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ADD to the list of historical irony

First Lady Melania Trump promoting "Be Best," an anti-bullying campaign to combat the harmful effects of social media, while her husband, President Donald Trump, is considered by many to use social media to insult and discredit people who are perceived as his political enemies (references 1 and 2).

References:

Tillett, Emily (2018-08-20). "Melania Trump warns of "destructive and harmful" impacts of social media at bullying summit".
Waldman, Katy (2018-05-08). "The Childlike Strangeness of Melania Trump's "Be Best" Campaign".

Canoelover (talk) 18:59, 22 August 2018 (UTC) Canoelover (talk) 18:59, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The list already has several examples of historical irony. I don't think it is a good idea to add this; it is controversial and may violate Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Gulumeemee (talk) 03:50, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Self-irony listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Self-irony. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Hildeoc (talk) 22:15, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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ADD to the external links:

"Meteorologist drowns swimming in rough surf in spite of weather alert from employer". ABC News. 2019-10-03. User talk:65.196.107.215 16:03, 3 October 2019

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Melmann 16:34, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Citation style

I think the citations should be styled more consistently. I just cleaned out a couple of things that are definitely discouraged, but I wonder if we should shift most of the footnote citations to uses of {{Sfn}}. Also, a good few of the citations need page numbers. -BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 17:52, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Historical irony

The list of examples are not irony. Things like the last words of JFK would not be ironic even if you accept the inaccurate definition of historical irony. The whole list should be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.111.45.250 (talk) 15:33, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Image of example of irony

Why do you place vandalism (of a stop sign) as an example of irony, shouldn't it be something more wholesome instead? And stating the opposite of what you actually mean is the most crude and uncultured form of irony. Why do you give it as a prime example? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.197.207.154 (talk) 04:08, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]