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Slogan for Motel 6. I feel it encourages newcomers to create their own account and become an official editor. SAVIOR_SELF.777 06:02, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Looks fine :) benzband (talk) 10:29, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
• Thank you very much, I feel more secure and at peace. Simply south...... facing oncoming traffic for over 5 years 13:58, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:51, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 4, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:18, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Dogs and cats living together? Mass hysteria!

Ghostbusters (1984) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:13, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 16:05, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - Good. I tweaked the links a bit. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:04, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 3, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:15, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

→ That murderous, fascist bitch.

The Pogues in Murder. benzband (talk) 13:11, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Even though it is a single link... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:29, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:36, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - very clever. --andy4789 ★ · (talk? contribs?) 16:50, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 2, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:09, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

→ All the young punks
Laugh your life 'cuz there ain't much to cry for.

Positive enough for you? (see the "coal" nomination) ~ benzband (talk) 16:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - This works. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:49, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support... but on condition that it is not a copyright violation (this point has not yet been addressed!!!) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:33, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Forgot to sign — is it pjoef?? ;) benzband (talk) 16:20, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
    • Yes, it was me. Thank you. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:49, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
    • Note - Have added ( [[File:Symbol c class.svg|15px|potential copyvio]]) to all potential copyvio issues (per previous discussions). I probably missed some though. benzband (talk) 16:20, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 1, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:05, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre a 1948 film adaptation of B. Traven's 1927 novel of the same name. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:01, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Ha ha! i support this even if it is a one-linker benzband (talk) 18:57, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - This single-link one is fine, I suppose. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:06, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 29, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:03, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

→ I think I think too much. That's why I drink!

Janis Lyn Joplin (19 January 1943, Port Arthur, Texas, US - 4 October 1970, Los Angeles, California, US) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:05, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - nice one x) benzband (talk) 18:57, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:02, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 26, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:59, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Absentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat
("To quarrel with a drunk is to wrong a man who is not even there")

Publilius Syrus (alternative translation: "She/he who quarrels with a drunk, wrongs a man who is not even there.") Also, see: Drinking the Kool-Aid. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:27, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 16:05, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - This works. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:05, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 25, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:08, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

→ In the Rialto you have rated me

Many a time and oft
In the Rialto you have rated me
About my monies, and my usuances:
Still have I borne it with a patient shrug,
For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.

— William Shakespeare (1564–1616), The Merchant of Venice, Shylock, Act I, Scene III (1623)

I know that in its context the phrase takes on another meaning (very negative, I would say), , but taken alone it seems to be good. Isn't? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:03, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - t'is. benzband (talk) 16:05, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - Yeah, in context, it's not quite good, but on its own, it works well! ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:03, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 24, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:07, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

→ / → Castigat ridendo mores
(Correct customs by laughing at them)

This one i associated with Molière however i don't believe it was he who said it originally. benzband (talk) 19:54, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose - I don't know why; I don't really like it. The fact that it is a SINGLE LINK might have something to do with it... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:30, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:05, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Castigat ridendo mores
(Correct customs by laughing at them)

Edit 1 with WP:ROFL . –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:20, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - This is better. (nice emote ;) benzband (talk) 15:55, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - Much better. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:59, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 23, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:05, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

→ History is at once freedom and necessity.

Antonio Gramsci (22 January 1891, Ales, Oristano, Kingdom of Italy – 27 April 1937, Rome) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:44, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Lovely. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:05, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - missed this benzband (talk) 16:12, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 22, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

→ It's not too late Damien.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) by Ken Loach.

Teddy: Its not too late Damien.
Damien: For me or for you?

- benzband (talk) 16:30, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - This works. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 17:45, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:30, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Follow the leaders

By Killing Joke (wink to pjoef). benzband (talk) 16:11, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 17:44, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support ~ (or, is it copyvio?) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:32, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Just don't start a song-and-dance about it, will you? ;) benzband (talk) 18:57, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

    Why not? Maybe one day.... –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:37, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 13:27, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Computers never go on strike

From Soup is good food by Dead Kennedys. benzband (talk) 21:11, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:17, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:34, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 13:27, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Must it take a life for hateful eyes
To glisten once again?

From Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly. benzband (talk) 21:11, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:16, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:35, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 13:27, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ You don't wanna listen
You don't wanna understand.

From the Descendents' song 'Merican (link = EP of the same name) written by Karl Alvarez. benzband (talk) 21:11, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:16, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:41, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 13:27, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ O Peace! thou source and soul of social life

pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:05, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

O Peace! thou source and soul of social life;

Beneath whose calm inspiring influence
Science his views enlarges, Art refines,
And swelling Commerce opens all her ports.

Blessed be the man divine, who gives us thee! —James Thomson (1700–1748)

• Support - benzband (talk) 20:53, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose - The second link seems odd; it is a negative link, while the positioning makes it seem like it should be more positive. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:57, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
  • As i understood it its the rule that is "source" of social life —therefore the act of acknowledging that "an uncivil environment is a poor environment" is essential for the community. benzband (talk) 18:06, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

 Reopened (not enough discussion nor consensus; 2nd chance) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:11, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Well, I wanted to link to Wikipedia's philosophy (Category:Wikipedia essays) and the five pillars, so I chose the first link of them both (and, they seemed to me to be pertinent). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:50, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 13:27, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ The only thing that's important is random acts of kindness

"The only thing that's important is random acts of kindness, loving life and I guess spending time with people and being concerned with other people's problems other than your own. ..."

Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke interviewed by Rob Haynes of The Quietus on 12 August 2010 about KJ's album Absolute Dissent. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:14, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 18:16, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - That'll do. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:14, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 13:27, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Miss Casswell is an actress, a graduate of the Copacabana School of Dramatic Art.

All About Eve (1950) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:06, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 18:16, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - Good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:13, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 13:27, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Rise above principle and do what's right.

Joseph Heller (author of Catch 22) -- benzband (talk) 19:25, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:30, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support ~ I like it. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:31, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 12:58, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ A song is anything that can walk by itself.

Uncle Bob. I originally thought of WP:ARTICLE and a page WP:FEET on articles but couldn't find it. benzband (talk) 19:25, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Lovely! I hadn't seen that page before. I do have an idea, though: what about making the WP:FEET link just cover the entire sentence? It might make a bit more sense that way, but that's just my opinion. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:29, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

  Oppose - Obviously. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:34, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 12:58, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ A song is anything that can walk by itself.

Edit 1, per Hi878. benzband (talk) 20:58, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Shockingly enough. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:34, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support (edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:32, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - perfect. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 05:52, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 12:58, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Nobody puts Baby in a corner.

Dirty Dancing (1987). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:13, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Well, nearly nobody. benzband (talk) 18:49, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - This works. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:28, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - works. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 05:51, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 12:58, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far.

A line from "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a tribute to Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett by Pink Floyd (Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour) from Wish You Were Here (1975). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:15, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - I know were i am, thanx ^^ benzband (talk) 18:49, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - Looks good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:23, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - this is kind of sad though. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 05:51, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 12:58, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Breakin' rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law won.

- benzband (talk) 19:52, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose - That seems kind of weird... I don't like the first line. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 00:16, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:35, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 12:58, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ I fought the law and the law won.

Edit 1 - What about this? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 00:16, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Strong Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:35, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - of course :-) benzband (talk) 18:41, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Amen! PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 05:49, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 12:58, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Golden volumes! richest treasures,
Objects of delicious pleasures!

Golden volumes! richest treasures,
Objects of delicious pleasures!
You my eyes rejoicing please,
You my hands in rapture seize!
Brilliant wits and musing sages,
Lights who beamed through many ages!
Left to your conscious leaves their story,
And dared to trust you with their glory;
And now their hope of fame achieved,
Dear volumes! you have not deceived!

—Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature. "Libraries".

pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:33, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 10:56, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose - I think that the last link is rather unfitting. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 20:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
  • How about WP:DELICIOUS then? benzband (talk) 16:05, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

 Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 18:46, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

• Here are some alternatives for the last (and "unfitting") link: WP:WWISG, WP:RESEARCH || Wikipedia:About#Using_Wikipedia_as_a_research_tool, Wikipedia:About#Strengths.2C_weaknesses.2C_and_article_quality_in_Wikipedia, or WP:TASTEFUL. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:28, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined - no consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 12:58, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ "Poo-Tee-Weet?"

This one might be kind of depressing for people who get it. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 21:04, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

• And kind of nonsensical for people who don't get it. Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 21:07, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

  What about the one that now resides in your signature? :) I believe we did two of those. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 21:09, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

 Reopened - not enough discussion. Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 22:04, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

 Reopened - no discussion. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 18:46, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support ~ I like depressing-nonsensical things. lol –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:06, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

  Those are the best kind, right? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 17:44, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

  I dunno lol ... sometimes ... maybe. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:30, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - I didn't comment because i didn't get it. But then again… benzband (talk) 16:20, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
• Comment - I simply do not get it and therefore cannot vote to do it justice. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 05:45, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 12:58, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Brutum fulmen
(Harmless thunderbolt)

Latin. benzband (talk) 19:58, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - This'll do. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:29, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:29, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 9, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:37, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Hi. I'm Marcus.

This is for January 22, 2012 and I would like (I want) to fix the RED link. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:59, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support -- Love it. Marcus Qwertyus 15:17, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - as it doesn't seem to offend him :D benzband (talk) 18:14, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - Yeah... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:02, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 22, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:34, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Ab ovo
("From the beginning")

A reference to one of the mythological twin eggs of Leda and Zeus and also the title of a 1917 painting by Paul Klee (1879–1940). Ab ovo derives from:
1. nec gemino bellum Troianum orditur ab ouo ("do not begin the Trojan War from the double egg") by Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC–8 BC) in his Ars Poetica (ca. 18 BC);
2. ab ovo usque ad mala ("from the egg to the apples") again by Horace in his Satires, Satire 1.3: Omnibus hoc vitium est ("Everyone has this flaw") (ca. 35–33 BC), which refers to the order of dishes at a Roman banquet [from the beginning (eggs) to the end (apples or, more in general, fruit)].
Alternative links are: WP:WELCOME and WP:SAA. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:02, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 18:16, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - This works. However, I would like to formally point out that the number of nominations of single-link mottos is getting to be outrageous. Creativity, people! ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:15, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
  • o.O' He he… if only i'd seen this post earlier. Will take heed of advice. benzband (talk) 22:36, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
    • Ab ovo... but the English version will not work, it is missing a beepin' Capital "A". « From “da” beginnin’ »? Hahahaha. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:00, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 8, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:32, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

→ You just put your lips together and blow.

Lauren Bacall as "Slim" to Humphrey Bogart as "Steve" in To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks; 1944).

"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."

–pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:03, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support - funny one. benzband (talk) 12:40, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose - I don't get the connection between the link and the quote. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:49, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
  • Any suggestions? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:06, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

 Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 20:39, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:30, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

→ All's Well That Ends Well

Title of a tragicomedy by William Shakespeare (1623). This "motto" was approved for July 1, 2010, about a year and a half ago (but with a different internal link [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution]]). It is placed here as a dedication to Hi878, he knows why. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:30, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 18:43, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose - Used before... What are you talking about? I think I'm missing something obvious... I hate when I do that. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:25, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
  • I was talking about the nom. for Wikipedia's birthday. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:35, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
    • Oh! Is that all? I thought there was some deep hidden meaning... Anyhoo, I'm still opposing. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:07, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
      • No there were no other reasons (^____^) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:08, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:29, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War!

Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel ... And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for "the universal brotherhood of man" — with his mouth. —Mark Twain

–pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:38, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 10:56, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose - I don't think we should call vandals the writers... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 20:03, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
  • They also write. But then again, see edit 2 if that doesn't convince you :) benzband (talk) 13:46, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 2 [animal]) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:27, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

[[Mark Twain|→]ŝ Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War!

Edit 1 if they aren't writers maybe they are editors ? benzband (talk) 13:46, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose - I don't like that one either. ~~ Hi78 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 21:25, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 2 [animal]) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:27, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

 Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 18:46, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War!

Edit animal (2). Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 19:30, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Perfect! Good job. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 00:14, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:36, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 7, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:27, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Destroy the evil, promote love and peace, and one day you'll get rewarded from the heaven

This's a proverb said by me, I think it will do for it.Dipankan ^{In the woods?} 06:51, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose - Makes it look like Barnstars are the ultimate goal; I don't think we should be projecting that. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:50, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support ~ IMHO it is not the "ultimate goal"... but the best way to reward our contributors for their hard work. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:47, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
• YSupport I have made a few changes to the links.Dipankan ^{In the woods?} 13:17, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

  I still stand by what I said... At any rate, it migh make more sense to have the third link be only over the word "love", instead of "promote love". That's just my opinion, though. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:28, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

• Note: removed "promote" from the third link per Hi878. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:40, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - Why not? This ain't copyvio :D benzband (talk) 18:57, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 6, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 1 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:24, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive

Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive,
Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.
The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow;
They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats,
And flare up bodily, wings and all.

—Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), Aurora Leigh (1856)

I chose to point to Wikipedia:Charitableness because Mr. Jones blushed even if he was not guilty (^____^). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:03, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 18:16, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - I like this one quite a lot. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:12, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 5, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:57, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

→ A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.

benzband (talk) 18:11, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose - Take a look at the page you linked to... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:18, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
  • I did look at the page. I thought i'd put it because this quote is about free speech and so is the link. benzband (talk) 16:53, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
    • The page is about how we don't have the right to unlimited free speech on Wikipedia. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:11, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• What about using WP:TALK??? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:14, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:55, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

→ A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.

Edit 1, per pjoef. - benzband (talk) 16:53, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - That'll do. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:11, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support, of course. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:02, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 4, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:55, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

→ A Mari Usque Ad Mare
("From Sea to Sea")

From Psalm 72:8, and motto of Canada. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:20, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 18:49, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - This'll do. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:28, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 3, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:53, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Free at last! Free at last!

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, United States – April 4, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, United States), "I Have a Dream" (final sentence; August 28, 1963). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:07, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 18:49, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - This'll do. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:27, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 2, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:51, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

→ The masses are the decisive element, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built.

Rosalia "Red Rosa" Luxemburg (5 March 1871, Zamość, Vistula Land, Russian Empire – 15 January 1919, Berlin, Weimar Republic), "Order Reigns in Berlin", 14 January 1919 (published one day before she was brutally murdered), Collected Works, Vol. 4, p. 536. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:02, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 18:49, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - Lovely! ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:27, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/February 1, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:50, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

→ I was, I am, I shall be!

Rosalia "Red Rosa" Luxemburg, same work, ending line. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:02, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 18:49, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose - I much prefer the second. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:26, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

→ I was, I am, I shall be!

Edit 1. Note: The first link points to the mainspace, but it is strictly about (related to) Wikipedia, so I think that in this case we should perhaps make an exception (as per [[Wikipedia]]). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:02, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• Additional note: there are many alternative links, of course, but I would like to suggest the following two: 1. WP:OLDEST; 2. Wikipedia:2001; and both seem to be good alternatives (out of the mainspace) for the first link: "I was→History of Wikipedia". –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:31, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - I think this works very well. The first link is acceptable. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:26, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - benzband (talk) 18:40, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 31, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Virtute et armis
("by valor and arms")

Motto of Mississipi. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:52, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Although in certain context this may have a rather negative/aggressive meaning :) benzband (talk) 20:55, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - Looks fine. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:17, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 29, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:12, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) in Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) Chapter VI: Swimming in Glory (Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:55, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose - First, a minor thing: I think the first link should just include the word "us". Second, I disagree with your troll/undertaker comparison ; the undertaker isn't the one that killed the deceased, and that seems to be what you are getting at. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:36, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
  • Random comment - the undertaker profits (among others?) from the death. benzband (talk) 14:07, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

 Reopened (second chance) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:07, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - I do agree that the first link could just be "us". That would make it easier to separate the two links. As for interpretation, I read it in a positive light...that even the trolls or vandals might be sad to see a Wikipedian leave. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 18:47, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
  • No one left to feed them, then? benzband (talk) 12:03, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
• Note: removed "Let" from the first link per PrincessofLlyr. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:44, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:08, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Veritas vos liberabit
(The truth shall set you free)

John 8:32. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:20, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose - If this is an attempt to be serious, look through WP:TRUTH. If it is an attempt at humor, I completely missed it. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:33, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
  • Yes, I know, I did it intentionally. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:31, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
• Quid est veritas? - what is truth ? benzband (talk) 14:06, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

 Reopened (second chance) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:05, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:07, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Ah, thank you, Buzz off to you too.

Roberto Benigni as Roberto (Bob) in Down by Law, a film by Jim Jarmusch.

Zack: Yeah, it's a sad and beautiful world... that's a good one. Yeah, yeah... buzz off.
Bob: Ah, thank you, Buzz off to you too.
Zack: No... buzz off!

-- benzband (talk) 10:58, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - Looks good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:17, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:58, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 28, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:06, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

We have our own. benzband (talk) 09:53, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support - That'll do. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:44, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support ~ What about "la Bière du Démon" (^____^)? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:00, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Is this a popular saying or some real beer? (google favours the latter, but then i'm not sure :-) benzband (talk) 20:42, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
    • My favourite beer and "la bière [blonde] plus forte du monde" (12% Vol.!!!). See Brasserie de Gayant→La Bière du Démon. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:31, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
      • Indeed that's what Google told me :-) benzband (talk) 12:04, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose - bleucch. How about apple juice instead? Support anyway Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 18:13, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
  • What about orange juice, which is full of vitamin C, a valuable antioxidant? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:50, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years

→ Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

quoting Oscar Wilde (not one of the ones uncyclopedia uses, unfortunately) benzband (talk) 15:26, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support - This works. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:49, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:10, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 20:47, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Viriliter Age
("Act Courageously")

Latin motto. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:31, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 12:39, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support - This works. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:48, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 20:47, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

→ I used to rule the world. Seas would rise when I gave the word.
Now in the morning I sleep alone, sweep the streets I used to own.

Bland and does the link work? Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 19:49, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - I think it works well, actually. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:24, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - benzband (talk) 12:01, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:37, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 22, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:03, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

→ You won't bore him, honey. You won't even get a chance to talk.

All About Eve (1950). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:34, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Eve: "I'm afraid Mr. De Witt would find me boring before too long."
Miss Casswell: "You won't bore him, honey. You won't even get a chance to talk."

• Support - benzband (talk) 20:53, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose - in favour of edit 1 :-) benzband (talk) 18:07, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose - I have a better idea. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:15, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

→ You won't bore him, honey. You won't even get a chance to talk.

Edit 1 ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:15, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - benzband (talk) 18:07, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support ~ better than the original. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:22, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - great links! PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 18:44, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 21, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!

Dr. Strangelove portrayed by Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a 1964 black comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, and Slim Pickens. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:09, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose - I see no connection between the links. I do like the quote, though. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:07, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
  • I thought of a new article that can stand on its own two feet. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:36, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
    • I got that; the "Role of Jimmy Wales" page seems rather unrelated, though. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 20:00, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
      • "Führer" means leader, guide, conductor, director, chief. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:36, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!

Edit 1. Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 19:41, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support - Does this fit in context, out of curiosity? I still haven't seen this... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 20:00, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

 Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 21:30, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support (edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:50, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 18:47, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

→ "All along the watchtower, princes kept the view;
While the women came and went, barefoot servants too."

–– benzband (talk) 09:53, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support - Looks good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:43, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:01, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 19, 2012 by Dipankan001 (talk · contribs); they neglected to add the discussion here, however. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:37, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

→ This is my principal objection to life, I think: It is too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible mistakes.

~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 21:04, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

• Comment - possibly a better link would be one talking about actual BLP violations, rather than linking the noticeboard? PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 05:18, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

  I thought of that too, but I can't seem to find anything other than the BLP page itself. Is there a page that I am missing? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:41, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

  Apparently not. I didn't do my research. It just seems like there should have been something else. In that case, I support the motto as is. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 04:48, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

  I agree, but whatever. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:51, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

• What about Wikipedia:BLP problem? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:10, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

  Of course! That's exactly what I was looking for! Definitely think that would be better on the last link. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 13:59, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

  I won't bother with a new nomination. ~~ Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 22:04, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

→ This is my principal objection to life, I think: It is too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible mistakes.

per PrincessofLlyr and above discussion (with "Wikipedia:BLP problem for life" ~ lol) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:46, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose with suggested withdrawl - There are two enormous problems with this. First, if you look at the original, I changed the link in it without bothering with a new nomination. Second, look at your links. One is a shortcut and one isn't, but they go to the same page. :) I would suggest withdrawing this one, dearest sir. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:34, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

 Reopened - no onsensus. Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 22:04, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

 Declined (both versions; no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:02, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn’t every war fought between men, between brothers?

If anybody finds a link for the middle parts please edit. - Benzband in public (talk) 21:10, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

• Support - It seems good the way it is. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:26, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

  Oppose - In favor of Edit 1. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:31, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

• OpposeToo lengthy motto.That's me! ^{Have doubt?} Track me! 11:17, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

  We've had mottos much longer than this one, actually. We even have several heading towards passing that are open right now. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

• Support - Very good. Simple, but perfectly applicable. Definitely not too long. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 05:12, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
• I like this sentence, he was one of the greatest personalities of literature and of human thought who was always on the side of the poorest, but Wikipedia:Edit warring and Wikipedia:Wikipedians are both used twice. "[B]rothers" could be something like "WP:COMMUNITY", and Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars could be an alternative for one of the two (WAR) links. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:49, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:01, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn’t every war fought between men, between brothers?

Edit 1, per pjoef. ~ benzband (talk) 15:57, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support - Better. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:31, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

 Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 22:04, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

• Strong Support for edit 1, and Weak Support for the original. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:16, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Approved Edit 1 for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 17, 2012 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:01, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Suum cuique
("To each his own")

A Latin motto. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:24, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

• Comment - I'm not sure I get this one. Why would "to each his own" have anything to do with "righting great wrongs"? I don't quite see it. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 12:27, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
  • First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. Stradivarius, for taking the time to "look" at MotD because we are in need again. The last approved motto is scheduled for the 27th of November, and I was/am going to approve nominations without enough discussion... and you know that it ain't no good.
    About this nomination: this is an old principle of justice. There is a longer and more complete version made by Cicero: "Iustitia suum cuique distribuit." ("Justice renders to everyone his due.") from his philosophical dialogue De Natura Deorum ("On the Nature of the Gods"; 45 BC), a book that was called by Voltaire as the best book of all antiquity. "Philosophy" apart, I used WP:RGW because sometimes the opposites converge, which is another philosophical, but also in mathematics, theory, but I do not know if this is the case or not. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:12, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
• Support - Because you shouldn't promote your own personal views on Wikipedia. Read WP:RGW in detail i think you might get what i mean. Benzband (talk) 17:40, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose - I agree with Mr. Stradivarius; it seems like this and the page have opposite views. Yes, I did read it, Benzband. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:25, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

 Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... "time, department skies" for 5 years 22:04, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

 Declined (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:57, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

→ The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour.

From The Book in Nineteen-Eighty-Four by George Orwell. benzband (talk) 11:38, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support ~ it seems to be okay. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:28, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support - I like it. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 20:01, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Approved for January 31.Dipankan ^{In the woods?} 09:08, 3 January 2012 (UTC) Moved to correct date of Jan 18th. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 19:13, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

→ If by Godot I had meant God I would have said God, and not Godot.

Still waiting. benzband (talk) 13:48, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support - I like this one! PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 15:57, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:09, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support - Good. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:41, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 23:22, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Special nominations

→ A towel … is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have.

For Towel Day (May 25, 2011). benzband (talk) 16:35, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

• Yes! - You've hit my weakness. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 00:04, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• 100% no-qualms-what-so-ever-god-why-didn't-I-think of-this-earlier-SUPPORT!!!1!!. Browns spots? Oh, that's barbecue sauce..... Buggie111 (talk) 01:36, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:51, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 25, 2012→Towel Day (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:11, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

→ Congress shall make no law […] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.

For January 18, 2012, when SOPA initiative is due to take place (if it does). Full text:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. - First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

I trimmed it down so as to be more relevant. benzband (talk) 17:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

• Support - I think that this works. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:29, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:28, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - yep, that strikes the right tone. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 02:05, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
• COMMENT : Due to full blackout on January 18 2012, i propose this be moved to January 19 1012. benzband (talk) 06:08, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

  Since the blackout will begin at 5:00 UTC on the 18th, I think that scheduling it for the 18th will be fine. Actually, how about we schedule it for both days? I know I have been rather loud in my opposition to using mottos more than once, but I think that it's alright, in this case... Someone, shoot me now; I'm losing my mind. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 06:51, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 18, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:47, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

→ Programmer - an organism that turns coffee into software.

Pity this is anonmous…
for January 25, 2012; known as Magnus Manske Day. benzband (talk) 22:06, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:59, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support - I see no reason not to. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:25, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support - I cannot express how much I like this. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 03:28, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
• Comment + Note ~ I drink litres/gallons of coffee every day, hahaha. May I change the dash with colon? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:57, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved per consensus. Simply south...... having large explosions for 5 years 20:47, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

For January 13 15, 2012, Wikipedia's 11th birthday. --The Σ ^talk_contribs 03:17, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

• Additional note: Dipankan001 sent me an image for Wikipedia's eleventh birthday ...
  ... I don't remember if it is possible to embed images within all of the MotD's templates ... but —IMHO— it would be really-really nice. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 14:46, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support - Just in case anyone forgot. ;) — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 14:41, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose - Too boring. I think that we should pick something... More special, I suppose. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:02, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
• Support ~ This is one of the mottos of Wikipedia, boring or not. If something better comes up I will change my opinion, of course. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:06, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

  Considering that this motto is on every single page on Wikipedia anyways, I think that picking something different would be more appropriate and probably more appreciated by everyone who sees these. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 20:31, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:58, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support - Yes, well at least until anything 'better' is found (this one's hard to beat). And pjoef, i struck you because you already have supported this ^__^ ~ benzband (talk) 10:50, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
  • Oops /o\ ... thank you, Benzband. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 14:46, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
• Comment - Are we all really willing to just throw creativity out the window? I would like to think that people enjoy the fact that we come up with creative mottos, not just for holidays, but for every day. I would like to think that such enjoyment should be our goal. Does anyone really think that this "motto" would give anyone that enjoyment? It took no thought at all to come up with, and I think that anyone seeing it would find that rather obvious. Have our standards really lowered this much? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:52, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

  Well, if someone thinks up a more exciting one, I imagine that one will get supported instead... — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 08:58, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

  The fact that we are even willing to consider one as uncreative as this, regardless of whether or not we have an alternative, is unbelievable. I think no special motto for that day is better than one as bad as this. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:10, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

 Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:14, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

→ With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Edit 1: William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. For January 15, 2013, Wikipedia's birthday. benzband (talk) 22:14, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

• Support –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:59, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support - YES! Thank you. I don't think you have any idea how upset I would have been if we had used the pathetic nomination above. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:24, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
• Support - this is good. absolutely. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 03:34, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
• Comment - I think we should use this for this year. The one we have currently is not that great...this one is. There's still time for us to change it. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 04:08, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 15, 2012 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:13, 5 January 2012 (UTC)