Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Radio Yerevan jokes

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. Editors are encouraged to make improvements to the article if any. (non-admin closure) ASTIG️🙃 _{(ICE-T • ICE CUBE)} 10:00, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Radio Yerevan jokes[edit]

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Poor quality article consisting almost entirely of uncited jokes; merely deleting the unsourced material would pretty much remove the entire article. — The Anome (talk) 11:08, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Radio, Entertainment, and Armenia. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:46, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article shouldn’t be deleted. The topic is important. There are sources for some of the jokes in the current version. When the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia but the article has quality issues that can be fixed, deletion isn’t the right thing to do. Deletion is ”appropriate for articles which cannot be improved”. Jan Arvid Götesson (talk) 23:38, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. "During the 2014 Crimean crisis"- part was quoted in Yleisradio - Finnish Broadcasting Company.--RicHard-59 (talk) 08:19, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Info - Note to closer for soft deletion: While this discussion appears to have no quorum, it is NOT eligible for soft deletion because it has been previously PROD'd (via summary).

--Cewbot (talk) 00:02, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 02:26, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Clearly notable as a WP:GNG pass due to multiple instances of SIGCOV in reliable, independent sources, see particularly 1 2 3 4. FOARP (talk) 11:05, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't delete it, I will fix the problems in the article, partially translating from RU wikipedia and partially doing some research (including on with links provided by FOARP). As a native Russian speaker, I can attest that the topic is super notable in the post-Soviet countries (particularly RU, UA and BY). That said, some of the examples of the jokes may be moved to Wikiqoutes. I need a day or two of research. Anyone can join. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 23:58, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - As per above, notable as a WP:GNG. Archives908 (talk) 17:42, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and improve - clearly notable for anyone who has grown up under Communism or studies stoicism, humour, Soviet-style societies, resistance by culture, censorship and its subversion, etc. I am sure good sources can be found. They're a treasure trove for academics of many sorts, deserve a good article, not least so in the times of Vladimir Vladimirovich, to whom I'm sending my warmest wishes. Arminden (talk) 06:58, 10 June 2022 (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.