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For April Fool's! From The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (1911). Apologies if it's hard to understand :/. Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando 03:28, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 1, 2012 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:06, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
The Clash are Lost in the Supermarket. benzband (talk) 17:05, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 11, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) ~ done by Rcsprinter (babble) 16:31, 31 May 2012 (UTC) and logged by benzband (talk) 14:16, 9 June 2012 (UTC) and corrected by Simply south...... always punctual, no matter how late for just 6 years
NOFX in "Linoleum". benzband (talk) 15:29, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 10, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:47, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Operation Ivy in "Unity" (stop that waaar!) benzband (talk) 20:07, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 9, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:45, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), De Partitione Oratoria (c.a. 57 BC). (WP:DEADLINE, WP:CHILL, and WP:WIP are good alternatives) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:37, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:44, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1 (full sentence and different wlink) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:37, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 8, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:44, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
All About Eve (1950), written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on "The Wisdom of Eve" (1946) by Mary Orr. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:55, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 7, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:42, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Robert Burns (1759–1796), Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet (1785) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:51, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 6, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:40, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Ernest Rutherford in Bulletin of the Institute of Physics (1962). benzband (talk) 13:07, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 5, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:39, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Should the arrow link to User:Jimbo WalesorJimbo Wales?benzband (talk) 13:07, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 4, 2012 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:37, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Archimedes has just found the answer. benzband (talk) 17:43, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 3, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:36, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Laurel & HardyinAnother Fine Mess. benzband (talk) 17:43, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 2, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:34, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Wolfe Tone, a few days before death, having tried to cut his throat in prison but sliced his windpipe instead. benzband (talk) 17:43, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 1, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:33, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Guy Fawkes (although his remedy can easily be imagined as more pyrotechnical than a simple block). benzband (talk) 17:43, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 30, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:32, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
AristophanesinThe Birds (on naming the capital of the birds). benzband (talk) 17:43, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 29, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:29, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Titus Livius Patavinus. benzband (talk) 17:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 28, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:28, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
W. B. YeatsinEaster, 1916. benzband (talk) 17:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 26, 2012 Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 28, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:25, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
See above. benzband (talk) 17:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 26, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:23, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
An other one from Ovid :D benzband (talk) 18:03, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:27, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1. benzband (talk) 18:03, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 25, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:27, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) (43 BC – AD 17/18), Metamorphoses (AD 8), IV, 287 –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 24, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:24, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Isaac Watts (1674–1748), Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, "Hymn 19". –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 23, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:23, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Producers (1968) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:16, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 22, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:21, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
"Caution in Councell", Hesperides (1648) by Robert Herrick (1591–1674). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:10, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 18, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:20, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Moses. benzband (talk) 15:47, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Jean de La Fontaine. benzband (talk) 15:47, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved
Dwight D. Eisenhower. benzband (talk) 15:47, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years
Henri Estienne (1528 or 1531-1598). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:19, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
"Nos vertus ne sont, le plus souvent, que de vices déguisés." Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales ("Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims") or Maximes (1665–1678), Epigraph, François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
John Hume (1937—), politician (Nobel Peace Prize along with Trimble). benzband (talk) 10:26, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). benzband (talk) 09:33, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando 06:10, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
99 Bottles of Beer… ♬ benzband (talk) 10:18, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Chico Marx (1887–1961) Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando 03:42, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Mrs. Teasdale: Your Excellency, I thought you'd left!
Chicolini: Oh no, I no leave.
Mrs. Teasdale: But I saw you with my own eyes!
Chicolini: Well, who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?
—Duck Soup featuring The Marx Brothers and directed by Leo McCarey (quote from IMDB)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) in Poor Richard's Almanack. Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando 02:33, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Robert Armstrong as Carl Denham in King Kong (1933). Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando 08:04, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Neil Young (1945—). (This is sarcasm, i.e. not to be taken seriously.) benzband (talk) 09:46, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1. benzband (talk) 09:44, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Aulus Persius Flaccus (34–62), Satires 4:42. Also quoted as "We shoot, and in turn present a target for the barbs of others", depicting an enthusiastic controversialist. It is often used by writers in relation to publishing contexts as "We lash.ORWe strike others, in censuring and publishing their faults." The last part, "to expose our legs to arrows", means to present ourself as a target, or, more accurately, it refers to the gladiator that while he shoots an arrow, he moves up his shield leaving his legs vulnerable. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:23, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of shoot 4. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Shoot 2. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:23, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of shoot 4. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Shoot 3. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:23, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of shoot 4. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Shoot 4 ~ wotcher i wanna have a go too benzband (talk) 09:46, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Hustler (1961) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:14, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:20, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Sex PistolsinSatellite. benzband (talk) 16:13, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:20, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Duh. benzband (talk) 20:36, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened -no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:20, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Idiocracy (2006) by Mike Judge. benzband (talk) 19:05, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined (no consensus; 2 in support and 2 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:04, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
See above. benzband (talk) 19:05, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined (no consensus; 2 in support and 2 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:03, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
The Clash are Lost in the Supermarket. benzband (talk) 17:05, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 11, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) ~ done by Rcsprinter (babble) 16:31, 31 May 2012 (UTC) and logged by benzband (talk) 14:16, 9 June 2012 (UTC) and corrected by Simply south...... always punctual, no matter how late for just 6 years
NOFX in "Linoleum". benzband (talk) 15:29, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 10, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:47, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Operation Ivy in "Unity" (stop that waaar!) benzband (talk) 20:07, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 9, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:45, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), De Partitione Oratoria (c.a. 57 BC). (WP:DEADLINE, WP:CHILL, and WP:WIP are good alternatives) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:37, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:44, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1 (full sentence and different wlink) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:37, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 8, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:44, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
All About Eve (1950), written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on "The Wisdom of Eve" (1946) by Mary Orr. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:55, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 7, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:42, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Robert Burns (1759–1796), Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet (1785) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:51, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 6, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:40, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Ernest Rutherford in Bulletin of the Institute of Physics (1962). benzband (talk) 13:07, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 5, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:39, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Should the arrow link to User:Jimbo WalesorJimbo Wales?benzband (talk) 13:07, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 4, 2012 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:37, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Archimedes has just found the answer. benzband (talk) 17:43, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 3, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:36, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Laurel & HardyinAnother Fine Mess. benzband (talk) 17:43, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 2, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:34, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Wolfe Tone, a few days before death, having tried to cut his throat in prison but sliced his windpipe instead. benzband (talk) 17:43, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 1, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:33, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Guy Fawkes (although his remedy can easily be imagined as more pyrotechnical than a simple block). benzband (talk) 17:43, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 30, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:32, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
AristophanesinThe Birds (on naming the capital of the birds). benzband (talk) 17:43, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 29, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:29, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Titus Livius Patavinus. benzband (talk) 17:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 28, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:28, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
W. B. YeatsinEaster, 1916. benzband (talk) 17:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 26, 2012 Wikipedia:Motto of the day/July 28, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:25, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
See above. benzband (talk) 17:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 26, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:23, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
An other one from Ovid :D benzband (talk) 18:03, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:27, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1. benzband (talk) 18:03, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 25, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:27, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) (43 BC – AD 17/18), Metamorphoses (AD 8), IV, 287 –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 24, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:24, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Isaac Watts (1674–1748), Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, "Hymn 19". –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 23, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:23, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Producers (1968) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:16, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 22, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:21, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
"Caution in Councell", Hesperides (1648) by Robert Herrick (1591–1674). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:10, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 18, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:20, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Moses. benzband (talk) 15:47, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Jean de La Fontaine. benzband (talk) 15:47, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved
Dwight D. Eisenhower. benzband (talk) 15:47, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years
Henri Estienne (1528 or 1531-1598). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:19, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
"Nos vertus ne sont, le plus souvent, que de vices déguisés." Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales ("Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims") or Maximes (1665–1678), Epigraph, François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
John Hume (1937—), politician (Nobel Peace Prize along with Trimble). benzband (talk) 10:26, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). benzband (talk) 09:33, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando 06:10, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
99 Bottles of Beer… ♬ benzband (talk) 10:18, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Chico Marx (1887–1961) Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando 03:42, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Mrs. Teasdale: Your Excellency, I thought you'd left!
Chicolini: Oh no, I no leave.
Mrs. Teasdale: But I saw you with my own eyes!
Chicolini: Well, who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?
—Duck Soup featuring The Marx Brothers and directed by Leo McCarey (quote from IMDB)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) in Poor Richard's Almanack. Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando 02:33, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Robert Armstrong as Carl Denham in King Kong (1933). Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando 08:04, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Neil Young (1945—). (This is sarcasm, i.e. not to be taken seriously.) benzband (talk) 09:46, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1. benzband (talk) 09:44, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Aulus Persius Flaccus (34–62), Satires 4:42. Also quoted as "We shoot, and in turn present a target for the barbs of others", depicting an enthusiastic controversialist. It is often used by writers in relation to publishing contexts as "We lash.ORWe strike others, in censuring and publishing their faults." The last part, "to expose our legs to arrows", means to present ourself as a target, or, more accurately, it refers to the gladiator that while he shoots an arrow, he moves up his shield leaving his legs vulnerable. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:23, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of shoot 4. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Shoot 2. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:23, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of shoot 4. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Shoot 3. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:23, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of shoot 4. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Shoot 4 ~ wotcher i wanna have a go too benzband (talk) 09:46, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Hustler (1961) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:14, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:20, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Sex PistolsinSatellite. benzband (talk) 16:13, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:20, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Duh. benzband (talk) 20:36, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened -no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:20, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... coming and going for just 6 years 00:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Idiocracy (2006) by Mike Judge. benzband (talk) 19:05, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined (no consensus; 2 in support and 2 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:04, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
See above. benzband (talk) 19:05, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined (no consensus; 2 in support and 2 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:03, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:35, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/June 5, 2012 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:50, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Good old showers. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 15:34, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:43, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1 (in 3-part) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:51, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:43, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Publilius Syrus. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:27, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:43, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Festus: "A Village Feast" by Philip James Bailey (1816-1902). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:45, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened (not enough discussion) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:15, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:43, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
On Golden Pond (1981). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:23, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened (not enough discussion) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:12, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:43, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Mark Twain (1835-1910). benzband (talk) 19:22, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:43, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Michel de Montaigne. Missed April Fools' Day though… :D benzband (talk) 17:56, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1. benzband (talk) 17:56, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1 per Simply south. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) in The Little Prince. benzband (talk) 17:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - not enough discussion. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
The ClashinLondon's Burning. benzband (talk) 17:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1, per pjoef. benzband (talk) 20:42, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of original. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Edit 2, with a link playing on the idea of light. benzband (talk) 20:42, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of original. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC to 30–36 AD), the central figure of Christianity; also regarded as an important prophet of God in Islam. benzband (talk) 17:03, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
–pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:44, 20 March 2012 (UTC)And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), english poet and playwright in Hamlet. benzband (talk) 17:03, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
To be, or not to be— that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them. To die— to sleep—
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die— to sleep.
To sleep— perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub!
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would these fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death—
The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns— puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.— Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia!— Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins rememb'red.He (Hamlet) asks himself whether he should accept, fight, or give up with his life. "Be all my sins rememb'red!!!" :D –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:23, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1, per pjoef. benzband (talk) 15:49, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), german philosopher, poet and composer. benzband (talk) 15:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
— Winston Churchill (1874-1965), british politician (notably PM during WWII).
This quote could also be used with regard to the WP user-warning system, which is based on levels ({{uw-v1}}, {{uw3}}, {{uw-block}}…) benzband (talk) 15:43, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1, per pjoef [slightly modified]. benzband (talk) 16:29, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 10:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Mae West (1893–1980) Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando 03:44, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 26, 2012 (per WP:SNOW) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:49, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Insult comeback 1 Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 19:58, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined (in favour of Insult comeback 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:47, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Insult comeback 2 Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 19:58, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined (in favour of Insult comeback 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:47, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Insult comeback 3 - thinking about it I think this suits it best. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:16, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 24, 2012 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:46, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Caddyshack 1980. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:12, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 23, 2012 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:45, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined Due to lack of consensus.--LAAFan 20:00, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined Due to lack of interest/consensus.--LAAFan 19:58, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando 05:43, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 22, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:02, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Janis Joplin (1943-1970). benzband (talk) 19:22, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 21, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Martin Luther King, Jr. benzband (talk) 17:56, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 20, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:59, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Excerpt :
Siberian: [after audition] Bullshit.
Igor: How come?
Siberian: No commercial potential. Go America, everything goes there.
Of course i could have used WP:BAND ("the worst rock band in the world") but it's right below. — benzband (talk) 17:59, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Reopened (not enough discussion) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:10, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened (FOR THE LAST TIME; not enough discussion) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:29, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:26, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Frank Zappa on Thicke of the Night (1984). benzband (talk) 10:42, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened (not enough discussion) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:26, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:26, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Chinese saying as quoted by Ambassador Zhang Weidong taken from Minestry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Fartherred (talk) 17:00, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:26, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1, with an extra link. benzband (talk) 10:08, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - not enough discussion. Simply south...... facing oncoming traffic for over 5 years 23:11, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved per consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:26, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Edit 2, different linkes. •martyx• tkctgy 13:45, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 22:26, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
"Leaving" by Hate Dept. form their 1998 album Technical Difficulties. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:27, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... facing oncoming traffic for over 5 years 21:42, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 19:15, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 17, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:41, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), french/corsican general and emperor. benzband (talk) 17:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 16, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:38, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1, with WP:AGF (probably a more often linked to page). benzband (talk) 15:48, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
{{reopened}} - not enough discussion. Simply south...... going on editing sprees for just 6 years (as of 28/03/2006) 20:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC). – striked-out –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:38, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Declined (in favour of the original) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:38, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 15, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:34, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
In a nutshell we EDIANS are all the same and I'm asking you to be BOLD when editing •martyx• tkctgy 13:51, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 14, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:33, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. 99 BC – ca. 55 BC), De rerum natura ("On the Nature of Things"), Book I, line 156–157. Variant translation: "Nothing can be created out of nothing." –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:39, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:31, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Edit I –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:39, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 13, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:31, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Oscar Wilde <removed confusing comment> This phrase accounts for lots of people taking a go at Wikipedia, although it [WP] is probably the most awesome encyclopedia the world has ever seen (as yet :) benzband (talk) 10:42, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined (in favour of Edit 2) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:29, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Edit 1 –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:19, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
Declined (in favour of Edit 2) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:29, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Edit 2 by rewording the sentence (if possible) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:19, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened (all 3 vesrsions; not enough discussion) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:28, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved Edit 2 for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 12, 2012 (per consensus; X in support and X opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:29, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Walter Parks Thatcher in Citizen Kane. benzband (talk) 18:58, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 11, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:23, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Orson Welles. benzband (talk) 18:54, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 10, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:20, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
The ClashinGarageland. benzband (talk) 12:21, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 9, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:19, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
--Ankit MaityTalkContribs 16:29, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Reopened - not enough discussion. Simply south...... facing oncoming traffic for over 5 years 17:45, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 8, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:16, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
"Bellum omnium contra omnes" by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:29, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 7, 2012 (per consensus; 2 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:14, 4 April 2012 (UTC)