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September 21

Is the first line on the motto for that day something that we want? We never before have stated what the particular day is for a special nomination in the motto, and I think it looks beter without it. Would anyone object to my getting rid of it? If I haven't heard anything in a week, I am going to change it. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:38, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All I can say is "Crap!". :) On a side note, we have eight days of mottos left. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:48, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Problem

Hi, for a while now i have been having problems editing Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review. This is the only page so far on which i have encountered the problem. It involves not showing a preview or saving the page until i have clicked the button a great deal of times… what's up?

And has anybody else had this problem? Benzband (talk) 17:14, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. :) Perhaps it's something with your internet? I really have no idea. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 00:18, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pssst

Run out on 26th Nov. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.121.41.191 (talk) 23:52, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

RE: This space for rent

Hi. I came here after receiving a note on my talk page. I wondered whether nominations are vetted for verifiability (although I completely understand at the moment that you're short of resources). Thanks. -- Trevj (talk) 14:57, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, of course! All nominations are verified by reviewers during the approval phase, and then by a "decision maker". –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:53, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion about linking

Hi, I am new to MOTD, since reading some notices that mentioned the recent "Space for rent" problem. having thought about this though, I would like to suggest that we consider relaxing slightly the "rule" about not linking to mainspace (if it's a rule, wp:Iar can probably be applied, smiles). MOTD ought to reflect the community or purpose of Wikipedia; well mainspace is the purpose of WP. I have found that it can be very useful on occasion when wp:Pol's are linked to mainspace, see Consensus which links to (3) useful articles in the See also. I think that we can, subject to individual evaluation of mottos, and aesthetic considerations, that we allow useful links to be made to appropriate article(s) if a candidate motto is improved by doing so. There ought to be a majority of links to wp-space, as has been current practice, but sometimes a motto could be "fleshed out" with a link to an article in addition to the links to wp-space. Any discussion of this idea is welcomed, if people have the time to think about it. NewbyG ( talk) 19:42, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 Hi. I came here after receiving a [[User talk:Trevj#MOTDs (This space for rent)|note on my talk page]]. I wondered whether nominations are vetted for verifiability (although I completely understand at the moment that you're short of resources). Thanks. <span style="white-space:nowrap;">-- [[User:Trevj#top|Trevj]]</span> ([[User talk:Trevj#top|talk]]) 14:57, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 :Yes, of course! All nominations are verified by reviewers during the approval phase, and then by a "decision maker". –[[User:Pjoef|p<span style="color: #802400">joe</span>f]] <small>(''[[User talk:Pjoef|talk]]'' • [[Special:Contributions/Pjoef|contribs]])</small> 08:53, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
+== Discussion about linking ==
+Hi, I am new to MOTD, since reading some notices that mentioned the recent "Space for rent" problem. having thought about this though, I would like to suggest that we consider relaxing slightly the "rule" about not linking to mainspace (if it's a rule, wp:Iar can probably be applied, smiles). MOTD ought to ''reflect the community or purpose of Wikipedia''; well mainspace '' is'' the purpose of WP. I have found that it can be very useful on occasion when wp:Pol's are linked to mainspace, see [[wp:Consensus | Consensus]] which links to (3) useful articles in the ''See also''.
+I think that we can, subject to individual evaluation of mottos, and aesthetic considerations, that we allow useful links to be made to appropriate article(s) if a candidate motto is improved by doing so. There ought to be a majority of links to wp-space, as has been current practice, but sometimes a motto could be "fleshed out" with a link to an article in addition to the links to wp-space. Any discussion of this idea is welcomed, if people have the time to think about it. <small>[[User:Newbyguesses | NewbyG ]] ([[User_talk:Newbyguesses | talk]])</small> 19:42, 13 March 2012 (UTC)