Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2020-01-27/Humour
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- In all seriousness, did this interview have to be reclassified as a humour piece? --qedk (t 桜 c) 16:24, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- @QEDK: Replying in all seriousness. I am very much committed to getting a Humor column going in The Signpost. Perhaps this is another failed experiment on my part, but I'm going to keep on trying until enough folks tell me to stop. If anybody wants a shot at writing a humor column, please check in at the submissions page, or the Newsroom talk page, or email me. We were a bit worried that the six-millionth article would not come through before publication, so we looked to alternative stories about 6 million articles that we could run before the actual 6 millionth article, and found the prediction page. From there we got the idea of an interview and got back the funniest response I've seen for a long time. I didn't think it was appropriate for an interview story, which are usually quite serious. So we ended up here. End of serious comment. Smallbones(smalltalk) 17:16, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- No pressure, honestly, I found it to be fresh (a bit less on the humour, but that's just fine). And, fwiw I'm all for the humour column, albeit my tastes lie in obscure xkcd comics and sex experts giving advice to newlyweds on the Sunday edition. Best, qedk (t 桜 c) 18:27, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Smallbones: I support being classified as humor. better to get a gold star in Hell than a participation trophy in Heaven.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 16:49, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
- @QEDK: Thanks! It looks like you'd be perfect for the job! I like the xkcd comics that I've seen, and I'd love to get a few of those in The Signpost. But there's so many that I find them hard to pick one and when I did I tried to find the right place to ask for a CC-by license and must have failed (they are now CC-by-NC). Smallbones(smalltalk) 19:49, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Smallbones: Hey Smallbones, long-time listener, first-time caller. I trust you remember me. :-) I've got Randall's contact info somewhere. I'll dig it up and shoot it your way, along with an introduction note. -Philippe (talk) 07:11, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
- @QEDK: Give it a little time, and Mr. Monroe will likely produce an xkcd comic about the Signpost. Eventually, every Nerd-Adjacent topic will be the subject of an xkcd, and thus inch towards having a wikipedia article about it. Recursion calls.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 16:45, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
- @QEDK: Thanks! It looks like you'd be perfect for the job! I like the xkcd comics that I've seen, and I'd love to get a few of those in The Signpost. But there's so many that I find them hard to pick one and when I did I tried to find the right place to ask for a CC-by license and must have failed (they are now CC-by-NC). Smallbones(smalltalk) 19:49, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- @QEDK: Replying in all seriousness. I am very much committed to getting a Humor column going in The Signpost. Perhaps this is another failed experiment on my part, but I'm going to keep on trying until enough folks tell me to stop. If anybody wants a shot at writing a humor column, please check in at the submissions page, or the Newsroom talk page, or email me. We were a bit worried that the six-millionth article would not come through before publication, so we looked to alternative stories about 6 million articles that we could run before the actual 6 millionth article, and found the prediction page. From there we got the idea of an interview and got back the funniest response I've seen for a long time. I didn't think it was appropriate for an interview story, which are usually quite serious. So we ended up here. End of serious comment. Smallbones(smalltalk) 17:16, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
All this sounds wonderful to me. If I were to suggest topics for a comic on The Signpost, I'd say look at our last Humour column Jimbo and Larry walk into a bar ..., I particularly like:
- What do you call a paid editor who won't accept cash? - A check user.
But maybe I have a different sense of humor than most. Smallbones(smalltalk) 18:00, 31 January 2020 (UTC)