Talk:Limerick (poetry)

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Example

Must think of a better example. The metre is wrong on the current one -- Tarquin

Is it better after taking out the vandalism from a couple months ago? --Brion

Much. I obviously didn't read that closely... it's pre-breakfast in my time zone :-) -- Tarquin

Quotations

Those two references about the name, currently reference 1 and 2, are, judging by references on the web, from the fascicle containing the L, 1898, from the Oxford Dictionary 1928 edition. What is it that has to be referenced about Sumer is icumen in, currently the third reference, which has its own page? Mysha

Suggest: Insert a new section after section 3

I would like to insert a new section after section 3. It would introduce the website OEDILF.com (The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form). I suggest the following text. Is this OK?

The website OEDILF.com (The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form) has the goal of writing at least one limerick for each meaning of each and every word in the English language. Started in May 2004, as of June 2021 it has attracted over 2,200 writers, who have written over 110,000 approved limericks. The estimated completion date is 2063.

As of June 2021, only submissions based on words beginning with the letters Aa- through Ha- are being accepted. Each limerick is "workshopped" to ensure that it conforms to the definition of limerick in terms of meter and rhyme. Five experienced limerick writers must approve it. New limerick authors are encouraged to join in the fun.

DavidGries (talk) 11:23, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

Request explanation

@Inox-art: Hi. Earlier, I proposed to add to Limerick (poetry) a small section about the website oedilf.com. Getting no response, I inserted the section. You deleted it. I respectfully ask you to explain why you did that. And, if you would accept the section with modifications, let me know what they should be. Here is my reason for adding it.

No other limerick resource has so many limericks as oedilf.com. It has over 110,000 at the moment, with more being added every day. It is a living, growing resource. An encyclopedic page on limericks that does not a mention oedilf.com in a way that all readers will see it is, imho, simply incomplete.

I know that OEDILF is given in the External links, along with 6 others. But that does not make it clear just what OEDILF is and how massive and important it is as a source of limericks. DavidGries (talk) 18:29, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

I do not support the reinstatement of the section in question. This article is about the limerick as such. Since The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form already has a WP article of its own, it is appropriate that reference to the OEDILF here remain as an external link. -- Jmc (talk) 20:15, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

@DavidGries: Hi. It's my understanding that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a place to blatantly promote one's interests and opinions. Inox-art (talk) 16:51, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Dirty

Given that the article stresses the importance of dirtiness, or 'transgressing taboos', in limericks, it stands to reason that some should be included here.

86.238.240.24 (talk) 06:46, 9 October 2021 (UTC)