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Merger proposal

I'm proposing that the new article Humour sense (which probably refers to "sense of humour" - a redirect to Humour) be merged into Humour. As it stands now, Humour sense seems to be a bit of an essay with some academic references. The reasons I'm not proposing to delete that article outright (and believe me, I definitely considered a PROD for a while), is that some of the references might be useful in the Humour, possibly with an expansion of "sense of humour". Singularity42 (talk) 23:55, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

You can attempt it, but that article is pretty bad. Ignoring its overly casual tone, it's going to be hard to figure out what to salvage and what to throw out based on references. But hey, give it a shot. — HelloAnnyong 00:36, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

You might be right. I took another look at the article and unless I want to research the papers cited there, I wouldn't know what is salvable. I think I'll leave this merger proposal for a few days to see if anyone else has some thoughts, and if that's the general consensus I'll prod the article. Singularity42 (talk) 00:39, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

My vote for striking it altogether. I've never seen the term humour sense before, and Googling for it doesn't find too many hits. Rp (talk) 23:58, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm assuming the author wanted "sense of humour", which already redirect to this article's page. I'm going ahead and PRODing the article. Singularity42 (talk) 00:01, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. BTW, the list of references in Humour sense is real and valuable, if accompanied by a discussion. Rp (talk) 15:35, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

I've included the references here, so that they'll still be around to work on when/if the other article is deleted:

• Boyle GJ, Joss-Reid JM (2004) Relationship of humour to health: a psychometric investigation. Br J Health Psychol 9(Pt 1):51-66.
• Clark A, Seidler A, Miller M (2001) Inverse association between sense of humor and coronary heart disease. Int J Cardiol 80(1): 87-88.
• Kelly WE (2002) An investigation of worry and sense of humor. J Psychol 136(6): 657—666.
• Sayre J (2001) The use of aberrant medical humor by psychiatric unit staff. Issues Ment Health Nurs 22(7):669-689.
• Thorson JA, Powell FC (2001) Undertakers' sense of humor. Psychol Rep. 89(1): 175—176.

Singularity42 (talk) 15:40, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

MR bean???

Really, why is Mr Bean the flag-ship of the topic? It's one of the worst movies in history! I didnt laugh a single time! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.179.186.249 (talk) 01:31, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

I've added a couple more comedians to balance things up a bit. Biscuittin (talk) 12:47, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

The entry on Theories of Humour is all wrong! Raskin's SSTH (1985) is not the same as Attardo & Raskin's GTVH (1991) - I corrected that now but still it is a very poorly written article and does not do justice to the wide area of research and the varieties of existing theories. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.227.185.18 (talk) 11:18, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

He is a good comedian Ganesaninfo (talk) 16:14, 11 September 2013 (UTC) He is a legend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.250.244.20 (talk) 14:20, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Citation requests

Regarding this edit: WP:V only requires citations for claims that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and nobody is going to seriously challenge the statement that "humour" exists, or that people have a "sense of humour". Editors do not have to provide citations to claim that the sky is blue or that water flows downhill. Hut 8.5 10:25, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

To respectfully disagree, there are plenty of philosophers who make it their mission in life to argue that things like humour don't exist.

―67.180.86.254 (talk) 06:40, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

The text below is from a humour research forum.

"Of course, saying that "humor doesn't exist" is a methodological point of view ; we must prove the occurrences of humor, each time it appears. I think that many scholars have made a confusion between the word "humor" and the wide range of events occurring in everyday life, in literature, in arts, etc., labelled "humor" by human beings. Of course, "humor exists"... but is there only one way to define it, to define its mechanisms ?... I'm not sure of this. As we all know here, all the definitions proposed by all scholars (from Antiquity to nowadays) don't explain the phenomenon at a moment or another. Because there is no ONE essence of the phenomenon nor ONE definition which explains it ." Médéric Gasquet-Cyrus (University of Aix-Marseille/France) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zabadees (talk • contribs) 07:34, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Humours of Yahoo Matches

Yahoo Matches asks members to self-report on a classification of humours - eg. dry humour. That typology could be analyzed here —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.198.51.211 (talk) 20:11, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

humour and psychos

humour can also be used by bad people such as psychos to deflect criticism - thus trivialising an awkward situation for them.--Penbat (talk) 18:12, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

This is an unlikely scenario; psychos would probably hit you over the head with a brick long before this problem even became an issue. — Psychobot (talk) 11:07, 28 August 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.51.8.106 (talk)

The French and humeur/humour

"The French were slow to adopt the term "humour"; in French, "humeur" and "humour" are still two different words, the former referring to a person's mood or to the archaic concept of the four humours."

What does that even mean? I can accept "slow to accept the term" if it can be dated (even tho, "slow" can be derogative), but humeur and humour are two different words with two different meaning and for good reasons! Just because two words share the same etymology doesn't mean they have to have the same sense / be merged. You wouldn't even think of merging in English "mood" and "humour" to get a new word encompassing both concept would you?

"Humeur" is an exact translation of the english word "mood" and while it's true the term derive from the old bodily humours concept (just like the word "humour" meaning funny/comical in both french and english) it nowadays have nothing in common meaning-wise. I guess the English language is not used to have homonyms, different words with different meanings but with the same writing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.197.38.79 (talk) 11:38, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Integrating the recent theory described in "Inside Jokes"

A recent book: Hurley, Matthew M., Dennet, Daniel C., and Adams, Reginald B. Jr. (2011), Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind, presents a very promising and very comprehensive theory of humor. It will be excellent to integrate their ideas into this article. They begin with a survey of theories of humor, comment on each, then present their theory and finally show how several earlier theories are partially correct and combine to support their theory. If I ever get some time to spend on this I will, but perhaps someone else, who has some background in the theory of humor, can take this up. Thanks! --Lbeaumont (talk) 16:03, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Democritus the Laughing Philosopher

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Under the section heading for Humour#Ancient Greece, please add the image at right. 72.244.206.77 (talk) 08:48, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Done Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:42, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

I see no reason for deletion of this image or the laughing peasant woman. They might be laughing for any reason. Of course, there might be more explicit images used. Does User:Staszek Lem have any idea for better images? CarolMooreDC 07:26, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Humour/humor graphics

Ok there is one pic of people smiling/laughing, two similar ones removed because weren't humourous. But that one really isn't humorous either. So lets find a few actual examples.

• 500 plus of Brit spelling
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So why not find some that actually ARE funny and described thusly in photo description? CarolMooreDC 15:35, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

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Page assessment

I came across this page while reviewing Pending Changes. Someone in one of these projects should do an assessment on this page, because it is no longer a stub. StevenJ81 (talk) 14:30, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

British English??

Why is this article in British English, when it was started in 2001 in American English, and continued that way for a year before it was unilaterally changed to British English, against WP:ENGVAR? I do notice that many articles are being changed to British English, and editor who use American English seem to not care nearly as much as when articles that are in British English are changed to American English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.201.191.213 (talk) 21:52, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Humour, particularly dry humour, has strong national ties to Britain. Pburka (talk) 23:58, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

@Pburka: You're joking, right? Humor is a universal human phenomena; it's hardly isolated to one geographical region. If anything, American culture is stereotypically much "funnier", whereas British culture is stereotypically more mundane. JDiala (talk) 00:13, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

There is anecdotal evidence that some Americans are unable to even recognize, let alone appreciate, a dry wit. Pburka (talk) 01:13, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

That's he most pathetic thing I have ever heard. Somebody should change it back to "humor".83.187.175.181 (talk) 11:37, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

For discussion regarding spelling please use Talk:Humour/Spelling. 89.204.137.148 (talk) 03:39, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

You're proving his point, 83.187.175.181. ;) Humour it is. See Talk:Humour/Spelling GhostOfNoMeme (talk) 13:06, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 13 April 2015

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: No Consensus to move in this RM – There will most likely never be any real consensus reached in RM discussions on these ENGVAR issues as the arguments for or against are as my daddy used to say: Half a dozen to one, six to the other and the participation is limited. Our titling policy in these matters is only clear in the minds of those that think it’s clear. Given B2C’s admonition at the end of this RM, I have decided to Move Protect this article for 1 year at the current title and will remove that protection under one circumstance. If indeed as B2C suggests, despite the clear opposition to the move in this RM, there is a wider community consensus to have the title at Humor, then make that case in a widely advertised RFC. If an RFC returns the conclusion that B2C believes represents community-wide consensus, I will remove protection and the article can be moved. Otherwise, let’s get on with improving the encyclopedia. Mike Cline (talk) 15:13, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Humour → Humor – This is bound to be controversial, no doubt. This article started as American English, and was subsequently changed. IF we are to follow policy, it should be restored back. There is precedence to doing this after a long time ( yogurt ). The common argument that the British founded humor, or that the British are funnier is obviously patently wrong. There is an argument to be made for keeping the article as it is, as it's been that way for awhile, but again, see yogurt or this own article's talk page where it was brought up repeatedly to change back, and shouted down by a contingent who didn't dare want to lose their 'u'. By policy, this is a simple revert, for an undiscussed move. Cheers, ipuser. 94.2.198.12 (talk) 22:34, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support per WP:RETAIN. If a page is started with one English spelling, it should remain there unless there was a compelling reason to move it. There was no compelling reason to move from American to British in this case, and it should be returned. Calidum T|C 22:56, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
• Sure, Obama told a funny one when he claimed the Iranians agreed to his "historic" nuclear deal, but Cameron can do this. The initializer (talk) 00:27, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:TITLEVAR and WP:TITLECHANGES – The article titles policy is very clear on this matter. Let me quote: "Otherwise, all national varieties of English are acceptable in article titles; Misplaced Pages does not prefer any national variety over any other. American English spelling should not be respelled to British English spelling, and vice versa; for example, both color and colour are acceptable and both spellings are found in article titles (such as color gel and colour state)."

There is no justification for changing the title, contrary to the article titles policy. Leave the stable title alone, per WP:TITLECHANGES. If one looks at the move log, one will see that this page has a long history of fly-by-night users unilaterally moving it away from this title disruptively. Let's not feed into their disruption further. Speedy close. RGloucester — ☎ 00:31, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Unless I'm missing something it started as humor Calidum T|C 00:41, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

You're missing a lot. Look in the talk page archives. Regardless, that's irrelevant. This title has been stable since 2002. It cannot be changed per WP:TITLEVAR. MOS:RETAIN does not apply to article titles, and certainly doesn't apply to articles that have been stable since 2002. Even if it were to apply, please note what it says: "An article should not be edited or renamed simply to switch from one variety of English to another". RGloucester — ☎ 00:42, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

How does it not matter how it started? The quote you just used was literally American English spelling should not be respelled to British English spelling, and vice versa it gives no time limit. This has been discussed before, true,and everytime, people come in and say "well, it's in BrE now, so, thus, it's stable." The article started in American English, and was changed without discussion, a clear revert on the surface. Why does the policy of "articles started in one variety of english should not be changed" not apply here? ~~ip user 94.2.198.12 (talk) 06:55, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

• Oppose, I seems wrong to systematically use American English for a world encyclopaedia. Vlādis Mānisqā (talk) 06:14, 14 April 2015 (UTC).

True, but it seems just as wrong to go through and unilaterally change articles from American English to British english while hoping that nobody notices, on a world encyclopaedia~~ip user94.2.198.12 (talk) 06:50, 14 April 2015 (UTC).

• Oppose per WP:TITLECHANGES. Lugnuts 06:52, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

by title changes, it should probably never have been changed, thus, this is asking for a revert to the proper title, by guidelines ~ipuser

• Oppose our policies on English usage aren't supposed to be used as tools to rake over ancient history. The article has been at this title for the last 13 years, and 2002 might as well be ancient history as far as Misplaced Pages is concerned (the site was only founded in January 2001). This move is so old it predates the logging system and wouldn't be in the history at all if someone hadn't done a history merge to restore it, and it predates all the applicable guidelines. WP:TITLECHANGES says that titles which have been stable for a long time should not be changed unless there is a good reason to. Hut 8.5 07:02, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose WP:RETAIN and Indian English, the world's main form of English. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:25, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

I don't know if you can claim that there was consistent consensus to leave this as british english for the last 10 years over American English, it has been constantly brought up, and constantly shouted down, since 2002, by BrE speakers who don't want the change, though, it was started as a American English article. It's not coming in and raking up old history, it's acknowledging an argument that has been going on for...all of wikipedia. Had it not been changed from the original non-stub version, it wouldn't be an issue, but it was, and people have been clamoring to have it back since. Which policy does it violate to move back? ~ip user 94.2.198.12 (talk) 07:49, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

94.2.198.12 can you please search "British humour" vs "American humor" in Google Books and paste the results, thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:09, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

I was interested and did some books searches with the results:
(from search formats such as: "colour" -"color" vs "color" -"colour")

• Behaviour : Behavior = 1 : 2.47 = 31,900,000 : 78,700,000
• Colour : Color = 1 : 2.29 = 44,500,000 : 102,000,000
• Flavour : Flavor = 1 : 2.59 = 3,800,000 : 9,870,000
• Honour : Honor = 1 : 1.38 = 48,200,000 : 66,800,000
• Humour : Humor = 1 : 1.89 = 12,700,000 : 24,100,000

Conclusion: proportionately more is written with American English spelling about behavior, color and flavor while proportionately more is written with British English spelling about honour and humour.

GregKaye 16:39, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

In ictu oculi perhaps interestingly, in light of the above:

• "British humour" gets "About 6,640 results"
• "American humor" gets "About 146,000 results"

The interpretation that I think is likely is that, with good old British presumption, we just assume humour to be British. GregKaye 16:47, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

I know its a style departure but a random thought I have had is that we might split the difference and call it.

Humour instead of Humour

GregKaye 16:55, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Or, we could follow the established policy, i.e. WP:TITLEVAR, and leave it alone. RGloucester — ☎ 16:58, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

RGloucester Please see results:

• "humour is an international language" and
• "humor is an international language" and please lighten up.

GregKaye 17:04, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

No. RGloucester — ☎ 17:05, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Och, ya wee scunner! no one can WP:OWN something like humo(u)r. GregKaye 17:24, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Humour Humour

• Oppose since the page appears to have a long and complicated history of moves. A move proposal at this time would at least need to acknowledge and recount that history. Just saying how it started in 2001 and claiming we're asking for a revert of an undiscussed move is not enough. Dicklyon (talk) 17:15, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

The history is acknowledged both in saying it's a contentious issue, and the whole talk page dedicated to this exact argument. The fact of the matter is, people have been asking for it to be changed back since right after the change, but it's always shouted down by british english speakers who mobilize. ~ipuser 90.194.62.161 (talk) 23:20, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

• Oppose per WP:TITLECHANGES and the fact it's been at the title for over 10 years. –Davey2010 20:28, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose. The statute of limitations for reverting the earlier move expired some time ago. Arguments over which variant is more common are irrelevant. Arguments over national origins of humo(u)r are irrelevant. Pburka (talk) 22:16, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

which WP policy expresses a statute of limitations? Again, yogurt ~~ ipuser 90.194.62.161 (talk) 23:20, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Of course there's no official statute of limitations, but the whole discussion is disruptive, divisive and a waste of time after so many years. I believe that the original move even predates WP:RETAIN. Pburka (talk) 12:59, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support. According to Alexa, Misplaced Pages's readership is 25.4 percent American, 8.6 percent Indian, and 3.5 percent British. It's also 7.6 percent Japanese and 4.4 percent German, but those numbers correspond closely to traffic that goes to Japanese Wiki (7.75 percent) or to German Wiki (5.29 percent). I checked the web sites of The Times of India and Hindustan Times and found that both Indian papers use the British "u." That gives us 25 points for "humor," 12 for 'humour." As for "yogurt," it is given in Oxford as the preferred British spelling, so yogurt/yoghurt isn't really an EngVar issue. The initializer (talk) 01:19, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Readership data is irrelevant. Please read the WP:TITLEVAR policy. RGloucester — ☎ 06:02, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

• Oppose per WP:RETAIN. It's been stable for a long time. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:24, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

so by

"When an English variety's consistent usage has been established in an article, maintain it in the absence of consensus to the contrary"! -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:16, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

exactly the point! It was consistently used in American English, and was switched to british english without consensus, and there has been a long argument about it, never reaching consensus...thus, it should be moved back to "Humor" ~ipuser 90.194.62.161 (talk) 23:22, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Yes, it was originally created as Humor and was moved to Humour some time later. If that happened today it wouldn't be tolerated. However, it has since become stable at Humour for many years without, as far as I can see, any form of formal move discussion being initiated (although it has been moved back and forth several times without discussion). If there was an objection, why wasn't it discussed formally long ago? If it had been moved recently without discussion then I would be the first to support it being reverted to its original form, but the simple fact is that it hasn't. In Misplaced Pages's early years this sort of thing happened, simple as. But if editors cared that much, why has it taken until now for somebody to go through the simple procedure of requesting a move? -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:38, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support, per Calidum as WP:RETAIN. An article's ENGVAR should not be changed from its original unless there is a compelling reason to do so, and no one has done that here. So the ENGVAR should go back to the original version. --IJBall (talk) 20:23, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support, the "statute of limitations" has not run out since the history is replete with challenges to this title based on the basic argument of principle that this is an English variation issue, and our policy is to WP:RETAIN the original version when there is no consensus. Consensus is not a popularity contest. In the absence of strong policy based arguments for one title or the other, there is no consensus by definition, and so use of the original title is indicated. That's the only way to resolve these pointless conflicts. Otherwise it will fester for years, just like Yoghurt did for eight years until it was finally moved back to its original title at Yogurt (peace and quiet ever since). --В²C ☎ 22:07, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support per WP:RETAIN. - Boneyard90 (talk) 04:26, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
• Comment - Anybody else arrived here as a result of the WP:Canvassing at Talk:Yogurt?--Ykraps (talk) 09:46, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
  • I did. Interesting discussion going on here. Also interesting to see people make up rules to oppose the move, that is. And the discussion could use a sub-section heading or two. It was a bit confusing when I first looked at it. - Boneyard90 (talk) 12:42, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
    • There's no making up rules. WP:RETAIN is not at all clear about what constitutes the establishment of consistent usage. Is that first usage or settled usage for a long time after nobody bothered to discuss it properly after it was moved well over a decade ago? I would argue that the first expansion of the article from what was basically a stub actually used British English. And my reading of RETAIN is that this is therefore probably what should be used, although it's not clear-cut either way. But no, we're certainly not making up rules. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:38, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
      • The original American English version of the article was stable for almost a year back in 2001–02 (two earlier attempts to "overthrow" the original American English version of the article look to have been quickly abandoned revising: only the second attempt to do this was quickly abandoned; it looks like the first attempt at conversion to a Redirect held up for a few months...) until User:Icarus (who has long since decamped from Misplaced Pages...) came along and unilaterally changed it to British English with this diff. I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would view that as kosher. --IJBall (talk) 19:46, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't see any statue of limitations in WP:RETAIN. Kharkiv07 13:25, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
• Comment I was about to support as per let the Yanks have it back (just don't throw our tea into the sea again). The rationale here was that even though everyone knows that all the best humour comes from British English using peoples, rules is rules and, if Webster's language defiling lot got there first (no offence) then let them have it back.

The only weak argument against relates to the fact that humour has been around in Britain from long before Webster started his language hacking. Consider this early British classic (and its from long before the time of Shakespeare): "What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before? Answer: A key." I said that it was a weak argument. Anyway I'm still undecided, although I find the debate quite humorous.

I really don't think it's a big issue. If the title changes then the text would still begin Humor or humour ... All I know is that they wouldn't have problems with debates like this over at German Misplaced Pages. GregKaye 20:38, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

• Comment - On spelling: it's Statute, people, with three T's. It's Statu-T-e of limitations, of which we agree there is none. I imagine a "statue of limitations" is some abstract sculpture. - Boneyard90 (talk) 13:14, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

It may be a renaissance statue with a small winkle. GregKaye 19:39, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

• Oppose does not lead to any improvement . -M.Altenmann >t 20:47, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose because humour is the better word to use, because it has no problems with recognizability, and because humor is an important unrelated word in biology/anatomy. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:30, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
  • I'm pretty sure that there is no Misplaced Pages policy that reflect any of the reasons given in support of either of the last two Oppose positions. They can be dismissed. This isn't a popularity contest. We're building consensus based on policy. - Boneyard90 (talk) 01:32, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
    • You should read Misplaced Pages:Policies and guidelines more carefully. Policy is documentation to support good practice, describing good practice, not prescribing, not limiting consensus. For me, "humor" is a word frequently occurring in relation to it's medical meaning, and "humour" is completely recognizable as is. Humorism may be an "old theory", but the humors are still a current technical term. On the other hand, contrary to my personal experience, I see that the medical meaning is also sometimes used with the "u", namely vitreous humour and aqueous humour, both of which Misplaced Pages uses with the "u" (which I find unusual). --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:01, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
• Comment

On WP:RETAIN and WP:ENGVAR. The principle holds considerable support, however, it is not the first thing to consider, but the last. It applies only in "the absence of consensus to the contrary". i.e. in case of "no consensus".

I note that the page was originally at "Humor". It first starting moving to "Humour" with this edit by User:Daniel C. Boyer at 07:08, 7 August 2002.

As a matter of procedure, if there isn't, and never was, consensus for this page to be at "Humour", then per WP:RETAIN it should go back to "Humor". --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:16, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Well, no, it shouldn't necessarily, because its entire expansion beyond a stub has been at "humour". -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

I'd argue that the original article was fleshed out enough to not be a stub, and it was obviously started using "humor" ~~ipuser 90.194.62.161 (talk) 20:57, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

This is the article just before the edit cited above that changed the spelling. It's not a stub, and there was no reason to change the spelling. This fact will never change, and will remain a good solid policy-based reason to move this article back to Humor until it is moved accordingly. As I warned at Talk:Yoghurt for years, because of that reason, the debate will continue and the title will not be stable until it is moved. It is precisely for cases like this that I wrote User:Born2cycle/Yogurt Principle, which certainly applies here. I remind the closer: Though there may be no consensus among those that happen to be participating in the discussion, that doesn't mean there is no community consensus regarding the title.. --В²C ☎ 18:41, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

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Being as RGloucster, who has so often campaigned against getting this article restored to it's original non-stub version of English, has just made this comment : "The first non-stub variety used in this article was BrE with Oxford spelling, and the article should remain in that variety. One can see this here. RGloucester — ☎ 21:44, 6 July 2015 (UTC)" at https://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Austrian_Armed_Forces , apparently his opinion has changed on ENGVAR when it comes to long established articles. Perhaps it is time to rethink the policy for this article...again, or is it still different rules for different Englishes. Cheers, ~~ipuser 94.14.212.141 (talk) 08:07, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

This zealotry is ridiculous over a move that was done 13 years ago. Presidents, wars, even countries have come and gone while this grudge has been held. America has color, Britan has humour. That's how it's gonna stay. Bataaf van Oranje (talk) 21:06, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

I suspect that given the history (which is so easy to look up) this "ridiculous" and "zealous" "point of view" will recur again and again. Juan Riley (talk) 22:56, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

I can't fathom a rationale about why this article shouldn't be at it's original, non-stub title. It appears that it was done very long ago, by someone who wanted to press british english to be the english of wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:40E7:C10D:C4C1:DD53 (talk) 11:27, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

I think that JuanRiley is correct. Why is this move protected? Why shouldn't it be moved back to it's original spelling of Humor? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:8DA2:7FB1:843E:A79F (talk) 01:34, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

The Internet and cats

Please swing by and help improve this new article! :D--Coin945 (talk) 03:30, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 12 February 2016

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: not moved. And kudos to AjaxSmack for trying to lighten the mood. Number 57 21:30, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

This discussion was listed at Misplaced Pages:Move review on 26 February 2016. The result of the move review was endorsed.

Humour → Humor – There is still no reason this shouldn't be moved back to the original spelling. It was moved without consensus, and should be moved back to "Humor" It hasn't been stable, as this is a perpetual move request. By WP:ENGVAR this article should definitely be at "Humor". 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:8DA2:7FB1:843E:A79F (talk) 01:39, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose, for what I can see () this is the stable title, especially after 9 years. © Tbhotch (en-2.5). 03:25, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose and speedy close per WP:TITLEVAR and WP:TITLECHANGES, and also per what I said in the last discussion. The stable title remains. Fly-by-night IPs making a ruckus every once in while do not constitute "instability". I would not be surprised if this IP here were part of some kind of sock army. RGloucester — ☎ 05:44, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

What about WP:ENGVAR and WP:RETAIN?? The article started one way, and people have been asking to bring it back to it's original state for a decade. It is by no means settled. If it were to go back to the original spelling, as Yogurt did, what would be the rationale to move to to Humour. Put it this way, if the article was currently at humor what would be the rationale to move it to the british humour? There are no strong national ties, the article is written in one variety of english, and was stable. So, now, when this article was moved, someone ran roughshod over these arguments, moved without consensus and in violation of policy, and this move request is just to seek to return the article to it's original state. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:F5AF:2731:D842:8A29 (talk) 00:02, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

First of all, the MoS (of which ENGVAR and RETAIN are sections) does not apply to article titles. WP:TITLEVAR is the relevant policy. More importantly, neither ENGVAR nor RETAIN even existed at the time that the "change" occurred. Thirdly, the stable title for more than ten years should remain per WP:TITLECHANGES. Fourthly, I have no time to engage in arguments with a sock army. I'm not going to repeat what I said last time. It is all there. In the meantime, I suggest you find something better to do. RGloucester — ☎ 17:07, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

So, in WP:TITLEVAR I read "Misplaced Pages does not prefer any national variety over any other. American English spelling should not be respelled to British English spelling, " so..American English was respelled as British English. The specific policy you note specifically says that what you are advocating, should not happen. This article was changed from one national variety of english to another. How does that square with WP:TITLEVAR which supports the exact opposite? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:F5AF:2731:D842:8A29 (talk) 07:28, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

It is very simple. You are proposing to respell from one variety to another for no reason other than to change the variety, despite that variety having been stable for more than ten years. That's directly contrary to WP:TITLEVAR and WP:TITLECHANGES. Your proposed change has zero benefit, and exists only as part of a war between the varieties of the English that has largely been dead for years. TITLEVAR, ENGVAR, RETAIN, these all arose to stop the type of nonsense you're promoting here. I agree that the change that took place when this page was merely a couple sentences long in 2002 would not have been acceptable by today's standards. However, that change took place before any policies or guidelines were written on the matter, and so those cannot be retroactively applied as part of a crusade by a sock army. RGloucester — ☎ 22:52, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose per WP:TITLECHANGES. Lugnuts 08:02, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

According to WP:TITLECHANGES "Any potentially controversial proposal to change a title should be advertised at Misplaced Pages:Requested moves, and consensus reached before any change is made. Debating controversial titles is often unproductive, and there are many other ways to help improve Misplaced Pages." This move was done without consensus, and has been questioned in the talk page repeatedly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:F5AF:2731:D842:8A29 (talk) 07:33, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose per Indian English - the most-spoken form of English worldwide. And Speedy Close per all above. In ictu oculi (talk) 13:17, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Comment? Per Indian English? The article was started in American English, just because another form of english has more speakers (though not native speakers necessarily) doesn't mean it gets primacy. If we were to take your argument, then everything on the encyclopedia would have to be in Indian English, and British English would cease to exist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:8426:E509:9147:E6E6 (talk) 00:43, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose per all of the above, plus WP:DONTFIXIT. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 15:59, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

I suppose it is broken, if this move request comes up this often. I hate to say it, but it'll stay contentious as long as we prescribe to the belief that British English gets primacy on wikipedia articles, even if they were started in American English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:F5AF:2731:D842:8A29 (talk) 23:57, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

• Support WP:RETAIN revert back to the original version of the article, we should not support dialect switching and should revert it whenever it is discovered, unless we have a wP:COMMONALITY title. (NOTE: my personal preference is "humour" with the "u") -- 70.51.200.135 (talk) 05:54, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose. I support "Humour" as a rare exception to WP:RETAIN, as humor is one a few words of American spelling variation that looks particularly odd. Is it that it is often pronounced with a lengthy 2nd syllable, I don't know. Sorry for not being able to argue on the basis of "evidence". --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:10, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

So that's an oppose w.r.t. the proposed move? Dicklyon (talk) 15:56, 18 February 2016 (UTC) Yes. fixed. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:44, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

• Support WP:RETAIN the original non stub as noted above. Juan Riley (talk) 01:29, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

As a side note it is clear that the Opposes either do not know the history or are denying it. Assuming good faith they should look into the history before they say things like "stable" ever since some random edit that changed it. But there are no real rules eh? Juan Riley (talk) 01:33, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

First of all, RETAIN (and the MoS) do not apply to article titles. The relevant guidance is WP:TITLEVAR. Secondly, even if RETAIN did apply, it does not support the notion you propose. Please read what it says "When an English variety's consistent usage has been established in an article, maintain it in the absence of consensus to the contrary. With few exceptions (e.g., when a topic has strong national ties or a term/spelling carries less ambiguity), there is no valid reason for such a change". Consistent usage of "humour" has been established since 2002, more than a decade ago. There is no valid reason to change to "humor" at this juncture. The only reason that you cite is to "retain" the original non-stub version (which is a ludicrous notion so far down that road), but that's not what RETAIN says to do. RETAIN does not say to revert to a version from 2002 for no reason other than to change the variety. RETAIN says "An article should not be edited or renamed simply to switch from one variety of English to another". The business about the "first non-stub revision" only comes into play if "no English variety was used consistently". That's not the case here, as "humour" has been used consistently from 2002, more than a decade ago, and before RETAIN or ENGVAR even existed. In other words, your argument is non-existent, and, as usual, this whole RM nonsense is just a petty war between people who want to see their "own" variety in the article title. RGloucester — ☎ 01:39, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Sigh. Calm down. Your protestations may indeed prove my point. You care all too much about a spelling variation do you not? Get over it when someone points out the nuanced history of this article and WP's "not-quite-rules". I was only trying to inform folks that might weigh in on the issue. Juan Riley (talk) 01:46, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

It isn't so much that I care about the spelling variation itself, so much as I care about the stupidity of allowing this kind of discussion. The same thing happened at Talk:Movie theater recently, and I opposed that just the same. The purpose of WP:TITLECHANGES and WP:TITLEVAR are to prevent editors from wasting time even discussing this nonsense, and yet here we are again, discussing the same nonsense and having to hear the same misconceptions about the ENGVAR, RETAIN, TITLEVAR, &c., policies/guidelines. RGloucester — ☎ 01:53, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Hear, hear. All we're discussing here is which ENGVAR to prefer in the title, and that's a moot discussion because there will always be arguments one way or the other, and each one is equally correct. Moving a page back to an "original" title is just as silly, if there is no other reason for it, especially when the page hasn't lived at the "original" title for nine years. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 15:08, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

But, the topic has been brought up consistently since movement. I don't believe that constitutes a stable title: https://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Humour/Spelling

But none of those discussions resulted in the page being moved. The discussions don't make the title unstable, they just reveal consistently tendentious editing. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 15:05, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Ivanvector: Agreed. Also, the talk subpage that the IP keeps referring to shows almost no significant activity on the topic since early 2007. Even counting the one (failed) RM last year, that's certainly nothing at all like consistent debate. ╠╣uw  16:00, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose. This is a boring game. WaggersTALK 15:49, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose – It has been stable for many years at the British spelling, except for some thrashing in 2006/2007, and has been explicitly tagged as British English since 2010; WP:RETAIN says keep it, not look back so far that you can find an excuse to change it. And as far as I can tell, the first non-stub version, about Sept 2002, used the British spelling; before that, when it was American spelling, it was nothing but a bulleted list of types of humour—a sort of stub outline. So leave it. Dicklyon (talk) 15:56, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
• Support. Déjà vu. This is Yoghurt/Yogurt all over again. In general, as long as a legitimate policy reason remains to move an article, the current title will not be stable. As soon as it is moved to a title where there will be no legitimate policy reason to move it from, it will become stable. That is exactly the situation here. This is the offending edit which changed the variety of English of this article (which was not a stub - decent content almost a year old with about a dozen edits by half a dozen editors) from American to Commonwealth for no reason other than to change the variety of English, contrary to policy even back then. Not unexpectedly, the variety of English and the title has been controversial ever since - this is the quintessential case for going back to the default per WP:RETAIN (When no English variety has been established and discussion cannot resolve the issue, the variety used in the first non-stub revision is considered the default.). If this article is moved back to its original title, Humor, per policy, it will become as stable as Yogurt has been for over four years now, after its default variety/title was finally restored after eight years of similar tumult. The closers at Yoghurt kept finding "no (local) consensus" year after year after year despite the strong community consensus (per policy) arguments made there, before reason finally prevailed. Hopefully, the closer here will be wise enough to finally end this nonsense by following community consensus as reflected in policy and the strong Support arguments here, rather than caving in to the desperate opposing whines.

  Disagree? Then imagine what will happen if the closer does find in favor of policy and community consensus and moves the title back to Humor per WP:RETAIN. What policy based argument will the U-advocates have to move it back to Humour? None, of course, just as the H-advocates have got nothing at Yogurt. Note that this is not the case at, for example, Aluminium. There, there is no basis to move to the American spelling, because the original variety/title there was Commonwealth English. So, that title is stable, as this one will also be, once its original variety/title is restored. Or, imagine if the closer finds "no consensus" and the current title remains. You think this issue won't be raised again? Think again (and I'm not saying it will be me; it's not this time, and it won't be next time, nor any time - I'm just here to weigh in with the only decision that will resolved this ongoing multi-year conflict over such a trivial matter) --В²C ☎ 17:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

B2C, you aren't related to the IPs up above, are you? I find it very suspicious that they keep mentioning "yogurt", which is your own personal byword for a skewed reading of our policies and guidelines. Let's not forget that that "yogurt principle" of yours has no consensus behind it, and was nearly deleted for being so far off the mark. There is no instability, RETAIN does not say what you say it says, and I wouldn't be surprised if you were the one creating the so-called "instability" as part of waging a slow war of attrition on the basis of the "yogurt principle" programme for moulding Misplaced Pages's article titles to your liking. RGloucester — ☎ 17:37, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Nice blatant violation of AGF, RGloucester, not to mention totally ignoring my point (like it or not this title will remain unstable until it's changed; no, that's not a threat, it's a prediction, the same one I made year after year at Yoghurt, until it was finally moved and I was proven to be right). For the record, I did not even read most of the comments here before I posted, and certainly did not see the IP posts. I have no idea who they are. I came here because I, as a participant in a previous discussion here, got notified on my Talk page. --В²C ☎ 22:27, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose This horse has been out of the barn so long that there isn't even a barn left to go back to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meters (talk • contribs) 17:29, February 18, 2016‎

Not exactly stable if it keeps coming up again and again is it? https://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Humour/Spelling

FYI, the page you're citing shows practically no debate since 2007. ╠╣uw  17:57, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose ..... I'm assuming the nom is an American who's upset at the fact a British word is used as an opposed to an American word.... Yeah deal with it!, As per TITLECHANGES and RETAIN (and basically per my prev RFC !vote) the title here should remain as it is. –Davey2010 23:00, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Well, the IP address that's given is in the UK, and I'm British, but, hey, don't let a good story get in the way of the facts. You are obviously British, from Kent, and are opposed to the use of any American word (though they do use them often in the Sun, which you apparently read). Regardless, this article was changed by some Brit who was upset that an American word was used as opposed to a British word, so, they should have just 'dealt with it' as opposed to violating a host of policies and changing it to their preferred usage, or is what's good for the goose only good for the gander if the gander is British? We can have articles change from American English to British English and that is perfectly ok, but you will come out and fight tooth and nail to keep it from going the other way around? By TITLEVAR and RETAIN and ENGVAR then, it should never ever have been changed, and thus, should be changed back. Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:A97F:4F52:FFC8:97A9 (talk) 00:33, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Wow sorry for that reply! - I wasn't specifically having a go at you, I've seen it on many occasions where an American will try to change a British title to an American one and IMHO it's pointless, The editor who moved the article shouldn't have done so but now that's it's remained here for nearly 10 years (I think!) it seems kinda pointless moving it now... –Davey2010 15:49, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

It is very easy to get a fake IP address located wherever one wants. RGloucester — ☎ 01:55, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Wow. Another AGF thrown under the bus? Juan Riley (talk) 02:08, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

AFG only goes so far. I'm not stupid, or at least I like to think that I'm not, and AFG is not a suicide pact. The disruptiveness surrounding this and previous requests, initiated by strange IPs that mention the "yogurt" business, is all a bit too funny to ignore. RGloucester — ☎ 03:42, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Perhaps the logic of the yogurt/yoghurt argument seemed as a good precedent for this change (as it is). In a common law society, like the UK, one would try to base our arguments on precedent. I am not B2C, and I have not had much interaction with that user before. It is a bit preposterous to think someone would spoof an IP address to make a simple wikipedia move request, don't you think? Cheers!

Comment for all those that oppose reinstating this to the original version of English it was written in. If this doesn't go through, can we willy-nilly switch articles to whichever flavour of English we want, and then just hope it sticks? That is exactly what was done here. Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:A97F:4F52:FFC8:97A9 (talk) 00:37, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

In answer to your question, no: we have guidelines that discourage us from flipping between equally valid English variants in established titles – which, just to be clear, is what your proposal requests. We shouldn't seek to right wrongs with more wrongs, particularly when the supposed wrong you hope to correct was 13 years ago, before some of the current guidelines even existed. ╠╣uw  20:37, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Question - 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:8DA2:7FB1:843E:A79F, firstly, are you the same person who initiated the last move request? And secondly, I see you have already visited the Pajamas article, why are you not requesting it be returned to its original British English spelling?--Ykraps (talk) 15:02, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Curious about your inquiry, I investigated, and only had to go as far as the closer's statement to get the answer: "Since the page was still a stub when moved to "pajamas" on 14 November 2004 ( and ), the first non-stub version was at the "pajamas title"." Apples and oranges. --В²C ☎ 16:53, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

The questions were specifically addressed to the IP. Why are you getting involved?--Ykraps (talk) 22:33, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

What part of "Curious about your inquiry, I investigated, and ..." do you not understand? Why do you care who answers? Are you here to engage in a debate with a particular person, or are you genuinely trying to ascertain whether this previous action is relevant precedent to this proposal? --В²C ☎ 17:44, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

I strongly suspect this ip user to be the same ip user who instigated the last move request, so to answer your question, no I wasn't here to enter the debate but as you are unwilling to leave me alone, I have entered it below. Why are you trying to detract from my line of inquiry?--Ykraps (talk) 19:51, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose. All national varieties of English are acceptable in the spelling of article titles; we don't prefer one over another, so the move is unnecessary from the get-go. One possible argument I could see for restoration of the original title would be if (per the MoS) "no English variety has been established", but it seems quite clear that that's not the case here. Since the initial change in 2002 (and certainly since early 2007, the time of the last significant title-wrangling I could spot) the page has been stable and the current variant maintained consistently, so suggestions of current instability seem quite baseless. Further, the whole "stick with the original spelling" guideline exists to promote stability and deter pointless rename discussions like this, so invoking it to destabilize a long-standing title by needlessly swapping between equally valid alternatives goes against that spirit. ╠╣uw  18:33, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Exactly. And any reasonable closer will slap B2C with a trout for this twisting of RETAIN and his hypocrisy re stability, and will post a strong statement that this title has been stable for over a decade and this question must be speedily closed if it ever comes up again. Dicklyon (talk) 19:34, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

To the contrary, anyone opposing this proposal should be slapped with a trout, for prolonging the inevitable, just like everyone opposing the Yoghurt/Yogurt change should have been slapped as well.

The problem with Huw's argument is that it's a matter of opinion. One can reasonably agree with it, or reasonably disagree. My point stands. If the original title is restored here then there will be no reasonable argument to move it again. The issue will have been finally settled, and that's the only way to settle it, just as was the case at Yogurt. --В²C ☎ 21:18, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

B2C, you complain elsewhere in this discussion of editors not assuming good faith -- yet here you talk of people being slapped for "prolonging the inevitable". Your views are also opinions. How much support do your opinions have in this discussion? Omnedon (talk) 20:47, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

I am no apologist for В²C; however, he was "slapped" first. Next he will be accused of not turning another cheek for another trout-slap? And, sadly, he has only time tested logic on his side. Juan Riley (talk) 21:06, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

No, he doesn't have time-tested logic on his side. Omnedon (talk) 23:12, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

• Support per nom and others. There was no reason why this page was moved to the current title and no reason it should remain. Calidum ¤ 02:36, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
• Comment It seems like this should be procedural closed. Based primarily on the one year move protect in place by Mike Cline who specifically stated consensus, and the discussion thus far is anything near consensus forming. I believe any further discussion will not bring any closer to consensus forming on this issue, and I reference Mike's closing comments from the prior RM. Tiggerjay (talk) 01:22, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Agree. Close and archive this as failing to respect the previous close which stated a 1 year moratorium. Note significantly that his close, including the moratorium, was unchallenged, and that current nomination introduced no now arguments or evidence, and failed to note the previous close. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:39, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Prolong the inevitable. Why? Especially when this can be so easily settled with a decision that will leave nothing left to debate about.--В²C ☎ 18:08, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

It's really not that much of a surprise is it? The logical points В²C has made have been ignored before and will be again. Which leads us into another cycle. It is somewhat humorous. See y'all again this time next year? Juan Riley (talk) 18:14, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

@Born2cycle: as someone who respects policy and procedure, I am astonished that you would really flippantly disregard the precedent already established here, as well as the general consensus by frequent RM volunteers about relisting closed discussions. However, as I mentioned earlier, it would be one thing if everyone was in support of this move, but it is clear, and continues to be clear there is a lack of consensus on this discussion. Why continue an effectively prohibited RM, when there is no consensus at all. Rather it is just working up peoples emotions over this issue... Is the retitling inevitable, probably, but the ends do not justify the means. Looking at the last two !votes, we have to completely appropriate votes, complete with references to applicable policy, yet diametrically opposing eachother. As with before, this will continue to be an issue. Tiggerjay (talk) 17:17, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

I suppose I'm the WP equivalent of the hopeless romantic, only it's logic and reason prevailing that I'm hopelessly hoping for. --В²C ☎ 02:54, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

I think you are. But thinking of your perspective of perfect titles, wouldn't you prefer to see policy change versus discussing articles on an individual basis. Tiggerjay (talk) 00:08, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

@JuanRiley: no need to wait a year, rather I would have posted no comment had everyone respected the 1 year moratorium... which is just TWO months away... But alas, based on how this discussion is going, I would advise another one year wait... The efforts might be put to better use to change WP:TITLEVAR versus individual articles anyways, since the issue here is significantly more diverse than just Humour and Yogurt. Tiggerjay (talk) 17:17, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

@Tiggerjay:: I respect your well said take on the matter. Unfortunately or fortunately, someone else did bring up the issue slightly before the rather arbitrarily imposed moratorium ended. What's a fellow to do? Should I (the only person I speak for) have said to myself "self, I must not support given the moratorium"? I do believe that an underlying logic must underlie these issues. And that logic says: just return the article to it's original spelling usage and all the silly arguments will go away. This is what В²C has been saying long before I edited. And I mention him most explicitly because I have learned from him (whether he knows it or not) how to be civil when presenting the argument. Well perhaps he does it better than I. :) As always best wishes and thank you for your kind suggestions. (No sarcasm there.) Juan Riley (talk) 23:50, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

@JuanRiley: I cannot suggest what you should have done. But as for me, well, you can see what I did. Instead of !voting, I chose rather to comment and perhaps point out the obvious that there isn't a WP:SNOW chance of this passing with consensus. And given that the same arguments are taking place, and we're technically violating the prior close, and the page is move protected, it seems rather pointless to continue to have a discussion which isn't going to change anything. And as I stated, I'm not sure this article is the right forum. It seems counter productive to continue to argue the merits of TITLEVAR article by article, instead of fixing the problem at TITLEVAR to begin with. My comment/perspective is that this request should close as improperly started, and the discussion and interested editors move to TITLEVAR where a more broad consensus can be reached, and the appropriately applied. There are SOME cases were there is clear preference to a variation because of it's more prominent use in a specific country. But a subject like humor/humour is not a clear cut case. There are hundreds of words out there like this and to individually argue them is going to result in a lot of inconsistency. Tiggerjay (talk) 00:08, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

@Tiggerjay:I thoroughly understand and have no problem with variant spelling conventions. This "pointless discussion" is, however, a result of inconsistently applied "community" and "consensus" standards. I expect this discussion to be closed soon with "no consensus". Sigh. And whether I am here or not a month or a year from now, 'twill be opened up again. Till then..with all the best.... Juan Riley (talk) 01:49, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose - I suggest that when the spelling was changed, the article was a stub: Unreferenced, a list of bullet points, poorly written, little more than a dictionary definition. In fact it seems a bit of a stretch to call it an article.--Ykraps (talk) 18:30, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Now if you had said "in my opinion" and not "in fact", I would have thought okay someone's opinion that's different than mine. A good thing. So please do not say "in fact"! Tis only your opinion. In addition, I do note that even saying this much has you admitting to the possibility that original article retention might be a valid argument. Consider the stronger argument as formulated by В²C, the retention argument for changing will resurface again and again and again. You decide what you will. See ya. Juan Riley (talk) 18:37, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

If you think this is an article, it is fortunate that you haven't tried to create one yourself. As for your suggestion that the issue will resurface; I don't, for one minute, doubt it. I am sure you and B2C will see to that. There will always be a handful of editors unable to accept consensus who will intiate move request after move request until all their opponents die of boredom. It's called the yogurt principle.--Ykraps (talk) 19:51, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Ah, more ad hominem comments. The ironic part of this recent incarnation of this discussion is that the few Supporters of change are being civil and somewhat fatalistic. Meanwhile, some among the Opposers have been ...well...you know. As I said, have a nice day until the next time. Juan Riley (talk) 20:37, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Ykraps, for the sake of argument, let's say it's true that the only way this article gets moved is if the opposers all die of boredom. Then what? It gets moved, and it gets moved to a title from which it cannot be moved again for any good policy-based reason. In other words, once moved as proposed here, it will be stable and uncontested, unlike the current situation, where the current title can be (and is) reasonably challenged. So, what's wrong with that? Why prolong the current contested situation? Seriously. --В²C ☎ 07:45, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Seriously? You can’t see anything wrong in behaving like that? As to your ridiculous notion that there will be no policy-based reason to change it back, I can think of at least two: RETAIN (which is your argument) refers to established spelling not original spelling and therefore favours humour (established more than 13 years, as opposed to humor, less than a year ); and of course, TITLECHANGES supports humour because of its stability, and even if it wasn’t stable, humour would still be favoured as the first non-stub.--Ykraps (talk) 22:14, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Ykraps: I think that's significant, and I appreciate you drawing our attention to that point. To be clear, Misplaced Pages considers a page a stub if it's "too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject"; it's difficult to see how a page consisting of little more than a bulleted list (which ends with the note, "there are many more, I just don't remember all the names") can reasonably qualify. That being the case, and given that the page subsequently was expanded into a proper encyclopedic article using the British spelling, then to me that seems to close to door pretty firmly on this proposal. Per MOS:RETAIN, the version used in the first non-stub version, which it instructs we are to consider the default, would be "humour". ╠╣uw  00:16, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Taint it nice that your opinions agree with your previously stated preconceived notions? Moreover, once again are you Opposers admitting to a valid retention argument? Just asking. Juan Riley (talk) 00:23, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Like most everything else on WP, the definition of a "stub" has evolved. In August of 2002 a "stub" was merely a "very short article, generally of one paragraph or less". So by the standards of that time, this article, which consisted of multiple paragraphs, was beyond a stub. It was not a stub, and yet the title and content was changed only to switch from the original variety of English to another, a practice already opposed by community consensus, and remedied by reverting the original. The fact that it was not remedied sooner is irrelevant. It should have been, and it's never too late. Now is good. --В²C ☎ 07:45, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

So you suggest we consider this 2016 proposal under the guidelines as they were in 2002? That's... novel. If you want to go that route, then respectfully I have to point out that RETAIN didn't even exist at the time, at least not in the form that supporters currently cite; in fact, I see that the entire Manual of Style had amassed a total of six edits and was less than a page. So shall we give all the cited guidelines here the Wayback Machine treatment, or none of them? (Or shall we pick and choose?) ╠╣uw  11:37, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

No, I'm saying be reasonable. If you're going to use the go back to the variety used in the first non-stub rule, and you're trying to determine when it first applied, it's not reasonable to use a 2016 interpretation of "non-stub" when evaluating actions, taken and protests made, 10-15 years ago. The point is this: for the purposes of this rule, the original definition of non-stub makes more sense. That is, if an article is a stub in the old sense, okay, you can change the variety. But once there are several paragraphs of text, no matter how incomplete, there is no justification to change the variety. When the English variety of this article first was challenged, that's how it was interpreted. Does that make sense? --В²C ☎ 02:50, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

No!--Ykraps (talk) 05:42, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

B2C: But what you suggest (using the 2016 version of one guideline and the 2002 version of another) is entirely unreasonable. Picking and choosing your preferred past revisions of guidelines in order to try to justify your desired result has no support in any policy, guideline, or consensus I can find anywhere, as I suspect you're well aware. So, to answer your question succinctly: no. ╠╣uw  10:57, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

You're being ridiculous. The rule was originally written to using the word "stub" when "stub" meant "no more than a paragraph". That's what it meant. That was the intent. Don't change the variety of English unless there's virtually no content. Many years later, just a few years ago, the meaning of the term "stub" expanded considerably. But this rule referring to stub shouldn't have to change accordingly. That's just being literal. Unfortunately, we often don't take a comprehensive view when changing definitions. Clearly the effect of changing this definition on this rule was not taken into account. Really, the rule should be updated to reflect the change, including by not using the word "stub" anymore since "stub" has changed meanings significantly and no longer means what it was intended to mean in this context. --В²C ☎ 17:11, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

I have to agree with Huw, nowhere else in WP would we do what you're suggesting! If an article fails to meet today’s featured article criteria, it is improved or it is de-listed, we don’t try to apply the criteria as it was when the article was created. You are no stranger to primary topic debates, but I have never seen you suggest using the guidelines as they were before you rewrote them! You certainly wouldn't agree to an article being the primary topic because at the time it was written there were no ambiguous titles, would you?--Ykraps (talk) 19:09, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

B2C: I understand you feel the rules should be changed, and you're welcome to lobby for your new interpretations of STUB, RETAIN, or others in the appropriate forums (strange and unworkable though your interpretations seem to me). Until and unless that happens, though, we judge present requests by using our present guidelines – not those from the distant past or the hypothetical future. ╠╣uw  20:29, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

I don't think the rules should be changed. The apparent meaning of this rule was inadvertently changed when the definition of stub was changed. I see no reason to believe that the definition of stub was changed in order to change the meaning of RETAIN. The meaning of RETAIN should be changed, if it is to be changed, purposefully and knowing, not implicitly and accidentally by changing the meaning of terms in which it is expressed. What should be changed now is the wording, so it's not using the word "non-stub" but still retains the meaning it had before the meaning of "stub" (and thus "non-stub") was changed, so that the accidental and implicit rule change is reversed. But in the mean time here we can recognize that's what happened and interpret the rule in the way it was always intended to be understood. --В²C ☎ 22:11, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Well I think you're clutching at straws with that argument and it is not one I'd lend my support to but even then, the first definition of stub appears in 2005, here and states, "A stub is an article which is clearly too short, but not too short to be useless. On a general manner, it must be long enough to at least define the article's title. This usually means stubs are about the length of 3 to 10 short sentences. Note that a longer article may be a stub if the topic is complex enough - conversely, a short article on a topic which has a very narrow scope may not be a stub". As humour is a complex thing, I would argue that even by 2005 standards, the article is still a stub. It doesn't even describe humour as an emotion so doesn't even "define the articles title". Now if you've nothing else to add can we close this, as there clearly isn't consensus here, and I have some articles I wish to improve.--Ykraps (talk) 16:08, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Seconded, though in closing I should note that under no definition from any year would the 2002 version clearly qualify as non-stub; as you rightly point out, articles on important or complex topics have a higher bar. (Also BTW, Misplaced Pages:Find or fix a stub, to which STUB originally redirected, described it earlier, but again said only what "generally" makes a stub – which again gets to your point.) Happy editing! ╠╣uw  18:16, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

• Support per WP:NATIONALTIES. Humor is clearly more associated with the US than the UK. —  AjaxSmack  02:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

• This comment made me laugh. Aha! This article should use Canadian spelling! Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 22:46, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

@Ivanvector: of course you would prefer the Canadian English Spelling... :) But how do you guys spell it up there, eh!? Tiggerjay (talk) 23:57, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

With a Molson's? Juan Riley (talk) 23:59, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Foster's: it's Australian for humour! H-U-M-O-U-R... B-E-E-R... Omnedon (talk) 18:54, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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Post move closure discussion

There was no discussion by the closer on which merits they choose to end this discussion, and what arguments and policies they used to form their opinion that this should be closed. Would the closer like to elaborate on why they choose to close without giving a rationale? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:91C8:BD89:C688:82F7 (talk) 23:23, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

If anything you should explain your time-wasting and borderline vexatious move request. Consensus was clear and it hasn't changed form the other move requests. AusLondonder (talk) 13:34, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm certain I did,in my rationale for requesting the move. I've happily explained why I think this title is a violation of ENGVAR and should be moved back. If you don't agree with me, that is your opinion, but to consistently go onto talk pages and accuse people of vandalism for not holding your viewpoints is disingenuous, and quite certainly not WP:CIVIL. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA0D:8C00:7D9E:3210:5F8:58E9 (talk) 19:52, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

As a point of order, there is no requirement in WP:RMCI that RM closers must provide rationale for the close. Although providing rationale is not discouraged, it can at times inflame rather than bring closure to the naming issue. In contentious issues like this one, whatever rationale is provided will only be accepted by 50% of the participants and thus contribute nothing relevant to the article or its title. --Mike Cline (talk) 20:01, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Doesn't WP:ADMINACCT apply to RM closures? "Administrators are expected to respond promptly and civilly to queries about their Misplaced Pages-related conduct and administrator actions and to justify them when needed." --В²C ☎ 00:43, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

This article will still be contentious until this is solved by the yogurt principle, I think. ~~July 22nd 2016.

Perhaps. But please learn to sign your posts correctly. Juan Riley (talk) 17:20, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

In the workplace section

The "in the workplace" section certainly seems to me to violate WP:SOAP. I propose the information be merged into the "studies" section. 67.80.51.129 (talk) 04:47, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

"Others believe that 'the appropriate use of humor can facilitate social interactions'."

Sentence implies that there are people who disagree. Absurd statement, possible meta-humour? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.112.208.120 (talk • contribs) 08:18, 15:22, 7 August 2016 UTC (UTC)

Spelling

Why is the default in this AMERICAN source (Misplaced Pages) the British spelling? And before someone tries to lecture me on the 1828 date for Webster's simplification, keep in mind that most of these words are from Latin, where "or" was the proper ending. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:644:8400:672C:F063:96D4:C3CB:A63F (talk) 01:18, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

The language variant used in Misplaced Pages has nothing to do Misplaced Pages being hosted in the US. Articles use many different versions of English (American, British, Canadian, Indian, etc.) depending on whether the article has close ties to a particular English version or, if none, which version the article was written in when it reached article (rather than stub) status. Misplaced Pages is not an "American source". Meters (talk) 01:25, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

I'm half thinking this is just the same IP every time. Bataaf van Oranje (Prinsgezinde) (talk) 19:34, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

But this article did start in American English. It was moved to British English completely against policy, and everytime someone wants to move it back, the British throw up a "Royal" fuss. The IP (not me) isn't wrong in asking why this article isn't in American English, as that's where it started. I'm just noting this here, because it is, still, in 2017 a contentious issue. 2A02:C7D:CA32:CC00:B420:3F90:66EC:69B1 (talk) 09:21, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

It's not a contentious issue. There are some people on Misplaced Pages that get in a fuss about spelling variants while probably around 95% couldn't care less. There's no reason to change ANY article title to another language variant right now unless it's either recently been moved as an act of provocation or its subject clearly related to an English-speaking country. It simply doesn't matter otherwise. You may be implying here that changing it to American English would prevent further complaining but I can assure you that it wouldn't. And yes, we have a rule for articles of this kind having to stick with their original title, but that is a guideline and not a commandment. There are plenty of examples of titles inconsistent with this on both sides of the spectrum and again, it simply doesn't matter. Bataaf van Oranje (Prinsgezinde) (talk) 16:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes, it is. It still bothers people. This article should follow wikipedia guidelines and be in American English. 2001:630:12:1090:6805:15D3:B7DF:B43A (talk) 17:04, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

This page is still in violation of EngVar, is that correct? Just keeping track, as it should have been moved back to "humor" over a decade ago now.

Cheers 2A02:C7D:CA32:CC00:10A1:CBE8:C524:FFCD (talk) 07:37, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Just making sure that the powers that close the debate on Humor/Humour, it's still in violation of Engvar, and still improperly titled. @Born2cycle:2A02:C7D:CA94:FB00:5887:6925:D47D:34A0 (talk) 21:26, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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Humor or Humour?

Yes, i know humour is the british way of spelling it, but since most of Misplaced Pages users come from the United States, should it not be spelled Humor?

Also, this is a SUGGESTION. Please contribute and don't hate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TsarNicholasTheSecond (talk • contribs) 21:50, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

• That's not how Misplaced Pages works. See WP:ENGVAR. Some articles here use British English and some use American English, and the general rule is not to change them unless the topic is closely associated with one culture. Hut 8.5 19:36, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Actually, this should be at American English, as it was started there, see WP:ENGVAR. An overzealous British editor moved the article without rationale, and it's been contentious ever since. 2A02:C7D:CA94:FB00:5887:6925:D47D:34A0 (talk) 21:22, 16 September 2019 (UTC) Just to note, it's July 16 2020, and this article is still in violation of ENGVAR for changing the spellings from American to british english. It should be change back. 2A02:C7F:C632:9200:ACBA:ABE6:660A:5EA1 (talk) 23:12, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

• Comment - Just to be clear here, at the point when title was changed in 2002, the rule against changing the variant of English didn't exist and wouldn't exist in concrete, definitive form for years to come. ArbCom only came up with its first injunction not to change the EngVar "unless there is some substantial reason for the change" in 2005 (and who knows, maybe the 2002 editor thought they had a "substantial reason"?). Saying that the 2002 title changed violated any guideline or policy is completely wrong since there were no such guidelines or policies at that point. The rule exists now, though, so we should not change without a good reason. FOARP (talk) 17:33, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
  • That doesn't mean the principle shouldn't stand: it was moved for no reason, and it should be moved back. Eccekevin (talk) 23:41, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
    • Policies don't apply retrospectively. WaggersTALK 08:05, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

• It's déjà vu all over again. As I predicted in the 2016 RM five years ago, this title will remain controversial until it's moved back to the original spelling variety. Whether the move in question was a rule violation back when it was moved from the original variety in 2002 is moot. WP:RETAIN is simply an objective approach to resolving conflicts: When no English variety has been established and discussion does not resolve the issue, use the variety found in the first post-stub revision that introduced an identifiable variety.. That's the rule that's relevant here, and it applies in this situation. Note that those two requirements are separated by an and, meaning both must be satisfied, not just one or the other. We can argue about whether a variety of English has been established here, but there can be no argument about whether discussion has resolved the issue. The section clearly demonstrates it has not. I said it in 2016 and I'll say it again:

  ... imagine what will happen if the closer does find in favor of policy and community consensus and moves the title back to Humor per WP:RETAIN. What policy based argument will the U-advocates have to move it back to Humour? None, of course, just as the H-advocates have got nothing at Yogurt. Note that this is not the case at, for example, Aluminium. There, there is no basis to move to the American spelling, because the original variety/title there was Commonwealth English. So, that title is stable, as this one will also be, once its original variety/title is restored. Or, imagine if the closer finds "no consensus" and the current title remains. You think this issue won't be raised again? Think again.

  Yogurt, by the way, has remained stable with no controversy whatsoever since the 2011 RM close — almost ten years now! See: Talk:Yogurt/yogurtspellinghistory. --В²C ☎ 21:50, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

It has been at this spelling since 2002. I think everyone should just WP:DROPTHESTICK on this. Meters (talk) 22:43, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Good luck with that. No sticks here that I can see. When all else fails, go with WP:Status quo stonewalling#Arguing against discussion by alleging time wasting. Sigh. —22:52, 5 April 2021 (UTC) --В²C ☎ 22:52, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

"this title will remain controversial until it's moved back to the original spelling variety", this is an assumption based on the idea that BR-Eng people will be more reasonable than NA-Eng people have proved in endless raising of this issue for now nearly 20 years. The justification for not changing it is an entirely reasonable one - the title is established in the article by nearly two decades of usage, RETAIN did not anyway apply to the original move because RETAIN didn't even exist as a policy then. FOARP (talk) 07:51, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

FOARP, perhaps you missed my refutations of both of these points above? Because you're making these claims as if they weren't even addressed, much less refuted. Or maybe I wasn't clear?

1. If the prediction about this issue not being resolved until the NA-Eng title is restored was based on the idea that BR-Eng people will be more reasonable, then it would predict similar unresolved conflicts at articles like Aluminium. But it doesn't. Because the prediction is not based on any idea about how reasonable any side is. It is based on the idea that such conflicts are resolved by restoring the original variety used at a given article. That's why Aluminium, Yogurt, and countless other variety-specific titles are stable; it has to do with following RETAIN guidance, not which side is reasonable.
2. In addition to establishing a rule against changing the variety of English of an article and the consequence of reverting when this rule is violated, which we agree is not applicable here because the rule was apparently not yet established when the move in question here occurred, RETAIN establishes an objective mechanism for resolving conflicts about variety of English that is to be applied—regardless of whether there ever was any violation of any rule—any time a conflict about English variety cannot be resolved by discussion. And that's the situation we have here.

—В²C ☎ 10:55, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

A review of this talk page (now on it's 4th archive) does not support the idea that Aluminium has not been subject of endless conflict, even with the added weight of a standard in its favour (probably, without the standard, it would have been changed to the American spelling ages ago given the palpable anger of so many of the NA-lang editors there). You are not refuting the basic case that you are trying to apply a rule to a title-change that did not even exist when the title-change occurred, that we have not tended to apply rules retrospectively without accounting for the impact this will have, and that the name has been stable now for nearly two decades. Re-opening naming disputes after changes from so long ago will clearly have a negative impact.

And all this is without engaging at all with the last RM discussion which was not a no-consensus close, but an actual consensus not to move ("Consensus to not move/Not moved should be used when a consensus has formed to not rename the article(s) in question...this notifies other editors that they should probably not propose this move in the future until and unless circumstances change. There is a positive consensus found, and that consensus is for the page to stay exactly where it is."), which was subsequently endorsed in a move-review. This is about as final as it will ever get regardless of which Eng-var this article is at. Discussion happened. The Eng-var was established. Whatever the case of the 2002 move, the present title has been endorsed by a consensus already. Drop the stick. FOARP (talk) 11:22, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

FOARP, my apologies. Aluminium is not a good example. But Liquorice appears to be. My point stands. Regardless of what the rules were at the time the article was originally moved, what settles these discussions most reliably is going back to the original variety of English. —В²C ☎ 18:48, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

When the variety was changed it seems to have still been a stub since it didn't contain any sources etc and probably wouldn't at least today have conformed with formatting standards etc so I'd suggest it was still a stub version for the purpose of RETAIN. Crouch, Swale (talk) 20:07, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

No, it had had half a dozen unique editors by that edit, plus a bot, and enough content to no longer be a stub. The variety of English in the article had clearly been established and the sole purpose of the edit you linked was to change that variety. That's why there will be contoversy on this article until the original variety is restored. —В²C ☎ 04:53, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

just to check in on this debate. As British English users have been known to say there is no controversy on this subject. It's July 17th 2021,and this article is still misnamed against policy, and should be reverted to Humor.

2A02:C7F:F042:B400:CCA4:4BA6:DD36:2485 (talk) 21:59, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

And, additionally to check in, it's 16 August 2021 and there's no actual controversy here. A consensus in favour of the title was formed at the previous RM discussion in 2016 and the name is established per WP:RETAIN. Drop the stick. FOARP (talk) 13:52, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

This article is still misnammed as per ENGVAR and retain. Why should people not fight for what is correct by this sites own standards? 2A02:C7C:5AEF:1100:89C:435E:CB16:95EF (talk) 16:36, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Because the current name is already established per WP:RETAIN. This was decided in a well-attended RM discussion, confirmed by a DELREV which decided that the page was at the right place and here is where it should stay. Even if you don't believe it was established before that by the decade-plus-long usage and expansion of the page (and it was), it was surely determined then.

There is simply no point in trying to re-litigate this again and again and again. The "but if you decide this my way then the controversy disappears" argument basically relies on BrEng speakers being more reasonable that the small number of AmEng speakers who occasionally (like once a year or less?) pop up on this page to complain that the name is not their preferred version.

The name change was more than 20 years ago! Drop the stick. FOARP (talk) 09:40, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Defamatory humour

Basically, humour refers punches to create laugh on moments, opinion someone's action,

We should always consider our way of comedy wouldn't hurt anyone's emotions, it should not be discriminative. Hits786 (talk) 17:26, 13 October 2020 (UTC) memes...

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I want to add some additional information to the section "Physiological effects" in paragraph 3.

Here is my edit: There are also potential relationships between humour and having a healthy immune system as it was viewed as an important source for both physical and psychological health for a long time. SIgA is a type of antibody that protects the body from infections. In a method similar to the previous experiment, the participants were shown a short humorous video clip and then tested for the effects. The participants showed a significant increase in SIgA levels. There have also been reports of scientific evidence that humor can help with health issues such as allergy symptoms, pain tolerance, heart diseases, strokes, and fluctuating blood sugar, albeit the current evidence for these claims are weak and need to be thoroughly tested. As of now, it is inferred that rather than amplifying the idea of improved health and longevity, a more optimistic outlook on life may lead to a greater inclination for taking risks and ignoring possible health problems that leads to a risk of early death.

This is the source I used: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249929599_Sense_of_humor_and_physical_health_Theoretical_issues_recent_findings_and_future_directions TVang007 (talk) 03:07, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. I don't think that it's necessary to add a paragraph about potential relationships, reports of scientific evidence that are weak and untested. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:05, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

"funny" vs "humour"

Hi,

It seems that "the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement" is the definition of "funny" or "comical", not "humour". "Humour" is the tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency). At least the French and Spanish Misplaced Pages define "humour" this way. The English Wiktionary defines "humour" almost the same way.

Am I wrong ?

PS : I can't modify the article, because it is semi-protected and I didn't contribute a lot on the English Misplaced Pages. If I'm right, could someone modify the introduction ?

Thank you,

CaLéValab (talk) 16:17, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

I agree that humour is not a tendency of experiences to provoke laughter or amusement; rather, it is a quality of experiences or persons, namely, as Wiktionary's definition says: the quality of being amusing, comical, funny. The difference between a tendency and a quality is subtle and I'm not sure how to explain it. I do not agree that humour is the tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency). Rather, humour is the aptness for pointing this out, or it is the comical nature of that something itself. Aptness and tendency are not the same thing. Rp (talk) 21:09, 28 August 2021 (UTC) Rp (talk) 21:09, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Humour article appears on No Such Thing as a Fish

This article is mentioned in a fact on the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, the fact being one of the presenters, Dan Schreiber, is now the face of this article. It is episode 444, which debuted today. ISD (talk) 12:15, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

The image was only added a couple of weeks before that episode was recorded, and no disrespect to Dan or Jimmy but it's kind of a weird one and I'm not sure it's an improvement on the previous images of some people laughing.

What is A comedian performing a stand-up comedy with a viewer (Jimmy Wales) laughing even trying to describe? What is Jimmy "viewing"? Do we not have any good photos of a seated audience laughing at a stand-up comedian? Few stand-ups perform to a single audience member who stands next to them. --Lord Belbury (talk) 15:09, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Lord Belbury, Well... here's my reasoning: The previous images are not about humor, they're just showing faces of people laughing. That's not humor, that's laughing. Sure, they might laugh because they have been told a joke, but just having faces of people laughing does not convey the full idea on what does humor meant. Humor involves an action that makes people laugh. Searching through the Wikimania archives I found a guy (Jimmy) laughing because a comedian saying something funny, and so, I slap that picture in. I should have been less lazy and search for a more professional image for the lead image. In fact, I should do that now... CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 15:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Yes, it would definitely be better to show what's being laughed at. Best I can find is File:Game of Laugh - Comedy improv at "Yo Mama's", New Orleans 02.jpg if cropped to focus more on the audience on the right. I'm checking https://commons.wikimedia.org/Category:Laughing hoping for a photo of a regular person just telling a joke conversationally and another laughing at it, but nothing yet. --Lord Belbury (talk) 15:42, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

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I would like to edit. 72.138.63.126 (talk) 19:06, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done, looks like you gave up and made your edit at Humour (disambiguation) instead, where it's been reverted as vandalism. --Belbury (talk) 19:09, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

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