GNU bug report logs - #61325
30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>

Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 16:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 30.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #131 received at 61325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 61325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:28:15 -0500

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  > The paragraph structure is basically:

  >  <technical description><joke><half joke, half technical description>

  > Such structure is difficult to understand, especially if the joke itself
  > is not understood.

Jokes which are hard for many readers to understand
can be frustrating for the readers who can't understand them.
So I think we should insist that jokes be comprehensible.

In other words, don't include jokes whose claim to funniness comes
from crucial links left unstated, stated vaguely, or replaced with
"wink, wink."

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