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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/).

Image captions are discussed elsewhere and have their own thread in the Image Pickin' forum.

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Jun 10th 2024 at 5:50:24 AM

Xtifr World's Toughest Milkman Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#701: Apr 16th 2013 at 2:34:27 PM

For Our Orcs Are Different, how about:

->"Wesnoth Orcs are brown; a portrait showing them as green is inconsistent." —>—Battle for Wesnoth Artistic Guidelines for Contributing Artists

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#702: Apr 16th 2013 at 6:39:22 PM

[up] That or "We don't go do stupid things when somebody yells 'For the Horde'. — Warchief Thrall

I like yours better though.

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XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
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#704: Apr 16th 2013 at 11:52:58 PM

[up] Re: Orcs: I think I prefer the first one suggested.


I Just Want to Be Beautiful has two. I don't like much either (the first one is too vague and not witty at all, the second one might work, perhaps), but I kind of fancy this one from the q-tab:

"I'm not asking much. It's not as if I want to be a rich beautiful, glamorous movie star. Or even a well-liked beautiful, glamorous movie star. I just want to be a beautiful, glamorous movie star for its own sake."


[down] It seems we agree. I'll change them.

edited 17th Apr '13 1:45:40 AM by XFllo

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#705: Apr 17th 2013 at 12:00:11 AM

I support the swap.

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#706: Apr 17th 2013 at 12:15:51 AM

That looks better than either of the current quotes.

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#707: Apr 17th 2013 at 12:38:33 AM

+1 for the suggestion in @704.

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MyriamD from Southwest Quebec Since: Jan, 2001
#708: Apr 17th 2013 at 1:35:09 AM

Dragon Rider has gotten double-quoted again, and like the consensus before I prefer the first one for focusing on the awesome. Any other suggestions? I'm surprised it doesn't have more for a quotes page.

XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
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#709: Apr 17th 2013 at 1:54:28 AM

[up] Of these two, I prefer the first one. Though I have a feeling there is a potential for something even better. smile I am as surprised as you are.


[down] Re: Drinking Game: I actually like the one from How I Met Your Mother — the third one on the page.

Those new suggested seem kind of long.

edited 17th Apr '13 3:16:55 AM by XFllo

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#710: Apr 17th 2013 at 2:05:56 AM

The first one is preferable, although we may be able to do better.

On an unrelated note, Drinking Game has three quotes, and, again, none of them are all that great.

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MyriamD from Southwest Quebec Since: Jan, 2001
#711: Apr 17th 2013 at 2:20:10 AM

[up] Here's some quotes for Drinking Game from the examples that seem better to me:

David Mitchell: I can't help but feel that the company wouldn't need to seek a merger if we hadn't adopted as company policy the idea of downing a glass of rare vintage claret every time someone says "merger". That Mitchell and Webb Look

Umpire: Okay, let's go over the ground rules. You can't leave first until you chug a beer. Any man scoring has to chug a beer. You have to chug a beer at the top of all odd-numbered innings. Oh, and the fourth inning is the beer inning. Chief Wiggum: [annoyed] Hey, we know how to play softball! The Simpsons, "Homer At The Bat"

EDIT: Still figuring out forums, fixed some errors. tongue

MORE EDITING: [up][up] Now casting my vote for How I Met Your Mother - I misread it the first time and didn't realize it was actually demonstrative, and it is the short and sweet version.

edited 17th Apr '13 3:36:28 AM by MyriamD

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#712: Apr 17th 2013 at 3:38:24 AM

The HIMYM quote works well enough.

XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
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#713: Apr 17th 2013 at 4:50:59 AM

I've executed the Drinking Game.


AwesomeMusic.Music has two. I'm not keen on either, sadly.

edited 17th Apr '13 10:12:33 AM by XFllo

Nocturna Since: May, 2011
#714: Apr 17th 2013 at 8:48:46 AM

re: Dragon Rider: Okay, something is really weird with the edit history, because it's not showing the removal of the old quote (and whoever did that failed to move it to the quotes page) or the addition of the new one.

That said, I agree with keeping the first quote and moving the second to the quotes page.

re: AwesomeMusic.Music: I'm not real thrilled with either of them, but I like the second one slightly better. That said, I wouldn't object if both got moved to a quotes page.

edited 17th Apr '13 8:51:18 AM by Nocturna

Terrie Since: Apr, 2011
#715: Apr 17th 2013 at 9:02:58 AM

What bothers me is that there are much better quotes that could be on the Awesome Music page.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Bob Marley

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony. Benjamin Britten

Music is the strongest form of magic. Marilyn Manson

Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music. Christian Nestell Bovee

Music is a safe kind of high. Jimi Hendrix

MyriamD from Southwest Quebec Since: Jan, 2001
#716: Apr 17th 2013 at 5:55:08 PM

[up]I like the Marilyn Manson one most. Add the rest to quotes along with the page headers?

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Terrie Since: Apr, 2011
#718: Apr 17th 2013 at 7:07:03 PM

My favorite is probably the Jimi Hendrix quote.

Nocturna Since: May, 2011
#719: Apr 17th 2013 at 7:27:13 PM

I think I like the Jimi Hendrix quote best for a page quote.

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#720: Apr 17th 2013 at 7:33:57 PM

I like Bob Marley's and Jimi Hendrix's.

"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."
AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#721: Apr 18th 2013 at 12:23:49 AM

I like Manson's.

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XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
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#722: Apr 18th 2013 at 1:21:02 AM

Jimi Hendrix's [tup].

Also, SugarWiki.Awesome Music has many sub-pages. You can check if they have quotes... (Some of them do, some of them don't.) But I'd like if they were somehow related to the medium as well. AwesomeMusic.Film should have something about both music and film etc.

AwesomeMusic.Music itself is divided to lots of sub-pages.

So yeah, we can go crazy with musical quotes and we don't even have to start a quote page.

Or alternatively, we can start a quote tab for the main sugar wiki page and keep the quotes organized.

edited 18th Apr '13 1:41:59 AM by XFllo

XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
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#723: Apr 18th 2013 at 5:02:37 AM

[up] I'm myself not that passionate about music, so anyone willing to take care of the sub-pages, please do so, and ideally post here what you did. The quotes are fine and deserve to be listed on this page.


I think we tend to agree to move the second one from Dragon Rider. I'm about to do so, but feel free to adjust it.
Anyway, new stuff to be dealt with: Officer and a Gentleman. What. the. hell? What is with these quotes?
  • The page has 3 quotes — probably.
  • The first one has no source, and how does that fit the trope exactly?
  • The second one is way too long. Perhaps if it's trimmed, it could work, but I'm not sure's it's super relevant. The relevance to the trope is I think only the title of the source.
  • The third quote: What? Fan Myopia much? I don't get it.

I propose to burn the first and the third. None should be moved. I'm not very keen on the second one either.

edited 18th Apr '13 5:09:02 AM by XFllo

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#724: Apr 18th 2013 at 6:04:31 AM

[up] The first and third definitely should go...not real crazy about the second, but long quotes don't really bother me so I'd say keep it until something better is suggested.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#725: Apr 18th 2013 at 6:55:08 AM

The second one is good. The other two can go the straight way to hell for all I care.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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