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Art or vandalism?

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A huge amount of this article is devoted to the notion of graffiti as an artform, and yet the majority of graffiti is criminal juvenile tagging, endlessly repeated, without talent, originality or imagination. Nowhere does the article mention that graffiti is unpopular, and yet it is. A 2014 Yougov poll (for example), conducted in the UK, showed that only 15% of the population actually liked graffiti, whereas 45% of the population positively disliked it, albeit that a slim majority agreed with the (totally irrelevant) postulation that some graffiti could be considered art. It goes without saying that some graffiti could of course be considered art: but unfortunately it's only about 0.001% of it. Surely the unpopularity of graffiti should be mentioned?

Graffiti in Wikipedia itself

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Would it perhaps make sense to mention the form of inserting non-content-related entries into Wikipedia articles (vandalism) as a kind of modern graffiti in the chapter on "Modern Experimentation"? As Wiki(gra)ffiti, so to speak, "Wikifitti". Spezi91 (talk) 17:43, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, typo: "Wikiffiti" Spezi91 (talk) 17:55, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can you cite sources for this? See WP:OR. 162 etc. (talk) 19:08, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello 162 etc.,
I noticed the term "Wikiffiti" was coined in 2008 by Matt Mechtley (see: Citation needed - Wikipedia) as a form of sticker art in the real world:
e.g.:
[1]https://boingboing.net/2008/01/02/wikiffiti-stickers-t.html
[citation needed] | Know Your Meme
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But the term "Wikipedia graffiti" was used, for example here:[2]https://www.flyertalk.com/articles/have-you-seen-american-airlines-ceo-doug-parkers-wikipedia-page.html in the way of a modification of a Wikipedia article. Examples could also found in social media, like Twitter (X) with the search of "Wikipedia graffiti" or #Wikiffiti ...
Therefore, one or both of these could be considered to see if they can be usefully integrated into the article or if they are irrelevant to the reader.
Best regards, Spezi91 (talk) 15:26, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not convinced that the sources you've cited here are particularly reliable. See WP:SOURCES 162 etc. (talk) 00:41, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ancient graffito

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Hello all! I have seen there is an article called Graffito (archeology) which discusses ancient graffiti. I think a lot of information from this page could be moved over to that one, and summarised over here - what is everyones thoughts on this? -- NotCharizard 🗨 13:50, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 August 2024

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Pizza — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.127.18.77 (talk) 18:56, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 August 2024

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Pizza — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.108.207 (talk) 04:07, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 23 October 2024

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CHANGE: trains were covered in graffiti (1973). TO: train covered in graffiti (1973).

The original caption states that "trains were covered in graffiti"; implying all trains (since 'train(s)'), used to be (since 'were') covered in graffiti. The photo shows one singular train covered in graffiti and does not cite any sources stating that every single train in NYC was covered in graffiti in 1973; which was allegedly since removed. ParanormaI (talk) 03:48, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like you were able to complete this yourself. Thanks for fixing the caption! Marking as answered. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 04:44, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]