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The consensus is against using:
The old station house in 2018, now a private residence. The rightmost of the three bays is a later extension built over the old platform.
as a caption per WP:MOSCAPTION, which says, "Captions should be succinct; more information can be included on its description page, or in the main text."
The consensus is to use a shorter caption such as:
- The old station house in 2018
- The old station house in 2018, now a private residence
- The old station house in 2018, converted into a private residence
There is no consensus on which of these shorter captions is preferred so there is no prejudice against further discussion on which of the three to use.
Please comment on whether you think the following caption is too long or is of acceptable length:
As far as is possible given that length also entails content, please comment only on the length of the caption, as this is what is disputed.
(Question reframed.) Mypix ( talk) 01:06, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
Captions should be succinct; more information can be included on its description page, or in the main text.and so the caption that I can accept is "The old station house in 2018". I have no objection to the additional text concerned being added to the main prose of the article (on condition that the policies on verifiability and original research are observed); but it should not be in the infobox, the purpose of which is to summarise key points. -- Redrose64 🌹 ( talk) 20:20, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
"The old station house in 2018, now a private residence" is perfectly adequate as a caption. The stuff about the bays is unnecessary in understanding what is being depicted.-- Shantavira| feed me 15:29, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Saw this posted at the Help Desk and was just beaten to also writing that the ay to solicit opinions is an RfC. I agree with the shorter caption in this case in large part because the photo does a poor job illustrating what the proposed longer caption says. Can you get a photo showing the bike trail going around the house? You could then maybe get away with “Cycle path passing railway station house now built over old track line” TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 15:52, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
I think the current caption in the article is sufficient and complies with MOS:CAPTION. I believe the extended caption in this RFC is longer than necessary. Schazjmd ( talk) 22:07, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
Personally I think the caption fails MOS:TECHLANG. I hadn't a clue what 'bay' meant in this instance and seemingly at least one other editor was confused. "The old station house in 2018, now a private residence" is a sufficient caption. Cesdeva (talk) 13:47, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
"The old station house in 2018"is misleading in my eyes). I would suggest:
The old station house in 2018. The station has been converted into a house, with an extension build over the old platformor
The old station house in 2018, converted into a private residenceIcewhiz ( talk) 14:15, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
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The consensus is against using:
The old station house in 2018, now a private residence. The rightmost of the three bays is a later extension built over the old platform.
as a caption per WP:MOSCAPTION, which says, "Captions should be succinct; more information can be included on its description page, or in the main text."
The consensus is to use a shorter caption such as:
- The old station house in 2018
- The old station house in 2018, now a private residence
- The old station house in 2018, converted into a private residence
There is no consensus on which of these shorter captions is preferred so there is no prejudice against further discussion on which of the three to use.
Please comment on whether you think the following caption is too long or is of acceptable length:
As far as is possible given that length also entails content, please comment only on the length of the caption, as this is what is disputed.
(Question reframed.) Mypix ( talk) 01:06, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
Captions should be succinct; more information can be included on its description page, or in the main text.and so the caption that I can accept is "The old station house in 2018". I have no objection to the additional text concerned being added to the main prose of the article (on condition that the policies on verifiability and original research are observed); but it should not be in the infobox, the purpose of which is to summarise key points. -- Redrose64 🌹 ( talk) 20:20, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
"The old station house in 2018, now a private residence" is perfectly adequate as a caption. The stuff about the bays is unnecessary in understanding what is being depicted.-- Shantavira| feed me 15:29, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Saw this posted at the Help Desk and was just beaten to also writing that the ay to solicit opinions is an RfC. I agree with the shorter caption in this case in large part because the photo does a poor job illustrating what the proposed longer caption says. Can you get a photo showing the bike trail going around the house? You could then maybe get away with “Cycle path passing railway station house now built over old track line” TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 15:52, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
I think the current caption in the article is sufficient and complies with MOS:CAPTION. I believe the extended caption in this RFC is longer than necessary. Schazjmd ( talk) 22:07, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
Personally I think the caption fails MOS:TECHLANG. I hadn't a clue what 'bay' meant in this instance and seemingly at least one other editor was confused. "The old station house in 2018, now a private residence" is a sufficient caption. Cesdeva (talk) 13:47, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
"The old station house in 2018"is misleading in my eyes). I would suggest:
The old station house in 2018. The station has been converted into a house, with an extension build over the old platformor
The old station house in 2018, converted into a private residenceIcewhiz ( talk) 14:15, 19 December 2018 (UTC)