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→ A few drops add a little flavor. A lot of drops add a lot of life

Tell me what you think. Thanks! (SUDUSER)₈₅ 11:33, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

• Support, perfect. —T-borg (T | C) 19:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support: It sums up the whole idea of Wikipedia perfectly!...... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 16:57, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support. I like it - tholly ^--Turnip-- 20:44, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

→ Through the fire and the flames we carry on!

Listening to the song, I thought this would make a great motto. STORMTRACKER 94 ^{Go Irish!} 23:44, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

• Support cool--Jac16888 (talk) 01:38, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose I like the idea, but I (and probably multiple others) have listened to that song one too many times. It's like getting carpal tunnel in both my arms again (if you get what I mean). 75.66.58.122 (talk) 21:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• Weak Support. Very interesting. Basketball110 ^{My story}/_{Tell me yours} 04:47, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support: I like it, and it seems to discourage vandalism...... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 17:01, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support Greeves ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:41, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

→ The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep.

Based on Robert Frost's poem, one of my personal favorites. I would have replaced WP:PROJECT with WP:TSQUAD, but I was afraid that would be too exclusive. bibliomaniac15 05:03, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

• Support, I like it. —T-borg (T | C) 18:15, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
• Support- wow, that's not bad. Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 21:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support I like this one as well! ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 22:53, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

→ Teenagers scare the living shit out of me...

Lyrics from the linked song. I was tempted to just link the word teenagers to admin and leave it at that (admins scare me to death would be the message). 75.66.58.122 (talk) 12:22, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

oppose gives the wrong idea about what admins are(by the way, i fixed the arrow)--Jac16888 (talk) 12:34, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Huge Oppose - Wrong. Joelster (talk) 22:04, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Weak oppose, good idea but people will object.. sorry. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 19:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Oppose. May be offensive, sorry. ~AH1^(TCU) 00:37, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Rejected per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

→ Is it in you?

I'm not sure if it's alreay been done, but worth a review anyways. The Chronic 23:13, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

• Support. It's funny. —ScouterSig 15:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Good motto, hopefully hasn't been used before. ~AH1^(TCU) 00:37, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
• Support, and I don't think it has been used before. Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 21:48, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support Yes I like this one and I havn't seen it before either. ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 22:54, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support Go for it. Enigma ^message 06:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

A Editor's a Editor, no matter how small.

It is from Horton Hears a Who. I don't have any good links but i thought the principle was great. Æon 02:28, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

• maybe support, perhaps links to "what adminship is not", the page about editing about as an Ip, and the one about being a regular editor--Jac16888 (talk) 09:46, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

What about that i added a link? Æon 16:19, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

• Support, works for me--Jac16888 (talk) 16:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

• Support. Is there a way to get a second link in? —ScouterSig 15:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
• Support, but would prefer the inclusion of →. WODUP 22:59, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
• Support Tis one is good Comment: You could also have this doing to editcountits? ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 06:57, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support Good idea. However, it should be "An editor is...", and I think that's how Seuss wrote it. Maybe he did say A? I don't have a copy of the book nearby. Master Runner (^Talk/_Contribs) 02:07, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Of course, immediately after saving that I got it. It should be "an" in this context, it would have been "a" for "Who". ("a" for words that start with consonants, "an" for words that start with vowells - well, usually, at least.) Master Runner (^Talk/_Contribs) 02:09, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Approved' per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

We are Wikipedia. Prepare to be Assimilated.

~AH1^(TCU) 17:30, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose similar ones have been used far to many times, star trek quotes are too cliche--Jac16888 (talk) 09:46, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose as duplicate, not as Star Trek. —ScouterSig 15:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Rejected FUI. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

→ Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

The Chronic 00:26, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• Support, a bit long, but good. —T-borg (T | C) 18:54, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
• Support Clever motto. ♠TomasBat 21:09, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
• Support Nice one ~ LegoK^ontribsT^alkM 04:34, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Got milk?

I'm almost positive that this one has been done before but, nothing ventured nothing gained. Kimu 20:02, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

• Has had similar. See Wikipedia:Motto_of_the_day/Nominations#Got Wiki? Wikipedia does. Simply south (talk) 20:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose as duplicate. —ScouterSig 15:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Rejected, FUI. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Ask not what Wikipedia can do for you; but what you can do for Wikipedia.

Edit 1. I listened to the speech and this was how he said it. Sorry for the mistake. Kimu 04:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose, links are rather uninspiring. That wikipeda link is really redundant. FusionMix 18:12, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose - As much as the motto seems good, Wikipedia does as much to us (by giving us free content knowledge) as we do to Wikipedia (edit it). Sorry. The Chronic 01:48, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
• Neutral or weak oppose, unless you remove the redundant Wikipedia link and change 'can do' to link to WP:ARTICLE, in that case, you'd have my vote. Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 05:07, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
• Comment: The "can do" should be linked to WP:EDIT. Basketball110 ^{My story}/_{Tell me yours} 04:52, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Rejected per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

All roads lead to Rome

Edit 1. Following suggestion from Jac16888 by changing link "roads" to Web search engine (Search Engines redirects there). ♠TomasBat 20:41, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

• Support, still. This version is much better than the rejected one, it actually has meaning--Jac16888 (talk) 21:15, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Very funny, and so true.
• Support. A good one, and many people will have missed it before. - tholly ^--Turnip-- 16:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support because it's true! Enigma ^message 06:15, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade

I just thought of this, and I think it's even better than my last nomination. I don't know if it's been used, although I couldn't find it. Juliancolton ^{The storm still blows...} 14:44, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

• Recent Duplicate. I thought it sounded familiar, you're just missing a link from when it was done two weeks ago - Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 28, 2008 Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:52, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Darn, I knew it was to good to be true. Sorry, I didn't know it was already used. Juliancolton ^{(St. Patrick's day)} 01:53, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Rejected, FUI. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

You've gotta know when to hold 'em, and know when to fold 'em.

I'm pretty sure this hasn't already been used, and I really like it. Juliancolton ^{The storm still blows...} 02:25, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

• Support, i like it, good idea--Jac16888 (talk) 13:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
• Haha, cool! Support. Justin^(Gmail?)_(u) 19:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
• Support quite good, and quite surprising it hasn't been done. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:53, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
• Support, yeah! —T-borg (T | C) 20:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
• Support And I'm stealing this for June 19th. Out of process, I know, but we ran out! Enigma ^message 03:25, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

→ Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.

From Ptolemy's first of the Tetrabiblos. From Wikiqoute. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{round of applause} 20:45, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

• Support, it's good. —T-borg (T | C) 20:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support: I like this a lot Thereen (talk) 01:30, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support.—ScouterSig 15:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Another good one. - tholly ^--Turnip-- 20:46, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• Support I like it. Enigma ^message 01:24, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

→ Where amazing happens.

Based on the recently popularized NBA motto. The Chronic 02:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

• Neutral, OK but I've never heard of it being used before. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{round of applause} 20:38, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support, works for me. —T-borg (T | C) 20:53, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
• Strong Support. Great! Basketball110 _{i'm not yik ginlyùn} 04:00, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
• Weak Support: It's not fantastic, but it is good. Thereen (talk) 01:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support. —ScouterSig 15:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south (talk) 17:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)