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
The page quote on Ring of Power used to be this:
Now Dravencour expanded it by whole other paragraph, because apparently the quote wasn't long enough already:
Apart from the fact that this is much too long for a page quote, I don't even think any part of this makes a good page quote, because the chararcteristics and the backstory of the magic rings in The Lord of the Rings are highly specific to that book. A good page quote should focus on things that magic rings in fiction have in common, not what is unique to one specific example.
Unfortunately, Quotes.Ring Of Power does not offer a solution, because the only quote there is also a long quote from The Lord of the Rings. Any suggestions?
Let's just say and leave it at that.
I added a quote to Quotes.Beast In The Maze. Would this snippet of it be suitable for the main page?
Also, for the lengthier version of the quote on the quotes page, where is a good place to start the quote?
It was during one of their puzzled halts that El-ahrairah became sure of something of which he had already been half aware for some time past. There was some other creature in the comical field as well as themselves—someone on the move like them. He could hear it: now far off; now, so it seemed, close by. […] He and Rabscuttle remained perfectly still, staring at each other. They both felt alarmed.
"Should we join it, do you think?" asked El-ahrairah after a while. "It might be able to show us the way out."
"Don't make any mistake, master," replied Rabscuttle. "I don't know who or what it is, but I know it's searching for us, and if it finds us it means to kill us. We're being hunted."
They both began to run then: a panic flight, one way and another, not knowing where they were going. It was like a nightmare, a flight without direction or purpose, against all rabbit nature. For as you all know, in the normal way a rabbit knows where the danger lies or where the enemy is, and runs in the opposite direction. But here, among the paths of the comical field, they could not tell where the danger lay; nor could they run directly away from their pursuer, for every path twisted, came to a dead end or turned back on itself. For all they knew, they might be running straight toward this unknown enemy, the dread of whom clutched at their hearts more direly with every moment that passed. Up and down, back and forth, they ran, feeling not only helplessness and terror but also growing exhaustion.
I originally only put the last paragraph. Then I felt it needed more context, so I added the part before it, starting from "There was some other creature in the comical field". Then I felt the part before that would help in establishing the maze setting, so I added that too.
Is this overkill, or do people unfamiliar with the work find it helpful?
The quote for Literally Shattered Lives only mentions getting frozen, not the shattering.
The quote in Abusive Parents is rather obtuse. There's plenty of clearer alternatives from the Quotes/ subpage. I like the ones from Ultimate Muscle and Alice in Wonderland.
Edited by Adept on Nov 17th 2020 at 7:28:26 PM
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Yeah, that's not the clearest quote because to me it implies that having kids will make you miserable more than an abusive parent, although the fact that he's saying this to his child is pretty harsh.
The current:
Edited by antenna_ears on Nov 17th 2020 at 12:29:31 PM
You can't escape this monster
I like the Ultimate Muscle one.
I'm mainly a fan of underrated media.
Like the Willoughbys quote as well.
groovin'
@LordGro: The quote for Ring of Power is definitely too long, but other than that it's fine. Revert the edit until someone finds a better suggestion.
my brain is a computer with 4k of ram. this is a jokes wiki
[Re: Ring of Power] I was going to suggest this quote which I discovered in the example section.
Showtime!
Ageless Birthday Episode's quote was changed without permission, and, as far as I can tell, the new source for the quote is a fanon/concepts wiki that might not be a tropable work. Permission to revert?
Absolute destiny... apeachalypse?
Yeah. The quote itself is a lateral move, too.
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Ulitmate Muscle quote for Abusive Parents
(bias as I originally added the Barbie quote) Not even lateral; it has four lines to the original's two.
I fight for a "Jest" cause
Merchandise-Driven page quote has been changed from it's longstanding quote from Shortpacked! to one about Jurassic Park with no source with the reason being "Swapping quote to avoid duplicating the image source".
Should it be changed back or is the new quote better?
The Rosers were red. The Drownies are blue. I know What the Thunder Said. Do you?
Someone expanded the quote on Jerk Jock to this:
Is everything after "humanity." Really necessary?
Thomas fans needed! Come join me in the the show's cleanup thread!
Very Spooky
I actually find the new quote to be more clever, but it might just be me.
Yeah, that’s too long. Everything after “humanity” can go.
I too prefer the new quote for Merchandise-Driven.
Industrious Incisors
The quote on Rooftop Concert does not illustrate at all. Permission to pull?
SoundCloud
I agree with your assesment.
Actually the change from Shortpacked to Jurassic Park for Merchandise-Driven was first brought on this forum and got the thumbs up from a couple people, including me.
Edited by antenna_ears on Nov 18th 2020 at 3:29:38 AM
That's Dr. Title, thank you!
Is the new Merchandise-Driven quote actually real? It sort of feels made up.
I'm Sad Frogerson.
I did a Google search and... nothing. The page is literally the only source I found for that quote. Unless there's a slight variation in punctuation or it's from an obscure print article, but I can't find a damn thing.
I'm tempted to cut it on principle.
, I did the same thing, same results. I even went to the website for the magazine that it is allegedly from and manually checked all of the articles that showed up by searching for Jurassic Park 3. No go, though technically it could be from an article that they never bothered to add to the site.
Primal Fear and Nothing Is Scarier have the exact same quote.
Crown Description:
What should be the page quote for Monster.Fan Works?
What this tells me is that the quote is basically the opposite of Young Gun and should probably be pulled. You got the go-ahead from me on that one.
Edited by antenna_ears on Nov 15th 2020 at 4:29:34 AM