Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mother-in-law joke

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. &mdash; Xezbeth 18:56, May 15, 2005 (UTC)

Mother-in-law joke
Salvaged from the Speedy deletion page. User:Sn0wflake attached a -tag on this article but I disagree. I am putting this up on the VfD page instead for discussion. Sjakkalle 07:29, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, obviously. As far I'm concerned, if you remove a speedy delete tag from an article, there's no obligation to add it to VFD. sjorford &rarr;&bull;&larr; 08:22, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I thought it was common procedure. Sjakkalle 08:48, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd recommend bringing things here from WP:CSD if you think there's a reasonable chance of deletion, but I wouldn't bother for things like fancruft that could be merged anyway. Kappa 08:58, 9 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep, notable type of joke. Kappa 08:58, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - notable type of joke that translates across many cultures.--AYArktos 09:14, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep There's sociological work on this subject that I could get round to incorporating. The JPS 09:48, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. If this were a list of mother-in-law jokes, its encyclopedic value would be in question. But it's a perfectly decent treatment of a notable topic.   [  +t,  +c  ] 10:19, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Mother-in-law jokes are quite common, and if expanded this could become a pretty interesting article.Columbia 10:24, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep -- crucial (if politically incorrect) aspect of Northern English humo(u)r --Simon Cursitor 14:03, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. Seems to me mother-in-law jokes remain ubiquitous in American situation comedy as well.  If they're thought "politically incorrect," that hasn't penetrated here, and I frankly have a hard time imagining the grounds.  Then again, I don't watch much network TV either. -- Smerdis of Tlön 18:20, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. Well known form of humor. Capitalistroadster 22:36, 9 May 2005 (UTC)


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