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* RM, Humour → Humor, '''No Consensus''', 13 April 2015, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Humour&oldid=1126065962#Requested_move_13_April_2015 Requested move 13 April 2015]
* RM, Humour → Humor, '''Not Moved''', 12 February 2016, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Humour&oldid=1126065962#Requested_move_12_February_2016 Requested move 12 February 2016]
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== Humor or Humour? ==

Yes, i know humour is the british way of spelling it, but since most of Wikipedia users come from the United States, should it not be spelled Humor?

Also, this is a '''SUGGESTION'''. Please contribute and don't hate.  <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:TsarNicholasTheSecond|TsarNicholasTheSecond]] ([[User talk:TsarNicholasTheSecond#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TsarNicholasTheSecond|contribs]]) 21:50, 1 December 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

*That's not how Wikipedia works. See [[WP:ENGVAR]]. Some articles here use British English and some use American English, and the general rule is not to change them unless the topic is closely associated with one culture. '''''[[User:Hut 8.5|<span style="color:#FF0000;">Hut 8.5</span>]]''''' 19:36, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

:When so much of the discourse in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Humour/Archive_1 was concerning this matter, I find its immediate return as topic number one when Wikipedia is presented with this fresh, clean canvas both amousing and hilarios [[User:One cookie|One cookie]] ([[User talk:One cookie|talk]]) 14:14, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Actually, this should be at American English, as it was started there, see [[WP:ENGVAR]].  An overzealous British editor moved the article without rationale, and it's been contentious ever since. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:C7D:CA94:FB00:5887:6925:D47D:34A0|2A02:C7D:CA94:FB00:5887:6925:D47D:34A0]] ([[User talk:2A02:C7D:CA94:FB00:5887:6925:D47D:34A0|talk]]) 21:22, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
Just to note, it's July 16 2020, and this article is still in violation of ENGVAR for changing the spellings from American to british english. It should be change back. 
[[Special:Contributions/2A02:C7F:C632:9200:ACBA:ABE6:660A:5EA1|2A02:C7F:C632:9200:ACBA:ABE6:660A:5EA1]] ([[User talk:2A02:C7F:C632:9200:ACBA:ABE6:660A:5EA1|talk]]) 23:12, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

*'''Comment''' - Just to be clear here, at the point when title was changed in 2002, the rule against changing the variant of English didn't exist and wouldn't exist in concrete, definitive form for years to come. ArbCom only came up with its first injunction not to change the EngVar ''"unless there is some substantial reason for the change"'' [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Jguk#Template|in 2005]] (and who knows, maybe the 2002 editor thought they had a "substantial reason"?). Saying that the 2002 title changed violated any guideline or policy is completely wrong since there were no such guidelines or policies at that point. The rule exists ''now'', though, so we should not change without a good reason. [[User:FOARP|FOARP]] ([[User talk:FOARP|talk]]) 17:33, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
**That doesn't mean the principle shouldn't stand: it was moved for no reason, and it should be moved back. [[User:Eccekevin|Eccekevin]] ([[User talk:Eccekevin|talk]]) 23:41, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
***Policies don't apply retrospectively. [[User:Waggers|<b style="color:#98F">W</b><b style="color:#97E">a</b><b style="color:#86D">g</b><b style="color:#75C">ge</b><b  style="color:#83C">r</b><b  style="color:#728">s</b>]][[User talk:Waggers|<small  style="color:#080">''TALK''</small>]] 08:05, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

*It's déjà vu all over again. As I predicted in the 2016 RM five years ago, this title will remain controversial until it's moved back to the original spelling variety. Whether the move in question was a rule violation back when it was moved from the original variety in 2002 is moot. [[WP:RETAIN]] is simply an objective approach to resolving conflicts: {{highlight|When no English variety has been established '''and''' discussion does not resolve the issue, use the variety found in the first post-stub revision that introduced an identifiable variety.}}.  That's the rule that's relevant here, and it applies in this situation. Note that those two requirements are separated by an ''and'', meaning ''both'' must be satisfied, not just one or the other. We can argue about whether a variety of English has been established here, but there can be no argument about whether discussion has resolved the issue. The section clearly demonstrates it has not. I said it in 2016 and I'll say it again: {{quotation|... imagine what will happen if the closer does find in favor of policy and community consensus and moves the title back to [[Humor]] per [[WP:RETAIN]]. What policy based argument will the U-advocates have to move it back to Humour? None, of course, just as the H-advocates have got nothing at Yogurt. Note that this is not the case at, for example, Aluminium. There, there is no basis to move to the American spelling, because the original variety/title there was Commonwealth English. So, that title is stable, as this one will also be, once its original variety/title is restored. Or, imagine if the closer finds "no consensus" and the current title remains. You think this issue won't be raised again? Think again.}} [[Yogurt]], by the way, has remained stable with no controversy whatsoever since the 2011 RM close — almost ten years now! See: [[Talk:Yogurt/yogurtspellinghistory]].  --[[User:Born2cycle|В²C]] [[User_talk:Born2cycle#top|☎]] 21:50, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
::It has been at this spelling since 2002. I think everyone should just [[WP:DROPTHESTICK]] on this. [[User:Meters|Meters]] ([[User talk:Meters|talk]]) 22:43, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
:::Good luck with that. No sticks here that I can see. When all else fails, go with [[WP:Status quo stonewalling#Arguing against discussion by alleging time wasting]]. Sigh. —22:52, 5 April 2021 (UTC) --[[User:Born2cycle|В²C]] [[User_talk:Born2cycle#top|☎]] 22:52, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
::::{{tq|"this title will remain controversial until it's moved back to the original spelling variety"}}, this is an assumption based on the idea that BR-Eng people will be more reasonable than NA-Eng people have proved in endless raising of this issue for now nearly 20 years. The justification for not changing it is an entirely reasonable one - the title is established in the article by nearly two decades of usage, RETAIN did not anyway apply to the original move because RETAIN didn't even exist as a policy then. [[User:FOARP|FOARP]] ([[User talk:FOARP|talk]]) 07:51, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
:::::{{u|FOARP}}, perhaps you missed my refutations of both of these points above? Because you're making these claims as if they weren't even addressed, much less refuted. Or maybe I wasn't clear?
:::::#If the prediction about this issue not being resolved until the NA-Eng title is restored was based on the idea that BR-Eng people will be more reasonable, then it would predict similar unresolved conflicts at articles like [[Aluminium]]. But it doesn't. Because the prediction is not based on any idea about how reasonable any side is. It is based on the idea that such conflicts are resolved by restoring the original variety used at a given article. That's why [[Aluminium]], [[Yogurt]], and countless other variety-specific titles  are stable; it has to do with following RETAIN guidance, not which side is reasonable. 
:::::#In addition to establishing a rule against changing the variety of English of an article and the consequence of reverting when this rule is violated, which we agree is not applicable here because the rule was apparently not yet established when the move in question here occurred, ''RETAIN establishes an objective mechanism for resolving conflicts about variety of English that is to be applied—regardless of whether there ever was any violation of any rule—any time a conflict about English variety cannot be resolved by discussion.'' And that's the situation we have here.
:::::—[[User:Born2cycle|В²C]] [[User_talk:Born2cycle#top|☎]] 10:55, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
:::::::[[Talk:Aluminium/Spelling|A review of this talk page (now on it's 4th archive)]] does not support the idea that Aluminium has not been subject of endless conflict, even with the added weight of a standard in its favour (probably, without the standard, it would have been changed to the American spelling ages ago given the palpable anger of so many of the NA-lang editors there). You are not refuting the basic case that you are trying to apply a rule to a title-change that did not even exist when the title-change occurred, that we have not tended to apply rules retrospectively without accounting for the impact this will have, and that the name has been stable now for nearly '''two decades'''. Re-opening naming disputes after changes from so long ago will clearly have a negative impact.
:::::::And all this is without engaging at all with the last RM discussion which was not a no-consensus close, but an actual consensus not to move (''[[Wikipedia:NOTMOVED|"Consensus to not move/Not moved should be used when a consensus has formed to not rename the article(s) in question...this notifies other editors that they should probably not propose this move in the future until and unless circumstances change. There is a positive consensus found, and that consensus is for the page to stay exactly where it is."]]''), which was subsequently endorsed in a move-review. This is about as final as it will ever get regardless of which Eng-var this article is at. Discussion happened. The Eng-var was established. Whatever the case of the 2002 move, the present title has been endorsed by a consensus already. Drop the stick. [[User:FOARP|FOARP]] ([[User talk:FOARP|talk]]) 11:22, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
::::::::{{u|FOARP}}, my apologies. [[Aluminium]] is not a good example. But [[Liquorice]] appears to be. My point stands. Regardless of what the rules were at the time the article was originally moved, what settles these discussions most reliably is going back to the original variety of English. —[[User:Born2cycle|В²C]] [[User_talk:Born2cycle#top|☎]] 18:48, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
:::::::::When the variety was [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Humour&diff=142706&oldid=142671 changed] it seems to have still been a stub since it didn't contain any sources etc and probably wouldn't at least today have conformed with formatting standards etc so I'd suggest it was still a stub version for the purpose of RETAIN. '''[[User:Crouch, Swale|<span style="color:Green">Crouch, Swale</span>]]''' ([[User talk:Crouch, Swale|<span style="color:Blue">talk</span>]])  20:07, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
::::::::::No, it had had half a dozen unique editors by that edit, plus a bot, and enough content to no longer be a stub. The variety of English in the article had clearly been established and the sole purpose of the edit you linked was to change that variety. That's why there will be contoversy on this article until the original variety is restored. —[[User:Born2cycle|В²C]] [[User_talk:Born2cycle#top|☎]] 04:53, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
::::just to check in on this debate. As British English users have been known to say there is no controversy on this subject. It's July 17th 2021,and this article is still misnamed against policy, and should be reverted to Humor.
[[Special:Contributions/2A02:C7F:F042:B400:CCA4:4BA6:DD36:2485|2A02:C7F:F042:B400:CCA4:4BA6:DD36:2485]] ([[User talk:2A02:C7F:F042:B400:CCA4:4BA6:DD36:2485|talk]]) 21:59, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

::::::And, additionally to check in, it's 16 August 2021 and there's no actual controversy here. A consensus in favour of the title was formed at the previous RM discussion in 2016 and the name is established per [[WP:RETAIN]]. Drop the stick. [[User:FOARP|FOARP]] ([[User talk:FOARP|talk]]) 13:52, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
:::::::This article is still misnammed as per ENGVAR and retain. Why should people not fight for what is correct by this sites own standards? [[Special:Contributions/2A02:C7C:5AEF:1100:89C:435E:CB16:95EF|2A02:C7C:5AEF:1100:89C:435E:CB16:95EF]] ([[User talk:2A02:C7C:5AEF:1100:89C:435E:CB16:95EF|talk]]) 16:36, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
::::::::Because the current name is already established per [[WP:RETAIN]]. <u>There ''already'' is a consensus in favour of this name</u>. This was decided in a well-attended RM discussion in 2016 that decided against moving, confirmed by a MRV which decided that the page was at the right place and here is where it should stay - the MRV literally called it {{tq|"a slam dunk close"}} because after 14 years it was clearly a stable title. Even if you don't believe it was established before that by the decade-plus-long usage and expansion of the page (and it ''was''), it was surely determined then. If anything, the following seven+ years have only made it more convincing.
::::::::There is simply no point in trying to re-litigate this again and again and again. The "but if you decide this my way then the controversy disappears" argument basically relies on BrEng speakers being more reasonable that the small number of AmEng speakers who occasionally (like once a year or less?) pop up on this page to complain that the name is not their preferred version.
::::::::The name change was <u>more than '''20 years ago'''</u>! Drop the stick. 
::::::::PS - I also endorse what [[User:Prinsgezinde|Prinsgezinde]] said [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Humour&diff=prev&oldid=764731911 above (back in 2017....)], especially this part: ''{{tq|"I'm half thinking this is just the same IP every time."}}''[[User:FOARP|FOARP]] ([[User talk:FOARP|talk]]) 09:40, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 15 October 2024 ==

{{Edit semi-protected|Humour|answered=yes}}
Buy my products [[Special:Contributions/110.175.99.62|110.175.99.62]] ([[User talk:110.175.99.62|talk]]) 01:15, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
:[[File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done''': it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a [[WP:EDITXY|"change X to Y" format]] and provide a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]] if appropriate.<!-- Template:ESp --> [[User:TyphoonAmpil|<code>TyphoonAmpil</code>]] ([[User talk:TyphoonAmpil|💬]] - [[Special:Contributions/TyphoonAmpil|📝]]) 01:17, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

== geographical location? ==

The use in the lead of 'geographical location,' is weird, I can not see it in any reference, while culture is in the listing and makes sense, upbringing and religious views are missed, and intelligence and level of education is a bit redundant. [[Special:Contributions/121.98.30.202|121.98.30.202]] ([[User talk:121.98.30.202|talk]]) 11:46, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 7 February 2025 ==
Link to Automatic Humor Detection is broken (and archive link is broken) and I can't edit the page to fix. Here is the correct link: https://aclanthology.org/N12-2012.pdf  <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/2601:646:9601:1910:C113:8DB6:5C77:3ABA|2601:646:9601:1910:C113:8DB6:5C77:3ABA]] ([[User talk:2601:646:9601:1910:C113:8DB6:5C77:3ABA#top|talk]]) 22:34, 7 February 2025 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:{{Done}} Thank you for pointing this out.—[[User:Anita5192|Anita5192]] ([[User talk:Anita5192|talk]]) 00:41, 8 February 2025 (UTC)