Talk:Devious lick

Requested move 22 September 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:46, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

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Devious licks → Devious LicksDevious Licks – Licks should be capitalized because multiple RS cited in article capitalize both words. Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk) 03:00, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose – Not a proper name and not capitalized in three-quarters of the cited sources that have the phrase in their headlines. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 05:09, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

@BarrelProof: Seconded - Per WP:COMMONNAME. 174.198.202.168 (talk) 12:28, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose - Per BarrelProof. BubbaJoe123456 (talk) 17:26, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose - Per WP:COMMON NAME RobotGoggles (talk) 19:31, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose for all the reasons given above, and because 'devious lick' obviously isn't a proper noun and should not be capitalized. Just because a source employs bad grammar or has misspellings doesn't mean Wikipedia needs to follow suit. Joe (talk) 22:50, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

"Are" → "were"?

Because the trend has been banned off the app, should the tense of the article be changed? —  Melofors  TC 01:03, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose - Sadly, according to both local and national RS (NBC LA KOB 4), the trend is still affecting schools and now several former students of some schools (like one south of Tampa, FL) had to address those responsible and warn them to stop or face some serious consequences. -2603:9000:A703:1EFD:A877:9009:BEF1:D175 (talk) 09:46, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Origin of the name

Origin section doesn't mention how the trend got its' name - does anyone know? Oriiiiii (talk) 11:54, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

@Oriiiiii: What do you mean? It says in the first sentence that the name originated from a caption in the first video. —  Melofors  TC 17:54, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Aftermath?

Devious licks recently gave way to a list of monthly TikTok "challenges" for the 2021–2022 academic year, which seems to be supported by a few reliable sources. A notable challenge on the list, which is for this month (October), is the "slap a teacher challenge"; reliable sources for this "challenge" can be found with a quick, simple Google search. I'm thinking about adding an 'aftermath' section, but it seems like devious licks are still going on. Should I add it? Let me know. Thank you in advance for your inputs. L33tm4n (talk) 16:06, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

I haven't received anything yet, so I'm going to be pinging other users for help.​ L33tm4n (talk) 21:53, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

References

Covid context

I'm on mobile, but I think it'd be helpful to note the timeline's relation to the Covid 19 pandemic. It seems that the challenge started as American students returned back from remote learning, which might be relevant. SheepTester (talk) 08:25, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

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Should we mention Angelic Yields?

The opposite of devious licks
- EmsSV (talk) 23:36, 27 April 2026 (UTC)