Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Insult comedy

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. The outcome is obvious now that its been referenced and since this discussion has been cited ina contentious RFC involving many users on either side of the keep/delete argument it makes sense to close this now that the Col has referenced it. Spartaz ^Humbug! 02:46, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Insult comedy[edit]

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Nonnotable topic — Bdb484 (talk) 00:03, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment from author - I admit that the article has only 1 reference. However, it's not a biography of a living person and I suggest that it stay until someone can write a really good version of it. - Richard Cavell (talk) 02:50, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 03:04, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Not a good article yet, but it's a legitemate encyclopedia subject. <( User:Couch on his Head and Smiling (talk) )> 06:41, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The topic is notable. I have proven this by adding citations to more sources. Our editing policy is to retain the topic for further improvement. Colonel Warden (talk) 09:07, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: It's a term that does appear to be in common use for that genre of comedy, as a Google search will attest, and the article does now have some decent sources. It's not a great article as it stands, but we should improve it, not delete it. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:59, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable topic, but up until now, this has really been a thinly disguised "List of insult comedians", basically a list of names that was, up until Colonel W paved the way, unsourced. I think that there's enough serious interest in improving it that the topic of comedy, dependent upon insulting the audience, will get a better article. Mandsford 15:13, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, assuming someone can expand the article. Seems to be a valid sub-genre of comedy which has been written about in many books. (see here)Susan118 ^talk 19:04, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, as above. Reasonable topic to cover. Jack Merridew 21:19, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.