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→ Into the Streets May First!

Aaron Copland's Into the Streets May First for voice or unison chorus with text from Alfred Hayes, published by The New Masses on May 1, 1934.

For International Workers' Day (May Day or 1st of May) with Wikipedia:Signup. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 14:48, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Into the Streets May First!

Edit 1 with WP:FA and WP:TFA. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 14:48, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved - Original for May 1, 2011. Unanimous support. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 03:48, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ His life may make thee gold, and much more, just.

George Herbert (1593–1633), The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (1633), "Easter". It would be nice to have this nomination approved for next Sunday, "Easter Sunday", the 24th of April 2011. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:05, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

  • Comment - I hate to be the one to bring this up, but it seems a bit sacrilegious. Like comparing "his" life to Wikipedia, etc. Just might rub some people the wrong way. The quote is beautiful and well linked other than that. PrincessofLlyr royal court 15:37, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
    • Reply ~ Yes, I think the same as you (even if it was not my intention to be sacrilegious but the opposite.) What about using WP:DEV for "his life" ... well probably we will have about the same "sacrilegious" problem. And, a more generic and bland, but still valid: "Happy Easter from MOTD"??? –pjoef (talk • contribs) 16:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
      • I didn't think you were trying to be sacrilegious...in fact, outside of a WP context, I really love the quote. The linking itself, in a traditional MOTD style, is fine. It's just that it seems to make light of the occasion. Besides, even if we used this quote, someone would probably be annoyed with the religious reference. The generic "happy easter" may be the best way to go. PrincessofLlyr royal court 19:07, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
  • Oppose - I think that I need to agree with Ms. Llyr in this. I'll see if I can dig up a quote. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 20:11, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

  Declined –pjoef (talk • contribs) 22:14, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

→ All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!

How about this? Any better ideas for the second link would be welcomed. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 20:20, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 24, 2011 ("emergency motto" for Easter Sunday) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 22:14, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America.

For May 5, 2011 Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 17:07, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

  • Oppose that 11 September one is American enough. This one is... still American. (If you make a motto for all the countries with Wikipedians, then I'll switch to support for this one. Though that would take a it of time.) Kayau Voting IS evil 23:55, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Reply- Look Kayau, I'm also tired of linking Wikipedia to America, but this quote was the only one about Cinco de Mayo that was decent; the rest were either racist or didn't stick to the subject. If I find a better quote, I'll put it up. Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 03:40, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 14:32, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz.
("Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace")

Edit 1 I got rid of the original motto and replaced it with a new one (from Mexican president Benito Juárez, who served his term around the Battle of Puebla). I hope this one is better. Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 20:59, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 5, 2011 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 14:32, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

→ The panellists were given silly things to do by Humphrey Lyttelton

This is for either 2011-05-23 to celebrate Humphrey Lyttelton's 90th birthday (if he were still alive) or 2011-04-25 for the second anniversary of his death. Simply south (talk) 21:28, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 23, 2011 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 14:11, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

→ I'll make your jaw drop.

Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 01:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

  Declined - Quite a few opposes with good rationales, and only one support. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 02:46, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

→ It'll make your jaw drop.

Edit 1 with the original quote and a different link (WP:SURPRISING). The phrase means: "it'll surprise you." –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:31, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

  Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 1, 2011 –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:43, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

This was the decade of technology, the decade of information, the decade where the people overthrew the old order. Now, here at the end, we can only think how much people like us have changed the world.

Personal musing, to replace 12-31 or 1-1, CC-BY.--Ipatrol (talk) 06:54, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

  Declined - Unanimous dislike. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 02:34, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia is for life, not just for Christmas

Getting in the Chritmas motto in ready lol! I'm sure you all recognise where it originates from, that good ol' proverb "A dog's for life, not just for Christmas". Pr3st0n (talk) 23:42, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Too bad we already have a motto for Christmas...next year, maybe? Intelligentsium 22:55, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Or maybe, we could have it on the day after Christmas. Intelligentsium 23:03, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
  Declined - As if this would ever go anywhere. I has been sitting here for over a year, and has only one !vote, an oppose. This can be renominated for next Christmas, at any rate. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 02:34, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

→ I do this for Aiur.

I hope to have this as the motto on the release date of LoV,[when?] due to the fact that I think lots of people will be waiting for it to be released, as they did with Brood War. Buggie111 (talk) 23:37, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

  Declined - Unknown to the majority and the date is too far away. Renominate by all means when the date gets closer.  RichardOwen97  talk  22:14, 9 January, 2011 (UTC)

Normal nominations

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→ I Do

Big wedding tomorrow, maybe this would be a good motto? -- Thomas888b (Say Hi) 19:07, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

  Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 20:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ I do.

Formally proposing, then, although we're a bit late for this particular wedding :p sonia♫ 01:26, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved edit 1 per consensus. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 20:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.

Karl Heinrich Marx (1818–1883), Letter to His Father (1837)

  Declined in favour of edit 3. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 20:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.

Edit 1. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:33, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

  Declined in favour of edit 3. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 20:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.

Edit 2 - the idea I'm really looking for here is that the content we write makes readers happy, so if anyone can think of a better link for that idea... -PrincessofLlyr royal court 18:32, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

  Declined in favour of edit 3. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 20:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.

Edit 3 - Any better? ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 22:33, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved edit 3 per consensus. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 20:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Melius abundare quam deficere
("Better too much than not enough")

A common Latin phrase. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:57, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

  Declined per consensus. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 20:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Does the Brotherhood exist?

I know this may be seen as comparing WP to Ingsoc, but we've done that before (with if there is hope, it lies in the proles), so what the heck. :) Kayau Voting IS evil 16:00, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

  Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 20:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Does the Brotherhood exist?

Edit 1 This makes more sense to me.  Forty two  19:40, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per consensus. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 20:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Non pro nobis laboramus
("We labor not for ourselves")

Latin motto. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:00, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 6, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:12, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Hasta la vista, baby.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 17:12, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 4, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:09, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ After all, tomorrow is another day!

Gone With the Wind (1939) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 16:47, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 3, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:03, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Some might say, we will find a brighter day.

Lyric from the 1995 Oasis song Some Might Say. It's Malpass 93! (drop me a ___) 12:45, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:52, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Some might say, we will find a brighter day.

Edit 1 with WP:FAC instead of WP:FAR per Hi878. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:35, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:52, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Some might say, we will find a brighter day.

Edit 2 with WP:VILLAGEPUMP instead of WP:TALK, and WP:FAC instead of WP:FAR. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:35, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 3) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:52, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ We will find a brighter day.

Edit 3 ~ removed the first part per Kayau, and WP:FAC instead of WP:FAR. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:35, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/May 2, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:52, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

→ I'll be back!

The Terminator (1984) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 30, 2011 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed; we are in a state of emergency, please HELP if you can! Thank you.) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:29, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Albert Einstein –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:10, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 29, 2011 (per consensus; 3 in support and 0 opposed; we are in a state of emergency, please HELP if you can! Thank you.) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:26, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

→ No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

Billie Holiday and William Dufty, Lady Sings the Blues (1956) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:37, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 28, 2011 (emergency motto) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:15, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Every day, hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world collectively make tens of thousands of edits and create thousands of new articles to augment the knowledge held by the Wikipedia encyclopedia.

Excerpt taken from the lead intro of Wikipedia:About. I know this is not a "motto" but we are in an emergency now! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:23, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 27, 2011 (emergency motto; there is not a motto for tomorrow, 27 April 2011. Please, help if you can!) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:23, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?

--  Forty two  21:02, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 26, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:35, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

→ If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Mother Teresa –pjoef (talk • contribs) 14:54, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 22:18, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

→ If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Edit 1 ~ How about this? ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 03:48, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 25, 2011 (emergency motto for Easter Monday) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 22:18, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Mmmm-hmmm! This is a tasty burger!

Pulp Fiction –pjoef (talk • contribs) 15:24, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 23, 2011 (emergency motto) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Lord of himself,—that heritage of woe!

Lord George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824), Lara, Canto I (1814) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:13, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 21, 2011 (emergency motto) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:47, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

→ A vandal without an editor is like a goldfish without a bicycle. An editor without a vandal is like a neck without a pain.

(A quote from my friend)日向テマリ

  Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... 18:56, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

  Declined (no consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:42, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Man creates dinosaurs...Dinosaurs eat man...Woman inherits the Earth.

~AH1(TCU) 12:28, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 20, 2011 (emergency motto) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:40, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Wisdom, both for its own sake and for the sake of teaching.

Its been awhile.--BlackWatch21 19:47, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 19, 2011 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:32, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

If you never believe in something bigger than yourself, then you'll never do anything bigger than yourself.

~AH1(TCU) 00:54, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

  Declined (in favour of Edit 1) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:28, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

If you never believe in something bigger than yourself, then you'll never do anything bigger than yourself.

Edit 1 ~ What do you all think? ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 01:42, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 18, 2011 (emergency motto) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:28, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

→ Let's face the music and dance

Simply south...... 16:44, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 17, 2011 (emergency motto) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:25, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

→ O lord! my boy, my Arthur, my fair son!
My life, my joy, my food, my all the world!
My widow-comfort, and my sorrow's cure!

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), The Life and Death of King John, Act III, Scene IV (1623) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:51, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 16, 2011 (emergency motto) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:22, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

→ We have seen better days.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), The Life of Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene II (1623) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:06, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 15, 2011 (emergency motto) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:20, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

→ You are all geniuses, and you are all beautiful. You don't need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace, think peace, live peace, and breathe peace, and you'll get it as soon as you like.

John Lennon (1940–1980) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:01, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 14, 2011 (per consensus) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:18, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Show, don't tell.

Kayau Voting IS evil 15:01, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Show, don't tell.

Edit 1 per MMS - Kayau Voting IS evil 15:01, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved (Edit 1) for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 13, 2011 (per consensus; 4 in support and 0 opposed) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:13, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

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

Oscar Wilde. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:06, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per consensus. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 14:48, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

→ The sentiment of art like the religious sentiment, like scientific curiosity, is born of wonder; the man who wonders at nothing lives in a state of imbecility and stupidity.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), Lectures on Aesthetics: Symbolic Art (1826)

  Approved per consensus. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 14:48, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

→ In everything I am, in everything I do
I am your servant, I need you.

"I Need You" by NoMeansNo from their 1983 album Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:57, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

  Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 14:48, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

→ In everything I am, in everything I do
I am your servant, I need you.

Edit 1 with Wikipedia as the subject that needs readers, but I prefer the original. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:11, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per consensus. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 14:48, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

→ In everything I am, in everything I do
I am your servant, I need you.

Edit 2 auto-referential/emergency version. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:11, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for emergencies. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 14:48, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

→ The way to do complete justice indeed, is to let in the one side, without prejudicing the other.

Thought I would try linking the whole motto. Opinions? MMS2013 13:13, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

  Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... 00:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... trying to improve for 5 years 14:48, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

New idea

Again, this is not an april fool's day joke. Could someone translate Gong Zizhen's poem? I think it can link to WP:STICK. Kayau Voting IS evil 15:48, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Babelfish

"The enormous and powerful sorrow of parting is daytime slanting,
recites east the whip to refer to is a horizon.
The coal dust is not heartless,
changes to makes spring the putty to protect the flower.

That makes perfect sense! Simply south...... 18:51, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Pretty good for Babelfish (though apparently it didn't see through the synecdoche)! :) I've thought about it, and maybe it will be better only to include the last two lines. My version of the BF translation is below. Kayau Voting IS evil 08:08, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

→ The fallen petal is not heartless,
It shall dissolve into the spring soil to nourish the flower.

Kayau Voting IS evil 08:08, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

→ The fallen petal is not heartless,
It shall dissolve into the spring soil to nourish the flower.

With different link (to avoid the redlink) Kayau Voting IS evil 08:08, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

  Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... 00:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per consensus. Simply south...... 18:49, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

→ Silent companions of the lonely hour,
Friends, who can alter or forsake.
Who for inconstant roving have no power,
And all neglect, perforce, must calmly take.

Caroline Norton (1808–1877), To My Books. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:07, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per consensus. Simply south...... 18:49, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

→ Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.

Rick Blaine portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942) directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 13:12, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per consensus. Simply south...... 18:49, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

→ That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers.

John Fletcher (1579–1625) and Philip Massinger (1583–1640) as Beaumont and Fletcher where Baumont is Francis Beaumont (1584–1616), The Elder Brother, Act I, Scene II (c.a. 1625) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 12:37, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per consensus. Simply south...... 18:49, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

→ It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.

I think AGF might may possibly be overused a bit (although I defer to others on that one) but I thought this was too good of a quote to pass up.--Yaksar (let's chat) 20:55, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

  Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... 15:27, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

→ It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.

Edit 1 – WP:LEARN seems an obvious choice, IMO. Kayau Voting IS evil 10:47, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved edit 1 per consensus. Simply south...... 15:27, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

→ It would be most unfortunate if long periods of peace and economic prosperity are replaced by endless bickerings over partisan interests.

Kayau Voting IS evil 14:01, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 26, 2011 (emergency) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 14:27, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Silence exists as the greatest impediment to a long-term goal.

~AH1(TCU) 12:28, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

  Approved for Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 25, 2011 (emergency) –pjoef (talk • contribs) 14:09, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Another new idea

I'm wondering if anyone could think of a good translation for 忍一時風平浪靜，退一步海闊天空。The best I can think of is 'If you tolerate for a moment, the winds will stop and the waves will be quiet; if you take a step back, the sea will be as wide as the sky.' That doesn't make much sense :) Kayau Voting IS evil 14:57, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Endure temporary calm, take a step backwards?  RichardOwen97  talk  11:44, 6 February, 2011 (UTC)
That's not bad, but the proverb (you know, the parts about the ocean and waves etc) make it a statement rather than an imperative. Kayau Voting IS evil 12:23, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Putting the above through Babelfish, translating from chinese comes up with "Endures to be uneventful for a while, draws back a boundlessness". In Japanese "Patience temporarily wind flat 浪 靜, the retreating/quitting part sea 闊 sky". In Korean "time, department skies". Hope this helps!!!! Simply south...... 15:12, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

  Reopened - time, department skies. Simply south...... 00:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

My Chinese is awful, but here's a handful of attempts (varying from accurate translation to accurate sentiment; it's hard to do both and be comprehensible!)

  • Stand strong for a moment and the storm will abate; step back and the sea will mirror the sky.
  • Take a moment's stand and the waves will be quiet; take a step back and the ocean will be calm.
  • A moment's endurance will quiet the storm; a step back will silence the sea.
  • A moment's endurance will bring respite; a step back will bring peace.

Take your pick :) sonia♫ 22:41, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

I personally prefer the third, so... Kayau Voting IS evil 01:07, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

So it is basically saying don't do things irrationally. Think it over? Also, does anyone know what time, department skies means? Good ol. Translations. Difficultly north (talk) 02:07, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Nope, it is saying that one should drop the stick, even when reasoning is on one's side. Something the League of Social Democrats really need to learn. Kayau Voting IS evil 06:56, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

  Declined in favour of translation. Simply south...... 20:36, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

A moment's endurance will quiet the storm; a step back will silence the sea.

here it is. Kayau Voting IS evil 01:07, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

"How's A moment's endurance will quiet the storm; a step back will silence the sea."? The second link could also be WP:GETOVERIT or, as in the original, WP:STICK, but I quite like the message given by WP:QUIET in that context :) sonia♫ 06:30, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

  Declined - see below. Simply south...... 20:36, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

A moment's endurance will quiet the storm; a step back will silence the sea

Edit 1 per Sonia; I think it's better! Kayau Voting IS evil 08:39, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved edit 1 (?) per consensus. Simply south...... 20:36, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Don't put the cart before the horse

I feel this would encourage editors to make sure their sources are reliable before adding them as citations.--Yaksar (let's chat) 19:02, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

  Reopened - not enough discussion. Simply south...... 00:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per consensus. Simply south...... 20:36, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

→ Write it, cut it, paste it, save it, load it, check it, quick rewrite it

Any better ideas for the individual phrases are much appreciated.--Yaksar (let's chat) 04:52, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

  Declined in favour of edit 1. Simply south...... 20:36, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

→ Write it, cut it, paste it, save it, load it, check it, quick rewrite it

Edit 1 ~ I know the original quote means save, as in save the document before shutting down the computer, but you can rescue one too. ;-) Kayau Voting IS evil 02:07, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

  Reopened - no consensus. Simply south...... 18:56, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per very weak consensus. Simply south...... 20:36, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

→ "Cigarette?"
"Yes, I know!"

Please can someone fix the fotmatting? Also the end part can be alternatively written as "yes, it is!" Difficultly north (talk) 17:06, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

  • Oppose It's nothing personal, but it just seems too hard to interpret what it means for someone who hasn't seen the film. It also just doesn't seem, ermm, motto-y enough. But please don't take this the wrong way.--Yaksar (let's chat) 11:12, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... 09:04, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

→ What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

Nice quote.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫T 18:16, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... 09:02, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

→ The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.

Nice quote.♫Greatorangepumpkin♫T 18:10, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... 09:02, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Try to see the forest for the trees

Try to look at the bigger picture, not just how something's being viewed right now. Also considering having it link to WP:UNDUE.--Yaksar (let's chat) 19:02, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

  Reopened - not enough discussion. Simply south...... 00:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per weak consensus. Simply south...... 09:02, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

→ Growing old is compulsory, Growing up is optional

I've heard this quite a few times before. I thought it would be good.. Thomas888b (Say Hi) 17:29, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Great quote! Can you think of any Wikipedia links that apply and add those? We normally don't approve mottoes with no links. PrincessofLlyr royal court 18:17, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The ages of wikipedians? Thomas888b (Say Hi) 20:46, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Terrific! Use that as the second link, and I think it would be fine. PrincessofLlyr royal court 22:06, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

→ Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional

With links. Kayau Voting IS evil 08:41, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

  Approved per emergency and WP:IAR of WP:COI. Kayau Voting IS evil 01:36, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

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