Talk:Self-referential humor/Archive 1

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Archive 1

July 2004

I did clean up the grammar but after reading that... is it really self-referential humour? Methinks not... but I don't know what to suggest. MDCore 12:27, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Me also thinks not. The current stub seems to be describing in-jokes instead. I'll replace it with a different stub that's IMO correct and see what happens. Bryan 02:33, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Cite article itself as source

This might be a bit silly, but it would form a great example for the article, wouldn't harm the encyclopedia, and would probably make someone smile. Calumapplepie (talk) 14:26, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

OK, great idea. Glad I thought of it. E Eng 09:04, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

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"Joke Template" section title potentially misleading (and also unsourced)

The Wikipedia search, along with automate internal links for Joke template point to this page. I think it's reasonable to think most people would assume an article for joke templates would actually refer to the templates themselves, not a niche form of self-referential humor about joke templates. For instance, the Phrasal template page included a Joke template link in its "See Also" section before I fixed it. I suggest this section heading be changed to something like "Jokes referencing joke templates" or "Jokes about joke cycles", and letting Joke template proper redirect to Joke cycle

As a side-note, the section Joke template is backed by only one source which is a dead link I couldn't find on the Wayback Machine, so I'm unable to find any standard name for this type of self-referential humor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StereoFolic (talk • contribs) 15:07, 29 December 2020 (UTC)