Template:Did you know nominations/Dead baby jokes

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The result was: rejected by Allen3 ^talk 22:22, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
Insufficient progress toward resolving outstanding issues

Dead baby jokes

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... that folklorist scholar Alan Dundes theorizes that dead baby jokes emerged as a response to the rise of abortion and contraceptives in the 1960s?

Created by Plot Spoiler (talk). Self nominated at 02:16, 4 April 2014 (UTC).

Currently the article is not long enough for DYK - including the example jokes it is only ~1,400 characters and when the examples are excluded (as I believe they should be) it is only ~1,100. It will have to be expanded a bit more to be eligible. 97198 (talk) 10:47, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

The proposed hook is a nice example of how an offensive subject can be presented in DYK without making an offensive hook. However, as the article is too insubstantial for DYK in its present form -- not merely too short in terms of character count, but too light on the kind of information that ought to be in an encyclopedia article. --Orlady (talk) 15:18, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback from both of you. Will work to expand the article -- though as you can imagine it's challenging to find reliable sources on this subject! Plot Spoiler (talk) 17:42, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

It has been over three weeks without any further edits on the article, which remains too short and insubstantial for DYK. Closing as unsuccessful. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:20, 1 May 2014 (UTC)