Talk:U-S-A!

Ronald McDonald

Somebody cleverly spammed the page a while ago and replaced all the names with "Ronald McDonald". That is, except for the name John Cena. Would someone mind going through and fixing that? -StreetAnger (talk) 05:33, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

UPDATE: it seems that this user https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/74.103.208.26 is a spammer and should be stopped. -StreetAnger (talk) 05:36, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

ASU/USA

At Arizona State football games, sometimes the "ASU" flags get switched around, and opposing fans will sometimes sarcastically yell, "U-S-A! U-S-A!" -- Nwebster84, 21:40, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

'gold medal win'

The US won the gold medal after defeating Finland, not in the Miracle on Ice game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.173.88.38 (talk) 21:14, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

irony

this is also a popular chant for when the usa, or a citizen thereof, does something embarrassing. with near exclusivity, it is a fellow citizen who expects better of their compatriots.

while it is a possibility that non-citizens may use it derisively, this usage lacks the required mutual standing and, therefore, subsequent embarrassment.

71.253.25.182 (talk) 01:00, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes the sarcastic U-S-A cheer is actually what prompted me to find this article. It's generally seen on late night comedy shows, especially The Colbert Report, Conan, The Daily Show. Often after something embarrassingly American like a food eating contest, or celebrities demeaning themselves, or a ingenious invention to facilitate extreme laziness. Often paired with the sarcastic "Only in America..." 76.112.217.183 (talk) 17:09, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

First usage

Good job they invented the USA chant at that hockey match in 1980. However, the article forgets to mention that they invented time travel and went back to a 1979 USA vs Hungary soccer match and taught them the chant before it existed. Let's make it clear that the 1980 Olympics hockey game is a folk origin (or popularization event) for the chant, which has no real verification beyond a few people watching a major sporting event on television and saying "well that was the first time I heard it". It's a little too convenient that it was "invented" at a moment when everyone was watching it on TV. SFB 08:15, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Wisconsin School/U Suck Ass

I'd expel the students solely on the basis of bad grammar. u must stop using teh internets 2 lern ur spelling or u look liek teh LOLZ!!!!!111 </end sarcasm> -- 70.56.81.63 (talk) 18:42, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Move? 2011

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The result of the proposal was

U-S-A! cheer → U-S-A! –

• "Cheer" doesn't appear to be a part of the chant Brandmeister t 00:03, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
• Contesting this move because title is descriptive and requested new page is not. Cloudz679 05:41, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
• Or move to U-S-A! (cheer)? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:22, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
• The proposed name is unclear and seems to me to avoid the parenthetical just fine. If the title is confusing, maybe displaying the U-S-A! in italics would help. --Pnm (talk) 03:36, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
• At 15:21, 22 November 2011‎ someone moved this page to U-S-A! (chant). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:30, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
• Would be nice to wait and let the closer handle the move, but U-S-A! (chant) does seem OK to me. --Pnm (talk) 22:14, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Agree that chant seems OK to me, too. Cloudz679 09:36, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Agree too. I've been itching to see this move for a year. I was too chicken to propose it. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:49, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

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WikiProject Song

According to an opinion garnered at WT:WikiProject Songs, chants are covered by that project. So can someone reinstate the banner? 76.65.128.132 (talk) 05:58, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

I don't think that's a good idea. See the January 2012 response at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Songs/Archive 8#Chants. It's not like this is a Gregorian chant or anything; the "lyrics" are just "U-S-A" repeated. --BDD (talk) 18:03, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Instrumentals are not songs either, but WPSONGS covers that. Musical rhythmic acoustics seems to be the coverage area of WPSONGS (and spoken word "songs" found in some modern forms of rap music, which sound more like speeches than anything else, with a musical background track) -- 70.51.202.183 (talk) 05:10, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Shouting down protesters

Might want to mention that now the chant is regularly being used by crowds at political speeches in the U.S. to drown out protesters who yell out to interrupt the speaker. I don't have a source at hand, but I'm sure a Google search will turn up many examples. - dcljr (talk) 23:00, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Feel free to find those sources and add them to the page. If it's a prevalent as you seem to suggest, it's worth noting. Achowat (talk) 13:33, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Requested move 5 June 2015

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The result of the move request was: Move. Cúchullain ^t/c 18:50, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

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U-S-A! (chant) → U-S-A! – The disambiguation qualifier is unnecessary. This chant is the only article with the name "U-S-A!". U-S-A! and USA! both redirect here and USA (disambiguation) doesn't list any other terms that use an exclamation mark. Tavix | Talk  14:38, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

• Support per nom. I was actually just about to make this move myself; glad I looked here first. --BDD (talk) 18:00, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

• Me too, but then I noticed Talk:U-S-A!_(chant)#Move.3F_2011, and thought I'd better get consensus first. Tavix | Talk  18:04, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

• Comment I don't see an encyclopedic advantage in the removal of the explanation. GregKaye 20:40, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

It's not an "explanation," it's WP:parenthetical disambiguation, used when there is more than one topic with the same name. The "explanation" is the article itself. Tavix | Talk  01:46, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

• Support per nom, provided that "USA!" is repointed to redirect to the new article. ONR (talk) 20:45, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Yep, that should happen automatically, as it will become a double redirect. --BDD (talk) 21:45, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

• Support per nom. WP:DIFFCAPS seems to be clear. Red Slash 07:32, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose USA! can have multiple meanings, users can't be expected to guess that this is the only one with a dedicated article. In ictu oculi (talk) 01:10, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

...but it is the only one with an article. See USA (disambiguation). What else goes by "USA!" (With the explanation point)? Tavix | Talk  01:53, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

It's still a good point. If we move it to remove the "(chant)", we're going to need to add a hatnote. Achowat (talk) 02:50, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Since "USA!" redirects here, it might be a good idea to add the hatnote anyway, just in case. Tavix | Talk  03:05, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

• Support per nom, and eventually add a hatnote. Cavarrone 05:49, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Rreagan007 (talk) 01:49, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
• Support per WP:DIFFCAPS. The other title already redirects here, which is backwards, anyway. kennethaw88 • talk 02:05, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

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