General Page Quote Discussion:

Agreed.

Yeah, the old quote is fine

Ugh, someone else entirely new put the potholes back in the DHMIS page quote. I just reverted it to the version generally agreed upon here and put in some comments to hopefully stop this from happening again:

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EDIT: Had some weird graphical glitches while trying to format that quoteblock properly too.

Edited by Anura on Oct 4th 2022 at 12:11:30 PM

Dunno how it happened, but I landed on a page from July and someone was asking if it would be okay to remove the quote on The Neidermeyer since it contains a homophobic slur. How's this as a replacement (part of it was the caption of the former pic):

Edited by Willbyr on Oct 4th 2022 at 11:50:45 AM

Works for me.

that was me, and that's a definite improvement.

(also, the last two lines ["You're all worthless and weak! Now drop and give me 20!"] are used to end off "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister, and i had no idea they were a reference.)

Space Whale Aesop and Can't Get Away with Nuthin' have the same page quote. Anyone have suggestions for a replacement for either?

I think the quote is more fitting for Space Whale Aesop. I'm not sure which quote from Quotes.Cant Get Away With Nuthin would work best.

Godzilla vs. Hedorah has a long and rather disjointed quote from a reviewer. Might it work better cut down to just the last sentence?

That's probably better than the current state of the quote, yeah.

Yes definitely!

Edited by ShaiPa on Oct 4th 2022 at 9:32:04 AM

That sounds like a Spoof Aesop, since "don't leave your Christmas decorations past New Year" isn't really a moral lesson. I think this is better for Space Whale Aesop (with potholes removed, of course):

Edited by Adept on Oct 5th 2022 at 12:27:19 AM

I don't think the quote for Recursive Reality fits the trope.

Cantr II has two quotes and we're not fond of either of them. Delete both y/n?

I agree with you.

Yeah, those are both rather poor. I'd be okay with deleting them.

The VVitch has the speaker of its page quote spoilered out. I have not seen the film, and it doesn't seem like my kind of thing, so I don't have any ideas, but what should be done?

I just removed the attribution.

(x4) and (x2) I'd cut those.

Any other thoughts on the proposed replacement for The Neidermeyer?

I'm willing to add this quote to Character Select Forcing, from NES Godzilla Creepypasta:

"I was taken back to the map screen, and I was shocked to see that Godzilla and Anguirus has disappeared from the board, leaving only Mothra. Face had just fucked me over. Needless to say, I was pissed. But there wasn't anything I could do, and I'm willing to bet even if I had said "Yes", I would have been stuck with Mothra anyway. Face giveth, and Face taketh away. "

I feel it fits the trope and I think you have enough consensus to replace it with the current now.

I don't feel it fits the trope, so I wouldn't do that.

Background Music Override has a spoiler tag in the quote. Is this allowed? I don't think so, but I'm looking for a second opinion before I get rid of it.

Definitely not kosher. I support removing the tag

Yep, remove it

(x3) Maybe cut the quote for containing a Spoiler, though I do agree with and that the spoiler tag shouldn't be there.