I think your approach is the right one. For things
like "List of ethnic
slurs" the only approach I've ever seen to turn them into good articles
is to get positively hardcore about cites. Ask around for help, a lot
of good editors will back you up.
[[Inherently funny words]] used to be nonsense, but now it is (usually)
a quite interesting and quirky article, because it has sources.
[[List of movies considered the worst ever]] also has hardcore
citation requirements, just to keep the thing NPOV and sane. I try
similar at [[List of longest novels]], but some idjit keeps removing
the citations and imposing an arbitrary cutoff point.
- d.