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As the Scout motto, this is one of the world's very well-known slogans, so I'm starting a page specifically about it. I'm moving the other (comparatively minor) uses to a Be Prepared (disambiguation) page.
Future contents can include translations into many more languages, the origins of the motto, the play on Baden-Powell's initials, etc. Zaian 19:44, 16 February 2006 (UTC)Reply
I think there ought to be a bit more on the history and meaning of the phrase 'be prepared'. As scouting has always been a proto-military organization, the original 'be prepared' quote comes from Baden-Powell as quoted in Scouting for Boys, 12 February 1908, pages 331-332.
The original full quote is "BE PREPARED to die for your country if need be, so that when the moment arrives you may charge home with confidence, not caring whether you are going to be killed or not"
As such, the 'be prepared' quote has much more to do with militaristic loyalty than I suspect most people these days care to understand.
Yesterday I updated the main page with the true meaning of "Be Prepared," INCLUDING a citation, yet someone deemed it necessary to remove my entry and return to the current text, which has NO citation. The current text is NOT from a primary source and NOT properly substantiated. What's the deal?--Milo rules 16:26, 8 February 2007 (UTC)Reply
OK, I have gone back and 'fixed' the text to include the original full quote. I have included the PRIMARY SOURCE CITATION, which was previously lacking. The previous entry contained a SECONDARY SOURCE CITATION, which merely referred to the full quote by way of reference.--Milo rules 16:32, 8 February 2007 (UTC)Reply
The result of the debate was moved. This proposal has been sitting around for 4 months with no opposition, so I've been bold and continued with the move. -Patstuarttalk|edits 15:16, 13 December 2006 (UTC)Reply
Be Prepared → Scout Motto — I propose that this article be renamed to Scout Motto to be more inclusive of its meaning. Chris 01:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC) Chris 06:41, 13 December 2006 (UTC)Reply
What would you folks think, if we make this a table like the WOSM membership list? Chris 08:25, 18 December 2006 (UTC)Reply
I notice that at the moment some of the Spanish language mottoes end in an exclamation mark. Unfortunately, this isn't correct. In Spanish, exclamation marks are used in pairs, with one like this ¡ at the start and one like this ! at the end. So these mottoes have either lost or gained a punctuation mark in transit. Kingbird 01:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
I'll have a go at checking those Spanish ones on the internet. That should clear up some of them. But I might take a while, so don't wait for me. I can change things in the article as easily as here. As for the three languages not specifically attached to a country, either do as you suggest or create a second (very similar) table to go below the first one. I can't think of anything better at this stage. Kingbird 18:36, 6 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
I don't see the relevance of that acrostic poem. It's not even sourced. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.20.177.216 (talk) 19:52, 4 April 2007 (UTC).Reply
Can someone put the text of the scroll of this badge into the article itself? Chris 10:36, 9 July 2007 (UTC)Reply
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as I already answered here. eDenE 13:08, 18 July 2007 (UTC)ReplyIs there any reliable source for the fable of Baden-Powell when asked "What should they be prepared for?" Responding "Why, for any old thing."? —ScouterSig 21:08, 14 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
Where did those translations come from? The Chinese translations are pretty bad. They mean "prepare" or "to prepare", which is awkward when spoken independently or used as motto. --Voidvector (talk) 02:01, 29 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
Is there really a need for the translation of this motto into every possible language? I mean, if each country's scouting association had a totally unique motto, then maybe, but as it is these are simply the closest translations of "Be Prepared" into each respective language. I think the appropriate place for this information is in a field of {{Infobox WorldScouting}} on each national scouting association's page, or in a translations box at wikt:Be Prepared. — ˈzɪzɨvə (talk) 02:32, 23 February 2010 (UTC)Reply
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– Suggesting a reassessment of the 2006 move to "Scout Motto". Per WP:TITLE, "article titles are written using the English language", and similar articles are named directly after the English-language phrase rather than given a language-neutral description (eg. Victory or death is not called Bedford flag motto). The phrase appears to have been first coined in English, by Baden Powell. Titling the article Be Prepared also satisfies WP:RECOGNIZABILITY: if you'd asked me before I'd read this article what the Scout motto was, I wouldn't have been 100% sure, but I could have told you that "be prepared" was a phrase the Scouts used. Lord Belbury (talk) 14:09, 14 November 2020 (UTC) —Relisted. P.I. Ellsworth ed. put'r there 02:49, 22 November 2020 (UTC)Reply