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• Methinks it should have been 'Cabbage (nom nom nom)' Kayau (talk · contribs) 11:21, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
• Who hates cabbage? I loved sprouts. Simply south...... cooking letters for just 7 years 13:16, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
• This headline and caption absolutely baffle me—could someone explain the line of thought that led to it? I'm not aware of any particularly negative associations attached to cabbage in any culture, and certainly nothing that would make it "quite possibly your worst nightmare as a child". If anything, in my experience it's one of the few green vegetables that even fussy children will happily eat (which is presumably why it features so heavily in school meals worldwide). – iridescent 14:12, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
  • It is actually one of the less-liked vegetables in Latin America. Child around here prefer the lettuce rather than the cabbage. — ΛΧΣ²¹ 15:28, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
  • Cabbage is one of my very least favourite things on earth. The only vegetable I dislike more are onions. Resolute 16:14, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
    • I love onions, and cabbage is OK. Brussels sprouts on the other hand, really are a kid's worst nightmare... -- Arwel Parry (talk) 17:27, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
  • Well, I don't know how many kids do or do not eat cabbage, but it's beyond a stretch to think that it's anyone's "worst nightmare". Someone got whimsical with a headline to try to get attention, and they chose poorly. DreamGuy (talk) 16:46, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
• I think they meant the Sherman AntiTrust Act which I remember far too many hours in grade school trying to wrap my brains around "for the test." The only thing I remember of the whole thing was the Nast Octopus cartoon. Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:34, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
  • I thought of that cartoon when I wrote the article. If a good copy is around, maybe we could add it to the article. --Coemgenus (talk) 20:09, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Good grief, lighten up people. Either the joke works for you or doesn't. There are millions of tasks on this project for which your time would better be put to use. Cdtew (talk) 23:43, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Just noting here that it was my decision to make that the headline title. Yes, millions of people eat cabbage, and just as many people make fun of it. It's certainly not meant to be an encyclopedic description. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 06:11, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

The confusion (from my end at any rate, and I assume from User:Simply south's as well) is with the "just as many make fun of it". I assume this is some cultural-specific reference that the rest of the world just doesn't get, but I don't think I've ever heard, seen or read anyone "making fun of cabbage" in my life, which makes the headline and caption a bizarre non sequitur. The article itself doesn't make any mention of cabbage in relation to either jokes or children (other than as a treatment for croup in children), so there isn't even any explanation for the rest of us. @Cdtew: don't tell me and SS to "lighten up" just because we've dared to question an incomprehensible comment you've made; doing jobbing work on the Signpost doesn't give you the right either to belittle people who don't share your background, or to tell people how they should be spending their time. – iridescent 10:12, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

I've not belittled anyone; I'm merely suggesting that taking the Featured content report a little less seriously may have a positive effect on your life. If it failed as a joke, then my bad. It didn't insult anyone, and it wasn't something I intended to belittle the cabbage industry and cabbage-lovers worldwide. So, let's move on. For the record, I love all types of cabbage. Cdtew (talk) 11:36, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

I would have chosen a different title also, and it's usually risky to make jokes such as this one, but this is a minor issue in the big picture, so let's keep calm and carry on. Let's keep in mind that we can be grateful that we have volunteers who care enough to spend hours of their personal time creating featured content and writing about it in the Signpost. --Pine^✉ 18:26, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

• I like slaw. Maybe I didn't like it as a child ...— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:10, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
  • Agreed with the above on both sides. The Signpost is viewed as being an attempt at a weekly journalistic account of the Wikipedia community, so it should take things a bit more seriously. Yes, it can use some levity to keep from being too serious, but in this case, the joke doesn't work. It's done, so let's move on taking a lesson from this for future use. Imzadi 1979 → 00:57, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

• And yet when I made a joke headline about "the cake is a pi" I got nothing but praise... Don't worry, writers. This was fine. Now, if someone wants to get brussels sprouts up to FA then we can terrorize small children. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:07, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Someone should add {{citation needed}} to the title. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 18:20, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

• I genuinely like and respect that idea. Cdtew (talk) 18:33, 2 November 2013 (UTC)