You have got to be kidding me.: Society To Prevent Overly Original Names

A trope about going for clarity in names (but still witty) has a picture that is anything but. Pictures are to illustrate the trope, not just show the trope name (and a redirect one at that). It doesn't even work as a Visual Pun.

It's a just for fun page as is the image.

No problems with it...the only thing I could think of that would be better is Neo looking at the spoon in The Matrix.

It doesn't show the point of the page though. This is more defying Giver of Lame Names for tropes than about the actual utensil.

Just going to point out: This isn't really a trope. It's more of a Just for Fun page than anything else.

What a whiny page.

It's a just for fun page so who cares what the image is?

That doesn't mean "any picture goes".

here we go,Neo with a spoon◊

+1 for "any picture goes"

Actually, it sort of does mean any picture goes.

I thought "fun" was not the same as "random", since even fun pages are about particular topics.

Yes, and this one is about spoon. The image shows a spoon. All is good.

No, it's about names. "spoon" just happens to be the acronym.

If a picture involved a spoon, and the effort to avoid bad names, that would be a fitting picture.

It is a visual pun. Not random.

Still a pun on the redirect, not the trope.

Puns on tropes are usually on their title.

Oh wait, do you mean a picture of a spoon is a visual pun on the acronym (and redirect) SPOON, but not on Society To Prevent Overly Original Names? And because of that it is random? Seriously?

edited 31st Jan '12 11:37:48 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Yes. It has nothing to do with the point of the page. How hard is that to understand why it would at least look random to somebody? It is to me, because I find that pictures are to illustrate pages, not titles.

It's just a guy holding a spoon, and it's not even that big in the picture.

On the other hand, something like a banner with the society's name, that also had a large spoon in it, would make a great picture. I would make something like that, but I'm not so good at making banners on pictures.

edited 31st Jan '12 11:50:46 PM by DragonQuestZ

I think there should be a bigger picture of a spoon.

Which is why I suggested the Neo pic; otherwise I've no objections to the current.

@DQZ: It isn't a trope page, and as a result it has way less stringent guidelines for images. It's not the best image, but there's nothing wrong with it either. Although I'd be all for switching to the Neo image.

Arguing about a JFF page image? ... Why.

I say we contact a few of the people on the member list and ask them if they want to change to the Neo pic or not; if they're good with the current, we lock and move on. Yea/nay?

I'd like to see if I can find a way to do a custom pic, like I mentioned in post #18. Just give me a little bit.

This is a rough draft of what I had in mind. If someone can do something better (especially with the banner), please do so and post it here.