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| *'''Comment''' I'd like to see the article kept since I believe it's a notable enough topic: however, the current references don't really demonstrate this. If the decision is to merge it should be to humour or joke; America has no monopoly on mathematicians or their humour. ] | ] 22:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC) | *'''Comment''' I'd like to see the article kept since I believe it's a notable enough topic: however, the current references don't really demonstrate this. If the decision is to merge it should be to humour or joke; America has no monopoly on mathematicians or their humour. ] | ] 22:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC) | ||
| *'''Keep'''. Notable enough topic. Article could use review by someone familiar with the subject to make sure the content is limited to notable and verifiable jokes, and weed out any original research. ] (]) 00:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC) | *'''Keep'''. Notable enough topic. Article could use review by someone familiar with the subject to make sure the content is limited to notable and verifiable jokes, and weed out any original research. ] (]) 00:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC) | ||
| *'''Delete.''' If mathematical joke deserves a page, then there might as well be pages for animal humor, or humor in other fields of study. It simply does not belong as its own page. If it is not deleted, it should be shortened greatly and merged with ], I doubt most even makes sense in other languages due to heavy reliance on puns. ] (]) 01:29, 20 May 2008 (UTC) | |||
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This article is one big pile of original research. The first link that shows up on google for "mathematical humor" or mathematical joke is a professor webpage at the University of Utah. It is not a well-established type of humor like "knock knock jokes" or the "one-liner" and so, likely does not deserve its own page. Just to compare, the "That's what she said" joke does not have it's own article. I recommend a merge to Joke, Humor, or American humor. WhatsUpPussycat? (talk) 20:57, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- Delete as nom. WhatsUpPussycat? (talk) 21:00, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- — WhatsUpPussycat? (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
- Question Is your vote delete or merge? We can't do both. Olaf Davis | Talk 22:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- Keep. I disagree with the premise that something has to be as well known as knock-knock jokes to merit an article. We'd have to delete most of this encyclopedia if that were true. The Google argument doesn't hold any water either. Whole books have been written about mathematical humor - check Amazon. It's true that the article has many problems (references among them), but it passes general notability guidelines. – jaksmata 21:49, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- Keep. Notable and verifiable subject. `'Míkka>t 22:36, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- Comment I'd like to see the article kept since I believe it's a notable enough topic: however, the current references don't really demonstrate this. If the decision is to merge it should be to humour or joke; America has no monopoly on mathematicians or their humour. Olaf Davis | Talk 22:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- Keep. Notable enough topic. Article could use review by someone familiar with the subject to make sure the content is limited to notable and verifiable jokes, and weed out any original research. KleenupKrew (talk) 00:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Delete. If mathematical joke deserves a page, then there might as well be pages for animal humor, or humor in other fields of study. It simply does not belong as its own page. If it is not deleted, it should be shortened greatly and merged with American humor, I doubt most even makes sense in other languages due to heavy reliance on puns. AboriginalDuck (talk) 01:29, 20 May 2008 (UTC)