Talk:Guy Standing

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Vermont You reverted back to "Guy Standing sitting in 2012" personally, I think "Guy Standing in 2012" is simpler to understand, it seems confusing to me now which version to use, because that his last name is "standing" --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:06, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wait, I think I know what the revert was for. It was for something else, it was to remove "Guy Standing and sitting in 2012" which makes sense why you did the revert, but I still think it should be "Guy Standing in 2012" --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:09, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

From my view, at least, "Guy Standing sitting..." should remain. It's a bit of a grammatical joke, as his name is Standing, and the picture shows him sitting. Though it is not the complete simplest way of describing the picture, "Guy Standing sitting" is a phrase that most, if not all, English language learners could understand. Provided that they recognize the name is a proper noun and the "sitting" is a verb, and the contrast between standing and sitting, they could benefit from it. Vermont (talk) 13:55, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see that it is changed back to just "Guy Sitting" no trying to start a dispute, but should a decision be made so the title isn't always changed? --Tsugaru let's talk! :) 21:39, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As the person who last reverted the caption, I'll chip in my thoughts: Wikipedia is not supposed to impress the readers. As funny as "Guy Standing sitting" is, it doesn't add anything useful to the caption. It's pretty obvious from the image that he is sitting. "Guy standing in 2012" would be a better caption. Another alternative would be to replace the image with one where he's not sitting. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 22:39, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Fehufanga We don't have to repeat the passionate debates over Guy sitting, the (normal) English Wiki page already has plenty of those. All I'll say is there's merit in the concerns about the slippery slope of allowing jokes, as well as the need to look professional, but there's also merit in preserving the bits of humor that are already here. Bibles do get doodled on, after all.

There is a solution that preserves the joke while being actually sensible and useful as a caption: extending it by providing more details about where Standing is actually sitting. Like:

> Guy Standing sitting during the 14th BIEN Congress in 2012

I don't know if this English is simple enough, but it does feel like this is the only solution that won't invite an editing war. Yo.dazo (talk) 00:52, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]