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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 ^(talk) 08:18, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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 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?  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/98.203.36.3|98.203.36.3]] ([[User talk:98.203.36.3|talk]]) 04:28, 23 February 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
 :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. - [[User:M0rphzone|M0rphzone]] ([[User talk:M0rphzone|talk]]) 19:52, 23 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! :) [[User:Boky|Boky]] ([[User talk:Boky|talk]]) 14:10, 24 February 2013 (UTC)