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• Reflect the community or purpose of Wikipedia.
• Be short; it's a motto, not an essay.
• Be funny or serious; but nevertheless, interesting.
• Be powerful; it should provoke a reaction or draw attention, not just another "blah blah".

• Be similar to another approved motto.
• Be offensive or inflammatory.
• Be too obscure (so no little-known Yoda quotes, please).
• Contain redundant links (e.g. We want you! …to join Wikipedia., where the meaning is clear without the links).

Tip: avoid rarely used words that not everyone will understand. Remember, a lot of non-English speakers read Wikipedia.

To nominate a motto for review, simply add it at the top of the In review section using this format:

=== Example motto ===
Origin of the motto and your comments. ~~~~
*First comment goes here. ~~~~
*:Any replies get indented again. ~~~~

==== Edit 1 of Example motto ====
'''Edit 1'''. Reason for edit, what was changed, etc. ~~~~

• Anyone can comment on a nomination. Simply type Support or Oppose ('''Support''' or '''Oppose'''), and, if possible, leave a reason. Remember to always sign your posts on discussion pages. However, it is generally frowned upon if you vote twice in one motto so please stick to one, although multiple comments are allowed.
  • Please do not support yourself.
• Please note that this page uses the bulleted !voting style, the same as on Featured picture candidates (see below).
• If you find a motto that is the same or similar to a previously nominated motto, please leave a comment on the new nomination that links to the old nomination, so that others will be able to compare the two.
• Simple spelling mistakes or punctuation errors may be corrected without creating a new edit; just be sure to leave a comment explaining exactly what you have changed. If you have an idea that might improve a motto by rewording, changing the links, etc., nest a new heading (see the above example) under the motto.
• After 14 days, it’s decision time—the motto should be moved to the top of the decision section. Anyone in the discussion is welcome to judge the consensus to either accept, reject, or reopen a motto. See below for the procedure on how to do this. Also please note that determining consensus should not be just based on counting votes.

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Sometimes you may think of an idea and then find it has already been suggested a while ago. It is possible to reuse a motto that has been suggested in the past. However, there are some provisos:

• If the motto has been declined in the past nomination, this means it can be reused at any time.
• If the motto has been approved in the past nomination, so long as a year has passed since its nomination and it also has different links it can be reused.
• If a motto has been nominated and approved many times in the past it should be added to WP:Motto of the day/Nominations/Frequently used ideas. These mottoes are generally frowned upon unless a long time has passed.

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• You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
  • To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
• If you think a nominated motto obviously fails the general criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.

Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.

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Also, please check the archives in case the motto has been submitted and subsequently approved before. If this is the case try to think up another motto instead. Please check Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations.
Otherwise feel free to add your suggestion, express your opinion on a nomination or create an edited version of a nomination by using these formats:

===[[wlink to the author/work or nearest article, if exists|→]] [[WP:MOTD|Motto]] with words/phrases linked to the [[WP:PRJ|Wikipedia namespace]].===
Origin of the motto and your comments. ~~~~

*'''Support''' your reason... (optional). ~~~~
*'''Oppose''' your reason.... ~~~~
*'''Weak support'''/'''oppose''' your reason.... ~~~~
*''Comment''/''Note'': your comment/note.... ~~~~
*'''Speedy close''' your reason.... ~~~~

====[[wlink to the author/work or nearest article, if exists|→]] [[WP:EDIT|Edited]] [[WP:MOTD|motto]].====
'''Edit n''' reason for edit, what was changed, etc.. ~~~~

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It's an African proverb that doesn't just have to mean travel. In Wikipedia, if you are removing a red link, that does not need any help (hopefully). But, if you are creating an article, then get some people on board. ^Pingy/_Pongy 🍉 23:13, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Based on a quote from Walt Disney. Creating your first article can seem daunting at first, but overcoming that first hurdle is the first step for many of our editors in order for them to eventually become proficient contributors. Besides, we all dream of bringing an article to good status. --(Roundish ⋆t) 23:41, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the thought that after you die you won't be able to leave behind anything in this world except for how people think of you. I think it's important to remember that our impressions on people is what will live on after us, so why not leave a good one? Our legacy is who we are after we leave this world. Natalius (talk) 10:01, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. Minkai (boop that talk button!-contribs-ANI Hall of Fame) 17:28, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt. In my opinion, this is representative of the 5th pillar (Wikipedia has no firm rules) because it encourages you to believe you can do something and do it. The 5th pillar also supports that. Many editors don't think they are capable of editing wikipedia. I was the same when I started. TigerScientist Chat > contribs 20:11, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the famous latin quote (Veni, vidi, vici — I came, I saw, I conquered). The variant means "I came, I saw wikipedia. It was on the computer.", which seems a fitting modern-day variant reflecting the omnipresence of Wikipedia on the world's screens. — WT79 ^{(speak to me | editing patterns | what I been doing)} 12:44, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

― Karl Marx, in the book: Eleven Theses on Feuerbach These words are also inscribed upon his grave, also just because he was a communist, it doesn't rid the quote of its universality. Excutient^Talk 06:28, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

-Wilbur Wright said this, pertaining to how everyone needs to know something to succeed. WolfKanin (talk) 18:59, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support Gog the Mild (talk) 16:00, 27 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support Prairie Astronomer (talk) 21:55, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Flori4nK ^{t • c} 10:54, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

-'Each is the maker of their encyclopedia'. Adapted from a quote of Sallust in a speech to Caesar. JonsterMonster (talk) 05:06, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – nicely quirky. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:01, 27 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support – nice adaption of quote. WT79 ^{(speak to me | editing patterns | what I been doing)} 13:00, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support – there was a time when motto of the day was almost dead User:Pedant (talk) 05:54, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unknown. Landryoliver (talk) 02:36, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I love it! (I have tweaked it into sentence case.) Gog the Mild (talk) 16:03, 27 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

-Meowth says this in Pokemon: The First Movie. Definitely words to live by. WikiSquirrel42 (talk) 00:59, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This came into my mind when I was researching for my homework. I modified it to make it related to Wikipedia. Democratics (talk) 08:47, 3 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

User:Nikolaiho20:10, 7 February 2016

Made me laugh the first time I heard this. TF ^{{ Contribs }} 15:06, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know of any shortcuts for the wikipediaholism page? TF ^{{ Contribs }} 15:08, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WP:WHT Eman235/talk 21:57, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Edit 1: adds links TF ^{{ Contribs }} 10:36, 5 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

By analogy with "the map is not the territory".

Almonaster (talk) 05:32, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Support: An interesting take-off from "the map is not the territory". Ventric (talk) 21:16, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Clearer with a link (ie, not the territory) Larataguera (talk) 12:58, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support: as per Larataguera User:Pedant (talk) 05:57, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

BlAcKhAt9(9 (talk) 18:25, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Support A nice riff on Hack the Planet! or something of the like. Ventric (talk) 01:58, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Since there was no reaction to: Has this motto been suggested before? this might be a better place to ask Lotje (talk) 15:35, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"i am manado, i was here from the beginning and now i will proclaim the end. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Okamialvis (talk • contribs) 19:04, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose Lacking relatable language. Latin is cool, but this is not. Ventric (talk) 21:18, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

From Mick Goodrick's book The Advancing Guitarist, where he sets you up for some examples of "the effective use of space" in music, and presents you with a nearly blank page.

It's a useful reminder not to take yourself too seriously, and that humorous essays do have a use. Eman235/talk 14:08, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. True. --Warp3 (talk) 04:27, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Othello (1565), Act V, Scene II. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 15:34, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 11:27, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lord George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824), Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1818), Canto IV. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:02, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:56, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892), The Princess: Prologue (1847). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:34, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Blues Brothers (1978). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:17, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V (1597). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:10, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A Tale of Two Cities (1935), based upon Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:07, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

John Dryden (1631–1700), Fables, Ancient and Modern (1700), "Cymon and Iphigenia (From Boccace)". –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:38, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Moonstruck (1987). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:38, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), As You Like It, Act I, Scene III (1623). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:26, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Support I enjoy this one. Ventric (talk) 21:18, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, definitely like this one, despite my mild contempt for anything Shakespearean. Ghinga7 (talk) 18:28, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. Sweet and simple. Huggums537 (talk) 21:46, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Maltese Falcon (1931). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:26, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene I (1623). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:20, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Now, Voyager (1942). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:11, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV, Scene IV (1623). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:24, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Touch of Evil (1958). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:17, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65–8 BC), Carmina 4/1:3. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:11, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Colley Cibber (1671–1757), Shakespeare's Richard III (Altered), Act V, Scene III.

• Oppose. Too much Shakespearean babble over a single link about edit warring. These are usually much shorter and are able to compact more informative useful links into a smaller structure. Huggums537 (talk) 21:35, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Quiet Man (1952). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:57, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose Unidentifiable and vague. Ventric (talk) 21:20, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 2:6. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:27, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Edit 1 with a different set of links. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:27, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Henry IV, Part 1 (1598), act 2, scene 3. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:07, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose. Too esoteric for my taste and probably for the basic understanding of the general public as well. Huggums537 (talk) 21:23, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Young Frankenstein (1974). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:57, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Decimus Laberius (c. 105 – 43 BC). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:30, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Richard III, act V, scene VIII. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:16, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose. I think the last two lines and links got mixed up with each other because neither fits either one... Huggums537 (talk) 21:05, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

City Slickers (1991). –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:58, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose Memorable scene in the movie, but taken without all that context it's just whiny and depressing. Peter J. Mello (talk) 06:42, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Too long. A motto should be quick and simple. It doesn't ring out and last in your head because it is long. I don't want whole long sentences as mottos. TigerScientist Chat > contribs 20:14, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Vanilla Sky (2001) DrkBlueXG (talk) 20:49, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Great one. Ventric (talk) 21:21, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Hard to think of a way this isn't perfectly suited to the project. Peter J. Mello (talk) 06:38, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Support short and sweet. Jake (talk) 06:42, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"When the plumbing gets tough, the tough get plumbing!" -Salvador Drainato Long John Spaghetti, Meme Lord 02:13, 29 January 2019 (UTC) (Added by Long John Spaghetti) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Long John Spaghetti (talk • contribs)

"Live a life that you think someday you will be proud of. If you think you don't, have the courage to start all over again." -benjamin button — Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.121.187.253 (talk) 05:58, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"The day's young but I'm not." -Hey breej Hey breej (talk) 20:00, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"In a week, I will be donating $1,000,000 to a recipient determined by the word count of the Wikipedia article about this event. If it's even, the money goes to pro-choice activists. If it's odd, pro-life." -[XKCD 545] 'Ridge^{(Conversation|Fascination|Imagination)} 22:32, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]