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Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 19:38, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Support - Can't really argue with that. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 00:14, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Support - Looks fun. Benzband (talk) 14:51, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:41, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/November 5, 2011 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:51, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

→ 1. Don't shirk work! 2. Run away and pay! 3. Smiles go for miles!

Someone would have done this... Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 20:22, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Support - What do you mean by that? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:24, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Support + note: I replaced the three commas with ~~full stops~~ exclamation marks. Am I correct? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:14, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Support - For miles :) Benzband (talk) 18:59, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/November 4, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:48, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

→ The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

on wikiquote. from JLG.

- Benzband (talk) 14:48, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - Hmm, it's that WP:TRUTH link again... it throws off the balance of the rest of it. I'm sure there's a good set of links in here but I can't think of them right now. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 16:37, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
What about using WP:LASTWORD for "The truth", and WP:UNCENSORED or WP:CENS for "no terror"? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:53, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - I really wish people would figure out what the pages they link to actually say before they link them. :) I don't really like that idea for "no terror", Pjoef, but I like the one for "The truth". ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:02, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

→The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

Edit 1. added some of the comments. once again my links aren't too sure… but you get the idea :) - Benzband (talk) 16:56, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - Okay, now the first link doesn't fit. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:45, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 20:22, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

→The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

Edit 2 ~ same as Edit 1 but with WP:POLICY for the first link. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:18, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - It seems... Weird... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:09, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Declined all versions, per no consensus.--LAA Fan 19:44, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

→ Patria est ubicumque est bene
("Where I am at ease, there is [my] country")

Roman tragic poet Marcus Pacuvius (ca. 220-130 BC) quoted by Cicero (106–43 BC) in Tusculanae Quaestiones (45 BC). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:00, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - The "I am at ease" link seems unfitting... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:00, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Literally "I am at ease" is "where [is] good". "Bene" = good, well, properly, exactly, agreeably, favorably → "Tibi bene ex animo volo." = ("I wish you well with all my heart." –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:39, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - not enough discussion. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 16:54, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 17:09, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

→ It's gonna be a long hard drag, but we'll make it.

Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. – October 4, 1970 Los Angeles, California, U.S. [R.I.P.]). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:41, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:35, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Support We are making it. Benzband (talk) 15:11, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 17:09, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

: Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/November 6, 2011. Rcsprinter (whisper) 11:09, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

→ A wild dedication of yourselves
To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.

Camillo (an honest Sicilian nobleman) to Perdita (daughter of Leontes and Hermione) and Florizel (Polixenes's son, who falls in love with Perdita) in The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene IV (1623) by William Shakespeare (1564–1616). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:41, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Pending, lean oppose I don't get how the greatness of Wikipedia is related to unpathed waters and undreamed shores. W i k i C o p t e r 20:42, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Support - Am I correct in thinking that you are referring to unwritten articles? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:34, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
- Comment: Yes you are, in part, correct, but this can be extended and applied to Wikipedia's growth in general, both in article's count and articles' quality. Camillo here is suggesting that there are unexplored, undiscovered, and unknown "seas and shores", far from our usual routes, beyond our imagination, incognito places that we have never even dreamed of. Undreamed here means something that we never thought. We must also consider that at the time of Shakespeare there were about 100,000 words in the English language, and now there are more than 500,000 words. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:59, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Support Benzband (talk) 15:10, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 17:09, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

→ Can I show you how hard it is trying to live when you're all alone?

"Work Me, Lord" by "The Pearl", Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. – October 4, 1970 Los Angeles, California, U.S. [R.I.P.]) from her 1969 album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:59, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Support - That'll do. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:29, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Support - It must be even harder trying to build a wiki all alone. Benzband (talk) 15:12, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 17:09, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Going live on November 7, 2011. Consensus seems clear. Rcsprinter (talk to me) 11:17, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

A meal fit for a King.

Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 18:58, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Support - Yes! ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:05, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Support - Why not? (hope it's intended as humor :) Benzband (talk) 05:07, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:29, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 31, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:58, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

White days. Cruelties.

I thought I would just try a Korean-to-English translation of Gong Zishen's poem per here and here. Second Babelfish injoke of the year? Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 20:42, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Support - Put the source on, and I'll be happy. I still am upset that I missed out on those conversations. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:29, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Support - Seems good. Why doesn't Wikipedia have an article on Gong Zishen? Or did you meen Gong Zizhen^[wikisource]? - Benzband (talk) 09:11, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:46, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 30, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:56, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

→ It's hard to be free but when it works, it' s worth it!

Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. – October 4, 1970 Los Angeles, California, U.S. [R.I.P.]). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:41, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

~~Oppose~~ Neutral Not many will appreciate your implicitly stating that Wikipedia sometimes doesn't work. WikiCopter 20:27, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
- Unbeatable argument, Σ. Still, I don't think many will get it. W i k i C o p t e r 04:37, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
Support Works for me, and sometimes it doesn't work. →Σ τ c. 05:03, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Support - Can't really argue with that. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:34, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Support - Let's just make sure it carries on working, shall we? Benzband (talk) 09:43, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
- It really is worth it. - Benzband (talk) 09:47, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 29, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 1 semi-neutral) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:54, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

→ Follow your dreams. Don't let anything stop you!

Original version –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:49, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Old discussion (part 1):
Brenden Foster (1997 – November 21, 2008) Rest in peace! —Preceding unsigned comment added by pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:54, 1 December 2008
Comment: How about Follow your dreams. Don't let anything stop you! ? —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) 22:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Support. Inspiring, good motto. ~A H 1^(TCU) 23:00, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Comment - Why has the old discussion been copied in this way? You've made it look like that is a current comment. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:33, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Comment: To have the old discussion "at hand". I'm sorry if this has led to confusion. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:16, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Oppose in favor of edit 1. —mc10 (t/c) 04:09, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Oppose in favour of Edit 1. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:16, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Declined (in favour of Edit ) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:52, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

→ Follow your dreams. Don't let anything stop you!

Brenden Stephen Foster (October 4, 1997, Bothell, Washington, USA – November 21, 2008, same place) ~ Happy Birthday, Brenden!
I was wondering if I had nominated this quote in the past and yes I did, but I've now discovered that it was rejected →! This is Edit 1 by —La Pianista ^(T•C•S) posted on 22:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Old discussion (part 2)

Support with La Pianista's links. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 17:39, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Strong Support! Now it works better... thanks La Pianista! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:48, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I think it is now time to let this nomination go. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:49, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Actually I have corrected it to what it was. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 20:36, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Thank you so very much. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:16, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Support - This version seems nice. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:33, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Support – These links fit much better than the original. —mc10 (t/c) 04:09, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Support La Pianista's version, of course. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:16, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
- I've struck you as you know our policy on supporting twice. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 16:10, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Support - This seems good. Benzband (talk) 08:52, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 28, 2011 (per consensus; 3+ in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:52, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

→ A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do.

Hmm… emphasize on the second part? maybe a better set of links would satisfy? - Benzband (talk) 18:03, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I don't like calling admins "ministers of state"; it seems like we are raising their position beyond what it is. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:50, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Support Looks fine to me →Σ τ c. 01:55, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Support ~ An administrator closes a deletion discussion, so it makes sense to me. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:56, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 19:44, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

→ I don't know what I want but I know how to get it.

Anarchy in the UK. - Benzband (talk) 16:51, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - Rather bland... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:46, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 19:44, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

→ I don't know what I want but I know how to get it.

Edit 1 ~ –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:13, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:28, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Support - Wow, this is much better! Benzband (talk) 09:37, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 19:44, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

→ Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto
("Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law")

Motto of Missouri. Salus populi suprema lex esto is a redirect to Seal of Missouri, so the arrow link. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:17, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - Not as if I am going to argue with that. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:05, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - alea jacta est - Benzband (talk) 17:20, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 20:25, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

→ For me, music and life are all about style.

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:34, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - Actually, I think it's the other way around, but whatever. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:04, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Even if it is the other way round, i think we got the message all right. Benzband (talk) 16:19, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 20:25, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

→ What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

Benzband (talk) 17:17, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:47, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Support ~ Fantastic quotation and the set of links seems to fit perfectly with it. The only thing that I am not (100%) convinced about is: "communicate it to others". What about using: Portal:Contents or Main Page (or one of its subsections: "Today's featured article", "In the news", "DYK...", "On this day..." ...)? All the rest is perfect and conveys a very good message. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:10, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Support links fit excellently W i k i C o p t e r 20:31, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 20:14, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

→ Worthy books
Are not companions—they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.

Philip James Bailey (1816–1902), Festus: A Village Feast. "Evening". –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:42, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - The middle line seems odd. There is no community around FAs, they are all owned? Am I just misreading this? Also, I don't get the connection between NVC and "We lose ourselves in them". ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:06, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
- Re: when an article reaches the FA status, after that it becomes very difficult to edit and, most of the time, whatever you do on it, your edit will be reverted. This is what led me to use this set of links. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:17, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
  - Well, with that, it seems like one could call it a community of owners. :P ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:25, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - I do think the message could be confused here. I'm sure there are just the right set of links, if only I could think of them... — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 16:07, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 20:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Declined per consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 20:14, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

→ I want more bands like us. I want people to go out and start something, to see us and start something, or else I'm just wasting my time.

Maybe the links need a bit of re-ajusting… :D - Benzband (talk) 18:36, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Support ~ it seems good to me. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:46, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - It seems fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:03, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Support One of the best since the project nearly went dormant. W i k i C o p t e r 20:39, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... playing tunes for 5 years 20:14, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

→ By noting of the lady I have marked
A thousand blushing apparitions start
Into her face; a thousand innocent shames
In angel whiteness bear away those blushes.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV, Scene I (1600).
I know, this is not the best set of links, but I ended up in a dead-end street. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:47, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - Actually, I like it... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:56, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Yes, nicely crafted. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:43, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Support Works for me →Σ τ c. 07:45, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 16:55, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

→ Everybody has a story to tell.

even you! - Benzband (talk) 09:00, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:22, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
There once was a person who suggested a motto. It got many comments and finally sat snuggly wihin that year's calender. The end. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 00:01, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Support Excellent →Σ τ c. 01:46, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Strong Support!!! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:49, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 20, 2011 (per consensus; 4 [or 5] in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:52, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

→ We rob banks!

Clyde Barrow portrayed by Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde, a 1967 American crime film directed by Arthur Penn, written by David Newman, Robert Benton, and Robert Towne, starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, with music composed and directed by Charles Strouse. Thjis quote is #41 in the 2005's AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema. See this scene on youtube. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:37, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Comment - It took me a while to get. Are we really that desperate in referencing? :0 Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 16:05, 27 September 2011 (UTC) Support.
I do not have statistics to hand, but from my (little and poor) experience the answer is yes. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:17, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Support - It made me laugh; I see no problem. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:05, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
ha ha! - i've only just go it (= support :) - Benzband (talk) 17:01, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 19, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:48, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

→ There’s two different strains of punks, nice ones and horrible ones.

"There's two different strains of punks, nice ones and horrible ones. We fall into the nice category" → on wikiquote.

There's plenty of "H O R R I B L E" stuff if need be…
Also, i don't want to offend anybody. I'm sorry if i did. - Benzband (talk) 14:30, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - It's almost there, but I don't quite agree with calling Wikipedians "punks". I have another idea. (Also, I disambiguated Mick Jones for you.) — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 16:17, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
(Though maybe that's being rude to punks? I'm sure we must have a few Wikipedians who are actually punks...) — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 16:25, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
"Gabba Gabba, Hey!" ~ Punk(s) here means "punk rocker(s)", a person who produces or listens to punk rock music, so we are in conflict right now! I launch a formal protest and then the resistance! "Have a drink on me, but go easy ... step lightly ... [and] ... STAY FREE!!!" (^____^) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:19, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Ok, ok, your video won me over. :) Support. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 14:35, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
I actually feared I was too [a] rude[boy], but I was just joking. Thank you for understanding. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:34, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Strong Support, of course!!! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:19, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:00, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 18, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:43, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

→ There’s two different strains of punks, nice ones and horrible ones.

Edit 1. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 16:17, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Strong Oppose ~ the original is ways better than this. Sorry! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:19, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I think the original is fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:00, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:43, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

→ When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

—Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:58, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - YES! ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:57, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Very nice indeed. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:42, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - And when the poor wage war… ? Benzband (talk) 18:56, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 17, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:41, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

→ Beans, beans, the musical fruit

None of that highbrow nonsense for this nomination. ;) — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 16:34, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:47, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - You just made my day. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:02, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - You just made me blow up wikipedia. :D - Benzband (talk) 17:25, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Support Obvious →Σ τ c. 08:01, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 08:13, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Fiddle-dee-dee!

Scarlett O'Hara portrayed by Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind, a 1939 American historical epic film directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood, adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name, starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen, with music composed and directed by Max Steiner. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:14, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Support - That'll do. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 15:57, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no complete consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 15:45, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks good to me. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:50, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 19:48, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

→ I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend,
For when at worst, they say, things always mend.

John Owen (1616–1683), To a Friend in Distress.
I'm not sure about this... but with WP:RFC/ADMIN, ARBCOM, and WP:DR, I went up a one way street the wrong way. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:50, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 15:56, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no complete consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 15:45, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - Yes, good. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:52, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 19:48, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

What a fun distracting parade! Yay!

Neo12345292 (talk) 03:29, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - Sorry, but this doesn't really work as a motto; there are no project-space links, and there isn't really any meaning to it. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:16, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
What about linking the whole thing to Wikipedia:Department of Fun or to one of the links in Other fun Wikipedian associations? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 16:36, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
I like linking to WP:-D, using that specific shortcut. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:27, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Oppose per Hi. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:55, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 19:48, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

What a fun distracting parade! Yay!

Edit 1 - Per Pjoef. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:27, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Yay! per me (^____^). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:47, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Fun is Good. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:55, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 19:48, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

→ "Oh, I'll stay away from your son alright. Stay away, forever!
Wait a minute, that's no good!"

Sideshow Bob's threat to Bart in the Cinema. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 16:14, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:48, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Nice. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:38, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Support... but are the double quotes necessary??? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:21, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 12, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:25, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

→ All right, Mr. De Mille. I'm ready for my closeup.

Norma Desmond portrayed by Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, co-written by Charles Brackett and D. M. Marshman, Jr., starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, with music composed and directed by Franz Waxman. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:16, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I have something slightly different. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:59, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - per below. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:41, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:13, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

→ All right, Mr. De Mille. I'm ready for my closeup.

Edit 1 - ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:59, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Definitely better. Support. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 16:17, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Definitely like this more than featured lists. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:40, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Yep!(=Strong Support) This is much better. Thank you, Hi878! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:25, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved Edit 1 for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 11, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:13, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

→ All right, Mr. De Mille. I'm ready for my closeup.

Just because it's new and would also work. Edit 1a Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 16:17, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - Meh. I prefer mine. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:47, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - Per above. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:40, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:13, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Row us forth! Unfurl thy sail!
What care we for tempest blowing?
Let us kiss the blustering gale!
Let us breast the waters flowing!
Though the North rush cold and loud,
Love shall warm and make us merry;
Though the waves all weave a shroud,
We will dare the Humber ferry!

Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall) (1787–1874), "The Humber Ferry". –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:19, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - Scary... A motto that long, and I find nothing to complain about. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:55, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - We must be on a roll here. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:45, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Awesome! - Benzband (talk) 08:48, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 10, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:10, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Silent leges inter arma.
("During war, laws are silent.")

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC–43 BC), "Pro Milone" (52 BC). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:00, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Support - Good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 15:57, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no complete consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 15:45, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

User:Support →Σ τ c. 06:50, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Yes, I like it. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:51, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Benzband (talk) 18:41, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 9, 2011 (per WP:SNOW) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:07, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

L'État, c'est moi
("I am the state")

I will not attribute the quote to one of the various Louis-es, as a reliable source has challenged the fact. -- $Σ talk contribs$ 05:04, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Strong Oppose - cabals do not rule Wikipedia above everyone else. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 10:26, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

It's supposed to be a joke. -- $Σ talk contribs$ 00:01, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Support - Good! It almost made me laugh. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:59, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Support ~ I agree with Hi878, this is better than edit 1. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:22, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - I actually did laugh. A bit. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:54, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 8, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 1 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:04, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

L'État, c'est moi
("I am the state")

Edit 1 –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:10, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - The original is better. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 15:54, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no complete consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 15:45, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I like the fun version better. ;) — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:54, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:04, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Music is Magic. Magic is Life

Part of the lyrics to an unfinished song by Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) found written on a piece of paper after his death. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:53, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:57, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Yep, looks good to me too. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:42, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Indeed, looks good to me three. Benzband (talk) 17:44, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 20:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Heaven is not always angry when he strikes,
But most chastises those whom most he likes

John Pomfret (1667–1702), Verses to His Friend Under Affliction. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:57, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

User:Support →Σ τ c. 07:13, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Looks good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:50, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Yes, I like it too. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:46, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 20:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

→ The Greatest Story Ever Told

Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 22:24, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - Wow... Reading the quote and then seeing what it linked to... I had to stop for a minute before I could type this. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:29, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:45, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
User:Support Heh. →Σ τ c. 06:51, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Hehehe. That's a "stop and think" motto, all right. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:49, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Benzband (talk) 17:48, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per WP:SNOW. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 20:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

→ We didn't need dialogue. We had faces.

Norma Desmond, portrayed by Gloria Swanson, in Sunset Boulevard, a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written (with Charles Brackett and D. M. Marshman, Jr.) by Billy Wilder, starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, music composed and directed by Franz Waxman.
A picture is worth a thousand words. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:06, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:10, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Lookin' good. (^o^) — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:59, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 20:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Quis separabit?
("Who will separate [us]?")

Latin motto. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:53, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - This seems good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:10, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - I agree. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 16:01, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 20:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Quis separabit?
("Who will separate [us]?")

Edit 1 with Wikipedia:Community portal. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:53, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I prefer the above link. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:10, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - Me too. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 16:01, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

'Declined in favour of original. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 20:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:48, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - It is all perfect, except for the last link... It seems weird, but I have no idea what to put there. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:07, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
User:Oppose I have an idea. →Σ τ c. 07:20, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - I like edit 1 better. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 16:04, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Declined in favour of fish the first. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 20:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.

Fish the first →Σ τ c. 07:20, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - I sure as hell hope you are going for humor. :P ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:49, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Poignant (I think). — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 16:04, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 20:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Happy in that we are not over-happy;
On Fortune's cap we are not the very button.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Hamlet, Act II, Scene II, Guildenstern (1623). Fortune was personified in the form of the Roman goddess Fortuna, often pictured with a wheel (The Wheel of Fortune Latin: Rota Fortunae). Guildenstern uses this metaphor to describe his state and make a sexual joke about dwelling neither at the top nor the bottom of Fortun(a[e]), but rather in her middle parts. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:33, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:04, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Support - Remember, there is no Cabal. (Long live the Cabal). — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 16:08, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 20:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

The inception of any great idea present today always begins at its very source.

~AH1 ^(discuss!) 16:16, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:54, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - How do some of those links connect? That Ole Cheesy Dude ^{(Talk to the hand!)} 12:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Comment. Translation: The beginning of any great work of Wikipedia shown on the Main Page always begins as a stub at the source of its contributors (you). ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 22:10, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I wouldn't call the Main Page the "inception" of all of those things, and it just seems rather odd, to me. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:43, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

The inception of any great idea present today always begins at its very source.

Edit 1 with Wikipedia:Starting an article=WP:CREATE for The inception. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:01, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I don't like WP:STUB being thrown in. I have a better idea. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:00, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

The inception of any great idea present today always begins at its very source.

Edit 2 - Only slightly different, but I prefer this. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:00, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Declined all - no consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 15:49, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

The weather is beautiful, wish you were here!

I don't really know the source of this quote, but it's on a lot of travel brochures. Anyone who finds the source please feel free to tell me in a comment. Bulldog73 ^talk da contribs _{go rando} 23:43, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks good to me. I don't think we need to use a source. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:27, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
Support ~ Jimmy Buffett's song from his 1981 album Coconut Telegraph??? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:04, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Comment - Pjoef, I believe you're thinking of "The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful." Close enough. Bulldog73 ^talk da contribs _{go rando} 04:39, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Support. word. jorgenev 04:50, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 15:49, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

→ You Belong.

What do you think? Secret Saturdays (talk to me)^{what's new?} 19:52, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:59, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Support. We all belong in our own special way. ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 14:51, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Support ~ I like it very much. It reminds me of a quote by Mother Teresa: "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." –pjoef (talk • contribs) 18:20, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 15:49, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.

I think it's funny. Belugaboy^{cup of tea?} 16:05, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 16:02, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:06, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Support. Good idea. ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 14:51, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... creating lakes for 5 years 19:25, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

E pluribus unum
("From many, one")

Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 15:50, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Oppose This calls Wikipedia one thing, it implies that many people have edited that particular article. Puffin ^{Let's talk!} 15:54, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - I have a different idea for the first link. Puffin, generally, we use Wikipedia as the page to represent Wikipedia as a whole, seeing as there really is no adequate project-space page to convey the same idea. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:33, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Linking to Wikipedia is too common. Puffin ^{Let's talk!} 11:29, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Declined in favour of edit 2. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

E pluribus unum
("From many, one")

Edit 1 - This says to me that, specifically, the many edits that are made are what make Wikipedia. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:33, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Declined in favour of edit 2. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

E pluribus unum
("From many, one")

Edit 2 –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:11, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Support - Probably better than mine... Wait, did I just say that? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 15:56, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
~~Support~~Neutral: ~~That should do the trick.~~ Supported this until the one below came into my mind... Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 03:56, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

E pluribus unum
("From many, one")

Edit 3 – Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 03:58, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I prefer Edit 2, just because we use this link so much. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:06, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Declined in favour of edit 2. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

E pluribus unum
("From many, one")

Edit 4 – Edit 4; Puffin said Wikipedia was too common + this is a new thing to hit the Main Page. I suppose this would help promote it. Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 04:05, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I prefer using Wikipedia, personally. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:06, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Declined in favour of edit 2. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.

-- $Σ talk contribs$ 07:00, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - not enough discussion. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 00:01, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - Calling GAs "Stars" seems kind of weird, since FAs are "Stars". I have an idea. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:30, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Shoot for the moon; even if you miss you will land among the stars.

Edit 1 - How's this? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:30, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Support it's okay. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:55, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars.

Charlotte Vale portrayed by Bette Davis in the last line of Now, Voyager, a 1942 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper. Screenplay by Casey Robinson, based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Olive Higgins Prouty. Starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper. Music composed and directed by Max Steiner. See the scene. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:37, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - You are so unbelievably correct in that; new stubs are such an awful thing! By the way, I don't like the first link including "Oh, ". ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:46, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Stubs are good. -- $Σ talk contribs$ 20:52, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - you can't have an encyclopaedia without a starting point - stubs can be built on and improved. WVRMad•Talk•Guestbook 11:31, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 00:01, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Declined per consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Plus ultra
("Further beyond")

MottoLatin –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:05, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Oppose. Linking to Wikipedia is quite common... we don't want to do it too frequently. That Ole Cheesy Dude ^{(Talk to the hand!)} 12:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - I think a better one can be used. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:45, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - no real message. WVRMad•Talk•Guestbook 11:29, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened = no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 00:01, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Declined per consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ [Article] Is Collapsing. Let's fix it.

~AH1 ^(discuss!) 16:16, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:52, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - When you alter a quote, put brackets around the altered part. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:44, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Comment. Can you exemplify what that might look like? ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 16:28, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
"[Article] Is Collapsing." ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:47, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

{declined}} - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Out of the murky depths of total oblivion, rises a new beginning, a new star, and...a new fantasy continues.

~AH1 ^(discuss!) 16:16, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:54, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Oppose Same problem as with above. That Ole Cheesy Dude ^{(Talk to the hand!)} 12:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Comment. Translation: Out of the murky depths of vandalism, hitherto the suggested totality created by edit wars and the oblivion of impending failure, rises a new beginning for a select few vandals who reform, a new barnstar as an award and new featured content being realized as we speak. ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 22:13, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - It makes sense to me, but I am not liking some of the link locations. In my opinion, "of" shouldn't be part of a link, "a" shouldn't (both times), and "continues" shouldn't. I'll probably support with those changes. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:42, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Out of the murky depths of total oblivion, rises a new beginning, a new star, and ... a new fantasy continues.

Fish 1. -- $Σ talk contribs$ 03:39, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Support - Surprised? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 06:42, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
- I'm surprised that this project is dying so much. On a slightly related note, I wish JarlaxleArtemis could be turned back to good. I was thinking about him when I wrote that motto. -- $Σ talk contribs$ 06:55, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - bo consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

I also support Fish 1 –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:07, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Allah, Hurriya, Wikia!

~AH1 ^(discuss!) 16:16, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Q: Does anyone know where this comes from? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:08, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Reply. It's a quote from the 2011 Syrian uprising: "Allah, Hurriya, Syria" - lit. 'God, Freedom, Syria'. ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 22:14, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I thought it was something like that. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:10, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - Altering that particular quote might not be the best idea. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:40, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Vandal: We have implemented a non-sequitur Please Stop.

~AH1 ^(discuss!) 16:16, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Comment: I'm not sure about the last two links (WP:INSULT↔Please and WP:COOL↔Stop)... maybe, they should be swapped. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I agree with this. That Ole Cheesy Dude ^{(Talk to the hand!)} 12:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Switched per miniconsensus. ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 22:15, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Support - Although it is a bit weird, that can be good sometimes. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:39, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:19, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Haussenpepper!

~AH1 ^(discuss!) 16:16, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:18, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Support - Whatever. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:37, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no complete consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Approved per general consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Deeper understanding releases the key to both profound insight and addiction.

~AH1 ^(discuss!) 16:16, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:25, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:37, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no complete consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Approved per general consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ The world is a vampire sent to drain. Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames. And what do I get for my pain?

I was watching a new episode of Whale Wars debating my return to Wikipedia, and after I decided to do so, I started thinking of vandalism, and I thought: this is a perfect fit. Belugaboy^{cup of tea?} 23:06, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I really don't like calling Wikipedia vandalism, surprisingly enough. And I wouldn't call vandals "secret". :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:18, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ The world is a vampire sent to drain. (Not so) Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames. And what do I get for my pain?

Is this one better?Belugaboy^{cup of tea?} 00:26, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - Not to be rude, but this is far worse. Now we are calling Wikipedia a vampire, and editing sucking the blood out of... people? This almost makes vandalism sound like a good thing. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:24, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ The world is a vampire sent to drain. Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames. And what do I get for my pain?

This is better. Belugaboy^{cup of tea?} 17:54, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - As above, I don't like calling Wikipedia a vampire, or saying that editing is draining blood. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:25, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ The world is a vampire sent to drain. Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames. And what do I get for my pain?

Edit 3, sugestion. ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 16:36, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

All versions, bad idea on my part. Now that I look back on it, maybe it wasn't the best idea. Belugaboy^{cup of tea? how's my driving?} 22:04, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Oppose - I don't like the last bit. Wikipedia gets recognition and use for its growth. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:34, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC) Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Munich likes you.

Simply south...... improving for 5 years So much for ER 19:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Support - Whatever. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:16, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:02, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no complete consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Approved per general consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Is it safe?

Dr. Christian Szell portrayed by Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man a 1976 conspiracy/paranoid thriller film directed by John Schlesinger, based on the novel of the same name by William Goldman, starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, William Devane, Roy Scheider, Marthe Keller, and with music composed by Michael Small. Watch the scene.
Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes (shortcut: WP:MISTAKES) AND Wikipedia:Starting_an_article#Things_to_avoid are good alternatives to the link I used. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:09, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:32, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Support. Humorous. ~AH1 ^(discuss!) 16:39, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
{{pd-text}} in my opinion. -- $Σ talk contribs$ 03:50, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no complete consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Approved per general consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ My kind Antonio, I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.

Sebastian to his friend Antonio in Twelfth Night; or, What You Will (Act III, Scene III, 1623) by William Shakespeare. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:17, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Support - Looks good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:30, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Sounds a little boring. -- $Σ talk contribs$ 16:42, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Approved per general consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ Love for us is no paradise of arbors—
to us love tells us, humming,
that the stalled motor of the heart
has started to work again.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (19 July 1893, Baghdati, Russian Empire – 14 April 1930, Moscow, USSR). "Letter from Paris to Comrade Kostorov on the Nature of Love" (1928).
I'm not sure about the third and last links I used. The third, Wikipedia:1984, is a comparison of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Wikipedia (in the sense of an unattainable perfect society = paradise of arbors). There are two pages, Wikipedia:Songs about Wikipedia/Wiki Paradise and Wikipedia:Songs about Wikipedia/Users Paradise, referencing to Weird Al" Yankovic's "Amish Paradise", which is a parody of the "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio (which itself is a reworking of the Stevie Wonder song "Pastime Paradise" featured on his 1976 album: Songs in the Key of Life (a re-re-reworking or a copy of a copy of a copy ~ lol). Anyway, I was unable to use them. Imho, the last link fits perfectly, but there is a problem. That article is on blog.wikimedia.org website and actually there is not an Interiki link for it, so I had to use <span class="plainlinks">[external_link ...]</span> for not showing the right arrow at the end of the link. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:54, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I'm not sure... It all seems somewhat akward, to me. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:39, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
External link = bad. -- $Σ talk contribs$ 22:38, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
Comment: Yes, it's an external link, but that website (http://blog.wikimedia.org/) is part of the Wikimedia Foundation. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:04, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 16:07, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Declined = no consensus. Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 22:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

→ "Hey Buzz, you're flying!"
"This isn't flying. This is falling, with style!"

Who remembers Toy Story? Simply south...... eating shoes for 5 years So much for ER 19:02, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Support - Well, I remember it, but not that line... Whatever. I don't remember it as well as the second. :P ~~ Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 21:08, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:15, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Support - nice! WVRMad•Talk•Guestbook 11:28, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/September 17, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:15, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

→ 1. Don't shirk work! 2. Run away and pay! 3. Smiles go for miles!

→ The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

→The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

→The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

→ Patria est ubicumque est bene("Where I am at ease, there is [my] country")

→ It's gonna be a long hard drag, but we'll make it.

→ A wild dedication of yourselves To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.

→ Can I show you how hard it is trying to live when you're all alone?

A meal fit for a King.

→ It's hard to be free but when it works, it' s worth it!

→ Follow your dreams. Don't let anything stop you!

→ Follow your dreams. Don't let anything stop you!

→ A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do.

→ I don't know what I want but I know how to get it.

→ I don't know what I want but I know how to get it.

→ Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto("Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law")

→ For me, music and life are all about style.

→ What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

→ Worthy books Are not companions—they are solitudes: We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.

→ I want more bands like us. I want people to go out and start something, to see us and start something, or else I'm just wasting my time.

→ By noting of the lady I have marked A thousand blushing apparitions start Into her face; a thousand innocent shames In angel whiteness bear away those blushes.

→ Everybody has a story to tell.

→ There’s two different strains of punks, nice ones and horrible ones.

→ There’s two different strains of punks, nice ones and horrible ones.

→ When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

→ Fiddle-dee-dee!

→ I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, For when at worst, they say, things always mend.

What a fun distracting parade! Yay!

→ "Oh, I'll stay away from your son alright. Stay away, forever! Wait a minute, that's no good!"

→ All right, Mr. De Mille. I'm ready for my closeup.

→ All right, Mr. De Mille. I'm ready for my closeup.

→ All right, Mr. De Mille. I'm ready for my closeup.

→ Row us forth! Unfurl thy sail! What care we for tempest blowing? Let us kiss the blustering gale! Let us breast the waters flowing! Though the North rush cold and loud, Love shall warm and make us merry; Though the waves all weave a shroud, We will dare the Humber ferry!

→ Silent leges inter arma. ("During war, laws are silent.")

L'État, c'est moi("I am the state")

L'État, c'est moi("I am the state")

→ Music is Magic. Magic is Life

→ Heaven is not always angry when he strikes, But most chastises those whom most he likes

→ We didn't need dialogue. We had faces.

→ Quis separabit?("Who will separate [us]?")

→ Quis separabit?("Who will separate [us]?")

→ Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.

→ Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.

The inception of any great idea present today always begins at its very source.

The inception of any great idea present today always begins at its very source.

The inception of any great idea present today always begins at its very source.

The weather is beautiful, wish you were here!

→ You Belong.

→ Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.

E pluribus unum ("From many, one")

E pluribus unum ("From many, one")

E pluribus unum ("From many, one")

E pluribus unum ("From many, one")

E pluribus unum ("From many, one")

Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.

Shoot for the moon; even if you miss you will land among the stars.

→ Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars.

→ Plus ultra("Further beyond")

→ [Article] Is Collapsing. Let's fix it.

Out of the murky depths of total oblivion, rises a new beginning, a new star, and...a new fantasy continues.

Out of the murky depths of total oblivion, rises a new beginning, a new star, and ... a new fantasy continues.

→ Allah, Hurriya, Wikia!

→ Vandal: We have implemented a non-sequitur Please Stop.

→ Haussenpepper!

Deeper understanding releases the key to both profound insight and addiction.

→ The world is a vampire sent to drain. Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames. And what do I get for my pain?

→ The world is a vampire sent to drain. (Not so) Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames. And what do I get for my pain?

→ The world is a vampire sent to drain. Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames. And what do I get for my pain?

→ The world is a vampire sent to drain. Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames. And what do I get for my pain?

→ My kind Antonio, I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.

→ Love for us is no paradise of arbors— to us love tells us, humming, that the stalled motor of the heart has started to work again.

→ Patria est ubicumque est bene
("Where I am at ease, there is [my] country")

→ A wild dedication of yourselves
To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.

→ Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto
("Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law")

→ Worthy books
Are not companions—they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.

→ By noting of the lady I have marked
A thousand blushing apparitions start
Into her face; a thousand innocent shames
In angel whiteness bear away those blushes.

→ I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend,
For when at worst, they say, things always mend.

→ "Oh, I'll stay away from your son alright. Stay away, forever!
Wait a minute, that's no good!"

→ Row us forth! Unfurl thy sail!
What care we for tempest blowing?
Let us kiss the blustering gale!
Let us breast the waters flowing!
Though the North rush cold and loud,
Love shall warm and make us merry;
Though the waves all weave a shroud,
We will dare the Humber ferry!

→ Silent leges inter arma.
("During war, laws are silent.")

L'État, c'est moi
("I am the state")

L'État, c'est moi
("I am the state")

→ Heaven is not always angry when he strikes,
But most chastises those whom most he likes

→ Quis separabit?
("Who will separate [us]?")

→ Quis separabit?
("Who will separate [us]?")

E pluribus unum
("From many, one")

E pluribus unum
("From many, one")

E pluribus unum
("From many, one")

E pluribus unum
("From many, one")

E pluribus unum
("From many, one")

→ Plus ultra
("Further beyond")

→ Love for us is no paradise of arbors—
to us love tells us, humming,
that the stalled motor of the heart
has started to work again.