“Does anybody give a sit?”

That was the headline that sat atop a June story about a Toronto group campaigning for more public seating on our streets. The headline writer’s efforts at cute and clever seemed fine to me but one reader was quite displeased, telling me the headline was, “not a witty pun.”

“It is vulgar and tasteless, and well below the standards of the Star,” he said.

Readers, do you think that’s so? I don’t see any lapse of Star standards here but after listening to our many caring and committed readers for nearly a decade, I well know that readers and journalists don’t always see eye to eye about what should be published in the Toronto Star.

Every day, readers bring complaints, criticism and questions to us about the Star’s ethical judgments and journalistic standards, questioning why content they find “offensive,” “tasteless” or not in line with this news organization’s stated standards was ever published anyway.

The following scenarios are a smidgen of the reader concerns the public editor’s office fielded in 2016. Now, you can play editor and weigh in with your own judgments.

The reasons given to publish, or not, reflect some of what journalists might consider in making the many deadline judgment calls required in writing, editing and presenting news and information on matters both serious and light. Readers’ concerns are also captured in the reasons provided here.

You may well have your own reasons to publish, or not publish. This is an exercise in trying to put yourself in the journalist’s seat to determine what you might decide if you had to make these decisions about the accuracy, fairness, taste and ethics of the Star’s journalism.

The best way to respond is through our online survey. Please respond by Jan. 3. I will publish your responses in a future column.

So, sit back, think, and then tell me: If you were editor, what would you do?