I've never personally been a huge fan of the whole "Memorable quotes" thing, but it's clear that they're very popular. Especially among the anonymous users. Since the show is so quotable, I was thinking it would be a good idea to start a whole new namespace for Quotes, like the Wookieepedia does. Let's say that any character/episode/novel/comic/etc. that has more than three "Memorable quotes" gets it's own page on the "Quote:" namespace. This will also serve to clean up some of the longer articles. Any objections? --Proudhug 05:03, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
- No objections, since it's a good example to follow. Just one proposed alteration; what if we upped the requirement to: five quotes or four larger-sized quotes stay on the character page, but six quotes or 5 larger-sized quotes get moved to the Quotes namespace. I just think the 3 cutoff is a shave too close. – Blue Rook 05:49, 16 June 2007 (UTC)talkcontribs
You think that having a Quote page with only four quotes is too small? It might actually incite people to add more to it. I'm fine with either cut-off point. --Proudhug 06:01, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
- I would probably go for the cut-off point as five. --Protocol Red 02:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Quote Project Proposal
Hopefully one or more of our quote addicts out there can undertake a massive clean-up Wiki 24's quote system. I know Deege515 has expressed an interest in doing some of this. I can a bit, too. Here's what needs to be done:
- All characters and episodes with an excessive amount of quotes (see above for proposed cut-off limits) need to have them moved to the new "Quote:" namespace. Examples: Quote:Jack Bauer, Quote:Day 1 12:00am-1:00am, Quote:Cat's Claw.
- All Quote namespace pages go in the Quotes category.
- The quotes need to be placed in chronological order and the episode needs to be cited similar to the Quote of the Day.
- Jack Bauer's "frequent quotes" have been removed, since all quotes now need to be cited.
- Some frequent quotes like "Dammit" and "Son of a bitch" can get their own page, citing each appearance, speaker and context. Less frequent quotes can go on a separate "Frequent quotes" page, following the same format.
And of course, by "episode" I refer to TV episodes, novels, comics, and games alike. --Proudhug 15:20, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
- Hmm... seems the citation rule never got enforced. I still think it should be. Anyone disagree? --Proudhug 05:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Yes, I agree it definately should be. --SignorSimon (talk/contribs/email) 09:47, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
- So, how about this proposal. From this moment forward, we no longer accept new character page quotations unless they're cited. Additionally, we create a new PNA to be put on all the current character Quote pages which indicates that they need to have citations added in. --Proudhug 03:47, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
- No no, that would be ludicrous. I was just suggesting one banner across the top of any quote pages that are missing citations (which is currently all of them, of course). Whenever a Quote page is fully cited, we remove the banner. --Proudhug 22:43, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
- Well, since there's been no opposition to the idea of a new policy enforcement, I declare it take effect immediately. --Proudhug 19:31, 4 February 2009 (UTC)