Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Humour

Humour
User:Jguk nominated this for a speedy delete. In this case, it is non-trivial enough that I would like to get a little more input here before this is deleted from Wikibooks. It was created by an anonymous user, and is a scholarly treatment over what constitutes humor, not a recreation of the Jokebook. I'm not sure if this content ought to be merged with Humor (i.e. transwikied to en.wikipedia... they certainly send a bunch of stuff our way), or if it should be simply deleted. --Rob Horning 14:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Not based on subject matter, but based on length and lack of a activity.  THis is an eternal stub, and is more on the order of an encyclopedia article than a book.  If there's anything worth keeping, merge it into the pedia.  --Gabe Sechan 17:02, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge - to Wikipedia or wherever appropriate. Seems not like a book topic but something that could go in a section of an encyclopedia. -Matt 02:00, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I thought that this would work well being merged into an encyclopedia, so I merged it into Humour. Maybe someone else can try to merge it into Wikipedia. I would not do this myself; I tend to write, "Advance knowledge of the final punch line destroys the surprise factor, which in turn destroys the entertainment value or amusement," but Wikipedia policy apparently favors, "In this vein of thought, knowing a punch line in advance, or some situation which would flub the delivery of the punchline, can destroy the surprise factor, and in turn destroys the entertainment value or amusement the joke may have otherwise provided." In short, Wikipedia uses "can", "may", "might", "possible", ... much more often than I do. --Kernigh 04:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I believe an acting school would have classes that this type of resource could be used in as a textbook. While it is extremely small at the moment, it could grow into a useful book. Keep, but allow for a revisit if it doesn't improve fairly quickly. Gentgeen 09:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC) (PS, why does title use British English spelling, while the content is in American English?)
 * Delete. Without even looking, I can say with relative assurance that wikipedia probably has more information then this "book" on the topic of Humor. Delete this forever, and don't try to move lousy, half-assed material to another project. --Whiteknight (talk)(projects) 14:43, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Deleted, Jguk 15:22, 8 May 2006 (UTC)