[WikiEN-l] Joke
poore5 at adelphia.net
poore5 at adelphia.net
Tue Jul 11 23:16:53 UTC 2006
---- Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
>
> I removed the jokes. Mikka reverted. My reasoning:
> * no reliable sources for these being considered representative of the
> classes of joke discussed
> * this is about the concept of the joke, it is not [[List of jokes]]
> (and most especially not [[List of randomly selected and generally
> abysmal jokes]])
> * several are gratuitously offensive. It should be possible to read
> the article on joke, be told that racist jokes exist, but not be
> subjected to them unless you visit a separate article
> * WP:NOT a joke book
> * cruft, cruft, cruft and more cruft. Most are drive-bys.
>
> Guy (JzG)
Agree all around.
Sydney
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