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December 20, 2013	Articles for deletion	Kept
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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 23, 2015.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that there is a surprise if you search for "doge meme" (pictured) on YouTube?

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Chayka, Kyle (31 December 2013). "Wow this is doge". The Verge. Vox Media.

On 26 December 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved to Doge (internet meme). The result of the discussion was not moved.

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The shiba inu has been announced dead due to cancer, please add this somewhere

on the 19th of august, Cheems Balltze was announced dead by its owner. Please add this information somewhere in the page 110.144.134.83 (talk) 06:01, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kabosu didn't die, Cheems did. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 06:03, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kabosu has Passed

Kabosu's owner posted on their blog that Kabosu had passed at 7:50 AM on May 24th, 2024.

https://kabochan.blog.jp/archives/51831907.html RandySiemens (talk) 07:29, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. AfghanParatrooper19891 (talk) 15:21, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 14 August 2024

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The line: "The meme began to grow in popularity after it was used on Reddit in October 2010 in a post titled "LMBO LOOK @ THIS FUKKEN DOGE."[2][8]" does not mention that the original post does not feature Kabuso, but instead an image of a corgi. An archive of this post can be seen here: https://web.archive.org/web/20101023170519/https://www.reddit.com/r/ads/comments/dsxz3/lmbo_look_this_fukken_doge/

The comments on the post also clearly indicate the dog was in fact a corgi.

Given this paragraph begins referencing Kabuso, it should be clearly stated that the original post that is referred to does not actually include Kabuso. Trevorchedda (talk) 01:48, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done The second citation given for this sentence says just as much, leading me to believe the first citation is incorrect, resulting from a hasty conflation of the word with the image. With the factual evidence you present being backed up by the source already given in the article's sourcing, I've updated the wording accordingly as you've asked. CloakedFerret (talk) 05:00, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 12 November 2024

Request to add a section under "Government" in order to include Elon Musk and Donald Trump's proposed branch of the United States Government called "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE), as well as link back to the Wikipedia page for the Department of Government Efficiency. Rainstories (talk) 02:20, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're probably looking for the Doge disambiguation page, which it is already linked on. Ringtail Raider (talk) 07:54, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 26 November 2024

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In the "Origin and pronunciation" section of this page, on the last paragraph, the word "meme", after the words "In Polish Internet this", is spelled "mem". 9AsphaltLegend (talk) 02:31, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done That typo, and others that were made in the same edit, have now been fixed. Damien Linnane (talk) 03:10, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Word "origin" erroneous

The statement that the word "doge" originated as an internet meme is not factual. My suggestion is to please make a reference to the "Doge of Venice" as a more original use of the word "doge." Perhaps a link on the Doge Meme page. (I was attempting to discover what the term "doge" referred to originally. It sounded familiar... thanks. 2603:7080:F00:DC4:A4E1:F87:F6B0:788A (talk) 16:56, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What reliable source do you have that says this? EvergreenFir (talk) 18:18, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There seems to be a preponderance of sources on the existence of the word doge as an Italian city state ruler in the article Doge (title). But this article does not say that the word doge originated as an internet meme, though it does discuss previous uses of the misspelling doge to refer to dogs on the internet before the famous Shiba Inu co-opted the word. ✨ΩmegaMantis✨^blather 04:07, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

paragraph in word origin and pronunciation section should be removed

EDIT: i thought this page was protected, i got confused sorry. i have edited the page now and done what i suggested. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gish1991 (talk • contribs) 18:36, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i don’t understand why over half of this section is talking about “other characters” inside the pronunciation and origin of the word doge. im going to copy and paste it but i think its irrelevant and should be removed from this wiki as it doesnt have anything to do with doge but just other dog memes. they aren’t even a part of the origin of this 2013 meme this has nothing to do with it at all and if it wont be deleted then maybe it should be moved to another section, but i dont see another section in this wiki page where this would be relevant. the information is well sourced and all that but it just seems unnecessary and completely irrelevant esp considering this idiot elon musk is going to be giving this wiki a lot more clicks for his little department of “efficiency” (got off track there sry)

“Some of the other characters used in the meme are based on photographs of real dogs. Cheems is based on an image of a dog named Balltze, from Hong Kong; he was adopted at the age of one and was nine years old in 2020. He had leukemia and was undergoing thoracentesis (the draining of fluid from his chest) when he died on August 18, 2023, aged 12. Walter is based on the bull terrier Nelson, who originally became popular in 2018 after his owner, Victoria Leigh, posted a picture of Nelson to Twitter, with the caption "When u open the front-facing camera on accident." In 2020, rumors of Nelson's death began to circulate the internet, although they turned out to be false.” Gish1991 (talk) 18:22, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gives name to Dept of Government Efficiency

This should be mentioned in lede _pbp 16:05, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As per WP:LEAD, it actually shouldn't be mentioned there. Damien Linnane (talk) 00:57, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]