Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review

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In review

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→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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 "HORRIBLE" 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)

• Strong Support, of course!!! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:19, 27 September 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)

→ "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)

→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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 →Στc. 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)

→ 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)

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 _{^talkcontribs} 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 _{^talkcontribs} 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)

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)

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)

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)