[WikiEN-l] Joke

Sat Jul 15 22:51:23 UTC 2006

On 7/15/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:36:15 +0200, "Steve Bennett"
> <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> >Honestly, I don't really see much need for a reliable source for a
> >joke. If we say that a joke has a premise, a genre, a punchline etc,
> >then we give an example that meets the criteria - I don't really see
> >the harm if we invented the joke on the spot. If a better example
> >comes along, so much the better.
>
> Policy means nothing here, then?  We can allow OR and subjective
> judgments as to which jokes do or don't represent the genre?

I don't think we require that illustrations need citations to prove
they're representative, do we?  We do allow subjective judgments on
Wikipedia.

That said, academic citations would be cool - I'm sure there are
academic papers on jokes.

-Matt