General Page Quote Discussion:

That's pretty good.

Paul Williams has two quotes:

I like the first one best personally.

Notzilla has links in the quote at the top of the page, which IIRC isn't supposed to be allowed. However, two of the links are to the actors who play the otherwise unnamed characters, so... what should be done?

I'd say remove all of them.

Sacrificial Lion has a page quote that's completly useless if you're not familiar with the source material — for all you know, the "spare" might be anything from a Sacrificial Lamb who was introduced two minutes ago to a character with a highly plot-relevant death. I don't see any great candidates on Quotes.Sacrificial Lion either, so should we just pull it?

Even to the actors who play the characters?

Why is there a colon in this thread's title? I see no reason for it to still be there.

Sometimes a crowner is made to select a quote for a page and its name is displayed after the colon, that's why.

I find the quote for O.O.C. Is Serious Business is too long and unwieldy, especially since there are so many examples in the Quotes folder that are much more concise. Are any of these a suitable replacement:

Hmm... I like the first two.

Anyone have any thoughts on this Scream VI suggestion?

I’m fine with it.

x3 I'll go with the second, it's the most concise and gets the point across the quickest

While the current quote for Discworld isn't bad, I feel this foreword from The Colour of Magic might be better, since it works as a general idea on what the series is about, while also demonstrating it's satirical humor.

Edited by Tylerbear12 on Feb 4th 2024 at 8:50:05 AM

Agreed.

I'm not actually crazy about either quote, but I like yours better, since it's not stitched together from different sentences with a bunch of ellipses.

For quotes on a work page, from a character within an episodic work, is there a consistent preference for how we write the attribution?

So, for Drag Race España All Stars, we have:

That's season one, episode one. Which is titled "Supremme Eleganza Olé Stars Extravaganza".

So...

—Pink Chadora, "Supremme Eleganza Olé Stars Extravaganza"

—Pink Chadora (season one, episode one)

—Pink Chadora, "Supremme Eleganza Olé Stars Extravaganza" (season one, episode one)

Or something else?

My understanding is that we don't need to name the work itself, as it's the default if you're already on the work page.

Another quote suggestion for Conlang:

You know, I think I brought this up before, but Adaptational Attractiveness had its quote changed unilaterally last summer, and not for the better.

I think we may have decided on an action to take, but I got distracted and forgot if so.

Best suggestion I've seen so far.

Agreed, the current quote isn't an example.

Looks like this is the previous quote:

I think it relies too much on potholes and outside context to work as a page quote on its own, though. Are there any better suggestions than the two Harry Potter ones?

Well, there's the one on the quotes page. A bit wordy, but actually does convey the trope without needing appended context.

I agree that it's better than the other two options, though it is—like you said—a little wordy. I could go either way on including it, honestly.

I agree with swapping in the Roger Ebert quote (unless someone can find something better). While it is wordy, it has the advantage of actually illustrating the trope.

The quote for Laser-Guided Karma was reverted claiming there was no discussion for it. There actually was months ago. Should it be reverted to the Moon Girl quote or whatever it is now?