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Before nominating a motto or adding your comments to a current nomination, please read through the list of frequently used ideas and the list of scheduled mottos to avoid the duplication of a previously approved motto. You may also run a Google search similar to this search for "Example motto". If nominating a new motto, please be sure it meets the criteria listed below.
To nominate a motto for review, simply add it at the top of the In review section using this format:
=== Example motto ===
Origin of the motto and your comments. ~~~~
*First comment goes here. ~~~~
*:Any replies get indented again. ~~~~
==== Edit 1 of Example motto ====
'''Edit 1'''. Reason for edit, what was changed, etc. ~~~~
Anyone can comment on a nomination. Simply type SupportorOppose ('''Support'''or'''Oppose'''), and, if possible, leave a reason. Remember to always sign your posts on discussion pages. However, it is generally frowned upon if you vote twice in one motto so please stick to one, although multiple comments are allowed.
If you find a motto that is the same or similar to a previously nominated motto, please leave a comment on the new nomination that links to the old nomination, so that others will be able to compare the two.
Simple spelling mistakes or punctuation errors may be corrected without creating a new edit; just be sure to leave a comment explaining exactly what you have changed. If you have an idea that might improve a motto by rewording, changing the links, etc., nest a new heading (see the above example) under the motto.
After 14 days, it’s decision time—the motto should be moved to the top of the decision section. Anyone in the discussion is welcome to judge the consensus to either accept, reject, or reopen a motto. See below for the procedure on how to do this. Also please note that determining consensus should not be just based on counting votes.
Remember, new nominations for mottos go AT THE TOP of the In review section
Sometimes you may think of an idea and then find it has already been suggested a while ago. It is possible to reuse a motto that has been suggested in the past. However, there are some provisos:
If the motto has been declined in the past nomination, this means it can be reused at any time.
If the motto has been approved in the past nomination, so long as a year has passed since its nomination and it also has different links it can be reused.
If a motto has been nominated and approved many times in the past it should be added to WP:Motto of the day/Nominations/Frequently used ideas. These mottoes are generally frowned upon unless a long time has passed.
Please check the archives and search for your motto or variation to check its status before nominating
Write Support, if you approve of the nomination. A reason is optional.
Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the nomination. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the nomination.
You can weak supportorweak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
If you think a nominated motto obviously fails the general criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.
Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.
Note: If you are adding nominations for specific dates, holidays or other special reasons please add to the Specials section and NOT HERE. Also, please check the archives in case the motto has been submitted and subsequently approved before. If this is the case try to think up another motto instead. Please check Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations. Otherwise feel free to add your suggestion, express your opinion on a nomination or create an edited version of a nomination by using these formats:
===[[wlink to the author/work or nearest article, if exists|→]] [[WP:MOTD|Motto]] with words/phrases linked to the [[WP:PRJ|Wikipedia namespace]].===
Origin of the motto and your comments. ~~~~
*'''Support''' your reason... (optional). ~~~~
*'''Oppose''' your reason.... ~~~~
*'''Weak support'''/'''oppose''' your reason.... ~~~~
*''Comment''/''Note'': your comment/note.... ~~~~
*'''Speedy close''' your reason.... ~~~~
====[[wlink to the author/work or nearest article, if exists|→]] [[WP:EDIT|Edited]] [[WP:MOTD|motto]].====
'''Edit n''' reason for edit, what was changed, etc.. ~~~~
"If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
It's an African proverb that doesn't just have to mean travel. In Wikipedia, if you are removing a red link, that does not need any help (hopefully). But, if you are creating an article, then get some people on board. Pingy/Pongy🍉23:13, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."
Based on a quote from Walt Disney. Creating your first article can seem daunting at first, but overcoming that first hurdle is the first step for many of our editors in order for them to eventually become proficient contributors. Besides, we all dream of bringing an article to good status. --(Roundish⋆t)23:41, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"Your legacy is all you will leave behind in this world. So why not leave behind a good one?"
Based on the thought that after you die you won't be able to leave behind anything in this world except for how people think of you. I think it's important to remember that our impressions on people is what will live on after us, so why not leave a good one? Our legacy is who we are after we leave this world. Natalius (talk) 10:01, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Quote by Theodore Roosevelt. In my opinion, this is representative of the 5th pillar (Wikipedia has no firm rules) because it encourages you to believe you can do something and do it. The 5th pillar also supports that. Many editors don't think they are capable of editing wikipedia. I was the same when I started. TigerScientistChat > contribs20:11, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
― Karl Marx, in the book: Eleven Theses on Feuerbach
These words are also inscribed upon his grave, also just because he was a communist, it doesn't rid the quote of its universality. ExcutientTalk06:28, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill"
"We do have a lot in common. The same Earth, the same air, the same sky. Maybe if we started looking at what's the same instead of what's different... well, who knows?"
From Mick Goodrick's book The Advancing Guitarist, where he sets you up for some examples of "the effective use of space" in music, and presents you with a nearly blank page.
Oppose. Too much Shakespearean babble over a single link about edit warring. These are usually much shorter and are able to compact more informative useful links into a smaller structure. Huggums537 (talk) 21:35, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Too long. A motto should be quick and simple. It doesn't ring out and last in your head because it is long. I don't want whole long sentences as mottos. TigerScientistChat > contribs20:14, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"When the plumbing gets tough, the tough get plumbing!" -Salvador Drainato Long John Spaghetti, Meme Lord 02:13, 29 January 2019 (UTC) (Added by Long John Spaghetti) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Long John Spaghetti (talk • contribs)