Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Decisions

Closing procedure

This page contains mottos that have been closed, or are about to be. The instructions below describe how to close a nomination. Any discussion on the In review page that is more than two weeks old or is obviously snowballing may be closed by following the process below and copying the whole discussion to the top of the Decisions section below. Anyone can close a discussion; you don't have to be an administrator, however to avoid conflicts of interest, we ask that you not close any nomination that you started, when possible.

Determine consensus, if any

1. Decide if the motto should be approved, rejected, or reopened. Keep in mind:

   a) Nominations may be approved only if consensus favors support of the motto.

   b) Nominations may be reopened only once and only if there is no consensus.

   c) All other nominations should be rejected, including those that have not reached consensus after being reopened.

2. Try to keep closings as uncontroversial as possible. If in doubt, reopen.
3. Do not approve similar versions of the same motto. If the nomination contains edits, only approve the version with the most support. Reject the others.
   • The exception to this is if an edit is significantly different from the others, and has gained enough support to be approved on its own.
4. Please note that WP:SNOW should only be used in closure when the consensus for or against a motto, taking into account the reasons behind, is unanimous, therefore approved or declined by everyone.
5. Remember, this is not a vote count. Read through all of the comments, and if there are any good points that people haven't answered, supporting or opposing, then reopen. Don't just count up the supports and opposes.

Display the result

Once the result of the discussion has been determined, add one of the following to the bottom of the discussion (without the bullet):

1. To approve: add {{Approved}} for [[Wikipedia:Motto of the day/MONTH DAY, YEAR]] (optional comment) ~~~~

   The next open space for a motto can be found here.

2. To reject: add {{Thrown out}} (reason) ~~~~ or {{Declined}} (reason) ~~~~
3. To reopen: add {{reopened}} (reason) ~~~~

Then, move the entire discussion to the top of the Decisions section. From there it should be archived after a period of time. If you chose to reopen the motto, move it to the top of the In review or Specials page, depending on where it originally was.

There are templates that can be used to make closing easier; they are Template:Appr, Template:Rej, and Template:ThrowMotto.

A list of common reasons used for closing can be found at WP:Motto of the day/Guidelines#Reasons but please note that these are only examples.

Example

Here is an example of what a reopened, then approved, nomination would look like:

=== Example motto ===
* Votes and comments. ~~~~

{{reopened}} ~~~~

* Additional votes and comments. ~~~~

{{Approved}} for [[Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 31, 2012]]. Enough additional votes have been added to form a consensus. ~~~~

Decisions (old discussions)

→ That voice … heard so oft
In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge
Of battle when it raged.

John Milton (1608–1674), Paradise Lost, Book 1 (1667). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:04, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:51, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 29, 2015 (emergency; 1 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:10, 26 May 2015 (UTC) Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 1, 2016

→ Get your stinkin' paws off me, you damn dirty ape!

Planet of the Apes (19). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:53, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

• Oppose Is it such a good idea to use a personal attack to tell people to not personally attack. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:53, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose - We've done this before. Kayau (talk · contribs) 07:44, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

 Declined (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:09, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

→ — "Steady boy. Just keep telling yourself you're a girl."
— "I'm a girl...I'm a girl...I'm a girl."

Some Like It Hot (1959). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:28, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 17:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 28, 2015 (emergency; 1 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:08, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Non numerantur, sed ponderantur
("They are not counted, but weighed")

Old saying. Paul Erdős (1913–1996), in Paul Hoffman, The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (1998), p. 6. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:44, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 17:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 27, 2015 (emergency; 1 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:04, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

→ From the glittering staff unfurled
Th' imperial ensign, which, full high advanced,
Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind,
With gems and golden lustre rich imblazed,
Seraphic arms and trophies; all the while
Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds:
At which the universal host upsent
A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond
Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.

John Milton (1608–1674), Paradise Lost, Book I (1667). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:28, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

• Oppose way too long. Swordman97 ^{talk to me} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swordman97 (talk • contribs) 17:43, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support. I personally don't see why the length would be a problem (in fact quite the opposite). While a concise motto which hits the mark can get a clear point across, longer quotes allow to really develop an idea around the linked essays, which makes them all the more interesting and allows the reader to spend more time thinking about it. As it is we don't have so many longer nominations because they take more time and effort to come up with, so I think it would be a shame to dismiss the ones we have out of hand. I realise the guidelines recommend to "be short; it's a motto, not an essay", but let us bear in mind that they are only guidelines after all, not steadfast rules, and also that usage has somewhat evolved since they were written. Just something to consider: supposing you were to look past the length issue for a moment and judge the nomination solely on its merit, would you support it? - benzband (talk) 17:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support. We've had numerous mottos of this link in the past, including at the time I created the guidelines page. It was at a time when the MOTD was at its zenith with new users coming to participate all the time, so I got the idea of creating that page for them to show them how things work here. They aren't rules. Plus, this isn't overly lengthy IMO, and far from essay-like. Kayau (talk · contribs) 07:51, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 26, 2015 (emergency; 3 in support and 1 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:39, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

→ I've wrestled with reality for thirty-five years, and I'm happy, Doctor, I finally won out over it.

Harvey (1950). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:12, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 17:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 25, 2015 (emergency; 1 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:36, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Inebriate of air am I,
And debauchee of dew,
Reeling, through endless summer days,
From inns of molten blue.

Emily Dickinson, "I taste a liquor never brewed". benzband (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:01, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 24, 2015 (emergency; 1 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:35, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Tous les jours à tous points de vue je vais de mieux en mieux.
"Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better."

Émile Coué (see section 2, "The Coué Method"). benzband (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:01, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 23, 2015 (emergency; 1 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:33, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

→ — You're English?
— When it suits me.

Sir Robert Loxley (Douglas Hodge) and Sir Godfrey (Mark Strong) in Robin Hood (2010). benzband (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:02, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 22, 2015 (emergency; 1 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:31, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Milking a dried udder gets you nothing but kicked off the milking stool!

Eleanor of Aquitaine (Eileen Atkins) in Robin Hood (2010). benzband (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:02, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 21, 2015 (emergency; 1 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:27, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Someday, somewhere, today’s empires are tomorrow’s ashes.

Propagandhi, "Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes" (Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes). benzband (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:02, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved (original version) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 20, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:26, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Someday, somewhere, today’s empires are tomorrow’s ashes.

Edit 1, linking the whole quote to Wikipedia:Nothing is in stone. benzband (talk) 17:53, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:26, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Has your name become known and desired?

The Menzingers, "Nice Things" (On the Impossible Past, 2012). benzband (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:03, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 19, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:35, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

→ On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair...

The Eagles, "Hotel California" (Hotel California, 1976). benzband (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:04, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 18, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:33, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Non hos quaesitum munus in usus
("A gift sought for no such purpose")

Virgil (15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC), Aeneid (29–19 BC) 4:647, of the sword with which Dido will commit suicide. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:32, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 17, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:31, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

→ By Heaven! It is a splendid sight to see
(For one who hath no friend, no brother there)
Their rival scarfs of mixed embroidery.
Their various arms that glitter in the air!
What gallant war-hounds rouse them from their lair,
And gnash their fangs, loud yelling for the prey!
All join the chase, but few the triumph share;
The grave shall bear the chiefest prize away,
And havoc scarce for joy can number their array.

Lord Byron (1788–1824), Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1818), Canto I.

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 16, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:28, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

→ He's got a real purty mouth, ain't he?

Deliverance (1972). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:49, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 15, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:23, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Non est princeps super leges, sed leges supra principem
("The prince is not above the laws, but the laws above the prince.")

Pliny the Younger (61 – c. 113), Panegyricus 65:1. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:49, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 14, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:22, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

→ That crazed girl improvising her music.

W. B. Yeats, "A Crazed Girl". benzband (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:03, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support Kayau (talk · contribs) 07:51, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 13, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:19, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Non omnis moriar
("I shall not wholly die")

Horace (65–8 BC), Carmina (23 BC) 3/30:6. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:15, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support I quite agree with this. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:49, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
• SupportThey will be remembered. Kayau (talk · contribs) 07:01, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 12, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:52, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Non omnia possumus omnes
("Not everyone can do everything")

Virgil (70 – 19 BC), Eclogues 8:63. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:48, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 17:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:54, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 11, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:50, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

→ When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war.

Nathaniel Lee (1653–1692), The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great (1677), Act IV, Scene II. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 17:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support Just as long as we put a few mottos between this one and any other edit war motto out there. --I dream of horses (T) @ 03:58, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
• support Kayau (talk · contribs) 07:01, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 9, 2015 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:48, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Billy Graham in the Reader's Digest. (1964) Swordman97 ^{talk to me} 18:12, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:10, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support - benzband (talk) 17:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 8, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:46, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

→ There is only one way to learn. It's through action.

Paulo Coelho, O Alquimista (1988). (Couldn't find the quote in original language). benzband (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:02, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support really gets a point across. Swordman97 ^{talk to me}

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 7, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:44, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Don’t regress to primal behavior just because it’s allowed – we’re human beings, not the editors of Teen Vogue!

Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs) in "Geothermal Escapism" (Community). benzband (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:03, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support Swordman97 ^{talk to me} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swordman97 (talk • contribs) 17:36, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 6, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:42, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

→ He made me mad
To see him shine so brisk, and smell so sweet,
And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman,
And that it was great pity, so it was,
That villanous saltpetre should be digged
Out of the bowels of the harmless earth,
Which many a good tall fellow had destroyed.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Henry IV, Part 1, act 1, scene 3 (1598). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:33, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 5, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:49, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Turn to the ri-i-ght.

Raising Arizona (1987). WP:FORK should be an alternative link. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:13, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 4, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:48, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Non canimus surdis, respondent omnia silvae
("We sing not to the deaf; the trees echo every word")

Virgil (70–19 BC), Eclogues 10:8. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 3, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:47, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Wheel the wild dance,
While lightnings glance,
And thunders rattle loud;
And call the brave
To bloody grave,
To sleep without a shroud.

Walter Scott (1771–1832), The Dance of Death, IV, SONG (1815). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:03, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 2, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:45, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

→ I never dreamed that any mere physical experience could be so stimulating.

The African Queen (1951). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:45, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 1, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:44, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Non bis in idem
("Not twice in the same thing")

A legal principle forbidding double jeopardy. Unfortunately (or fortunately), it seems that there is not a Wikipedia key policy or guideline about double jeopardy, so the WP:WL wlink. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:21, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 30, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:43, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Now the storm begins to lower,
(Haste, the loom of hell prepare,)
Iron sleet of arrowy shower
Hurtles in the darkened air.

Glittering lances are the loom,
Where the dusky warp we strain,
Weaving many a soldier's doom,
Orkney's woe, and Randoer's bane.

Thomas Gray (1716–1771), The Fatal Sisters. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:03, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 29, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:41, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Only my friends call me wop.

From Here to Eternity (1953). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:43, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 28, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:23, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Nomen amicitiae sic, quatenus expedit, haeret.
The name of friendship lasts just so long as it is profitable.

Petronius (c. 27 – 66 AD), Satyricon (mid-late 1st century AD), 80. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:33, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 27, 2015 (emergency; 1 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:20, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Suck, baby! Suck! Mother's love grows by giving:
Drain the sweet founts that only thrive by wasting!

Charles Lamb (1775–1834), The Gypsy's Malison (1829). Unapproved in August 2009, changed linking. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:19, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 26, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:19, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Roads? Where we're going we don't need — roads.

Back to the Future (1985). Alternative links: WP:ROADFAN and WP:ROADHAHA. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:50, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 25, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:18, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Nisi paria non pugnant.
("It takes two men to fight.")

Irascetur aliquis: tu contra beneficiis prouoca; cadit statim simultas ab altera parte deserta; nisi paria non pugnant.
If any one is angry with you, meet his anger by returning benefits for it: a quarrel which is only taken up on one side falls to the ground: it takes two men to fight.
Seneca the Younger, De Ira (On Anger): Book 2, cap. 34, line 5. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:32, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 24, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:16, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

→ God mark thee to his grace!
Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed:
An I might live to see thee married once,
I have my wish.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene III (1597). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:14, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 23, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:14, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.

Tea and Sympathy (1956), adaptation of Robert Anderson's 1953 stage play. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:08, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Swordman97 ^{talk to me} 18:16, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 22, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:12, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Cannot easily I can let, let it go, let it flow. Not a river fools. They don't let me do it so.

Learnerktm 17:37, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

• Comment: arrow should show source if clicked. --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
• Comment + Note: removed arrow. Learnerktm, who is the author of this phrase? If it comes from you then the arrow should be removed or could point to your userpage (→). Also, I cannot easily get in terms of understanding this sentence. The first part is a bit obscure to me, but it seems the lyrics of a song. And sorry for my ignorance, but what is (or are) a river fools? Something like everybody's fool or the foll(s) on the hill, or did you mean river falls? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:04, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose - I agree with pjoef (talk • contribs) - how does this allude to WP:VANDAL? --The one that forgot (talk) 06:15, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

 Reopened (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:51, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

 Reopened (last chance) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:34, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

 Declined (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:11, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

→ You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Inigo Montoya in Princess Bride Alex Jackl (talk) 19:18, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

• Comment: WP:INCONCEIVABLE is a red link. Fixed arrow's reference. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:34, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 2) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:00, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

→ You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Edit 1, using WP:CONFUSE. WP:UNCLEAR should be a good alternative. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:34, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 2) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:00, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

→ You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Edit 2, with WP:NOTPOLICY (admittedly less straightforward/fitting than WP:CONFUSE). benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:00, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved (Edit 2) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 21, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:00, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Nil igitur fieri de nilo posse fatendumst
("Nothing, therefore, we must confess, can be made from nothing")

Lucretius, De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things), I.205. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:50, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 20, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:56, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

→ The hair she means to have is gold,
Her eyes are blue, she's twelve weeks old,
Plump are her fists and pinky.
She fluttered down in lucky hour
From some blue deep in yon sky bower—
I call her "Little Dinky".

Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895), "Little Dinky". –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:40, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 19, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:55, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Goooood morning, Vietnam!

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:27, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 18, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:53, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Well, I'll wear the darn clothes if you want me to — if-if you'll just, just like me.

Vertigo (1958). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:27, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 17, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:52, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

→ Nil admirari
("To be surprised by nothing")

In Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes (3,30), Horace, Epistulae (1,6,1), and Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, (8,5). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:56, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 16, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:50, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

→ A sweet, new blossom of Humanity,
Fresh fallen from God's own home to flower on earth.

Gerald Massey (1828–1907), Wooed and Won. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:43, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 15, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:48, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

→ That's, uh, quite a dress you almost have on.

An American in Paris (1951). Alternative linking: WP:NCR. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:33, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 14, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:47, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

New day, new opportunity

--J.B.M.D. 06:23, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:36, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 25, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:38, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

→ Mistakes? We don't make mistakes.

Bill (Derek Deadman) in Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985). benzband (talk) 15:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:07, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
• Support Solid quote form a dark interesting movie Alex Jackl (talk) 19:18, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 4, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:25, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

→ Run like smoke and oakum!

Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) in Master and Commander (Peter Weir, 2003). benzband (talk) 15:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:07, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 3, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:08, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ So it goes.

Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut, 1969). benzband (talk) 15:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:09, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 2, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:06, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ I am capable of being just as sorry as you are!

“ I'm sorry too, Dmitri. I'm very sorry. All right, you're sorrier than I am. But I am sorry as well. I am as sorry as you are, Dmitri. Don't say that you're more sorry than I am because I am capable of being just as sorry as you are. So we're both sorry, all right? ”

President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) in Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964). benzband (talk) 15:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:09, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved (original version) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 1, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:05, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ So we're both sorry, all right?

Edit 1. benzband (talk) 15:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:05, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Nihil nimis
("Nothing to excess")

Or "nothing too"). Latin translation of the inscription of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:08, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 28, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:03, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Whatever hath been written shall remain,
Nor be erased nor written o'er again;
The unwritten only still belongs to thee:
Take heed, and ponder well what that shall be.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), "Morituri Salutamus: Poem for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Class of 1825 in Bowdoin College" (1875; written in October 1874) in The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with Bibliographical and Critical Notes, Riverside Edition (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1890), III, pp. 187–196. lines 166–169. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:55, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 27, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ I wouldn't worry too much about your heart. You can always put that award where your heart ought to be.

All About Eve (1950). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:36, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 26, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:00, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Magic Mirror on the Wall, Who is the fairest one of all?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:36, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 25, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:58, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ For the woman, the kiss; for the man, the sword.

Top Hat (1935). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:26, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 24, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:21, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Then, at the last and only couplet fraught
With some unmeaning thing they call a thought,
A needless Alexandrine ends the song.
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.

Alexander Pope (1688–1744), An Essay on Criticism (1711), Part II. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:26, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 23, 2015 (emergency; X in support and X opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:19, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo
("Nor does Apollo always keep his bow drawn")

Horace (65 BC – 8 BC), Carmina 2/10:19-20. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:26, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

?Support This is a great quote! Alex Jackl (talk) 18:47, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 22, 2015 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:18, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Jungle Red.

The Women (1939). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:26, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 21, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:15, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Nihil enim lacrima citius arescit
("Nothing dries sooner than a tear")

Pseudo-Cicero, Ad Herrenium 2/31:50. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:26, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 20, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:14, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

→ You should be kissed — and often, and by someone who knows how.

Gone with the Wind (1936). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:26, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 19, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:12, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Nihil humanum mihi alienum
("Nothing human is alien to me")

Adapted from Terence's Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor), homo sum humani a me nihil alienum puto ("I am a human being; nothing human is strange to me"). Support Nice quote. Alex Jackl (talk) 18:51, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:15, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 18, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:11, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Will you bring me five more Martinis, Leo? And line them right up here.

The Thin Man (1934). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:05, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

• Comment - I don't think WP:TAKEASHOT is appropriate. The quote is fantastic but it would be great if we could find a better link from the motto than a drinking game? --The one that forgot (talk) 06:10, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
  • I agree with you, The one that forgot. It was meant to be hilarious. Here are some alternative linking: Wikipedia:Teahouse, WP:Drink or Wikipedia:COCKTAIL or Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Bartending Task Force (from Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink), Wikipedia:Break all rules, and WP:BLANKANDREDIRECT. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:49, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
    • Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Bartending Task Force is a great one, or Wikipedia:Teahouse. My personal choice is the former, see my vote below. --The one that forgot (talk) 06:12, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support linked to Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Bartending Task Force. --The one that forgot (talk) 06:12, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

 Declined (oroginal version in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:25, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Will you bring me five more Martinis, Leo? And line them right up here.

Edit 1 linked to Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Bartending Task Force (per The one that forgot). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:23, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:23, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved (edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 11, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:25, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.

William Blake (1757-1827), Auguries of Innocence. WP:BULLY can also be used in place of WP:BITE. --The one that forgot (talk) 06:54, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Strong Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:38, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 10, 2015 (emergency; 2.5 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:06, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit
("Need makes even the timid brave")

Sallust (86 – c. 35 BC), Catilina (c. 44–40 BC), 58:19. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:38, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support --The one that forgot (talk) 06:16, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 9, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:04, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

→ You write with ease, to show your breeding,
But easy writing's curst hard reading.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), Clio's Protest (1819). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:38, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support - Great motto. --The one that forgot (talk) 05:59, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 8, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:03, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

→ When you give up your dreams, you die.

Flashdance (1983). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:05, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support - Wikipedia:AFC could also be used. --The one that forgot (talk) 06:01, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 7, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:01, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Necesse est aut imiteris aut oderis
("You must either imitate ot loathe the world")

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – AD 65), Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (c. 65 AD), 7:7. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:43, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support --The one that forgot (talk) 06:11, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 6, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:58, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

→ And so I penned
It down, until at last it came to be.
For length and breadth, the highness which you see.

John Bunyan (1628–1688), The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come (Part 1; 1678): The Author's Apology for His Book. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:15, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support - Great! --The one that forgot (talk) 06:12, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 5, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:55, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

→ I'm NOT gonna be ignored, Dan.

Fatal Attraction (1987). Good alternatives: Wikipedia:Ignored feature requests and WP:MISSING. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:03, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support and WP:OWN is a great choice. --The one that forgot (talk) 06:13, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 4, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:54, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret.
("You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.")

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC – 8 BC), Epistles (c. 20 BC and 14 BC), Book I, Epistle X, line 24. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:45, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support good quote, link could be to Wikipedia:Give an article a chance, or kept as it is. --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 2, 2015 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:51, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret.
("You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.")

Edit 1. Linking to Wikipedia:Give an article a chance (per Mrjulesd). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:53, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support (both versions). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:53, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:51, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Natura non contristatur
("Nature is not saddened")

Derived by Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) from an earlier source. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:58, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - either as is, or changed to Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 1, 2015 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:48, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Natura non contristatur
("Nature is not saddened")

Edit 1. Changed to Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars (per Mrjulesd). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:25, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support (both versions). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:25, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:48, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Immodest words admit of no defence.
For want of decency is want of sense.
But foul descriptions are offensive still,
Either for being like or being ill.

Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (c. 1633 – 18 January 1685), Essay on Translated Verse (1684). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:46, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - either as it is, or first link changed to Wikipedia:Assume stupidity. --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 31, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:46, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Immodest words admit of no defence.
For want of decency is want of sense.
But foul descriptions are offensive still,
Either for being like or being ill.

Edit 1 with the first link changed to Wikipedia:Assume stupidity (per Mrjulesd). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:21, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support (both versions). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:21, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:46, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

→ I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here!

Midnight Cowboy (1969). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:30, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - either as is or changed to Wikipedia:Wall of text. ----Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 30, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:44, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

→ I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here!

Edit 1 with link to Wikipedia:Wall of text (per Mrjulesd). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:38, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support (both versions). –pjoef (talk • contribs)

 Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:44, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Lest men suspect your tale untrue
Keep probability in view.
The traveller leaping o'er those bounds,
The credit of his book confounds.

John Gay (1685–1732), Fables (1727–1738), Fable XVIII: "The Painter Who Pleased Nobody and Everybody". –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:03, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - as it is, or link 3 and 4 changed to Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 29, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:42, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Lest men suspect your tale untrue
Keep probability in view.
The traveller leaping o'er those bounds,
The credit of his book confounds.

Edit 1 with link 3 and 4 changed to Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (per Mrjulesd). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:32, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support (both versions). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:32, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:42, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

→ What's The Charge for being Thrown out of a Window?

Was watching Beverly Hills Cop last night and thought this would be a good MOTD. TF ^{{ Contribs }} 13:59, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support like the quote. --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:21, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 28, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:55, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said,
Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead.
The Dog-star rages! nay, 't is past a doubt,
All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out:
Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand,
They rave, recite, and madden round the land.

Alexander Pope (1688–1744), Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot: The Prologue to the Satires (1735). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:29, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support good quote, good links. --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 27, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:50, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

→ I'll live to see you — all of ya — hanging from the highest yardarm in the British fleet!

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:15, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support good quote, good link. --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 26, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:48, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

→ But it's straight down the line for both of us.

Double Indemnity (1944). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:15, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support good quote, good link. --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 25, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:35, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Sanctuary!

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:30, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - true for many. --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 24, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:13, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.
("Change but the name, and the story is told of yourself.")

Horace, Satires, I. 1. 69. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:27, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:12, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.
("Why do you laugh? Change but the name, and the story is told of yourself.")

Edit 1 (full phrase). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:27, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - Edit 1 best I think. --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 23, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:12, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Habits of close attention, thinking heads,
Become more rare as dissipation spreads,
Till authors hear at length one general cry
Tickle and entertain us, or we die!

William Cowper (26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800), Retirement. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:01, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:29, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Habits of close attention, thinking heads,
Become more rare as dissipation spreads,
Till authors hear at length one general cry
Tickle and entertain us, or we die!

Edit 1 with a more complexed linking. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:01, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

 Reopened (both versions; no discussion) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:54, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

• Support with a preference for edit 1. - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support like edit 2 better. --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 22, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:29, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Aaaaawl-right-y-then.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:52, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 13:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - --Mrjulesd (talk) 19:55, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 21, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:07, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Homo unius libri.
"Man of a single book."

"Homo unius libri", generally attributed to Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274). benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Homo unius libri timeo.
"I fear the man of a single book."

Edit 1 (full quote). benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support (both versions, but with a slight preference for Edit 1). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:43, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 18, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 1 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

→ I guess you could call it a "failure", but I prefer the term "learning experience".

Andy Weir, The Martian, 2012. benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:44, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 17, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:59, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

→ How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants.

Frank (Henry Fonda) in Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968). benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:44, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 16, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:58, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

→ I will always believe in punk-rock, because it's about creating something for yourself.

Joe Strummer (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), July 2002. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:37, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 15, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

Frank Zappa (21 December 1940 – 4 December 1993). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:34, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 14, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:55, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Leaders come and go but the people remain. Only the people are immortal.

Joseph Stalin (21 December 1878 – 5 March 1953), address to the Reception of Directors and Stakhanovites of the Metal Industry and the Coal Mining Industry on 29 October 1937. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:31, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 13, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:37, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Mundus vult decipi
("The world wants to be deceived")

Ascribed to Roman satirist Petronius (c. 27 – 66 AD). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:25, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 12, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:36, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Mirum videtur quod sit factum iam diu
("Does it seem wonderful because it was done so long ago?")

Livius Andronicus (c. 284 – c. 204 BC), Aiax Mastigophorus (Ajax the Whipbearer). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:38, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 11, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:34, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

→ The unhappy man, who once has trailed a pen,
Lives not to please himself, but other men;
Is always drudging, wastes his life and blood,
Yet only eats and drinks what you think good.

John Dryden (19 August 1631 – 12 May 1700), Prologue to Nathaniel Lee's Caesar Borgia. This nomination has been fired (rejected, unapproved, declined, ...) in May 2009 because it was considered really depressing. Here is a slightly different version with WP:RF instead of Wikipedia:Target audience for "other men", and Wikipedia:You can't squeeze blood from a turnip instead of WP:WAR for "blood". –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:21, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 10, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:32, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

→ And after you shot him, how did you feel then? – Hungry.

Adam's Rib (1949). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:46, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 9, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:31, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!

The More the Merrier (1943). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:41, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 8, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:29, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? … And the creature run from the cur? There thou mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog's obeyed in office.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), King Lear, Act IV, Scene VI (1623). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:05, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

• Comment perhaps to user access levels? --Mrjulesd (talk) 14:16, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:28, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

→ Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? … And the creature run from the cur? There thou mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog's obeyed in office.

Edit 1 (linking to WP:UAL instead of Wikipedia:Authority) per Mrjulesd. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:30, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Support (both versionsEdit 1). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:30, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 7, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:28, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Decisions (Special nominations old discussions)

→ You can't hold onto the past if you want any future.

For August 21, 2015, Joe's birthday. benzband (talk) 13:55, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:52, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

→ You can't hold onto the past if you want any future.

Edit 1, with WP:Always move forward. benzband (talk) 14:47, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

• Support Alex Jackl (talk) 21:40, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:52, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/August 21, 2015 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:52, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

→ Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them!

For The Twelfth (12 July 2012 2013 20**). benzband (talk) 09:45, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

• hum... it is missing "something" for the last —and the most important— sentence. I think this will be good for 2013. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:11, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:16, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
• Support Alex Jackl (talk) 21:42, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 12, 2015 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:45, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

→ When you're eight years old nothing is your business.

For March 30, 2013 which will be the motto project's eighth birthday. benzband (talk) 14:00, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

• Support - I prefer this one, since it actually references the fact that the project is 8 years old. Nutiketaiel (talk) 12:57, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
• Support (but, in 2015, it will be 10 years old) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:41, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 30, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:00, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Do not touch!

For April 1st. Probably pretty lame. Simply south...... facing oncoming traffic for over 5 years 01:12, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

• Comment - It's not lame, and I like it a little bit, however it's a little short.
  • You forgot to sign… ~~~~.
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:09, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:19, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Do not touch!

Edit 1 For April 1st. Better version with bigger picture and more shiz. Not to mention added NSA stuff and blamed Windows for it along with the {{REVISIONUSER}}. --Ankit Maity § ^(chatter) _«Contribs» 16:59, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:48, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 1, 2015 (per bland consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:19, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Man is but half without woman; and
As do idolaters their heavenly gods,
We deify the things that we adore.

Philip James Bailey (22 April 1816 – 6 September 1902), Festus (1839).
For International Women's Day on March 8. It's without links, but here are some I would like to use:

• Gender gap connected to conflict aversion and lower confidence among women. The Signpost, 27 February 2012;
• Gender gap on META-WIKI;
• Mind the Gap on META-WIKI;
• Gender gap also revisited. The Signpost 8 August 2011;
• How to achieve a 94% female contributor ratio on a wiki. The Signpost 7 March 2011;

–pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:04, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

• The quote's good but i don't know what links fit best. benzband (talk) 21:54, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:14, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Man is but half without woman; and
As do idolaters their heavenly gods,
We deify the things that we adore.

Edit 1: using Gender gap, Mind the Gap, and How to achieve a 94% female contributor ratio on a wiki. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:47, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 17:00, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 8, 2015 (per bland consensus; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:14, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always discover forgiveness.

Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). For Mother's Day. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:19, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 14:49, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Also, shouldn't it be "a deep abyss"? benzband (talk) 18:28, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
    • Sure! Thank you!

      Le coeur d'une mère est un abîme au fond duquel se trouve toujours un pardon.

      –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:05, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 10, 2015 (per bland consensus; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:11, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

→ Love is a great and mighty lord

And as my wit doth best devise,
Love's dwelling is in ladies' eyes,
From whence do glance love's piercing darts,
That make such holes into our hearts;
And all the world herein accord,
Love is a great and mighty lord;

George Peele (1559–1596), The Hunting of Cupid (l. 36–40; 1591)

For Valentine's Day. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:44, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 19:38, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 14, 2015 (emergency; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:08, 3 February 2015 (UTC)