Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meme hack

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This seems to be an article on an obscure, disused term that was coined in the late 90s to early 2000s and is only used in two sources, and doesn't even seem to be meaningfully distinct from something like culture jamming or détournement. The second source is particularly weak as it doesn't even really provide anthing other than a definition on a defunct right-wing blog with very little information or further context. Iostn (talk) 21:27, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and Internet. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 03:05, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
• Redirect to Détournement as an WP:ATD per WP:NOTDICTIONARY. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 08:28, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

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• Redirect to Détournement as an WP:ATD .Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 00:35, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
• re: redirecting, I'm not actually sure if this should go to Détournement as there are several other articles this could go to, such as culture jamming or subvertising Iostn (talk) 21:37, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

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• Delete: Term seems to have evolved into something else [https://techobserver.in/news/cybersecurity/memes-hack-explained-hackers-use-memes-on-twitter-to-secretly-send-commands-to-malware-236188/], but that's the only use of the phrase I can find. There are no RS discussing it regardless. Oaktree b (talk) 12:00, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
• Not sure if Détournement or any of the proposed targets really count. All of those involve defacing the meme, while the definition provided for Meme hack sounds more like Co-option#Second sense. What about we redirect there? (Also, about Oaktree's link, that seems to me a neologism that article attempted to coin and failed to popularize.) Aaron Liu (talk) 16:40, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
• Delete, everyone is working hard to find a synonym to redirect to, but none of these are quite right, and Co-option is dangerously close to WP:DICDEF (if not a disambiguation or index page) and very poorly cited. Suggest we just get rid of Meme hack, given the lack of support for it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:49, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
• :Obviously the current state of that article is nowhere near, but I think it has great potential to discuss sources' analysis of co-option in e.g. politics, along with past examples of meme hacks like Red pill and blue pill#In the manosphere. Aaron Liu (talk) 22:55, 21 April 2025 (UTC)