Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Schedule
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This is the Motto of the Day schedule. It is a list of mottos that were nominated on the nominations page, and approved by consensus. Next to each motto is the date that it will appear as the Motto of the Day. If you wish to schedule a motto yourself, please see below for the procedure.
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[edit] Scheduling procedure
To schedule an unused motto
- Select the motto that appears at the top of the approved page.
- Decide which day needs a new motto. Select the earliest day that doesn't have a motto.
- Move the motto into a new subpage in the form of
Wikipedia:Motto of the day/MONTHNAME DAY, YEAR(Example: Wikipedia:Motto of the day/January 1, 2000). - Transclude the subpage into this page (if it isn't already) with its respective date.
- Remove the motto from the list on the approved page. Do not archive it.
[edit] 2007
[edit] January
01-01 "Don't ever try, don't ever fail." This is not what Wikipedia is about- BE BOLD
01-02 #REDIRECT Wikipedia ON WHEELS!
01-03 God Save the Jimbo!
01-04 More accurate than a sniper.
01-05 When All Else Fails, Assume Good Faith!
01-06 Better than school.
01-07 Vandalism is futile. You will be reverted.
01-08 Wikipedia: It shouldn't work, but it does.
01-09 Know that thy evil shall be reverted, o vile vandals.
01-10 Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia best served verified.
01-11 Knowledge, Please
01-12 Your mottos here!
01-13 We will edit you.
01-14 "If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?" - Albert Einstein
01-15 Wikipedia: If you were an encyclopedia, it'd edit you.
01-16 Vandal tested, Jimbo approved.
01-17 Never floccinaucinihilipilificate the value of nerdiness.
01-18 An army of nerds doing you homework for you, for free.
01-19 Every good encylopedia includes exploding whales!
01-20 So big, not even Chuck Norris can read it all.
01-21 Move over, Britannica!
01-22 Better and better, little by little.
01-23 Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my edit count do you? (Yoda)
01-24 Give me a cookie! And I will reward you. Give me a good edit and the world rewards you.
01-25 Wikipedia is, like, so not the place for POV.
01-26 I'm not heartless, just neutral.
01-27 Curiosity not only kills cats, it makes us Wikipedians smarter.
01-28 Not a free encyclopedia - the free encyclopedia.
01-29 And a wiseman showed them the way to the future.
01-30 Wikipedia: where your knowledge makes it.
01-31 If you're hungry for knowledge, Wikipedia is a 1,715,635-course meal.
[edit] February
02-01 \|/3 eakspay eei'ou weeerd languages doubleplusgoodwise.
02-02 It's not true because we say it; we say it because it's true.
02-03 And so, my fellow Wikipedians, ask not what your wiki can do for you; ask what you can do for your wiki.
02-04 NPOV - Never Post Obvious Vandalism.
02-05 You don't want to vandalize pages. You want to be a helpful contributor, and promote articles to featured status.
02-06 Those vandals need to learn that we're a lot faster than they are.
02-07 Make love, not war.
02-08 Robot: Automated motto generation
02-09 Impossible to see the future is.
02-10 Power to the 'Pedians!
02-11 Socks are for feet, not hands.
02-12 Just Edit.
02-13 Lucky numbers: 42, 8,226,625, 1,715,635, 493, 3.1415926535…
02-14 Wikipedia: No #%$&*~! censorship.
02-15 Give me featured status, or give me death!
02-16 Scientia potentia est.
02-17 CLICK HERE TO LEARN.
02-18 The keyboard is mightier than the pen and sword!
02-19 Everything from an exclamation mark to some weird gothic letter
02-20 Don't make me revert you.
02-21 We know you can edit it. It's meant to be like that.
02-22 This collection of mottos is incomplete. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
02-23 We... want... your... brains!
02-24 Laptop... $100. Battery... $31. Encyclopedia... priceless.
02-25 Jimbo is not a whale - but these are!
02-26 Wikipedia: No sense of humor.
02-27 Many wikis, one Wikipedia.
02-28 Wikipedia:The only hobby you have to take a break from.
[edit] March
03-01 Please, think of the kittens. Edit Wikipedia instead.
03-02 All your edits are belong to us!
03-03 Do not reject the fact that Wikipedia continuously grows.
03-04 Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. (Confucius)
03-05 Point, Click, Edit
03-06 Edit me once, good on you, Edit me twice, good on me.
03-07 Reverts Happen
03-08 All I need is a good article, and a keyboard to edit her by.
03-09 Ready, Aim, Revert!
03-10 Favour the bold!
03-11 Don't sit there like a block on a log, edit!
03-12 Save the trees!
03-13 It's a way of life!
03-14 Articles not up to standards will be dipped in acid.
03-15 Dude, where's my page?
03-16 Newbies are friends, not food.
03-17 There is still good in them.
03-18 Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers.
03-19 We pity the fools!
03-20 POV not included.
03-21 Blocks are not toys!
03-22 Wikipedia, like the world, keeps on growing.
03-23 Tabled for discussion
03-24 Any edit, whether it is a minor or major one, is never wasted.
03-25 When in doubt, ask about.
03-26 You could be the missing piece to the giant puzzle.
03-27 Wikipedia [You're needed]
03-28 Wikipedia is communism! socialism! democracy! gift economy!
03-29 Just keep editing. Just keep editing. Just keep editing, editing, editing...
03-30 Popups here are not for advertising.
03-31 Wikipedia: Where you can choose whether you want popups.
[edit] April
04-01 Wikipedia:Motto of the day/April 1, 2007
04-02 I have a dream that one day every article shall be featured.
04-03 Wikipedia, anyone?
04-04 Boldly going where no encyclopedia has gone before.
04-05 Okay vandals, this is the Police, get your hands off the keyboard and nobody will get hurt!
04-06 Surely 4,000,968 users can't all be wrong!
04-07 How to teach people everything you know in five simple steps.
04-08 That's one small edit for Wikipedia, one giant leap for knowledge.
04-09 Did you know... that the English Wikipedia alone has 8,226,625 pages?
04-10 Information indeed wants to be free, and we are its liberators.
04-11 Shave the Wales
04-12 Don't revert until you can see the diffs of their edits!
04-13 It's your encyclopedia, edit it.
04-14 Welcome.
04-15 This is your encyclopedia. This is your encyclopedia on Wiki. Any questions?
04-16 There are alternatives to fighting.
04-17 Save the Wales
04-18 When vandals get tough, editors get tougher!
04-19 There's no place like Wikipedia.
04-21 You're gonna need a bigger server.
04-22 W.P. phone home.
04-23 Take your stinking paws off them, you damned dirty apes!
04-24 I love the smell of reverted vandalism in the morning.
04-25 Your 2 Cents do matter even if everyone else thinks they have 10.
04-26 So be it, Vandal. If you can not be turned, you will be blocked.
04-27 My precious.
04-28 Wikipedia is people!
04-29 The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us
04-30
 This encyclopedia in a nutshell: |
| Wikipedia is a: neutral and unbiased compilation of previously written, verifiable facts. |
[edit] May
05-01 Not MySpace, our space!
05-02 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
05-03 Wikipedia: So what are you lookin' at? Start editing!
05-04 Only five pillars are needed for a strong foundation.
05-05 Void where prohibited.
05-06 I tawt I taw a vandaw!
05-07 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. POV not included.
05-08 Please give us some AID.
05-09 Veni, Vidi, Wiki
05-10 Contribute to what you can in life.
05-11 Love thy neighbor as thy love thyself.
05-12 Wiki: Just Say No Yes!
05-13 The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
05-14 No, I am your father!
05-15 — The preceding unsigned motto was added by Motto of the Day (talk • contribs).
05-16 I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
05-17 Wars not make one great.
05-18 What if knowledge were a place?
05-19 There is no such thing as damage that can't be repaired.
05-20 This motto is not POV!
05-21 Hostiles to starboard, ready guns. Firing solution in two seconds!
05-22 A fact is worth a thousand speculations.
05-23 Noli nothis permittere te terere.
05-24 Article, I am your editor.
05-25 Live in your world, edit in ours.
05-26 And now our featured presentation...
05-27 Quod scripsi, scripsi.
05-28 The pinnacle of evolution is now among us: Homo Vicipaedicus!
05-29 Don't mess with the best.
05-30 It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
05-31 Six years. 1,715,635 articles. One encyclopedia.
[edit] June
06-01 Can't touch this!
06-02 We'll get you, my pretties, and your little dogs too!
06-03 All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.
06-04 The best way to destroy our enemies is to make them our friends.
06-05 An editor's work is never done.
06-06 GIT-R-DONE!
06-07 And we would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those pesky kids.
06-08 A person's a person, no matter how small.
06-09 Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto
06-10 They're no match for droidekas!
06-12 Do not let trolls guard the bridge to knowledge!
06-13 Never the same encyclopedia twice.
06-14 Wikipedia: It's all you can eat! ...or not.
06-15 What Wikipedian's work will we wreck, William?
06-16 Here today, gone tomorrow.
06-17 Leading the charge in the War on Error!
06-18 Anti-armor. Mark that position. Go!
06-19 Assume snipe positions, commandos.
06-20 Going once, going twice... Sold! For... free?
06-21 Britannica, meet your match.
06-22 Be nice to Wikipedians. They outnumber you 4,000,968 to one.
06-23 Push those cannons to the stern! Load the ammo and the ordnance!
06-24 With 1,715,635 articles, no wonder they didn't make Wikipedia into a book.
06-25 Wikipedians are so technologically advanced that they can travel through portals!
06-26 We need suppressing fire on those grenadiers!
06-27 I'm lovin' it!
06-28 Fire. The Wheel. The Lightbulb. Wikipedia.
06-29 Hey! Friendly fire! Friendly fire!
06-30 "Sergeant, get those troopers into the gunship!" "Yes, sir!"
[edit] July
07-01 Learn something new every day.
07-02 "Oh? What do you mean, real life? I'm already typing in real life!"
07-03 Can you edit? Yes you can!
07-04 Wikipedia: as big as you think.
07-05 Darn it, Jim, we're Wikipedians, not babysitters!
07-06 Three strikes and you're out!
07-07 Look before you leap.
07-08 We will not condone a course of action that could lead us to war.
07-09 Truly wonderful, the mind of a newbie is.
07-10 Brave, but, foolish, friends. You are impossibly outnumbered.
07-11 "You call this a diplomatic solution?""No, we call it aggressive negotiations."
07-12 Don't you have better things to do?
07-13 Insert motto here.
07-14 Send in the militia, infantry, cavalry, and siege weapons!
07-15 One does not simply edit into Mordor.
07-16 A vandal once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti... and then I blocked him.
07-17 To err is to be human. That's why we have preview buttons.
07-18 Your opinion is worth nothing here, but your knowledge is priceless.
07-19 Read me
07-20 Wikipedia, all you need to know.
07-21 Hold the line! Revert any vandals you see. We're going to get to the bottom of this.
07-22 R.E.S.P.E.C.T
07-23 What do you want to learn today?
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This motto appears to contradict itself. Please see the discussion for a replacement on the talk page. |
07-25 Over our crashed servers!
07-26 Bravery never goes out of fashion.
07-27 Vandalism is, like, so 15 seconds ago. Helpful contributions are all the rage now!
07-28 Wikipedia: Factual, neutral, well-written articles on important real-world topics
07-29 I don't think, I know.
07-30 Don't worry about making an article perfect. Just make it better.
07-31 I just saved a bunch of money on information by switching to Wikipedia!
[edit] August
08-01 Don't say we didn't warn you.
08-02 When hundred thousand edits you reach, look as good, you will not.
08-03 Be nice to editors. Chances are they'll end up voting for you.
08-04 WIKIPEDIA: 15 minutes could save you 100% on information.
08-05 I just saved a bunch of money on paper by switching to Wikipedia.
08-06 Truth: the way it should be
08-07 Send in the droids!
08-08 If the knowledge is right, use it
08-09 Wikipedia: Raising the bar.
08-10 A journey of a thousand edits starts with a single click.
08-11 Every page is sacred,
Every edit's great.
If a page is wasted,
PROD gets quite irate.
08-12 Save the user and jail the pusher
08-13 The encyclopedia of many faces
08-14 An edit saved is an edit earned
08-15 Wikipedia wasn't built in a edit
08-16 Read me, feed me, but never ever leave me
08-17 Every good encyclopedia has gnus, GNUs, news, Wales, Wales, and Whales!
08-18 Every good encyclopedia has its own parody.
08-19 Wikipedia: not the place for jokes, except here
08-20 The following preview has been approved for all audiences.
08-21 Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
08-22 Welcome to the Wiki Age.
08-23 Wikipedia: where nerds fit in.
08-24 Help! Call the police! Someone violated 3RR!
08-25 Wikipedia ≠ the world...yet.
08-26 Wikipedia is where it's at
08-27 No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
08-28 To complete Wikipedia is to complete human knowledge.
08-29 You can do it when you SPEW it
08-30 Think inside the box.
[edit] September
09-01 0 to 60 (reverts) in less than 30 minutes!
09-02 A picture is worth a thousand words
09-03 Every day and in every way, we're getting better and better.
09-04 It can get pretty hot when one doesn't keep their cool.
09-05 It's wikipedia.org, not wikipedia.com.
09-06 I get by with a little help from my friends.
09-07 The place to go, for what you need to know.
09-08 We sense you, Vandals.
09-09 Wikipedia: Land of the free, home of the brave.
09-10 Wikipedia, the ink saving encyclopedia.
09-11 We are watching you
09-12 4,000,968 people working overtime... and unpaid.
09-13 A do it yourself encyclopedia.
09-14 Where are your two cents?
09-15 Think outside the box.
09-16 Wait, wait. We're not here to start WW III.
09-17 An operator will be with you shortly.
09-18 Oh yeah? Well my encyclopedia could beat-up your encyclopedia.
09-19 It is always ironic when a Wikipedian misspells "encyclopidic."
09-20 Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
09-21 "To be or not to be, that is the question."
09-22 It's a little thing called "Style". Look it up some time.
09-23 Freedom is the right to do anything that the law permits
09-24 Edit with style.
09-25 Knowledge is global, so share it.
09-26 Shhh! We're sneaking up on the vandals. Got your guns?
09-27 E(xcellence) = m(ultitude of users) × c(licks of the edit button)2
09-28 What part of wiki don't you understand?
09-29 Calm down, it's only the world's largest online free encyclopedia?
09-30 Many will enter, few will win.
09-31 Gotta catch 'em all!
[edit] October
10-01 Wikipedian tested, doctor approved.
10-02 Just do it.
10-03 So easy, a caveman can do it!
10-04 Just the facts, ma'am
10-05 Do you feel lucky?
10-06 Some people say this motto is awesome…
10-07 If you don't like the articles on Wikipedia, just wait a few minutes.
10-08 This is your brain. This is your brain on Wikipedia. Any questions?
10-09 Unity, Duty, and Destiny.
10-10 Are you on the list?
10-11 Save the article, save Wikipedia.
10-12 Ceci n'est pas un wiki.
10-13 Add any POV you like, as long as it's neutral.
10-14 The more you sweat in training, the less you'll bleed in battle.
10-15 Remember to keep your hands off the wheel at all times.
10-16 If it is to be, it is up to me.
10-17 When on Wikipedia, do as the Wikipedians do.
10-18 Beware of frostbite from cool Wikipedians.
10-19 Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is editing Wikipedia.
10-20 About 0.05% of humans are Wikipedian. You could be one too.
10-21 Boredom sucks. Wikipedia doesn't.
10-22 There ain't no such thing as a free encyclopedia. Oh, yes there is!
10-23 Revenge is a dish best not served.
10-24 Getting to know you, getting to know all about you.
10-25 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wiki
10-26 We eat vandalism for breakfast!
10-27 I am just going away. I may be some time.
10-28 Can you hear me now? Good.
10-29 Help! I need somebody.
10-30 If you get yourself in jail, don't expect an easy bail.
[edit] November
11-01 Please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible
11-02 It's Now or never!
11-03 Notice anything unusual?
11-04 Only you can prevent vandal attacks.
11-05 Welcome to Wikipedia. No socks allowed, unless you have a good reason.
11-06 Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee.
11-07 Searching for targets... Targets confirmed! Launch the heat seekers!
11-08 The hills are alive with the sound of music.
11-09 The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
11-10 After spending so much time memorizing the rules, I found this.
11-11 Three's Company
11-12 Keep it simple, stupid.
