`  :: Splitting this article is unnecessary - it's not too long (yet).  Pushing cruft off into another article might make this article cleaner - but it just creates another pit of crap that Wikipedia will have to clean up (probably by deleting the entire list sometime in the future).  We should take a stand on the cruft issue - find consensus - draw a line in the sand and defend it against efforts to bloat it.  :: We certainly don't want this article to become ``List of Internet memes``.  The way to avoid that is to look to our roots.  We have to stick to memes that are special to Slashdot.  IMHO, there are two categories of memes that are special to Slashdot and could be mentioned in the article:  ::# Those memes that were definitely started on Slashdot - which may or may not have spread to more widespread usage,  If they started on Slashdot then we should be able to accurately reference down to a particular contribution - and name the originator and the circumstances of it spreading.  We could perhaps enlist the help of slashdotters to do this - we could post an ``Ask Slashdot`` question for example.  Some of them will remember the first instance of ``In soviet russia...``, etc. ::# Those memes which are disproportionately used on Slashdot compared to the internet as a whole.   That's tough to do - it's going to be almost impossible to decide what the statistical prevelance of Slashdot use versus the Internet in general...it would be tough to set limits on just how much more prevelant they have to be in order to be notable...and that information would be quite utterly impossible to reference.  :: So, my proposal is that memes started on Slashdot should be hunted out - referenced copiously and listed here as we find them. :: Memes that are merely in common use on Slashdot - but which originated elsewhere - should NOT be listed comprehensively here because we can't prove that they are used dispropotionately - and we can't reference that fact.  We should limit ourselves to perhaps mentioning a small number of the most common ones in prose text - and vigorously defend the article from accumulating cruft as people try to extend that number.     === Proposal to deal with the ``Culture`` section === Please indicate consensus with either Agree or Disagree - if the latter, please explain your alternative proposal:  Proposal:  The list of memes in the ``Culture`` section should be reduced to a smaller set of memes that were originated on Slashdot - each of which should be accompanied by some indication of when and how it got started - preferably with a link to the Slashdot thread where it started and the name of the originator.   For memes that are in extremely common use on Slashdot - but which are in no way unique to Slashdot - we should pick a handful of the most common, describe them in a prose section and work to avoid having that section turn into a cruft-list or grow significantly in number.   `