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Would you like fries with that?

I just thought of it on the top of my head for McDonald's 60th anniversary on May 15th 2010. Richard 22:10, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 21:57, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Would you like fries with that?

Edit 1 ~ pointing to Wikipedia:Help desk. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:05, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 15, 2010 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 21:57, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

→ I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.

Made the intent a tad more obvious, hopefully. Hi878 (talk) 04:13, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Note Discussion copied from the "In Review" section for use on May 25, Towel Day. I left this discussion there in case it isn't chosen for this day. Hi878 (talk) 17:45, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Reply I suppose it would have been good to say that, it is a quote from Douglas Adams. Don't remember when he said it, but I know that he did. Hi878 (talk) 04:02, 8 April 2010 (UTCo
  • A thought I just had a thought, would it be a good idea to move this to the "Special" section? It could be used on May 25, which is Towel Day. If nobody says anything, I'll just move it. Oh, and would I move the comments with it, or just pretend none of you said anything? Hi878 (talk) 04:30, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Support - Good quote and good choice of link. I don't really care if it gets moved over to Specials or not, just glad it started here because I don't check the damn specials page. Nutiketaiel (talk) 11:33, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

:{{Approved}} for [[Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 25, 2010]]. I'm just going to go ahead and close this. There are no oppose votes, and I don't see why there would be. Plus, I don't want this to just be forgotten about until the day after [[Towel Day]]. :) [[User:Hi878|Hi878]] ([[User talk:Hi878|talk]]) 03:59, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:11, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Note: I have approved the above motto from the regular nominations section for the 17th of April (2010). It was my mistake, because we were running dry and I have not read the note about leaving that nomination on both places (Regular and Special nominations). The motto has been showed on April 17 and it is also scheduled for Tuesday 25th May. IMHO we have two alternatives:

  1. Replace the motto (with a regular nomination or with one of the nominations bewlow.)
  2. Leave it where it is.

We (Hi878 and I) have thought about some alternatives. The quotes below are from the same author (Douglas Adams) and for the same date. The first nomination has a set of links while the second one is probably better, but we can not think of any links for it. Sorry for the mistake! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:09, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I think you should replace the motto, (see below for my comments). WVRMAD•Talk •Guestbook 12:46, 27 April 2010 (UTC) I'm with replacing the motto with something else. --I dream of horses (T) @ 17:30, 3 May 2010 (UTC) Oh, whoops! I need to vote! --I dream of horses (T) @ 21:00, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

→ I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Edit 1 ~ An alternative quote by Douglas Adams with links. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:09, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:11, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

→ The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

Edit 2 ~ Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (1992) ~ Another quotation by Douglas Adams, but without links. This is a great quote, but we (Hi878 and I) were not able to find any links for it. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:09, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:11, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

→ The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

Edit 3 What do you think of these links? I think they're kind of funny, but you would all need to agree. :) Hi878 (talk) 02:34, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

He didn't, it was an honest mistake, apparently. :) He kept his admin powers, go to the village stocks, there is a link to a discussion that happened at AN/I about it, it's pretty funny. Hi878 (talk) 20:17, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
I think putting a link to the picture below would be funny in the "Impossible to get at or repair" part, should I create a subpage for it to link to, or just forget about that idea? Hi878 (talk) 19:22, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Never mind, I decided that I don't like the idea. Hi878 (talk) 22:15, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
I've just had a perfect idea. I've added the link above. Hi878 (talk) 04:49, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Support- Brilliant. I like love the linking. It's a good change from soaring motivational stuff, and it even manages to have a moral. :) {{Sonia|talk|simple}} 05:18, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Support - Obviously the main page is not "impossible to get at or repair," but a little poetic license never hurt anyone. The linking in this version is both humorous and appropriate. Nicely done. I prefer this to either of the other two suggestions. Nutiketaiel (talk) 11:23, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto_of_the_day/May_25,_2010 (per consensus; 5 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:11, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Now I will a rhyme construct
By chosen words the young instruct.
Cunningly devised endeavor,
Con it and remember ever.
Widths of circle here you see.
Sketched out in strange obscurity.

For π day TemariHyuga (talk) 10:52, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

  Rejected per consensus (0 in favor, 4 against). ~~ Hi878 (Come yell at me!) 05:52, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Nominations

→ When you draw a situation - someone is scared or angry or happy - it means the same thing in all cultures.

Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 00:53, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

  • Conditional support Of course, conditional on my motto not passing. (You guys know I had to improve it! :-) The links has nothing to do with each other, but they make sense within this motto. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:34, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favor of Edit 1) Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 15:23, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

→ When you draw a situation - someone is scared or angry or happy - it means the same thing in all cultures.

I just added links to the emotion words. I'm not sure if it's any better. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:34, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

•Strong Support- Talk about a major improvement. Keep up the good work! Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 05:13, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 11, 2010 (per consenus: 4 supports and no opposes) Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 15:23, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Dare to be gorgeous and unique. But don't ever be cryptic or otherwise unfathomable. Make it unforgettably great.

Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 04:24, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 10, 2010 (per consenus: 5 supports and no opposes) Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 22:50, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Anything that happens, happens.
Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.
Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again.
It doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, though.

These are all I've got for now. I'll put more up later. And remember: I claim all Douglas Adams related quotes. :) Hi878 (talk) 01:24, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved per consensus. Simply south (talk) 13:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.

One of the best quotes ever, in my opinion. And just so you all know, I claim nomination rights to every single Douglas Adams quote in existence, including ones from his books. :) Hi878 (talk) 01:24, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved per WP:SNOW. Simply south (talk) 13:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity - and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein. One of the great 'quote makers' of the 20th Century. Ginga123 (talk) 16:50, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south (talk) 13:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity - and I'm not sure about the former.

Edit 1 –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:14, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved edit 1 per consensus. Simply south (talk) 13:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

→ The stately-sailing swan
Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale;
And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet
Rears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle,
Protective of his young.

James Thomson (1700–1748), The Seasons: "Spring" (simple version using one wlink only.) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:53, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

→ The stately-sailing swan
Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale;
And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet
Rears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle,
Protective of his young.

Edit 1 (a more complex version) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:53, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened (ALL VERSIONS) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:14, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined - no consensus. Simply south (talk) 22:47, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Like birds, whose beauties languish half concealed,
Till, mounted on the wing, their glossy plumes
Expanded, shine with azure, green, and gold;
How blessings brighten as they take their flight!

Edward Young (1681–1765). The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality,[wikisource:The_Complaint:_or_Night-Thoughts_on_Life,_Death_&_Immortality] Night II: On Time, Death, and Friendship (1742–1745). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:40, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved per WP:SNOW. --I dream of horses (T) @ 17:47, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Do not delete the slightly necessary if there is use out of it. One should not be separated from a group because of little necessity.

I made this motto myself. I thought to myself: Hey, necessity is the mother of invention, and that something very big could come out of something seeming to have little necessity. "Belugaboy Talk to Me! Milk the chicken!!" 23:45, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Do not delete the slightly necessary if there is use out of it. One should not be separated from a group because of little necessity.

Edit 1 with more links. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:49, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Gentlemen. You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!

President Merkin Muffley, the American Commander-in-Chief (portrayed by Peter Sellers). Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (directed by Stanley Kubrick; written by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George; starring Peter Sellers] George C. Scott, Slim Pickens, Sterling Hayden; music composed and directed by Laurie Johnson; cinematography by Gilbert Taylor; edited by Anthony Harvey; 1964). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:50, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved per snowball clause. --I dream of horses (T) @ 17:29, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

→ The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 19:47, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved per consensus. Simply south (talk) 00:37, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

→ We can't stop here; this is bat country!

We can't stop editing, because Wikipedia is a work in prgress. Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 20:12, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 2, 2010 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:27, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Et in Arcadia ego
("Even in Arcadia I exist")

The title of some paintings all depicting the tomb of a person who lived in Arcadia, which is a region of Greece and also refers to a utopian vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:32, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 1, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:23, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

Michael Corleone (portrayed by Al Pacino). The Godfather Part II (directed by Francis Ford Coppola; written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay), Mario Puzo (novel); starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale; music composed by Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola; cinematography by Gordon Willis; edited by Barry Malkin, Richard Marks, and Peter Zinner; 1974). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:45, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened (no consensus; 3 in support and 2 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:47, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (Withdrawn) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:17, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

→ True friends stab you in the front.

Heard this from a friend, what do you all think? I'm not to sure about the links; can anyone come up with a better one/ones? Hi878 (talk) 18:45, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 30, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:34, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

→ What thing is love?—for (well I wot) love is a thing
It is a prick, it is a sting,
It is a pretty, pretty thing;
It is a fire, it is a coal,
Whose flame creeps in at every hole!

George Peele (1556–1596), "THE HUNTING OF CUPID" (1591) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:40, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 29, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:27, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Experto crede
("Believe one who has had experience")

"Trust me", "trust the expert", "believe one who has tried it", or "have faith in experience". –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:40, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 28, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:25, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

→ We must learn to look at problems all-sidedly, seeing the reverse as well as the obverse side of things. In given conditions, a bad thing can lead to good results and a good thing to bad results.

Mao Zedong (1893–1976), 'On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People, (February 27, 1957) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:40, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 27, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:23, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.

I included this quote in the graduation speech draft I typed up. --LastLived 23:49, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Moved from specials section. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:51, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 2) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.

Edit 1 (moved from specials section) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:49, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 2) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.

Edit 2 Changed first link, added third. Third isn't perfect, but it's better than nothing. Hi878 (talk) 23:18, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 26, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

→ You might as well jump.

Just a quote which seemed to fit. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 09:38, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 24, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:58, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Today is the day, if I say so.

It the main line from one of my favorite Akeboshi songs Tall Boy. "Today is the day, if I say so." then variations: "Today is the day, if I try so." and "Today is the day, if I do so." I just thought it would make a good motto here, since often all it takes for me to do some serious work on an article is "Ok, today I'm going to do this!". Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 04:59, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 23, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:56, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

When the world gives you lemons, make apple juice, sit back, relax, and let the world wonder how you did it.

Just a fun little quote I found while surfing the interwebs. --Andreasr2d2 (talk) 22:52, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

When the world gives you lemons, make apple juice, sit back, relax, and let the world wonder how you did it.

Edit One Anyone like it? Hi878 (talk) 23:14, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 22, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

→ I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.

I'm thinking that the second link could also be WP:POINT or WP:IAR?. Opinions? {{Sonia|talk|simple}} 05:24, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 21, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:52, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Life is like a game. It depends on how you play it.

Simply south (talk)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 20, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:50, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Life is like a game. It depends on how you play it.

Another attempt at this phrase, it may be bland but i think it works. Simply south (talk) 22:56, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:50, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Fight fire with fire

or Fight fire with fire Simply south (talk) 12:01, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Fight fire with fire

Edit 1 ~ Just formally nominating the already nominated. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:13, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Fight fire with fire

Edit 2 ~ Let's try this one out. RBI can be like firerain on the vandals. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:13, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened ALL VERSIONS (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:00, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Don't fight fire with fire!

Edit 3 –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:20, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

  • Strongest Possible Support How could I not support this? I would have to contradict myself. :) And it's a bit hard to argue with the link. Hi878 (talk) 04:25, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (withdrawn EDIT 3 ~ it has been used before in October 2009) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:41, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined ALL VERSIONS (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:42, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Love and boldness make the Wikipedia-sphere go round.

~AH1(TCU) 20:40, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:37, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Love and boldness helps our community achieve its' goals.

Edit 1 ~ Is this at least a little better? --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:09, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened ALL VERSIONS (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:54, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved (EDIT 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 19, 2010 (per EMERGENCY STATUS; We don't have a motto approved for tomorrow!!! 3 in support and 2 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:37, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, but if you don't take the first step, you'll spend the rest of your life stuck on one foot.

~AH1(TCU) 20:40, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

Edit 1 ~ Is this too similar to the one previously used? --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:05, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened ALL VERSIONS (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:54, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  • Strong Oppose - Once again, we have used one that is far too similiar to this (and, indeed, is a more correct form of the quotation) in the past, and we shouldn't be repeating mottos. Nutiketaiel (talk) 16:20, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined ALL VERSIONS (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:30, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Taking water from a well with a bamboo basket results in an empty one.

Taking water from a well sounds awkward, but I can't think of anything else to replace it, so feel free to be bold and change it. Kayau Voting IS evil 14:24, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened (no consensus; 2 in support and 3 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:19, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (no consensus; 3 in support and 3 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:28, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

→ One love, one heart, let's get together and feel alright.

"One Love"; The Wailing Wailers (1965); Exodus; (1977). The tank is empty, the "volume" of mottos is close to ZERO, today is the 29th anniversary of the death of Bob Marley, and I'm adding added some of his quotes taken from some of his songs. I will add some (hope) good links very soon. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:55, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (withdrawn ~ it has been used before) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:21, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

→ There are only two ways to live your life. Either everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle.

~AH1(TCU) 01:10, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:30, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

  • Strong oppose Stubs should not be deleted. Really, I don't see how this motto can go through without it being insulting to the half which believes nothing is a miracle. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:46, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

→ There are only two ways to live your life. Either everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle.

Edit 1 with WP:DEV, FAs & Stubs. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:51, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

→ There are only two ways to live your life. Either everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle.

Edit 2 with Inclusionism & Deletionism. Obviously, this version doesn't fit cleanly with the quote because it is not true that there are only two ways. There are also Exclusionism, Delusionism, and Precisionism. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:51, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

→ There are only two ways to live your life. Either everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle.

Edit 3 about Wikipedia:Red links. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:51, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined all - no consensus. Simply south (talk) 11:26, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Blessings star forth forever; but a curse
Is like a cloud--it passes.

Philip James Bailey (1816–1902), Festus: "Hades" (1839) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:08, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:10, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

→ Blessings star forth forever; but a curse
Is like a cloud--it passes.

Edit 1 ~ Removed link to featured content portal per above discussion. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:41, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

→ A curse is like a cloud--it passes.

Edit 2 (Shortened Version) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:02, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined all per consensus. Simply south (talk) 11:26, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

→ We can learn what we did not know.

Mao Zedong (1893–1976), Report to the 2nd Plenary Session of the 7th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (March 5, 1949) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:32, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 18, 2010 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:25, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

→ It's alive! It's alive!

Henry Frankenstein (portrayed by Colin Clive). Frankenstein (directed by James Whale; written by Mary Shelley (novel), Peggy Webling (play), John L. Balderston (adaptation), Francis Edward Faragoh, Garrett Fort, Robert Florey, and John Russell (screenplay); starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff; music composed and directed by Bernhard Kaun; cinematography by Arthur Edeson; edited by Clarence Kolster and Maurice Pivar; 1931). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:32, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 17, 2010 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:23, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

→ So tell me, Eddie, is that a rabbit in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Dolores portrayed by Joanna Cassidy in Who Framed Roger Rabbit a 1988 fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis, animated by Richard Williams, produced by Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, and Robert Watts, written by Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, and Gary K. Wolf, starring Bob Hoskins, Charles Fleischer, Christopher Lloyd, Kathleen Turner, Joanna Cassidy, music composed by Alan Silvestri, cinematography by Dean Cundey. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:53, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 2) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:12, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

→ So tell me, Eddie, is that a rabbit in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Edit 1 ~ The WP:COMMUNITY link refers to the "trick up our sleeve", which is the community surrounding Wikipedia. And of course, you are always (or, one hopes, almost always) happy to see your friends. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:29, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 2) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:12, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

→ So tell me, Eddie, is that a rabbit in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Edit 2 ~ Or we could try this. Hi878 (talk) 04:35, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 16, 2010 (per consensus and in EMRGENCY STATUS; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:12, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind.

"Redemption Song"; Uprising (1979). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:55, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 14, 2010 (EMERGENCY STATUS —there is not an approved motto for tomorrow 2010-05-14— and per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:05, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

One who cannot remember history is condemned to repeat it

This is a fairly well-known quote, and I figure that it could be applicable to Wikipedia with regards to edit wars and the 3 Revert Rule. Ojay123 (Talk•E-Mail•Contribs•Sandbox)(Respond on my talk page! 23:25, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 13, 2010 (per Current Emergency Status; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:44, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

→ When the child was a child, it didn’t know that it was a child, everything was soulful, and all souls were one.

Peter Handke (6 December 1942), Song of Childhood, Der Himmel über Berlin (1987) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:45, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

→ When the child was a child, it didn’t know that it was a child, everything was soulful, and all souls were one.

'Edit 1 ~ Per Pjoef. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:34, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

→ When the child was a child, it didn’t know that it was a child, everything was soulful, and all souls were one.

Edit 2 ~ Per Pjoef. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:34, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

→ When the child was a child, it didn’t know that it was a child, everything was soulful, and all souls were one.

Edit 3 ~ Per Sonia. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:34, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 12, 2010 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

→ When the child was a child, it didn’t know that it was a child, everything was soulful, and all souls were one.

Edit 4 ~ Per Sonia. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:34, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

→ In this world, there must be a Bole before there can be a horse who can run a thousand miles.

Not sure if I'm romanising 伯樂 correctly. SS, please correct it if I made a mistake. Kayau Voting IS evil 13:07, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

  • comment- The romanising is okay, but I'm not sure how many people are going to understand the quote. Plus, does every admin need coaching? SS✞(Kay) 07:48, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Question - What the hell is a Bole? Bole is just a disambiguation page, so Wikipedia (despite being the source of all knowledge) cannot help me. Are you referring to the airport, the town in Ghana, the town in China, the town in England, the hill, the color, or the tree trunk? I ask because none of those things really make sense. Nutiketaiel (talk) 11:24, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose This is too difficult to understand. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:16, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened (no consensus; 1 in support and 2 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:46, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:04, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Alenda lux ubi orta libertas
("Let learning be cherished where liberty has arisen.")

The motto of Davidson College. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:45, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 11, 2010 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:35, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Plus est en vous
(There is more within you)

This was my school motto, thought it was quite fitting for editors on wiki who find it hard to keep going! Rudy 07:51, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

  • Strong oppose - the following must be done in order to make it acceptable:
  1. Link it so it's related to Wikipedia.
  2. Put up an arrow link to your school.
  3. Insert a line break between the French and the English.

By the way, this site is called Wikipedia, not wiki. A wiki is any website using wiki software; there are thousands of them. Kayau Voting IS evil 12:04, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:07, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Plus est en vous
(There is more within you)

Edit 1 - per pjoef - Kayau Voting IS evil 10:06, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:07, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Plus est en vous
(There is more within you)

Edit 2, suggestion. ~AH1(TCU) 20:32, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

  • Weak oppose - for two reasons: First, someone who doesn't know French will never guess that plus means more and en means in, and linking en to wikiprojects doesn't make any sense anyway. (If the quote is il y a plus en vous then probably this linking will make more sense, but since a) that's probably bad grammar and 2) it isn't anyway, I'm opposing this.) Kayau Voting IS evil 01:41, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Oppose - The links don't match with the words they're connected to at all. Nutiketaiel (talk) 11:26, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:07, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened ALL VERSIONS –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

→ Plus est en vous
(There is more within you)

Edit 3 ~ How about this version? There is more within you. Just be bold about it. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:38, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 10, 2010 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:07, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Esto perpetua ("Let it be perpetual")

State motto of Idaho. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:53, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 9, 2010 (per consensus; 4 in support and 1 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:00, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Will wonders never cease!

Kayau Voting IS evil 11:17, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:12, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

  Approved ORIGINAL for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 8, 2010 (per consensus; 6 in support and 1 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:24, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Will wonders never cease!

Per Juliancolton. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:43, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:24, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

No news is good news!

—Preceding unsigned comment added by mono (talk • contribs)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 7, 2010 (per WP:SNOW) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:18, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

→ The devil rides on a fiddlestick.

Kayau Voting IS evil 10:51, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

  Bard. O, my Lord, my Lord, the Sherife, with a most
monstrous Watch, is at the doore

   Falst. Out you Rogue, play out the Play: I haue much
to say in the behalfe of that Falstaffe.

  Hostesse. O, my Lord, my Lord

   Falst. Heigh, heigh, the Deuill rides vpon a Fiddlesticke:
what's the matter?

In few words and paraphrasing the title of another comedy/play by Shakespeare... "It is much ado about nothing!" –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:11, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

  Reopened (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:22, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (no consensus; 4 in support and 4 opposed or so) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:14, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

→ Alea iacta est
("The die has been cast")

Also, "alea jacta est" or "iacta alea est" (a point of no return) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:45, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (no consensus; 1 in support and 3 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:10, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

→ (Ladies and Gentlemen), My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.

George M. Cohan portrayed by James Cagney. Yankee Doodle Dandy directed by Michael Curtiz; written by Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph, Julius J. Epstein, and Philip G. Epstein; starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf; music composed by Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld, George M. Cohan; cinematography by James Wong Howe; 1942. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:45, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 6, 2010 (per consensus and emergency status; 4-- in support and 1 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:08, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

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