Sorry, Carol, you'll have to be more specific. Which threads are you talking about? I consolidated three threads yesterday (click), based on suggestions from people who had posted to the three. Consolidating is not a perfect solution - it's better for people to use control on their own.
As far as policy on specific types of humor, the only rule is "no personal attacks." As for starting threads, the rule-of-thumb is that only one thread on any given topic should be active at any given time. If there are 15 Iraq threads on the Forum Menu today, some are going to be consolidated. Five is tolerable.
Fifteen is ridiculous.
Yes, you're encouraged to add to existing threads. But refreshing sixteen Shatner threads or twenty Iraq threads is not going to make people happy. We want people to be happy here...
-Joe Offer-