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Shouldn't the flags be delimited by | instead of )? 203.218.88.47 09:12, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I am curious what tt really means cos i have seen it a lot in chat in battle.net (server for the popular pc game warcraft3 - amongst other) i did a search but don't seem to find an answer that pleases me.. is it an emoticon for crying, or does it stand for "top this"? i have seen it also as t.t, so i guess it is an emoticon..? discuss. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.76.29.242 ( talk • contribs) 12:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Deleted material reproduced here as a matter of record: (click edit to see it; I made the section into a comment so as not to clutter the talk page)
I believe all of the above should be moved to the ASCII art page as they are not technically emoticons. Emoticons are defined as "keyed characters used to indicate an emotion," so in actuality, we're really pushing the envelope with a lot of the "emoticons" that only feature an activity. I'm drawing a line here at the ones which don't even feature a person, but rather an object. I hope this doesn't cause too much trouble. Please discuss here before putting them back in right away. Cheers. -- Hinotori (talk)| (ctrb) 05:32, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Most Chinese prefer to use graph emoticons now, and lots of them are really funny. I really want to show you some of them, I just don't know how can you tell me. In the past and now in some signatures or nicknames used in instant messengers, they use some symbol emoticons similar to the Japanese ones, some of the may even contain Chinese characters. eg, 凸^_^凸, >_<, ¯^¯, ˇ︿ˇ,‧_‧?, ☆_☆, ﹁ ﹁, ⊙o⊙... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.121.159 ( talk • contribs) 14:26, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
Can you actually use smileies here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.10.7.99 ( talk • contribs) 00:14, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
User:Tpvgames ( contribs) keeps reinserting the link to his own website at tpvgames.co.uk. This site is not particularly notable, and the link is clearly intended solely for advertisement. The fact that the user has ONLY editted emoticon related articles and has less than 25 edits overall suggest strongly that he has a specific agenda (not to mention the fact that his user name is the same name as his website). Wikipedia is not a soapbox. -- Hinotori (talk)| (ctrb) 18:51, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
I'll just number the reasons for my edits.
Hope everyone's ok with these changes. -- Hinotori (talk)| (ctrb) 13:36, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Im a bit disappointed the Emoticon Grammer documents were notable. And it isnt like tpgames site is making any money on putting a link on here, he dont even have any ads!! I will be putting them back on, and i will continue to do so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.219.110 ( talk • contribs) 14:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
It will be funny if an emoticon dictionary is set up. PS: I made up some funny graphic emoticons, better than the emoticons you used in msn or aim... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.119.81 ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Simply adding a hyphen to an emoticon can still change the meaning. Take for example, the classic colon-d emoticon:
Now if you add a hyphen to this, you get
Adding a hyphen can totally change the emoticon's mood. Where the former has a more primitive mood of joy, nothing else, the latter shows a more civilized grin. I propose the emoticons list have all hyphens removed with this note. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.161.201.16 ( talk • contribs) 04:01, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
in korea, we don't use Emoticon that kind of.. rather, another system using. so, It should be changed and amended. the next is example of korean Emoticon. - Ellif 01:54, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
p.s This page also remains of many 'korean emoticons'. It haves a kinds of western or japanese. but It have different things also! p.s.2 this page also~!
as anyone who uses emoticons would know, that the actual meaning of an emoticon is far more complex than just a couple words. For example, the definition of XD is not a childish laugh though at times it can be used. It's predominanetly used after certain statements that are somewhat selfmocking ish, for example, "no, I havn't started my homework yet XD" (when it's 11 pm of course).
I think it's impossible to actually define the exact meaning of each emoticon without dedicating a seperate wiki for each emoticon (which should be done :D) though for now, I added a quick comment that the definition of each emote is not absolute, rather a very basic guideline.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.137.149.0 ( talk • contribs) 07:00, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
This is listed under anime smileys when it totally isn't. It's a common smiley for the British as it's on the keyboard with a simple shift. I have never seen an anime in my life and I've used it as long as I've been on IRC. In other things would @>-'-,-- be considered a "smiley"? It's a rose and used a fair bit but it isn't really a face? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thnom ( talk • contribs) 17:48, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Couldn't this also be a friendly smile? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.188.172.165 ( talk • contribs) 06:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
This past weekend I picked up the MAD Magazine board game from a thrift store. It has a 1979 copyright, and uses a :) smiley on the board. Another bit to work in? -- Elijah 02:27, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
I may have missed it when I was looking through the list, but something that I do with emoticons is to use a semicolon to show a raised eyebrow, such as:
:-) ----> ;:-)
:-\ ----> ;:-\
This, IMO, gives an added depth to the emotion expressed. I haven't seen anyone use this aside from myself, and was curious to see if anyone else that contributes to this article does the same thing or has seen it used before.
Willbyr
14:04, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
I've read the peer-review page, and I agree to an extent. However:
This article needs a firm hand, and I don't currently have time for the project. -- Slashme 08:02, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
°u°
-- nlitement [talk] 16:57, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Can we block this Ip? This bot? only ads a link to the site inhunt ... only unrelevant content ... spam ... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.248.129.58 ( talk • contribs) 22:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Someone made a request at the Wikipedia: Abuse reports page to deal with this, although it was in poor and incorrect form. I took a look at the spamming that has taken place here and on the Smiley article, and decided to make a proper abuse report, seen here. In my little investigation, I saw that this spamming was taking place from multiple IPs, which were registered to many places. Also, some of these IPs appeared to be making worthy contributions. I don't really have a clue if this is a bot or not, or what it exactly is doing to achieve this high rate of spamming. This is because i lack any advanced knowledge in the area of computers of internet. So if someone a little more knowledgable could take a look at this, and add a better sypnosis to my abuse report, that would be greatly appreciated by all. -- Reaper X 19:01, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
My name (Michael P......) is still showing in the history list, remove it please! i dont wish to show there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.97.223.76 ( talk • contribs) 17:22, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
No one there... → A z a Toth 22:39, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Is this supposed to be a list of all smilies? what about @_@? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.69.22.188 ( talk • contribs) 17:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
The article says verticons such as (^-^) are "anime style", as though Western anime fans invented them, but aren't those originally Japanese emoticons? There may be some verticons used exclusively within Western anime fandom (and not in Japan), but to me, vast majority of them look completely Japanese. At least, this source says emoticons such as (^_^) are used from 1986, in Japanese ASCII-NET. Well, maybe in common English usage, those verticons are indeed called "anime style", but it'd be better to clarify most of them are originally Japanese emoticons.
Also, describing 2ch-style emoticons such as (゚∀゚) under the title "East Asian" sounds a bit odd. Yes, they are indeed "East Asian", but these emoticons are used almost exclusively by 2ch users; Japanese outside of 2ch community generally don't use it, other East Asians such as Koreans or Chinese don't use it. Instead, what they normally use is the verticons described as "anime style" in this article (with some local varieties). Describing only 2ch-style emoticons under the title "East Asian" is something like describing only gangsta hip-hop under the title "American music". It's not technically incorrect, but at least awkward. -- Kzaral 03:56, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
ô¿ô — BRIAN 0918 • 02:43, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Unicode has a few faces (☹ ☺ ☻), several hands (☚ ☛ ☜ ☝ ☞ ☟ ✌ ✍), and other symbols that might be of interest here (☃ ☠ ♿). Should they be incorporated into the article? Herorev 08:25, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe these reflect thumbs-up (sometimes written simply as - -b or - -)b ), with the d/b being the hands. People who aren't used to it commonly mistake them for the ears. -- 203.144.160.242 12:16, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Anonymous is shocked. Anonymous has always thought wiki was a place to direct everyone to. Liek, there ARE people who need a good article on emoticons here and there. And they totally DON'T need to know about Goatse or Tubgirl. I don't want them to know. They don't ever want to see it. But with those links gratiously provided, they just might click and regret lately. What the heck? Any vulva or anus smileys/emoticon (can an arse express emotions?) are perfectly okay, they are parts of human anatomy. BUT XCUSE ME WHAT THE HECK those darned INTERNET MEMES are doing here? Why not include links to scat or guro articles? That'd be so much fun! Let's compete with Uncyclopedia and /b/ !
This Anonymous is not going to edit this wiki. Somebody else would do. Who started it all and are in charge of this mess wiki has become. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.93.136.206 ( talk • contribs) 06:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Wiki is not censored? Why there's no LOLJESUS references at jesus page? They'd be perfectly relevant. Common sense for filtering all the bullshit has nothing to do with censorship. I'm a former USSR citizen, and I know perfectly what censorship is. And oh mighty uncensored wikipedia, I hereby thank thee for getting me acquainted with shocksites. I've never even imagined such things existed before I got to the emoticon page. A garbage dump is not censored, either. Wikipedia is becoming one right now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.93.136.206 ( talk • contribs) 15:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
uh, I've never seen it used to signify kissing, but I've often seen it to signify being shut up, or impeded to speek as if it was a person with duct tape on their mouth.
I think that's even the image conversion that MSN messenger does when you type it. Cauzilo 01:49, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
The reference document only mentions it once, and it's a reference from either 1980 or 1992 (both years listed). In either case, it seems like a pretty far stretch from "emoticon" to "wowwwwwwwwwww" and the other info submitted. Thoughts? / Blaxthos 13:37, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
This is used to show a person on their hands and knees, banging their head on the ground. It could also be seen as a person bowing down before another. I see it quite often in online games and chats. - Krellion 14:23, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
A common vandalism of this page is to add ">:3 JESUS CHRIST! IT'S A LION! GET IN THE CAR!" Apparently this is a 4chan meme [3] which has since become an underground Internet meme (I've seen it in a few places). On the one hand, it shouldn't be in the list of common emoticons; on the other hand, this should be noted somewhere in this article. Only I can't figure out where, or how to word it. Stev0 15:01, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Ok, the first paragraph of the article says Scott Fahlman created emoticons in 1981. Then, a few paragraphs later, the reproduction of his original usenet post says 1982. And the "On this Day..." entry on the front page for today (9/19) says 1982. Which is it? Dgcopter 16:36, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Despair.com claims to have a patent on :-( which appears to be true. Shouldn't this be mentioned on this page? *smb 22:47, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
It is a copyright not a patent, and it is also a joke Foolswisdom 16:50, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Is this link fake also then?-- *smb 01:02, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
What does that one mean? The lists are already long why is it not included Foolswisdom 16:50, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
What does 8-) mean? 218.186.9.3 08:35, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
This article contains wholly inappropriate tone for an encyclopedia. Citing examples isn't even necessary at this point. It's blatantly obvious. -- 216.211.192.153 17:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Recently someone removed the following sentence, which had been in the history section for a long time, as "irrelevant":
I have reinserted it because I think it is an important example - this emoticon appeared prominently in print two years before the "official" invention of :-) and :-( in the (then) small and obscure world of bulletin boards, and has been kept as the title and hallmark of an influential magazine for over a quarter century. regards, High on a tree 20:46, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
I don't think " emote" should redirect here, given that it has an older. more general meaning of to express/display/convey emotion. NTK 02:44, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Could we remove these? I find them offensive and I'm sure many other people do as well. Also, this is the kind of page kids are likely to frequent and so I don't think it's appropriate to have this kind of stuff here. If you really must have it, could someone at least move it to a different page? -- Eruhildo 12:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
(>_")>(L)<("_<)
Luc(-"-)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.222.121 ( talk • contribs) 20:03, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
I have found at least a couple of common facial expresions which aren't covered as emoticons in this article, I can only remember one of the now, though. The puzzled expresion is the only one I can think of. At least i didn't find it when I made a search for it in this article. It is good if you get at least one hit when you make a search at an expression in the article. What does the puzzled expression look like by the way?
194.236.215.108 23:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't "xD" and "xP" also be included beside "XD" and "XP", respectively? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.230.173 ( talk • contribs) 23:14, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Why not add discussion about animated emoticons at deviantart. Why not add a link to show them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.74.86.198 ( talk • contribs) 21:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
searching for " Less than three" redirects to this page, but Less than three is not listed on this page anywhere. Someone who knows what it means (not me) needs to fix the redirect or add it to this page. -- 69.231.121.93 03:30, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for making another "nope I don't think this definition is right" comment, but I've never seen ">_<" used in a comical sense. Usually it means something along the lines of embarrassment, especially in anime circles. Change the definition? (I'm a n00b, help! ^^) Minami-chan 20:22, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm new, & I have NO idea what I'm doing, so don't blame me if this is the wrong place to put this. Anyway, the Buster Sword is a new emoticon (won't tell you who made it, but I want to add it.) The problem is that I can't figure out how to work the editing page to get the right results. If someone could help me edit, I'd very much appreciate it. You can find me at:
MSN Messanger- (sn)SNAIL ARMY!(sn) Battleon Forums- Neo Bahamut
And a few other places, but I won't tell you them.
Again, I'm sorry if I'm not supposed to place a personal message here, but it said 'discussion,' so I just figured this was the right place to ask this question. (Maybe instead of editing this away without a second thought, you could also help me with these quandries? ^_^)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.137.20 ( talk • contribs) 06:31, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
p.s. - you should really consider getting an ID -- Invisifan 15:51, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Swimming. Where can this emoticon be put? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kri ( talk • contribs) 12:46, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Saw this article marked as {{technical}}; not sure why it was so marked, so converted that flag to the more general {{cleanup|December 2006}} flag instead.
Also, when I encountered this article, I saw a section marked as {{POV-section}}. Because I see no sign of actual discussion about a POV dispute, I'm demoting it to {{POV-check}}, which I understand is a lesser grade of warning (i.e., not a full-blown POV dispute). 69.140.173.15 05:02, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
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Shouldn't the flags be delimited by | instead of )? 203.218.88.47 09:12, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I am curious what tt really means cos i have seen it a lot in chat in battle.net (server for the popular pc game warcraft3 - amongst other) i did a search but don't seem to find an answer that pleases me.. is it an emoticon for crying, or does it stand for "top this"? i have seen it also as t.t, so i guess it is an emoticon..? discuss. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.76.29.242 ( talk • contribs) 12:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Deleted material reproduced here as a matter of record: (click edit to see it; I made the section into a comment so as not to clutter the talk page)
I believe all of the above should be moved to the ASCII art page as they are not technically emoticons. Emoticons are defined as "keyed characters used to indicate an emotion," so in actuality, we're really pushing the envelope with a lot of the "emoticons" that only feature an activity. I'm drawing a line here at the ones which don't even feature a person, but rather an object. I hope this doesn't cause too much trouble. Please discuss here before putting them back in right away. Cheers. -- Hinotori (talk)| (ctrb) 05:32, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Most Chinese prefer to use graph emoticons now, and lots of them are really funny. I really want to show you some of them, I just don't know how can you tell me. In the past and now in some signatures or nicknames used in instant messengers, they use some symbol emoticons similar to the Japanese ones, some of the may even contain Chinese characters. eg, 凸^_^凸, >_<, ¯^¯, ˇ︿ˇ,‧_‧?, ☆_☆, ﹁ ﹁, ⊙o⊙... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.121.159 ( talk • contribs) 14:26, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
Can you actually use smileies here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.10.7.99 ( talk • contribs) 00:14, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
User:Tpvgames ( contribs) keeps reinserting the link to his own website at tpvgames.co.uk. This site is not particularly notable, and the link is clearly intended solely for advertisement. The fact that the user has ONLY editted emoticon related articles and has less than 25 edits overall suggest strongly that he has a specific agenda (not to mention the fact that his user name is the same name as his website). Wikipedia is not a soapbox. -- Hinotori (talk)| (ctrb) 18:51, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
I'll just number the reasons for my edits.
Hope everyone's ok with these changes. -- Hinotori (talk)| (ctrb) 13:36, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Im a bit disappointed the Emoticon Grammer documents were notable. And it isnt like tpgames site is making any money on putting a link on here, he dont even have any ads!! I will be putting them back on, and i will continue to do so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.219.110 ( talk • contribs) 14:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
It will be funny if an emoticon dictionary is set up. PS: I made up some funny graphic emoticons, better than the emoticons you used in msn or aim... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.119.81 ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Simply adding a hyphen to an emoticon can still change the meaning. Take for example, the classic colon-d emoticon:
Now if you add a hyphen to this, you get
Adding a hyphen can totally change the emoticon's mood. Where the former has a more primitive mood of joy, nothing else, the latter shows a more civilized grin. I propose the emoticons list have all hyphens removed with this note. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.161.201.16 ( talk • contribs) 04:01, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
in korea, we don't use Emoticon that kind of.. rather, another system using. so, It should be changed and amended. the next is example of korean Emoticon. - Ellif 01:54, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
p.s This page also remains of many 'korean emoticons'. It haves a kinds of western or japanese. but It have different things also! p.s.2 this page also~!
as anyone who uses emoticons would know, that the actual meaning of an emoticon is far more complex than just a couple words. For example, the definition of XD is not a childish laugh though at times it can be used. It's predominanetly used after certain statements that are somewhat selfmocking ish, for example, "no, I havn't started my homework yet XD" (when it's 11 pm of course).
I think it's impossible to actually define the exact meaning of each emoticon without dedicating a seperate wiki for each emoticon (which should be done :D) though for now, I added a quick comment that the definition of each emote is not absolute, rather a very basic guideline.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.137.149.0 ( talk • contribs) 07:00, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
This is listed under anime smileys when it totally isn't. It's a common smiley for the British as it's on the keyboard with a simple shift. I have never seen an anime in my life and I've used it as long as I've been on IRC. In other things would @>-'-,-- be considered a "smiley"? It's a rose and used a fair bit but it isn't really a face? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thnom ( talk • contribs) 17:48, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Couldn't this also be a friendly smile? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.188.172.165 ( talk • contribs) 06:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
This past weekend I picked up the MAD Magazine board game from a thrift store. It has a 1979 copyright, and uses a :) smiley on the board. Another bit to work in? -- Elijah 02:27, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
I may have missed it when I was looking through the list, but something that I do with emoticons is to use a semicolon to show a raised eyebrow, such as:
:-) ----> ;:-)
:-\ ----> ;:-\
This, IMO, gives an added depth to the emotion expressed. I haven't seen anyone use this aside from myself, and was curious to see if anyone else that contributes to this article does the same thing or has seen it used before.
Willbyr
14:04, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
I've read the peer-review page, and I agree to an extent. However:
This article needs a firm hand, and I don't currently have time for the project. -- Slashme 08:02, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
°u°
-- nlitement [talk] 16:57, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Can we block this Ip? This bot? only ads a link to the site inhunt ... only unrelevant content ... spam ... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.248.129.58 ( talk • contribs) 22:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Someone made a request at the Wikipedia: Abuse reports page to deal with this, although it was in poor and incorrect form. I took a look at the spamming that has taken place here and on the Smiley article, and decided to make a proper abuse report, seen here. In my little investigation, I saw that this spamming was taking place from multiple IPs, which were registered to many places. Also, some of these IPs appeared to be making worthy contributions. I don't really have a clue if this is a bot or not, or what it exactly is doing to achieve this high rate of spamming. This is because i lack any advanced knowledge in the area of computers of internet. So if someone a little more knowledgable could take a look at this, and add a better sypnosis to my abuse report, that would be greatly appreciated by all. -- Reaper X 19:01, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
My name (Michael P......) is still showing in the history list, remove it please! i dont wish to show there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.97.223.76 ( talk • contribs) 17:22, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
No one there... → A z a Toth 22:39, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Is this supposed to be a list of all smilies? what about @_@? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.69.22.188 ( talk • contribs) 17:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
The article says verticons such as (^-^) are "anime style", as though Western anime fans invented them, but aren't those originally Japanese emoticons? There may be some verticons used exclusively within Western anime fandom (and not in Japan), but to me, vast majority of them look completely Japanese. At least, this source says emoticons such as (^_^) are used from 1986, in Japanese ASCII-NET. Well, maybe in common English usage, those verticons are indeed called "anime style", but it'd be better to clarify most of them are originally Japanese emoticons.
Also, describing 2ch-style emoticons such as (゚∀゚) under the title "East Asian" sounds a bit odd. Yes, they are indeed "East Asian", but these emoticons are used almost exclusively by 2ch users; Japanese outside of 2ch community generally don't use it, other East Asians such as Koreans or Chinese don't use it. Instead, what they normally use is the verticons described as "anime style" in this article (with some local varieties). Describing only 2ch-style emoticons under the title "East Asian" is something like describing only gangsta hip-hop under the title "American music". It's not technically incorrect, but at least awkward. -- Kzaral 03:56, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
ô¿ô — BRIAN 0918 • 02:43, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Unicode has a few faces (☹ ☺ ☻), several hands (☚ ☛ ☜ ☝ ☞ ☟ ✌ ✍), and other symbols that might be of interest here (☃ ☠ ♿). Should they be incorporated into the article? Herorev 08:25, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe these reflect thumbs-up (sometimes written simply as - -b or - -)b ), with the d/b being the hands. People who aren't used to it commonly mistake them for the ears. -- 203.144.160.242 12:16, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Anonymous is shocked. Anonymous has always thought wiki was a place to direct everyone to. Liek, there ARE people who need a good article on emoticons here and there. And they totally DON'T need to know about Goatse or Tubgirl. I don't want them to know. They don't ever want to see it. But with those links gratiously provided, they just might click and regret lately. What the heck? Any vulva or anus smileys/emoticon (can an arse express emotions?) are perfectly okay, they are parts of human anatomy. BUT XCUSE ME WHAT THE HECK those darned INTERNET MEMES are doing here? Why not include links to scat or guro articles? That'd be so much fun! Let's compete with Uncyclopedia and /b/ !
This Anonymous is not going to edit this wiki. Somebody else would do. Who started it all and are in charge of this mess wiki has become. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.93.136.206 ( talk • contribs) 06:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Wiki is not censored? Why there's no LOLJESUS references at jesus page? They'd be perfectly relevant. Common sense for filtering all the bullshit has nothing to do with censorship. I'm a former USSR citizen, and I know perfectly what censorship is. And oh mighty uncensored wikipedia, I hereby thank thee for getting me acquainted with shocksites. I've never even imagined such things existed before I got to the emoticon page. A garbage dump is not censored, either. Wikipedia is becoming one right now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.93.136.206 ( talk • contribs) 15:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
uh, I've never seen it used to signify kissing, but I've often seen it to signify being shut up, or impeded to speek as if it was a person with duct tape on their mouth.
I think that's even the image conversion that MSN messenger does when you type it. Cauzilo 01:49, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
The reference document only mentions it once, and it's a reference from either 1980 or 1992 (both years listed). In either case, it seems like a pretty far stretch from "emoticon" to "wowwwwwwwwwww" and the other info submitted. Thoughts? / Blaxthos 13:37, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
This is used to show a person on their hands and knees, banging their head on the ground. It could also be seen as a person bowing down before another. I see it quite often in online games and chats. - Krellion 14:23, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
A common vandalism of this page is to add ">:3 JESUS CHRIST! IT'S A LION! GET IN THE CAR!" Apparently this is a 4chan meme [3] which has since become an underground Internet meme (I've seen it in a few places). On the one hand, it shouldn't be in the list of common emoticons; on the other hand, this should be noted somewhere in this article. Only I can't figure out where, or how to word it. Stev0 15:01, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Ok, the first paragraph of the article says Scott Fahlman created emoticons in 1981. Then, a few paragraphs later, the reproduction of his original usenet post says 1982. And the "On this Day..." entry on the front page for today (9/19) says 1982. Which is it? Dgcopter 16:36, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Despair.com claims to have a patent on :-( which appears to be true. Shouldn't this be mentioned on this page? *smb 22:47, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
It is a copyright not a patent, and it is also a joke Foolswisdom 16:50, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Is this link fake also then?-- *smb 01:02, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
What does that one mean? The lists are already long why is it not included Foolswisdom 16:50, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
What does 8-) mean? 218.186.9.3 08:35, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
This article contains wholly inappropriate tone for an encyclopedia. Citing examples isn't even necessary at this point. It's blatantly obvious. -- 216.211.192.153 17:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Recently someone removed the following sentence, which had been in the history section for a long time, as "irrelevant":
I have reinserted it because I think it is an important example - this emoticon appeared prominently in print two years before the "official" invention of :-) and :-( in the (then) small and obscure world of bulletin boards, and has been kept as the title and hallmark of an influential magazine for over a quarter century. regards, High on a tree 20:46, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
I don't think " emote" should redirect here, given that it has an older. more general meaning of to express/display/convey emotion. NTK 02:44, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Could we remove these? I find them offensive and I'm sure many other people do as well. Also, this is the kind of page kids are likely to frequent and so I don't think it's appropriate to have this kind of stuff here. If you really must have it, could someone at least move it to a different page? -- Eruhildo 12:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
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—Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.222.121 ( talk • contribs) 20:03, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
I have found at least a couple of common facial expresions which aren't covered as emoticons in this article, I can only remember one of the now, though. The puzzled expresion is the only one I can think of. At least i didn't find it when I made a search for it in this article. It is good if you get at least one hit when you make a search at an expression in the article. What does the puzzled expression look like by the way?
194.236.215.108 23:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't "xD" and "xP" also be included beside "XD" and "XP", respectively? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.230.173 ( talk • contribs) 23:14, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Why not add discussion about animated emoticons at deviantart. Why not add a link to show them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.74.86.198 ( talk • contribs) 21:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
searching for " Less than three" redirects to this page, but Less than three is not listed on this page anywhere. Someone who knows what it means (not me) needs to fix the redirect or add it to this page. -- 69.231.121.93 03:30, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for making another "nope I don't think this definition is right" comment, but I've never seen ">_<" used in a comical sense. Usually it means something along the lines of embarrassment, especially in anime circles. Change the definition? (I'm a n00b, help! ^^) Minami-chan 20:22, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm new, & I have NO idea what I'm doing, so don't blame me if this is the wrong place to put this. Anyway, the Buster Sword is a new emoticon (won't tell you who made it, but I want to add it.) The problem is that I can't figure out how to work the editing page to get the right results. If someone could help me edit, I'd very much appreciate it. You can find me at:
MSN Messanger- (sn)SNAIL ARMY!(sn) Battleon Forums- Neo Bahamut
And a few other places, but I won't tell you them.
Again, I'm sorry if I'm not supposed to place a personal message here, but it said 'discussion,' so I just figured this was the right place to ask this question. (Maybe instead of editing this away without a second thought, you could also help me with these quandries? ^_^)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.137.20 ( talk • contribs) 06:31, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
p.s. - you should really consider getting an ID -- Invisifan 15:51, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Swimming. Where can this emoticon be put? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kri ( talk • contribs) 12:46, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Saw this article marked as {{technical}}; not sure why it was so marked, so converted that flag to the more general {{cleanup|December 2006}} flag instead.
Also, when I encountered this article, I saw a section marked as {{POV-section}}. Because I see no sign of actual discussion about a POV dispute, I'm demoting it to {{POV-check}}, which I understand is a lesser grade of warning (i.e., not a full-blown POV dispute). 69.140.173.15 05:02, 28 December 2006 (UTC)