give step by step instructions, but the basic movements of a dance are fairly important in a description of what a dance actually is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.12.195.151 (talk) 07:20, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Baauer - Harlem Shake; YouTube Videos

The Bauer article may soon need a link to this article in its See also section, because Baauer's (yes, double-a) song Harlem Shake is becoming fairly popular. And, obviously, this article would then also need to mention the recent YouTube craze. --82.170.113.123 (talk) 16:54, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Couple of links: the Know Your Meme page here, Reddit thread here, CollegeHumor page here. --82.170.113.123 (talk) 17:06, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Add section on recent meme?

Perhaps someone could add a section on the Harlem Shake meme that became popular in early February 2013? 137.112.157.84 (talk) 02:35, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Difference between dance and video

The Harlem Shake dance is not the same as the dance in the video, and has a different cultural context than the meme. The video and meme deserve their own page. The actual dance is hilariously demonstrated on YouTube Useless.miscellany (talk) 06:57, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Azealia Banks

The Azealia Banks freestyle is over the Baauer song and has nothing to do with the dance ie. wrong article

198.84.196.77 (talk) 17:54, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Protect Page

I think this article needs to be Semi-protected. Vandalism is getting out of control. Wethar555 (talk) 21:42, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Y Done Someone took care of it ~~a few minutes before your comment~~. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 15:31, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Meme reference

"For the viral video phenomenon, see Harlem Shake (meme)."

Should be removed from the top of the page. The disambiguation page already states that.

The meme is a week old, does it deserve a whole page, and it's reference "spammed" on a 6 year old page? What happened to notable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.203.36.3 (talk) 04:28, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

I've removed it. For people coming in from the "harlem shake" query, they should already be able reach the article on the meme through the disambiguation page. - M0rphzone (talk) 19:52, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Many things aren't as they should be. After reading the feedback for the four pages, I concluded that many people don't know what a meme is, and didn't know after reaching the end of this article (perhaps more by scrolling than by reading), so I had done this. Examples:

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Another thing I noticed was the Harlem shake disambiguation page showing up under "Recent lows" on Special:ArticleFeedback. —rybec 03:54, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Instructions on how to do the Shake

I just added the section, if you don't like the layout or the form of the text, feel free to beautify it; just don't delete the section: I heard many people are asking for the instructions section to be added, which I did. I referenced the mahalo.com page, too. They explain the shake nicely there, and quite professionally. Thanks? Don't mention it! :) Boky (talk) 14:10, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

And they've been removed by Lester Foster. Thanks for your efforts, but you may want to review Misplaced Pages policies again as Misplaced Pages is not a guide or how-to site. - M0rphzone (talk) 08:59, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

I added the link back, under "External links." Other Misplaced Pages articles about dance usually describe the movements, occasionally in a "how to" style, so an exception to WP:NOTHOWTO could perhaps be gotten. However, just copy-pasting from other sites isn't allowed. —rybec 01:31, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Ah, OK. So I guess I was violating the copy-paste part... I don't really have the time to read the policies, but I guess it was that. I just provided some content. Could someone then 'rephrase' the text from there? Boky (talk) 14:10, 27 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.222.53.195 (talk)

Hatnote

I removed the hatnote per WP:NAMB. The parenthetical "(dance)" makes the name unambiguous; no one will type in the phrase "Harlem shake (dance)" looking for the other articles (if they do, then the parenthetical needs to be changed). The other articles are already found through the disambiguation page Harlem Shake (disambiguation).--Cúchullain /c 15:08, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

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