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We're gonna have to move this later...Someone come up with a witty, but decent project name that we can stick into [[UDWiki:Projects]], despite the fact the project page hasn't been used in half a year... --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 21:53, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
:I'm pushing "Project: not so great" again.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 21:54, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
::I just realized the Project page needs minor clean up as well. O.o --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 21:58, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
:::Project:DoublePlusUngood {{User:Vapor/sig}} 22:02, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

==Notice on purged pages==
I made the template <nowiki>{{HumorousPagesCleanUp}}</nowiki> to put on top of the affected pages:
{{HumorousPagesCleanUp}}
Helps to bring the message to those who don't watch community news, and hopefully gives a broader voter base. --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 18:33, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

==Um...==
...Is anyone even gonna bother to help clean up these pages?  I know we're running slow, but one vote after a week and a half?  That's just not right.  Not right at all... --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 23:28, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
:It were ''the holidays'', meesta. Wiki was generally running slowly. Personally, I wanted to vote all the time, but the put the thought on the backburner with all the holiday stuff going on. --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 23:37, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
::Hm.  Good point.  Perhaps we ought to extend the current ones by another week. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 23:45, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

== An important stipulation on the 2/3 requirement ==

First of all, this project is a great idea, props to whoever came up with it.  One little thing that is nagging me is the 2/3 vote requirement for deciding if something is funny or not.  The 2/3 requirement is completely reasonable for determining the status of good articles etc, but I can foresee a potential problem when applied to humour, since comedy can often have a strong polarizing effect.<br>  
You'll see in this live comedy, where something is just drop dead funny to half the people in a room, but the other half are left scratching there heads or steaming.  This doesn't necessarily mean the joke isn't funny, it's just one of those things that causes a strong reaction down the middle.  To ensure that such humour would still be recognized by the wiki, I would propose that a stipulation be added to the wording ''"Those that receive 2/3  Yay votes '''or a total of 10 Yay votes''' will be kept"''.<br>
My thinking there is that if something is humourous enough to get 10 people to vote for it in our declining wiki base, then it should be included as funny, even if another 8 or 10 people vote against.  So far there are only 3 people voting on any of these, so it will probably be a completely moot point, but I'd like to have the language added before any potential issue comes up just in case.  Anyone have a problem with this?--{{User:Giles Sednik/sig}} 06:41, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

== The Future ==

Do we not run into a problem when this is over? More unfunny stuff will just be added until this whole long process has to be done again. Wouldn't it make sense to set up a system whereby a vote would have to take place to decide what is put on these pages in the first place?--[[User:E Gadus|E Gadus]] 19:05, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
:We'll get to that when we get to that.  For now, let's clear up the current things on the page. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 19:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

==On Hold==
This project will be on hold for a few days just so I can resettle myself back on the wiki.  Next set will be available for voting on Tuesday, March 15th. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 01:19, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Nobody vote on Great Profiles or Random Public Speeches from March 15th.  They're due for an archive and removal of unfunny things, and I've got to get to class.  So I'll resume archival and removal when I return.  Unless someone wishes to do it for me.  That would be nice too. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 15:19, 30 March 2011 (BST)
:Since your network troubles seem to persist, I've cycled the old entries and set up new ones. --'''<span style="font-family:monospace; background-color:#222222">[[User:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime"> Spiderzed</span>]][[User talk:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime">█ </span>]]</span>''' 21:14, 3 May 2011 (BST)

== BJAODN ==

I move for anything deleted to be moved to olden-days Wikipedia-style [[wikipedia:WP:BAD|Bad Jokes And Other Deleted Nonsense]] page(s). All in favour? {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 22:18, 13 May 2011 (BST)