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The joke that has been added in this section says nothing about attitudes to the Red Banner and is therefore irrelevant. The joke is about attitudes to Brezhnev. Also, one can't feel irony towards something. Mutt Lunker (talk) 22:58, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I completely re-wrote this per the source to reflect notability of the subject and stay closer to the sours. An additional explanation was provided to clarify that it was about the flag, and not about Brezhnev.Biophys (talk) 03:15, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The new edits provide no such explanation. One might well have been banged up for making the joke but despite mentioning the red banner this is not the subject of the joke. Mutt Lunker (talk) 08:25, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No you only sourced that these jokes existed, not your claim that they impacted Soviet culture enough to be mentioned here. -YMB29 (talk) 07:46, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Once again, this is notable and about Red Banner according to cited book. Do you want more direct quotation? There is no other way to prove notability and the relevancy except citing a reliable source (an academic book in this case) that tells just that.Biophys (talk) 20:41, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Notability guidelines are about creating articles, not about the content. The relevant policy here is WP:NPOV. It requires all significant views on the subject (and sourced to WP:RS) to be fairly represented. I included one of the views, as described in a book. You can include others.Biophys (talk) 14:29, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Quoting notable political jokes is no different from any other quoting in WP articles. If Sarnov used examples of political jokes, songs, poetry and other folklore to illustrate his points in his book, we can quote him. No problem.Biophys (talk) 15:35, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]