Talk:Guy Standing (economist)

Origin of vandalism

9GAG of course Triplecaña (talk) 17:53, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Proposal against vandalism

Instead of constantly fighting vandals who alter the description of the picture, wouldn't it be simpler to change the picture to one less fitting for such jokes? 94.189.234.208 (talk) 09:55, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

"Standing in 2012"

Just noticed this says "Standing in 2012" when in the full, uncropped image he is sitting. Please correct this heinous error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GuyStanding (talk • contribs) 14:55, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 April 2018

make the image of guy standing the one where hes sitting cowards. the fact that its a joke doesn't change anything about the article 2001:1C04:2B04:F300:C5D4:CA6B:98E6:FFBC (talk) 13:02, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. L293D (☎ • ✎) 13:40, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

The intention is to restore the original "Guy Standing sitting" image. Sample here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.21.37.123 (talk) 21:02, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Professorships

According to 1 he "has held chairs at the Universities of Bath and Monash (Australia)". Should we not add this to the article to clarify these were full professorships? --Pontificalibus 08:12, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 June 2018

Replace the picture of the article from "Guy_Standing_(cropped).jpeg" to "Guy_Standing.jpeg" .
Replace the caption from "Standing in 2012" to "Guy Standing sitting at the BIEN Congress in 2012."

Thanks. --Hewlett Zeus (talk) 00:09, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Image arguments

Congrats to all the die-hard opponents of any form of humor, you've inspired one of the most popular humor sites on the web to make fun of your pedantic frustration, and thereby ensure that this article is subject to regular vandalism for at least the next month. Good job. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 15:14, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

The picture caption says "Standing in 2012" but we now know he is sitting in 2012, I thought Wikipedia was supposed to be factually accurate, how could you miss such a thing for 6 years?--51.179.97.17 (talk) 20:51, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Why can’t we make the joke

The joke is funny. It’s harmless and I doubt you’re gonna be offending Standing himself by making it. What’s with the fuckin Nazis of Wikipedia removing the ‘Guy Standing sitting’ caption any time it’s posted. It’s inoffensive and it’s funny. I don’t expect all of you to just let it be changed, but at least explain why you won’t let the joke stand. Majabu (talk) 15:18, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. The purpose of Wikipedia is to provide comprehensive information that is presented neutrally, fairly, and accurately. Wikipedia is meant to be formal and factual, not funny or opinionated. Landfish7 (talk) 01:06, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

Yes, but it IS factual. It's MORE factual than the current revision, because the man is in fact sitting. You have to go out of your way (cropping the picture and continually reverting the edits) to try and hide the fact that he's sitting so the joke can't stand. The mere fact that a piece of information is funny is not a valid reason to exclude it from an encylopedia. Next you'll start removing quotes from people's pages that are deemed to be too humorous. 46.226.188.108 (talk) 16:30, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

No. We don't caption the lead image on Stephen Hawking "Hawking sitting in the 1980's" because that would be stupid. Sro23 (talk) 17:54, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Boomers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2800:A4:27FD:400:D58D:44DD:8C7F:874C (talk) 18:04, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Just to be clear, there is no policy or consensus actually outlawing (or condoning) humor in articles, see WP:JOKESauzer (talk) 22:38, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

It's just dumb that we can't makee that joke — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.241.180.92 (talk) 04:17, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

Yes, I came here for the joke and I am sad it is not allowed. It is harmless and indeed funny.109.173.8.100 (talk) 23:20, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

I just wanted to see the joke. If everything is robotic and unfunny, no one will have fun. Please change to the uncropped image with the "Guy Standing sitting in 2012" caption, thanks. 173.76.92.175 (talk) 19:10, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

I came here for Guy Standing sitting. It's factual! RoelRoel (talk) 06:28, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

I know a lot of you came for the joke because it blew up on twitter, but its settled now. However, I ask people to please hide your IPs or create an account since a lot of people have exposed their IPs because of this. Wkc19 :) (talk) 00:53, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

"Guy standing sitting" is objectively funny and not explicitly banned from Wikipedia, there's no reason it shouldn't stay. --Colin dm (talk) 18:34, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

• For those of you who like the memorialized version you can always look at this version in the history. -- Dolotta (talk) 20:24, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

I mean its a popular demand that we should put back GS sitting. Why cant we do this? Its general consensus and everytime someone says no its because "no", while the porposals in favor of GS sitting have a varied array of reasons, including academically cited ones. I'm changing the page.

Add section on the "Guy Standing sitting" meme to article

The "Guy Standing sitting" meme has become established in popular culture as a result of the edits made to this page. Guy Standing is widely known because of this and it is likely the cause of a significant portion of traffic to this article. Regardless of whether the picture and caption includes the joke or not, a section should be added to the article to inform those seeking this information. Stinkybifta (talk) 23:11, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Are there any news articles talking about it? It would have to be notable to include it in the article, not just popular. OmegaFallon (talk) 23:38, 1 May 2020 (UTC)