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Hi, fellas. I once VFDed this article and later removed it from the list. The author told me that the article was vandalized, reverted it to the complete version and I agreed to unVFD it. But... I don't know. I think the article does not deserve being deleted and it is somewhat interesting, but it's almost unlaughable.

I remember that and old deleted article had a tag on top of it in which was written: "Serious On... [can't remember the middle]... Don't expect any laughs". I searched for this tag and could not find any template or page with it. Guess it was directly placed on that page.

Well, what I want to ask is: should we create an "Unlaughable" cathegory and add a template for it? This is intended for "sophisticated" articles that are not disposable but cannot make you really laugh, as the one I mentioned above. If you agree, I have a good idea about how this template would look like.

herr doktor needsApistol Rocket.gif [scream!] 19:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)



You mean

right? I think this temp applies more to purposely serious pages (like F@H) not ones that just suck and arn't funny...--Anyone 20:10, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Yes, that one! But what do you think about my proposal? May I edit this template? I'm thinking about a big one, with a picture of Jean-Paul Sartre - in my humble oppinion, the unfunniest person to ever walk on Earth. herr doktor needsApistol Rocket.gif [scream!] 20:17, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
  • If by edit this exact template and change it to fit your needs, then by-god man, what are you, crazy? They'll kill you. But, I'd say feel free to take the source from this template, or better yet, a more box-like template (like bat fuck insane or what not) and copy it over to your sandbox and edit to your hearts discontent. Then come back here and whore your achievements. --Anyone 20:22, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Aw, forget about it. Now I see how the template was intended to be used, as a 'serious zone delimiter', to be worked with the 'unserious zone delimiter'. Then my idea is another one. A new cathegory template with about the following text:

"This article sense of humour is too much sophisticated for your petit-bourgeois sense of taste. Don't expect vulgar cracking-ups, just sit down with your pipe and let a subltle witful giggle form in the other corner of your mouth". herr doktor needsApistol Rocket.gif [scream!] 20:29, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


Personally I laughed out loud at that page. But I am a Religious Studies nerd. ---Quill.gifRev. Isra (talk) 22:37, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

  • See it? It's too much sophisticated for me! :D

Tell me people, shall I create the template or not? herr doktor needsApistol Rocket.gif [scream!] 18:22, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

No. It'll be abused and people will slap it on anything they don't like/get. That page is ferpectly pine. Freemorpheme.gif 18:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

  • By the way, I've found a simmilar idea:
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herr doktor needsApistol Rocket.gif [scream!] 18:58, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

  • There it is. I will place it under some Pee:

herr doktor needsApistol Rocket.gif [scream!] 20:40, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Ow, and yes, the article I've mentioned above does not fit in the definition for this template anymore. herr doktor needsApistol Rocket.gif [scream!] 21:14, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • The template was aparently approved in the Pee. So I will just remove it from here to note include this discussion in the cathegory. Thanks! herr doktor needsApistol Rocket.gif [scream!]}
  • Limitations of Superpowers is not a funny-ha-ha-booger-joke article. We had a discussion about satire versus comic writing awhile back. Satire is not necessarily laugh-out-loud funny. We can indeed create a tag that says something like Satire! Not Necessarily Funny but then perhaps we should create a tag that says No Noticeable Satire Or Parody, Just Booger Jokes to put on the multitude of articles which in fact have no noticeable satirical content. As a general thing I dislike templates, except admin-enforcement notes like VFD. It's simply a label applied by somebody with an opinion and the label 1) may not be correct; 2) may not make sense to all readers; 3) may do the article grave injustice; 4) may be misused by assholes. Down with templates -- down with "Jesus Approves" and "Contains Facts" and all that shit. Remember, 90% of the readers are smarter than the person who placed the template, and are laughing at him behind his back. ----OEJ 19:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
I disagree, OEJ. Templates have become one of the most distinctive features of uncyc. Specially when they are funny - and I hope this one of mine is. By the way, if one disagrees with the placement of a template he or she can just remove it - provided the adequate discussion in the talk page. herr doktor needsApistol Rocket.gif [scream!] 19:15, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, we can agree to disagree. I do not remove templates (except very rarely from pages I originated) because of lingering free-speech issues that my psychoanalyst has been unable to resolve using electroshock/tequila therapy. But I never place them (except for {{construction}}, {{vanity}}, and {{vfd}}) because I am not arrogant enough to put a label on a piece of writing. It is what it is, as my dear old lit teacher said, not what someone's arbitrary label says it is. As far as being a distinctive part of Uncyc, yes, that's true -- templates are as distinctive as a big hairy wart in the middle of a pretty girl's upper lip. I know, that sounds harsh and bitchy, NeedABrain, but since I expect I am a minority of one on this issue I might as well be honest about it! ;) 'Nuff said on my part, I've made (and over-made) any possible point I might have. Anyone care to light off some rum-soaked Cheetos? ----OEJ 23:13, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
I love templates. Especially {{Too many templates}}, {{Not enough templates}}, etc. They're not intended to 'label' articles and such. They're meant to be silly and funny. --User:Nintendorulez 23:20, 17 November 2006 (UTC)