Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-04-14/Gallery

Gallery

A history lesson

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WP:Drop the stick.--v/r - T P 07:27, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The 1852 presidential election debacle directly led to the creation of the Republican party. But did "cock" mean the same thing back then?--Milowent • ^hasspoken 14:52, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea, but I still giggled like a middle schooler. Gamaliel (talk) 15:38, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. Etymology sources trace "pillicock" as slang back to 1300, and "cock" standing alone to 1610. No snickers on my wording choice, please. Remember that the political cartoons were aimed at "common folk" and getting chuckles was often used, just as Shakespeare's plays contain much innuendo. Collect (talk) 16:21, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Almost as much as the goal of the Signpost is to inform it is also to entertain, and this provides the impetus behind some of the publication's lighter-hearted features. The Signpost aims to be a quality online newspaper, after all, and is not an encyclopedia itself, and so allows many things—editorializing, narrative, original research—that would be blasphemy in the article space." Why, that's right there in the Signpost's Statement of Purpose! One would do well to meditate on that... There's also a Galleries tradition here, featuring work which is new or which is not highlighted in a specific article: "These are purely photographic sections containing featured and other high-quality images in a curated, topical form." Thank you, Gamaliel, for putting this together, and for your good humor in this political season.Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 06:53, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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