This thread is for general discussion of page quotes, whether to change, move or remove them.
Unused quotes should be put on a Quotes Wiki page (just replace the namespace in the URL of the wiki page you are making a quotes page for with Quotes/) or, if they don't have an article, on Quotes Looking for an Article.
Image captions are discussed elsewhere and have their own thread
in the Image Pickin' forum.
Edited by Tabs on Jul 15th 2023 at 2:40:54 AM
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I agree. The HP one is talking about Sirius Black, when everyone thought he was a Death Eater who had betrayed Harry's parents, but that's not clear if you're not familiar with the context.
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Scaled Up has two quotes,which would should stay?
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Not the Methods one. It's not a straight example.
No, the other one.
Evil Overlord List is better.
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and Agree.
Agreed (on the basis of lenght), and executed.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
->Paden: Did you offend anyone? ->Emmitt: Not for five years. ->Paden: Jefferson City? ->Emmitt: No, Leavenworth. —>— Silverado
Just seems weak. Nothing about it says "just" out of jail, and the dialog just seems awkward without context. Also confusing are the location names... it's not clear if Paden is asking about Jails or if he's just learning that Emmitt was in jail.
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Yeah, that is junk. Ditch it.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Evil Phone has two quotes. Neither of them really speaks to me. Nor do any of the ones on the quote page.
The meme one might be the best at actually suggesting the trope, but it makes me cringe.
Hoping for other opinions, and, if we're really lucky, maybe a completely new suggestion.
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OK, meme sounds really horrible.
The other, Doctor Who and 1408 make no sense.
The Elm Street quote makes no sense if you don't know Freddy Krueger.
I so wish we had an article How To Survive A Horror Film. Is anyone familiar with horror enough to find a quote?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Trans Siberian Anarchestra (it/they)
An idea?
"Ringing? What's that about? Ringing? You're not even a real phone, and you're ringing?"
—> Doctor Who, The Empty Child
World's Toughest Milkman
You mean like How to Survive a Horror Movie? (Athough that's actually a work page, so it probably won't help—but the work might.) :)
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Mental Picture Projector has two quotes. Given how small the description is, the quotes are about the same length of it combined. Which one should stay?
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I'd say the second quote is clearer.
No, the other one.
Yeah. The first can be interpreted metaphorically.
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Second quote. First looks metaphorical.
Also, Xtifr, I was talking about one of these many horror survival guides that float around on the Internet. Like "Never investigate strange noises/lights", "The person walking through the forest at night with a hockey mask isn't friendly" and so on.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Agree on the second quote for Mental Picture Projector, so I went ahead and moved the other.
Meanwhile, Oh, My Gods! also has two, and again, I'm really not sure (though unlike last time I said I'm really not sure, this time I don't hate both).
eta: I'm pretty sure the book I mentioned is a print version of the sort of thing.
edited 23rd Mar '13 12:45:23 PM by Xtifr
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I'd prefer the Asterix one, because I do not quite understand what the Superman one is about.
Also, I was thinking of an analog of the Evil Overlord List, not just a work page.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Agree with the Asterix quote for Oh, My Gods!.
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Sounds good to me. Done. I note that the examples themselves are full of quotes in any case... :)
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Disasturbator
Sleazy Politician has two quotes,which one should be kept on the page?
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The second one, for lenght.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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The first, for being more on-topic and relevant. (And for being a classic from a massively influential work, though that's definitely a secondary reason at best.)
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I'm good with either.
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What should be the page quote for Monster.Fan Works?