Talk:Rickrolling

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	Rickrolling was one of the good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones Date Process Result June 4, 2007 Articles for deletion Deleted April 2, 2008 Articles for deletion Kept December 3, 2008 Good article nominee Listed June 15, 2013 Good article reassessment Delisted Current status: Delisted good article

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On 24 March 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Rickroll. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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Please change '1.5' to 'under 1.6' 70.22.248.187 (talk) 22:40, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: "Under 1.6" is too vague to be useful; the current text, "over 1.5", is preferable. —C.Fred (talk) 22:46, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@C.Fred: I realized that you reverted my edit, and I reflect that maybe my edit summary was a bit naive :'). I was simply deleting the part mentioning that the video has garnered 1.5B+ views on Youtube because that was already mentioned in the very beginning. I hope you understand and reconsider your revert.

^Pingy/_Pongy 02:31, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rickrolls died down around 2021-2024. A lot of games show photos of Rick Astley , leading to a climax of approximately 10 million ditches at 5:00 on the fifteenth of June in 2024. 103.100.225.238 (talk) 08:56, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And what does this mean exactly? SuperWikiBrother (talk) 10:23, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect We're no strangers to love 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 July 2 § We're no strangers to love until a consensus is reached. cogsan _{(nag me) (stalk me)} 17:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Under "Reaction", fourth paragraph reads "Astley himself has been rickrolled a few times; in fact, the first time he was rickrolled actually pre-dated the viral phenomenon [...] during the early 2000s." The short YouTube clip source doesn't say this; Astley says "I was rickrolled in the early days of it" by a friend of his who eventually explained it to him.

Change Astley himself has been rickrolled a few times; in fact, the first time he was rickrolled actually pre-dated the viral phenomenon. In an interview with Larry King, Astley stated that the first time he fell for the prank was through an email his friend sent him during the early 2000s.

to Astley himself has been rickrolled a few times; in an interview with Larry King, Astley stated that the first time he fell for the prank was through an email his friend sent him during the early days of the phenomenon. 70.163.220.139 (talk) 18:19, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ⸺(Random)staplers 18:24, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The reliable source is the currently sourced YouTube clip. 70.163.220.139 (talk) 18:41, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Jamedeus (talk) 07:11, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]