204:, there's scope for more than a stub article here and that fixing this is simply a matter of modifying the article to use what sources provide, see the aforementioned journal article, pages 142 et seq. of ISBN 0765806592, pages 59 et seq. of ISBN 0395572266, pages 116 et seq. of ISBN 0813013968, the whole of chapter 2 of ISBN 0813117747, pages 23–25 of ISBN 0252027868, and page 4 of ISBN 0813918111. Feel free to use these sources, and the many others that exist on the subject, to improve the article before I have the opportunity to do so.
190:. There are plenty of others.) The problem with this article is that it contains almost none of this discussion, cites no sources, and relies mainly upon original research analyses by Knowledge (XXG) editors of the actual jokes themselves. That problem is a matter of cleanup, not deletion, however. Coincidentally, I've just improved
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