Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The shortest joke


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The result was delete. Vanamonde (Talk) 19:10, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

The shortest joke

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There are two reasons for deleting this article, either of which would be sufficient on its own.

First, it's not notable. The only real source (the others are just for examples of short jokes) is a PhD dissertation, which is not a reliable source. I was unable to find any other source on the web. Additionally, that mention of the shortest joke is just one paragraph in a 250-page work, so it's questionable whether this would constitute significant coverage even if it were a reliable source.

Second, the article as written is original research. The source is about Russian "Anekdoty", but the article generalizes this to short jokes from all countries. Dan Bloch (talk) 18:14, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:No original research. The sources do not support the topic, and this is an entirely original idea. That said, I strongly disagree with the nominator that a PhD dissertation published by the University of Pittsburgh should be classified as "unreliable". Dissertations go through scrupulous editorial review by an expert faculty panel before publishing, and should be considered reliable. That said, the dissertation is about Russian anekdoty, and not short jokes in general. It would be a perfectly acceptable source within the article on Russian jokes.4meter4 (talk) 18:37, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I stand corrected. Consider my text suitably modified. Dan Bloch (talk) 19:27, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOR (specifically WP:SYNTH) and 4meter4 above; none of the sources are implying this is a notable general concept, and the paper seems mostly focused on humor in Russian cultures with a brief discussion of short jokes, and doesn't make any broader statements about short jokes (unless I'm missing something). The Russian concept of anekdoty might be notable, but there's not enough here to justify a move. Dylnuge  (Talk • Edits) 18:45, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Entertainment, Germany,  and Russia.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:05, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete OR, nothing substantial on which to build an article. Oaktree b (talk) 02:22, 24 October 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.