Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/IITYWIMWYBMAD
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DUMB joke. Even the logic is wrong. - Lucky 6.9 23:21, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Delete: I can't see anyone as the victim of the joke going to an encyclopedia to look it up, unless they carry a laptop with wi-fi to a bar, and if that's the case, then, well, buying drinks is the least of their problems. Non-encyclopedic -- a catalog of pranks. Geogre 00:26, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Delete. Pointless. (Note that voter "PM"s only other contribution (besides the two votes) to WP is a pic that appears to be a copyvio [Image:Henrides.gif][1]) Niteowlneils 02:32, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Answer to Niteowlneils : The picture is simply a mistake, I messed up with the french version of Wikipedia (where I've added several useful things). And your note isn't giving any valid reason for the deleting of this article (like the two we have just below). Then I still want to tell Lucky that the logic is no wrong, maybe the example doesn't ring a bell to you, but someone may modify it to make it more clarous. The point is that this acronym has a real meaning and it should figure somewhere on Wikipedia (maybe in a page about jokes or acronyms). Keep but clarify. Still --PM 18:43, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Delete, of course. Doesn't even belong on bad jokes. RickK 04:17, Jun 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Delete! Exploding Boy 04:39, Jun 25, 2004 (UTC)
Sure it's pretty dumb, but i think it still can be a very useful page for victims of this joke.
And I don't see why the logic is wrong, I got myself trapped in it once and it seemed very logical to me. --PM 23:32, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Sorry, i forgot that point : of course, I think we should keep it. --PM 23:35, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- I still think the logic is backwards. If I were to ask this, uh, question, I wouldn't expect the victim to answer, "If I tell you, will you buy me a drink?" It might work as a written joke but not as a spoken one. Besides, this is as non-encyclopedic as it gets, IMO. - Lucky 6.9 23:59, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Do we need a special category for deleting stuff just because it's really dumb? Delete. -- Jmabel 00:10, Jun 25, 2004 (UTC)
- (see below)
KeepThis is a common prank, and produces over a thousand google hits. I see no good reason to delete it, as it is a real occurence in society. I've personally heard of this a few times, as well. Also, the logic is fine. The victim is informed of the acronym, and asks the joker what it means, the joker then says "If I tell you what it means, will you buy me a drink?" The victim say "yes, so tell me", wash, rinse, repeat. Its not the most encyclopedic thing, but the info should certainly be here on wikipedia. If not on its own page, documented under some jokes heading. —siroχo 03:10, Jun 25, 2004 (UTC) - Delete - I feel very strongly that we should not catalog every prank and joke in Western culture, including ones like the above that are so obviously funny to the teller alone (of which I can envision a myriad of myriads). Many stupid things are said in bars to try and make oneself look superior to the idiot sitting at the next stool. I have no desire to read about them in Wikipedia. Jwrosenzweig 17:05, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- I most certainly agree that we should not catalog every prank. Yet, I think that this one is common enough to merit some sort of description. Regardless of who looks stupid, and who its funny too, it is a relatively common social occurence. Is there any other wikiproject to document this in? Probably not, its not really a quote or dicdef. I'm not defending this because I think its exceptionally funny or clever, rather I don't want to see real ideas left out of the wikipedia because the majority of people don't agree with them. However, in the interests of those who beleive it does not merit its own article, I tend to agree that it is a minor topic. So i change my vote to condense the information presented, merge with List of acronyms and initialisms, and leave as a redirect Sound reasonable? (; —siroχo 20:24, Jun 25, 2004 (UTC)
- I don't think the fact that this exists somewhere means that it must therefore be catalogable in a Wikimedia project. A common prank in grade school is to pull a chair out from behind someone as they're sitting down. I don't think we need a page anywhere describing The pulling out the chair prank and how to avoid it. I will, however, agree to the merge into the acronym list if it is the will of the rest here. Jwrosenzweig 21:06, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- I most certainly agree that we should not catalog every prank. Yet, I think that this one is common enough to merit some sort of description. Regardless of who looks stupid, and who its funny too, it is a relatively common social occurence. Is there any other wikiproject to document this in? Probably not, its not really a quote or dicdef. I'm not defending this because I think its exceptionally funny or clever, rather I don't want to see real ideas left out of the wikipedia because the majority of people don't agree with them. However, in the interests of those who beleive it does not merit its own article, I tend to agree that it is a minor topic. So i change my vote to condense the information presented, merge with List of acronyms and initialisms, and leave as a redirect Sound reasonable? (; —siroχo 20:24, Jun 25, 2004 (UTC)
- If I tell you what BJAODN means, will you buy me a drink? Dunc_Harris|☺ 17:28, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- No, but I'll eep in your ear. :^)) - Lucky 6.9 21:47, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Delete, it's not even funny. -- Cyrius|✎ 06:40, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Delete. One is left to wonder if it's ever worked as a chat up line, curious minds need to know... -- Graham ☺ | Talk 11:06, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Delete, do not move to BJAODN, do not merge with List of acronyms and initialisms. WP is not a catalog of every joke on the planet. Wile E. Heresiarch 02:08, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Keep Dmn 01:30, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)
