Talk:In-joke
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[edit] Old talk
Why is this not at In joke?Mark Richards 22:00, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I always thought "in joke" was just an abbreviation of "inside joke". --Furrykef 10:16, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)
We've got a redirect on In-joke to In joke, yet the article starts with in-joke. Decision, please! My vote's for "in-joke". -- Rissa 03:12, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I still vote for "inside joke". --Furrykef 07:39, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
You're probably right. Where's that page on naming conventions? -- Rissa 19:04, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions --Furrykef 03:58, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)
typo fairy seems not to be an injoke, see Talk:Typo_fairy - Melaen 22:33, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone know the origins of the Story ideas coming from a mail-order business in Schenectady, New York: Science fiction authors joke? --Nynexman4464 22:23, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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- I also vote at inside joke, but it's pretty late... Is it too late to start a survey? --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 22:12, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] self referential humor
people who read the same encyclopedia
Nice!
--ZekeMacNeil 02:44, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
- I wonder if this is a meta-in-joke... --Sum0 20:16, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Category:In-jokes
It occurs to me that a lot of the "In-Jokes" in the category are really just "references" or "running gags". I support removal of "No-one expects the spanish inquisition!", "These aren't the droids you're looking for" and "The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything". --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 22:14, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
- And no attept at all is made to show users WHY certain mentions are in-jokes. Okay, the typo fairy is listed... WHY is that an in-joke? It's sort of a complicated thing to express, but at the moment, the "Examples" is really just a pretty non-sensical list. For example (using one that needs to be cut), "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"- The tag line for characters in a recurring Monty Python skit. Something like that, anyway. Someone thought it was an inside joke because they figured only Monty Python fans would know it, and you can get a sense for that with this description. And yes, things like "These aren't the droids..." isn't an inside joke. Like "One ring to rule them all"- it's currently so pop culture, that the general population does know about it, thus running counter to the definition. Gspawn 19:09, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Lawyer jokes seem to be almost the opposite of in-jokes; they are jokes told widely outside the legal profession and are generally understood without any special insider knowledge. I've removed this category from the example list.Glendoremus 15:41, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "private joke"?
is it like a "private joke"?
- According to the page, it seems that it could be... 85.226.122.222 07:49, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Proposing major revision of this page
[edit] Dictionary vs. Encyclopedia
It seems to me that the most useful part of this page is the definition of "in-joke". To that extent, I think it belongs entirely in a dictionary, rather than an encyclopedia. The material that fills it out doesn't deepen the reader's understanding of what an in-joke is or how it functions. It is, rather, two sets of examples, neither of which could ever be complete, and neither of which is rich with archetypal examples. I propose that the entire page be turned into a link to the Wiktionary page for inside joke.
[edit] Lists of groups of people
The list of examples of the kinds of groups who might share an in-joke is unnecessary. We could never list all the possible groups of people who might share an inside joke. It is not a well-defined nor finite set of elements (unlike, say, the disputed but still apprehendable list of planets or a list of notable people from Limerick, Ireland. As the Wiktionary definition says, the people who share an in-joke are "certain people who are in the know". Any group of people could be "in the know" about a given in-joke. I propose removing the list entirely.
[edit] Places where in-jokes are found
Yes, they are often found in movies. They are often found in offices, schools, bars, playgrounds, sports teams, family gatherings, Ice Capades reunions and just about any other gathering of people. To what end do we need to focus on movies or TV?
[edit] Examples
To be useful, shouldn't a list of examples of inside jokes highlight the most significant or archetypal inside jokes? Right now, this is a hodge-podge lists of inside jokes from particular professions, TV shows, a rock band, and various other places. Perhaps it needs to be sub-categorized and expanded ad infinitum, until it includes every conceivable in-joke known to mankind.
I would love to hear some thoughts about other approaches to make this page more encyclopedic and focused. Right now it seems best to turn it into a dictionary entry.--Glp 00:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Some of the greatest in-jokes are in games. Old-style text adventures are famous for them- "xyzzy" and "a maze of twisty little passages" are two of the most famous ones. (see Colossal Cave or Zork) If there's a list of significant in-jokes, those should definately be included. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.10.48.39 (talk) 22:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Dictionaric
This should definitely be a dictionary entry. Unless there is a body of knowledge about in-jokes that the reader can be introduced to, then the only information is what the term means and whether to have a hyphen, basically dictionary things. Mark Foskey (talk) 03:28, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. In its current state, when deleted unreferenced albeit naive/trivial classification and a bunch of examples, the article is completely non-encyclopedic. `'Míkka>t 03:42, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
