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The Irish proverb given contains small spelling errors. I have replaced it with "Dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi" and provided a sound reference from Irish proverbs (Михал Орела 18:51, 1 July 2008 (UTC))
"Friend of a friend (FOAF) is a phrase used to refer to someone that one does not know well — literally, a friend of a friend."
This definition is nonsensical. Someone you don't know well is not literally a friend of a friend — for this to be true, a friend of yours would have to know them, and this need not be true.
Furthermore, the definition says that a friend of a friend is literally a friend of a friend. You don't say. What is the point of this circular definition? — Paul G ( talk) 14:59, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
To establish that the French phase in this article exists, a reliable source needs to point to the existence of that phrase in public use. Links to listings of a 2013 French movie that uses the name performs such a act. We don't need a secondary source that discusses the film (which does not appear to have been released in translation/subtitles, hence lack of English-language discussion - there's plenty of French discussion) you only need to establish its existence. - DavidWBrooks ( talk) 01:20, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
To say that this article is merely about a meme, and not about the inherent concept of a human connection through a mutual friend, trivializes the article and separates it from the full meaning of the phrase. For example, WP:ARTICLE calls for comprehensive summary of the topic identified by the title of the article. Funnelling down to the meme represents your point of view. Since 1870 binary relations have been considered logic of relatives (C.C. Peirce), though that term has been regretted. The contribution is not OR but historic. Yes, there is some technicality involved, but it is implicit in the title of this article, and gives readers opportunity to better comprehend the meme. Readers may well be concerned with their personal popularity, wanting to make friends with popular people, and reaching for an understanding of relationships like FOAF. Asserting "this isn’t an article about networks" is contradicted by the line "The rise of social network services has led to an increased use of this term. Six degrees of separation is a related concept" that you left in the article. True, we are not discussing FOAF (ontology), but trivializing the title dumbs down article content. — Rgdboer ( talk) 21:56, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Today's rewrite was spurred by the old lead sentence which was inadequate. The link to balance theory was expanded to a section with appropriate references for this sociology topic. — Rgdboer ( talk) 23:16, 31 May 2018 (UTC)