Wikipedia's language being unintentionally funny

[u/Specific-Antelope-72]

[u/Correct_Challenge868]

Auwawawa WHERE'S THE ONE WHERE THERE'S A MAN BESIDE A PENGUIN AND IT SAYS "John (?), biologist. On the left"

[u/ikonfedera → u/Correct_Challenge868]

Guy Standing, sitting

[u/charles_tucker_iiii → u/ikonfedera]

[u/Fiskmaster → u/charles_tucker_iiii]

I went to the page to check if the caption's been removed by now, and it technically has, but they replaced it with a screenshot of the caption, which is arguably funnier

[u/Winjin → u/Fiskmaster]

The best part here was that they were trying to argue that Wikipedia has to be "neutral" as in "not funny at al" but they still have to record big memes and controversies, so whoever was having a stick up their ass immortalised this, lol

[u/Drow_Femboy → u/Winjin]

Yeah it was a very silly argument. On one side, "this is a completely accurate caption that happens to be amusing, it should stay" and on the other side "WIKIPEDIA IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS NOTHING AMUSING ALLOWED"

[u/ExpressionWorried300 → u/Drow_Femboy]

Which is funny because Wikipedia has an entire category for "humorous essays"

One of my favorites is "Wikipedia:Please be a giant dick, so we can ban you" with this image

Edit: It's also known as WP:PBAGDSWCBY. They made an acronym for this shit

[u/goldenalice → u/Drow_Femboy]

>"WIKIPEDIA IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS NOTHING AMUSING ALLOWED"

jokes on that side because this is hilarious. A veritable mobius strip of informational levity.

[u/_Halt19_ → u/Winjin]

we love the Streisand effect

[u/PICONEdeJIM → u/Winjin]

I saw a big fuss made over the description of a mattress company "folding"

[u/lIlIlIlIlllIlIllllll → u/Fiskmaster]

don't worry, the caption still survives on the page for the other guy standing

[u/Nastypilot → u/Fiskmaster]

Imo, if they can't have Guy Standing sitting image they should replace it with an image of Guy Standing standing captioned Guy Standing standing.

[u/Firewolf06 → u/Nastypilot]

every possible variation has been played out and fought over, including guy standing standing

[u/BoltYou7x → u/charles_tucker_iiii]

The great controversy

[u/EffectiveAmphibian95 → u/charles_tucker_iiii]

I always thought this was either Jason Issac’s or one of the British Hugh actors