Talk:Catchiness
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Merge[edit]
The majority of the content here frames "Catchiness" as the psychological phenomenon of memorable tunes, but none of the references are from scientific sources. The Earworm article is a much better discussion of the topic. Thus I will delete most of the content here and merge anything helpful to the Earworm article, then set up a redirect. Someone may wish to reinstate this page if they wish to discuss catchiness in a sense more general than music and source it from psychological texts. geordie (talk) 13:51, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
Article Evaluation[edit]
In terms of organization, the article is concise, clear, and easy to digest. However, it is quite underdeveloped and includes only one section that explores several possible explanations for catchiness. This 'Analysis' section is well-organized and draws from a variety of scholarly and reputable sources to form an understanding of the psychology of 'catchiness'. With this in mind, including other sections that provide more information on catchiness from different angles can improve this article by a large margin. Possible sections include: a section that focuses on the biological and scientific processes that make an 'earworm' possible, a section that details any cures for 'catchiness', or a section detailing the effect of this phenomenon in popular culture and mainstream media. Parouz (talk) 18:10, 5 February 2020 (UTC)