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David Cross

David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

The Last Laugh 2005

 * So I was watching all the Katrina coverage and I got really angry at... Christians who didn't pray hard enough... It's their fucking fault. First off, they needed to pray against the people that were praying for Katrina to hit, because New Orleans is a den of sin and iniquity; an area where gay people dance! But now they have to pray double, and if they had just put that little effort up front, we could've avoided all of this. I think it's time we take a lesson from history, and return to human sacrifice.

 * I thought it was really odd at how much people freaked out at Katrina. You'd think they'd be worried about something important. 'Oh my God, look! George Bush is just appointing all his friends into office and we're in an unfounded war...' But no- 'Fuck that! That nigger's stealing some potato chips!'

 * I really don't have a problem with gay marriage... because I'm tolerant and rational.

The Pride is Back

 * [On airport pornography] I've never seen anybody purchase them, but apparently people are. They wouldn't carry them just for aesthetic purposes. They're not trying to impress people with their porn collection, you know. So, it's just a matter of economics...Apparently enough people are goin' in there goin' 'Oh, whoa... All right! The worlds filthiest ball-draining cum-mag! Right on! This ought to make the flight a little more tolerable. Alright. Oh shit! Ha Ha! Page 35: Puckering virgin assholes - alright I gotta get it. Hope nobody is sitting next to me on the plane, because they're in for a rude awakening. Cause I'm gonna be spankin' it!' Ah, it's weird. I'm not knocking porn, I love porn... but when I go to the airport I don't have to buy those magazines, because I have this thing called will power. And I utilize it so that I don't have to whip my dick out in public. I can wait five hours. At least until I'm in the cab on my way home.

 * [On marketing and commercials] HENDERSON VALLEY EGGS! You're gonna love our eggs!!!... [cut to small granny in rockin chair] I like eggs the old fashioned way. [return to youth] "Fuck you granny!" [punch mimic]

 * I don't remember ordering the Christian sandwich...

 * If you wanna find out 101 things to do with plums, heh, read your in-flight magazine.

 * [After reading an article on Miles for Kids in an inflight journal] What [President of the Airline] is doing is, he's urging everyone to give up their frequent flyer miles for sick kids... But as I was reading this, there were two empty seats next to me. Why can't sick kids sit there? If they're so concerned with sick kids, shouldn't they have like a pen of sick kids next to the gate?

 * We get to see it! January 1st, 2000! We get to see... all those fundamentalist preachers having to do their backpedaling when the Armageddon doesn't occur.

 * And then Jesus answered him, Jesus said, 'Well, my son...that is when I was helping one of the other FIVE BILLION PEOPLE on the planet, you selfish fuck. C'mon!  You were walking back to your Malibu beach colony home and stubbed your toe on some driftwood, it's not a fuckin' emergency, alright?  There's other people with real problems.'

 * High Times magazine is a notch intellectually below Highlights for Children. I mean, they're both great to read when you're baked, but come on, ya know...

 * I have a few business ideas (that I'm going to advertise in High Times, amongst other places), and one of them is a service in which I offer to eat and describe pork to kosher people.

 * [With reference to a 'how to date' book] Because you've been on dates where y'know, you forget to open your eyes and wear pants and speak English.

 * [On the Dating Handbook] 'With a telescope, some munchies, and a warm blanket, watch for Halley's comet.' Yeah. I like that. There's no time limit. Just sit there and grow old together.

 * If someone gives you a kazoo and toots around the house to MTV, they're not gonna fuck you.

 * [On death & euthanasia] I think its funny how, that if I want to die with peace and dignity that there's someone far away that can prevent it. Someone's like [strong southern accent] 'Hi, I just wanted to call. This is Jeanette Dunwoody from Valdosta, Georgia. I heard that you're trying to kill yourself and I just wanna say that, well, you can't.' 'What?' 'Yeah, its not right, because all life is precious.' 'No, my life isn't precious, I've been reduced to a shit and piss factory. I hurt always. I'm going to die within a year and I'm in pain constantly.' 'Oh, but um...no. Because of the Bible.' 'Well, I don't believe in the Bible.' 'Well, I do, silly!' [Hangs up]

 * So at the CES, there was a guy selling off this porno called Fuck My Dirty Shithole: The Movie. I bet you're thinking exactly what I was thinking … how did they make that book into a movie?

 * James Lipton: The most pompous arrogant failure in history.

Shut Up, You Fucking Baby

 * Radio DJ's are the same two motherfucking asshole clowns all over the country. I hate radio interviews. 'You didn't know it David, but you're just in time for the Friday Morning Fart Song!' No, sorry, I'm not doing that. Even if it's only fifteen minutes, it's the worst fifteen minutes of your life. I don't care if you've been in a fucking shark attack. If I was in a shark attack, and then they had no anesthetic and they had to heal it up, sew it up, I would be like, 'This sucks,' but then if two DJ's came in and interviewed me I'd fucking shoot myself.

 * And the Pope is infallible. We're taught that. Pope can't make a mistake. So I don't know why the Catholic church just doesn't take that motherfucker to Vegas. 'All right, put all the Catholic Church's money on 17 black.' [casino sound] '32 red, I'm sorry.' 'No, I don't think you heard, he said 17 black! Thank you! Let's go to Bellagio!' That way they could pay off those debts they owe.

 * [On the Catholic Church's sex scandals] And y'know, they're God's representatives, so that means... God fucks little boys.

 * Rickey Henderson, pick up the phone, man, it's me... you.

 * It's hip to be square. Remember that shitty song by that shitty band 20 motherfuckin' years ago?

 * In New York, you are constantly faced with this very urgent decision that you have to make, about every twenty minutes...you have to decide, immediately, you have to go "Ohmigod. Do I look at the most beautiful woman in the world or the craziest guy in the world?"

 * The South has more of a disproportionate amount of irony on T-shirts than any other region in the country.

 * [On being Jewish in the American South] All the parents see you as is a Jew; I'm a Jewish kid. I'm like a fucking alien to them, you know, I'm a freak...so If I slept over a friend's house, I'd always have to deal with these questions in the morning, like, you know, Mom coming in going "David, I'm so sorry to have to ask you this, I'm so sorry, um...I'm fixing to make breakfast for everybody and I certainly wanna include you...and I'm just having some questions I was hoping you could answer...do y'alls people eat oatmeal?" What? Yeah. Is there something in the Torah that says we shouldn't eat oatmeal? "No, it's just that I don't know much about y'alls people, that's all, I just don't know--I know y'all hate Jesus! I know y'all hate Jesus, that much I do know...aand, I know y'alls have seven Jew bankers that control the world's money supply, right? In a bunker somewhere about a mile into the earth's core? Is that right? Yeah? And y'all do dances in the woods, y'all wear cloaks and do secret services and burn potions and whatnots, and y'all have horns--that's all I know about y'alls people!"

 * Here's a little what it was like for me growing up in Atlanta... They had this ill-fated thing called 'Light Up Atlanta'. So, I'm standing in line... I tap the guy in front of me and say, "Uh, excuse me, can you tell me if this is the line for the beer, or the line to get the tickets to get the beer.' [long pause] 'I dunno, faggot.' I don't know, faggot? What? What did I do? Was it because I was sucking his cock at the time?

 * The Bible is the funniest book I have ever read. It's so funny! Right in the first six pages, it's funny!

It's Not Funny

 * I don't think Osama bin Laden sent those planes to attack us because he hated our freedom. I think he did it because of our support for Israel, our ties with the Saudi family and our military bases in Saudi Arabia. You know why I think that? Because that's what he fucking said! Are we a nation of 6-year-olds? Answer: yes.
 * [On the Iraq War] I am against the war, but I do support our white troops. [laughter, long pause] No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding. I'm not a Republican. I'm not a member of the party of inclusion. Wonderful, tolerant, rational human beings they are...

 * [After having made an abortion joke] I know that can hit close to home for some people....was anyone here aborted?... (mimicking child's voice:) 'I was found in a trash can!' Okay, well, that sorta counts...

 * So all my friends have kids now... which I think is rude.

 * All my friends are always telling me how hard it is to have kids. 'Oh, David, it's so hard.' That's not hard. I'll tell you what hard is. Try talking your girlfriend into her third consecutive abortion. Yeah, that's hard, that takes finesse. You’re just inconvenienced.

 * Not funny, not funny says she, didn't like it!

 * I do believe that on a whole, women are definitely smarter than men…I also believe that dogs are smarter than women. (woman in audience says “Not buying that”) No? That one, you don’t believe it? You believe that I didn’t do a series of tests? You are right to not believe it, because I’m going to go ahead and admit that I do not believe what I just said, it was what’s described as a 'joke.' Um, I’ll be telling a bunch of them here tonight.

 * So I was watching this one show where - there's a guy on stage and he pretends he has contact with the dead and spirits talk to him...[Some people in the audience give suggestions, one of which is Crossing Over.] Crossing–...no, no, no, no, no, it was, uh, church. It was church.

 * [On freedom/America] I saw this ad for electric scissors [referring to a bit earlier] during an episode of The Simple Life. Which is a show that glorifies these two rich, giggling cunts, who have no respect for anyone. Just vile people; awful human beings. Who get away with anything, because they're rich. I, right then, vowed that I would retain this image everytime I hear George Bush say 'the terrorists hate our freedom.' You know what? I hate our freedom. Little ol' me, an American! I hate it! That's all we've done with it? We're fucking assholes, man. We...are...awful.

 * If the terrorists hated freedom, the Netherlands would be fucking dust.

 * There's a kind of racism in the south that is really so steadfast and true that I almost kind of begrudgingly, you know, admire it in a way, and that is that there are segregated graveyards. That just to me defies all logic...but it's also, like, "Well, hats off...you're going to stick to your guns on that one, and take that shit to the grave? All right!" There's enough people to go, "Naw, man..ugh, I don't even wanna think about it. My dead, lifeless, rotting, maggot-infested corpse...next to some black man's? Ewww!!! That's gross!" But that does pose an interesting scenario, because, what's going to happen when the zombies rise out of their graves? ... "We must take over the human race-- wait, what were you?" "I'm black." "Fuck you, nigger, you can't come." "What? No! But I'm a skeleton, you can't tell!" "Fuck youuu..."

Making America Great Again

 * We should just make it a little bit more difficult for people with known violent tendencies to be able to get a gun. And I'm not talking about the cops. No. Not talking about the cops. I'm saying, let's make it a little bit more difficult for mentally unstable people with known violent tendencies to be able to get a gun. And again, I'm not talking about the cops. If you can go on their Facebook page and see that this guy is a virulent racist, right? Make it a little more difficult for virulent racists, who are mentally unstable with known violent tendencies to be able to get-- And again, I'm not talking about the cops.

 * I think we can all agree that Blue Lives Murder. Now... Not all of them, not most of them, but a bunch of em, murder. [scoffs] Theyre murdering us. Well, not us. We're white, but....

 * You know who doesn't like that bit? Cops. They don't like it. They don't like it. And I think its important -- I'm being sincere. I think its important that we acknowledge, all of us, that there are plenty of good, decent, ethical, very brave cops, who put their lives on the line every day, and they don't appreciate being painted with this broad brush as being violent predators just because of the actions of a minority of their brothers. They don't like being stereotyped so that when you see blue, you just think "Oh, violent thug." They don't appreciate it.

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Robert Morrison

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The result was: kept. — Jeffq 04:22, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Robert Morrison
This particular Robert Morrison is non-notable. Wikipedia does not have an article on him. The Wikiquote article just points to a disambig. page of which this Robert Morrison is not on. Also, if you google his quote all you get is two websites which probably copy Wikquote. --Hottentot Nominated by 24.4.227.36, 02:11, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: kept (2 Keeps; 1 implicit Delete). ~ Jeff Q (talk)
 * Keep his picture appears on Phi Delta Theta, so it seems there is historical data on him, and a founder of an encyclopedic society is notable enough, I believe. However, the wikipedia link should probably be removed. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 04:22, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Robert Morrison is now a redirect to the Scottish missionary, with Robert Morrison (disambiguation) as the dab page. Therefore, I've fixed the WQ article's link go to the dab page and have added an entry for the fraternity founder. I've also fixed the WQ link from Wikipedia to clarify that the "quote collection" is for the ΦΔΘ guy. I have no current opinion on Morrison's notability; I just wanted to ensure the appropriateness of the links. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:04, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep if this quote can be attributed to him. Concur with Moshe; A founder of a known society deserves an article. As for scotish mission, it seems to aim to another R. Morrison, a Scotland born protestant preacher and chinologist . --Aphaia 20:38, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

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license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/


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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Rajinikanth

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The result was: Kept. — Aphaia 17:00, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Rajinikanth
Also a redirect to it, Chandramukhi Super Star Rajni. Since February 2005, there is no quote. --Aphaia 5 July 2005 00:18 (UTC)

 * Vote closed: Result: Kept (4 keeps, no dissent). The article was greatly improved during the vote. --Aphaia 17:00, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete unless someone adds quote(s) before voting closure. --Aphaia 5 July 2005 00:18 (UTC)
 * Comment: there are a bunch of quotes in an interview, but I do not know the language. Anyone cares to translate? ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 5 July 2005 01:52 (UTC)
 * Comment: In case anyone is looking for translators, it looks like Tamil ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 5 July 2005 06:57 (UTC)
 * Delete unless quotes (in English!) added. If users are so interested in quotes from a person, they should have the courtesy to create a stub article with at least one quote. We have an overabundance of page creators; what we really need is quote adders and sourcers. (Apologies for the rant.) — Jeff Q (talk) 5 July 2005 04:07 (UTC)
 * Keep now. It's still a stub, but it's a good start now. — Jeff Q (talk) 22:46, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The page has been cleaned up, and a couple of quotes (in English ! :) have been added. I'll try and add some more soon. -- Amar 7 July 2005 10:23 (UTC)
 * Keep. Why not. And thank you for your contribution, Amar! --Aphaia 7 July 2005 10:28 (UTC)
 * Keep: Thanks for your work, Amar ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 10:33 (UTC)
 * Comment: Would you mind adding in the original Tamil, not just the transliteration? From my own experience, native speakers sometimes have a hard time understanding transliterations. Thanks, ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 10:33 (UTC)
 * I added sometimes original text, and didn't transliteration. (see Mobile Suit Gundam for example). Do you think it is improved if transliteration is also added? --Aphaia 7 July 2005 10:37 (UTC)
 * Definitely! I enjoy knowing how to say things I don't understand -- my friends keep teaching me Russian quotes. I have a hard time pronouncing Japanese if it's not transliterated. :) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 10:46 (UTC)
 * I'll second the Tamil. Not only does it help Tamil readers, adding to the potential pool of translators, but it also encourages English speakers like me to get browsers and fonts that support non-Latin characters (which puts pressure on browser vendors to include them in their standard products). Besides, it looks cool. ☺ — Jeff Q (talk) 22:46, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Proverbs, Book of Proverbs

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The result was: Proverbs turned to redirect to List of proverbs. — Aphaia 00:18, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Proverbs, Book of Proverbs
Supposingly a copy from The Bible.
 * Vote Closed: Result: Proverbs turned to redirect to List of proverbs (2 Redirects, 1 redirect to another), Book of Proverbs to The Bible; (3 Redirects) --Aphaia 00:18, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete or Redirect to The Bible: because currently this is a dull copy from the Bible. Unless we determine to have a page for each book of the Bible, I think this page is better to be deleted or turned into redirect. --Aphaia 03:06, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect Proverbs to List of proverbs; redirect Book of Proverbs to The Bible for now although I can see that page needing to be subdivided in the future. Rmhermen 15:14, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect as Rmhermen states. Let he who addeth much material to The Bible article bringeth up the subject of dispersal at a future date. — Jeff Q (talk) 05:55, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Both were turned to redirects: Proverbs to List of proverbs; redirect Book of Proverbs to The Bible. --Aphaia 00:26, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Proposed new main page, Alternative proposed new main page, Two column proposed new main page

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The result was: moved. — Rmhermen 14:27, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Proposed_new_main_page, Alternative_proposed_new_main_page, Two_column_proposed_new_main_page

 * Left over from early days. I would suspect that they are not necessary. Maybe they could be moved to Wikiquote: if they have historical interest. Rmhermen 21:48, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to Wikiquote: namespace. If I understand Wiki practice sufficiently, we don't necessarily (and may not want to) delete historical pages like this, but they probably shouldn't be in the article (quote) namespace. (Not that they're likely to interfere with a quote article. It's more the principle.) — Jeff Q (talk) 23:23, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Moved. Rmhermen 14:27, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Paul Bettany

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The result was: Keep. — Jeffq 07:11, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Paul Bettany
No quote since its creation at 05:06, 1 May 2005.--Aphaia 7 July 2005 11:18 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED. Result: Keep (2 Keeps; 1 Delete; article improved). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:11, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. --Aphaia 7 July 2005 11:18 (UTC)
 * Keep added a few quotes from an interview and an article. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 11:28 (UTC)
 * Keep. Sufficient stub now. — Jeff Q (talk) 23:23, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Modest Mouse

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The result was: Kept. — Jeffq 05:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Modest Mouse
On talk an anon pointed out those lyrics are copywritten. Some quotes seems to be a whole of lyrics. Or not (hence within a limit of Fair Use). Any input will be welcome. --Aphaia 02:32, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: Kept (3 Keeps; no dissent; problem quotes removed). — Jeff Q (talk) 05:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems like fair use to me, at least most of it. There are other pages with even more than this one, see for example Talk:Leonard_Cohen. Perhaps we need a policy on at what stage exactly do we delete/modify a page with lyrics, i.e. if we should do it only after a formal complaint from a record label, etc. I think that there're cases where the lyrics are technically copywritten, but the copyrights holders don't have any objections to having the lyrics on websites - I know that this is true with some books for example - therefore automatically deleting lyrics would be wrong. Sams 10:57, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Everything published received copyright protection under modern international treaties; however, these are fair use samples. The complete lyrics to a song would not qualify as fair use and we should not encourage that. Rmhermen 17:45, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I've removed quotes from 3 songs that seemed to me to be too much for comfort, but I've also suggested that the editors can restore a tighter, more pithy portion of those songs to avoid copyvio concerns. The other songs I checked seemed easily within common fair use expectations. — Jeff Q (talk) 19:49, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Million Dollar Baby

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The result was: Kept. --Aphaia 14:25, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Million Dollar Baby
Completely empty article except for Wikipedia link. Nothing added in week since creation. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 06:04, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED: Kept. (4 keeps, no dissent; article was fairly expanded.) --Aphaia 14:25, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless quotes added. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 06:04, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep now. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 05:26, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep (rewrote page) I believe a quote about the movie is also useful ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 06:27, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree in principle that quotes about a movie are useful contents, but I'm not willing to change my Delete vote until at least one person in our 3000+ community cares enough about this movie to add at least one quote from it. I don't want to encourage people to create junk stubs. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 06:09, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I changed my Delete vote (see above) as promised once quotes were added. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 05:26, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless a quote from it is added. --Aphaia 13:56, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and thank you for your contribution, UDScott! Aphaia 13:55, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I've added quotes from the film -- I left the quotes about the film. I wasn't sure of the verdict on those -- should they stay? Is this something that is appropriate for other films? I assumed the quotes would only be from the film, not about it, but I'm certainly flexible. -- UDScott 15:24, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * We often have quotes about people on their people pages. I certainly feel quotes about a work belong in the article about the work -- after all, we are called "wikiquote", not "wikimoviequote". In fact, I feel that this is where we are uniquely better than any other quote site -- in the synergy :) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 15:41, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree that quotes about a movie can be included, as long as they aren't the only reason for the article. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 05:26, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

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The result was: Kept. — Jeffq 07:12, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
No quote since its creation at 20:11, 24 April 2005 --Aphaia 7 July 2005 11:18 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED. Result: Kept (2 Keeps; 1 Delete). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:12, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. --Aphaia 7 July 2005 11:18 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think it qualifies as a stub. I urge fans of the article to add quotes soon, though, before enough folks disagree to get it deleted. — Jeff Q (talk) 23:31, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as the person who dug up the tagline, but also what jeff said -- add to the article! ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 17:02, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Lucian Lévi-Bruhl

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The result was: move to Lucien Lévy-Bruhl. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 13:10, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Lucian Lévi-Bruhl
No intro, no wp article, google search points to this quote over and over again (some from wq mirrors). ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 9 July 2005 12:11 (UTC)

 * Vote closed: Result: move to wp-compatible name (2 moves, one struck out keep with text implying move, no dissent) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 13:10, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 9 July 2005 12:11 (UTC)
 * Move to Lucien Lévy-Bruhl for compat with Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (thanks to Aphaia for finding references!) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 22:00, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep to Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, matching Wp; he is identical with Lucien Lévi-Bruhl, (Lévy-Bruhl, there is a confusion on orthography) (1857-1939), french sociologist, and this quote has a good bibliography --- one of classics of this field like Max Weber. --Aphaia 21:43, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to match Wikipedia. — Jeff Q (talk) 01:03, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/LSD

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The result was: redirect to Drugs. ~ Kalki 11:30, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

LSD
Is not a quote, and already has a Wikipedia article ~ Jman 06:13, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Seconded. Quadell 14:09, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Thirded. Anusien

 * I turned this into a redirect to Drugs, for now. I think eventually quotations by famous people specifically about LSD are a likelihood, but have no particular inclination to find them. ~ Kalki 11:30, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/London

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The result was: keep. — MosheZadka 7 July 2005 14:31 (UTC)

London
There was one quote which I moved because it was unattributed. Now there are none. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 14:31 (UTC)

 * Vote closed: Result: keep (4 keep, no dissent)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 14:31 (UTC)
 * Keep now that quote is sourced ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 8 July 2005 05:29 (UTC)
 * Comment: You could attribute it to "anonymous" or "unknown", it seems a haste decision. And it is not considered as copyvio, you needn't remove it, in my opinion. --Aphaia 7 July 2005 14:34 (UTC)
 * Comment: I moved it to talk, not removed it. I suspect it is a personal quote. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 14:36 (UTC)

 * keep This quote appears on mugs for tourists, author unknown, not mine . Greudin
 * found : Samuel Johnson. Greudin

 * keep Quotes themed on Place or Location are a useful extension to wikiquote Richard Allen 20:28, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems like a reasonable stub now. — Jeff Q (talk) 23:34, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Lincoln Memorial

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The result was: moved to Monument inscriptions. — MosheZadka 30 June 2005 12:02 (UTC)

Lincoln Memorial
Only one quote can possibly be here. Maybe we should have a "Quotes on memorials" theme or something where this can go into. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 30 June 2005 12:02 (UTC)

 * Vote closed: Result: moved to Monument inscriptions (3 voted to move the quote, 1 voted for wholesale deletion)
 * Delete and move quote (maybe to the Abraham Lincoln page) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 30 June 2005 12:02 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's a boring quotation too. Sams 30 June 2005 20:17 (UTC)
 * Move to Monument inscriptions to create a useful stub. — Jeff Q (talk) 30 June 2005 23:37 (UTC)
 * Move to Monument inscriptions. --Aphaia 4 July 2005 23:58 (UTC)n

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Last Words in Shakespeare

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The result was: Kept; lack of consensus. --Aphaia 03:15, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Last Words in Shakespeare
Seems better to put those quotes on relevant plays' articles. MosheZadka 04:56, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Vote closed: Kept; lack of consensus to delete (2 deletes, 3 keep). --Aphaia 03:15, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete MosheZadka 04:56, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge to Hamlet, if the article has this quote not yet. --Aphaia 04:58, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Once withdrawn, because the article in question is still editing; perhaps I will vote again at the end of discussion. --Aphaia 16:42, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I've added the quote to Hamlet already MosheZadka 06:22, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep --Clotten 21:32, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: The idea is this: I am one of those people who would love a better online source for Shakespeare's texts. Death is one of the largest ideas in all of Shakespeare (with maybe Time, rule, and the idea of unions of love as other candidates), and it is not at all unreasonable to give such a theme it's own page.  If all of those ideas were explored in any depth, the Shakespeare page would be unreadably-long.  At the very least, give me (and the wiki population) time to explore the page a little before we just delete it (I only made it a number of hours ago). --Clotten 07:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: The point, I believe, is that if we had a "theme in word" policy, wikiquote would explode from the sheer number of articles (each decent TV show has lots of themes, each movie, etc. etc.). We are happy to have those quotes on the specific plays in which they happen. Arranging quotes by play makes more sense. If you want to have a review of a "Death in Shakespeare", please feel free to write such an article on wikipedia, using quotes from various pages on wikiquote as reference. By the way, is there a reason for you not to add the quotes to the plays' pages too, if you insist of adding them to this article? What you are doing now creates a burden on the maintainers to copy quotes. MosheZadka 07:58, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * You and I have different paradigms; either a page on Shakespeare's characters' last words is worthwhile or it is not. You have no empirical proof and neither do I.  Therefore, we simply need more feedback: if other people can help us by giving their opinions and one of us is supported by a majority, then the person will be shown to be correct (at least in a limited sense) by the Wiki population.  And then, even if a later population disagrees, at least they can delete it.  --Clotten 08:21, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Moreover, Shakespeare is one of the largest subjects of attention, both academic and popular, of any writer in Western history. Surely if anyone is worthy of detailed, specific and extensive pages, it is someone like Shakespeare I'm going to sleep, so at the very least please do not delete this anytime soon.--Clotten 08:24, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment:(To Clotten) I would be happy you estimate our formatting canon on voting instead introduce your own and you read our rule. Vote will closes two weeks later as written so on the above. --Aphaia 11:42, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that; I should have read over the rules before commenting here. That being said, I have fleshed the page out considerably, and now I think that it can be judged on its own merits.--Clotten 18:22, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't mind and I accept your apoligy willingly. I feel I can guess how you were upset when you found it was listed on VFD - every editor have such experience. And again, thank you for your understanding. --Aphaia 19:20, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It was judged on its own merits ab-initio. You were the one who insisted on judging it on extrinsic merits ("Moreover, Shakespeare is one of the largest subjects of attention, both academic and popular, of any writer in Western history), a rather shaky foundation. I noticed you still insist on not adding the quotes to the plays' pages. Why is that? MosheZadka 04:16, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I think the point is that the quotes are not of much interest on their own, hidden in a mass of famous one-line sound bites. However, when put together, each different quote reinforces the next, creating a page that is much stronger that the sum of its separated parts.  Think about it this way: would the Shakespeare page be improved if all of the quote pages for his individual plays were merged into it?  And, to stay relevant, what about the Famous Last Words page?  Why isn't that page deleted and all the individual quotes added to the speakers' pages? Let me attempt to supply you with some proof, so we can base this conversation on something more than our conflicting opinions.  In The Arden Dictionary of Shakespeare Quotations (1999), "death" is the second largest topic in the index, after time and before love.  With the possible addition of language, those topics are literally the biggest and most-explored ideas in Shakespeare.  If you absolutely insist, I would not mind creating a page for Shakespeare's quotes about death and adding the Last Words to that page.  But, otherwise, the fact remains that this is no fringe topic.  And, given that the page is well constructed page that includes both very popular and famous quotes with less famous but revealing, and, come on, interesting quotes, I once again propose to you that it is a worthwhile bit of organization.  And, to get away from the merits of the page and to touch upon your personal comments, I'm not insisting on not putting the quotes on other pages.  If the last words page loses the vote and then I remake the page anyway and don't put the quotes on the already-existing Shakespeare pages, then I would be "insisting". But please don't try to make me look spiteful. I most certainly will add the quotes to the pages from their respective plays if this page is deleted.  --Clotten 21:30, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: It's an interesting compendium and that's Wikiquote's purpose. (I'm still new though.. am I mistaken?) --Slac 16:15, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, with some reservations. Might make a good subcategory in Famous last words, assuming fictional characters are permissible there. --RPickman 19:31, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep: Richard Allen 00:08, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC) An interesting collection. Yes, could also link from other sections. I like the multiple-link features of Wikipedia - I do not believe it should be hierarchical, like printed encylopedias.

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Kate Clinton

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The result was: keep. — MosheZadka 6 July 2005 07:03 (UTC)

Kate Clinton
Seems to have no quote. --Aphaia 6 July 2005 06:24 (UTC)

 * Vote closed: Result: keep (2 keeps, no dissent)
 * Keep: Comedian, article on wp, I added a sample quote (mildly amusing to me, at least) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 6 July 2005 07:03 (UTC)
 * Comment: add a couple more from Don't Get Me Started ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 19:44, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, now that quotes have been added. Although I've never heard of Kate Clinton, this stub article seems a positive example to counteract the Gus Arredondo negative example, whose stub article had no quotes from his routine, the source of his potential notability. I've also added Clinton's IMDb link to her article. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 06:22, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Jules de Gaultier

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The result was: Kept. — Jeffq 07:15, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Jules de Gaultier
Just one unsourced quote, no wp article, no intro, google hits are many -- all point to this one quote (many of them mirrors of wikiquote). ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 18:30 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: Kept (2 Keeps; 1 Undecided; 1 self-cancelled Delete). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:15, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 18:30 (UTC)
 * Keep If Wikipedia lacks his article, it is their fault, not his. See this index. And he is notable enough be a subject to Bachelor thesis .--Aphaia 8 July 2005 08:53 (UTC)
 * Keep Agreed that it needs to be improved, but deletion won't achieve that. Urhixidur 2005 July 9 14:54 (UTC)
 * Comment: Then improve it: add intro, category, references. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 9 July 2005 15:01 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? It has been already categorized. Are you not content with the current categorization? --Aphaia 21:06, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, it wasn't when I looked at it. Sorry. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 21:26, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't mind. ;-) --Aphaia 23:14, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Undecided. I'm confused that a published French philospher doesn't have an en:WP article. I'm also concerned about Aphaia's citations of notability, as they are only in French and Italian. More evidence of notability would be helpful, especially if in English. Is this the same Jules de Gaultier who is a critic? — Jeff Q (talk) 23:57, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Journey to the East

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The result was: keep. ~ Kalki 19:09, 11 March 2005 (UTC)

Journey to the East

 * No idea what this is or who it is supposed to be a quote from. Rmhermen 16:10, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * This has been made into a properly labeled page. ~ Kalki

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Jokes

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The result was: Redirected to Humor. — Jeff Q (talk) 30 June 2005 00:34 (UTC)

Jokes
One anonymous quote. I suspect it was coined by its contributor. --Aphaia 15:31, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: Redirected. Rationale: With 2 Redirect and 3 Delete votes, there is no consensus for either specific action, but doing nothing would thwart all five votes. Most seem satisified to have the original White quote in Humor, making this article redundant. Therefore, there is consensus to remove the current quote, but no consensus to delete, making a redirect the most appropriate action that supports all five intents unless and until another vote is taken (after some time has passed). — Jeff Q (talk) 30 June 2005 00:34 (UTC)
 * Redirect to humor. And the quote is a mangling of E.B. White's "Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it." Rmhermen 16:51, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect . and thanks for enlightment. ;-) --Aphaia 16:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect. Thanks Rmhermen. I think it could be done instantly, without a vote - no info that isn't already on wikiquote would be lost, and everything remains in history anyway - therefore it's pretty trivial editing. Sams 17:14, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and delete . If this were an article of general jokes, we might need to consider whether Wikiquote should have a joke collection. But since its only quote is a joke about humor, merging it with the existing Humor article seems adequate. However, redirecting "Jokes" would suggest to editors that "Humor" is a place for adding general jokes. Do we want this? — Jeff Q (talk) 20:50, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge what? An inaccurate paraphrase? Why? Although adding the quote from E.B. White's article would be good. As for redirecting vs. deleting: I agree that the issue of having a wikiquote jokes collection page is unclear (e.g. one might claim that having jokes is similar to having proverbs), and we might want to discuss this... But while it's pending, or if we decide that jokes don't belong here, I think that it's better to use redirect instead of delete, so it won't be created again by someone else. Sams 21:33, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oops! My mistake. I mean copy the White version, not the anonymous one. Which means I vote Delete for this article. I think no article is better than a misleading redirect. If someone recreates it, we speedy-delete it per policy (case #5), assuming we vote to delete it the first time. — Jeff Q (talk) 23:33, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, both "no article" and "misleading redirect" aren't good options. But an appropriate redirect might be useful. If you think that redirecting to Humor is misleading (I think that perhaps you're overstating this possible problem, but anyone's guess is as good as mine), we could redirect it to the future/archived version of this discussion, or to our future policy article that says that jokes don't belong in wikiquote. Sams 23:56, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: redirect to the discussion exact is impossible currently (redirect to WQ:VFDA is okay), and if we decide "no jokes, thank you" as policy, it would be better to have redirect to this project document or just "What Wikiquote is not". But before decision, we need to talk.--Aphaia 00:25, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * If what you wanted with having separate VFDA pages for each article that is deleted is used, then this discussion will appear in a page of its own in the future, and we can redirect it there, no? Sams 01:02, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * If this is perceived as a real issue, it deserves much more visibility than being buried in a VfD archive, however it may be linked. And we should never redirect a main articlespace title to a discussion page; it's ugly and violates the principle of least astonishment. — Jeff Q (talk) 21:55, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, agreed, redirecting to a discussion was a bad idea. I also note that there're some jokes on wikipedia, e.g. if you start at w:Category:Jokes. I think that in general if any wikimedia project should have whole jokes in it, it should be either wikiquote, or some separate wikijokes project (though the jokes in wikipedia to demonstrate the point of the articles also work nicely). I don't think that the policy on jokes should be decided by the wikiquote community, but by other wikimedia communities as well. Anyway, nobody tried to add jokes to wikiquote so far anyway, we're just contemplating the issue that Jeffq brought up. I still think that it's a little better to redirect instead of delete (to the humor article, unless there're better suggestions). Sams 22:56, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've put in the best phrased White quote I could find with some attribution at Humor. MosheZadka 18:28, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Do we really want an article that invites everyone to post their favorite knock-knock joke? "Funny" is subjective; this seems to open the door to plentiful disputes and major editing headaches. --RPickman 19:40, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Having an article with jokes is an idea that so far hasn't been advocated by anyone, including the person who created this article that has nothing in it. The only options considered above are whether it's better for now to delete or redirect it, to prevent it from being created again. Since I saw mentioned regarding some other VfD entries that it's better to redirect rather than delete, I guessed that it's better here too. It's weird that no one bothered to mention why they prefer delete to redirect... But whatever, it's such a minor issue, doesn't matter either way... Sams 28 June 2005 21:14 (UTC)
 * Excuse me, Sams, but I did mention why I felt it was better to delete than redirect, on 15 June: "I think no article is better than a misleading redirect"; i.e., a redirect misleads, whereas a delete gives the correct impression that we do not have a joke collection. It's the principle of least astonishment again. — Jeff Q (talk) 30 June 2005 00:22 (UTC)
 * Delete. Concur with RPickman. --Aphaia 28 June 2005 15:51 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/John Ziman

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The result was: Kept.. — Aphaia 09:27, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

John Ziman
This is a borderline case. There is no wikipedia article, no homepage, but he was a multi-disciplinarian who wrote some books which were published and sold. The book is mentioned on wikipedia, in Scientific enterprise. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 20:17, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Vote Closed: Result: Kept. (4 keeps, no dissent) --Aphaia 09:27, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep He was an old man (and those people tend to have no webpage), retired several years ago (Honoured Professor of Bristol University); nine of his books are available on amazon.com and three of them is available in Japanese. In my criteria, notable enough. --Aphaia 04:45, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I would also agree that he's notable enough. However, is he really the author of those 2 quotes there that are attributed to him, or perhaps their origin is different? User:Lucky-luke, where did you get it from? Sams 07:59, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep But move the two attributed quotes about a scientist and a philosoher to a more prober place. Couldn't find a either one as atributed to Ziman via Google. Both seem to be well known and old, but no author was listed or author was "unknown". I found this variatoin too: an expert is one who knows more and more about less and less which was attributed to Nicholas Murray Butler . I added one verified Ziman quote with a source, so there should be some justification for a Wikiquote page. Lack of Wikipedia article is IMO failing of Wikipedia and should be remedied. - The Merciful 27 June 2005 13:00 (UTC)

 * Keep. Apparently has sufficient notability; good sourcing on quotes. Could use some cleanup as described above, but shouldn't affect vote. — Jeff Q (talk) 28 June 2005 04:37 (UTC)

 * Keep there's a wikipedia article now :) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 7 July 2005 11:20 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/James Cramer

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The result was: no consensus. — Jeffq 10:52, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

James Cramer
Was nominated but not listed for VfD. Cramer is a CNBC pundit; quote page has only one quote (with QuickTime video link source). The single quote doesn't really fit in any theme except something like "outrageous statements from pundits". — Jeff Q (talk) 23:36, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED. Result: no consensus (1 Delete; 1 Keep). — Jeff Q (talk) 10:52, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep for now. This may be augmented by quotes from Cramer shows Kudlow & Cramer or Mad Money. It could also be moved into a Pundits or similar article. — Jeff Q (talk) 23:36, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I tagged this one and forgot to add it here. If someone expands it I have no problem with the subject. Rmhermen 02:42, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Jack Thompson (attorney)

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The result was: keep. — MosheZadka 16:52, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Jack Thompson (attorney)
no intro article assumedly transwikied from Wikipedia. "Email" parts contain other mail to this person, and if they can be safely released under GFDL [but I wonder] or PD, the whole part might be better to be a transwiki candidate to Wikisource. --Aphaia 13:57, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2007 17:02:39 -0400 From: "Scott Ramsoomair"  Subject: My email evidence To: "Jeff Q"  This is parody again, in the guise of another ghost writer, to demonstrate how useless emails are as verifiable sources of quotations. -Dream on, space cowboy. Scott Ramsoomair. Copies: Future President Hillary Clinton, Senator Lieberman, Senator Brownback, Senator Santorum
 * Vote closed: Result: keep (6 keep, no dissent) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 16:52, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I've added intro and cat, even keeping the non-emails there's enough for a stub. What to do about the e-mails is another issue. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 16:42, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I also removed the e-mails, and kept just quotes from them. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 16:56, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but lose the email quotes entirely. Why? I'm just following the advice that "parody" gave me in the following email:
 * Of course, I just created the above from the source text provided on Ramsoomair's website, but who says he didn't do the same to Thompson? We should stick to published and audiovisually recorded works as source material. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:30, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep, it's useful, but ditch... well, pretty much all the stuff that's there that doesn't have a source attached, plus the email correspondance. 86.134.3.154 15:41, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * That was me . Sockatume 15:44, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep ~ Dread Lord C y b e r S k  u  l  l  ?? 04:35, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep helps show how much of a lying scumbag he is. fluke 17:35, 14 August 2005 (EST)

 * Keep Added links to the 80 minute interview on chatterboxgames and a few quotes from that interview. Other people can add more. 69.174.69.0 18:49, 14 August 2005 (EST)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Hymn to Satan

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The result was: move. — MosheZadka 03:01, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Hymn to Satan
Full text of a poem. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 05:13, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Vote closed: Result: move (3 move, no dissent) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 03:01, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 05:13, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 * As said, Move to Giosuè Carducci ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 05:02, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to a more general title, like Giosuè Carducci, the Nobel prize-winning author of the work. I'm having a hard time finding an authoritative source (not surprising — who wants to be an authority on this subject?), but the sites I've found thus far suggest that our article has only a small portion of a 200-line poem. However, it doesn't look like a useful article title by limiting itself to a single poem. (It was added to List of literary works by the article creator, but that list is typically for large works that can support an entire article without invoking copyright concerns.) Placing the excerpt in an author stub article would make more sense. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 06:02, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to Giosuè Carducci. I wonder who was the translator; original text seems to be in PD, because it was written in the 19th Century. --Aphaia 08:53, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Hugo Weaving

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The result was: Keep. — Jeffq 07:21, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hugo Weaving
Another quoteless encyclopedia stub, from The Matrix perhaps. Seems like JeffQ is right... also, there's a wikipedia article on him anyway... I guess we do need to find a way to remedy this issue... Sams 13:03, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: Keep (6 Keeps; no dissent; substantial article improvement). — Jeff Q (talk) 07:21, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Sams 20:44, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep MosheZadka 08:21, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep : I've just added actual quotations to this. I left the vfd tag up for now. ~ Kalki 07:33, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep : A fair article now. --Aphaia 09:40, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep now. Nice job, Kalki. — Jeff Q (talk) 14:33, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. A nice article.

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Haunted Apiary

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The result was: keep. — MosheZadka 05:06, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Haunted Apiary
The wp page is talking about an ARG, the intro is talking about an online radio game. I am unsure what this is about, but it seems suspect. If anyone can come up with a clearer explanation, please do so.

 * Vote closed: Result: keep (2 keep, no dissent, several struck out delete votes) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 05:06, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:32, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I've struck out my delete vote, for now, but I am still skeptical. Where is the online drama taking place? Is it verifiable? Is it arranged according to episodes? ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 12:58, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. As a supposed "online radio play", based on its current total absence from Google, it sounds like the "viral marketing" this article talks about has Wikiquote as Patient Zero. We should sterilize this before the infection spreads. (I find it intriguing that even the supposed alternate reality game (ARG) described in the 13-month-old WP article seems to have no Google presence.) ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:29, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Ignore my oh-so-clever Google statement above; I screwed up the search (see below). After reviewing the WP article, its substantive history, its talk page, and several of its references (including an article from Wired), I'm inclined to think that HA has achieved enough notability to be kept. If anyone believes this whole subject is suspiciously fannish, I suggest a VfD nomination on Wikipedia, which would bring out a much larger audience to review the available material. Till then, unless provided refuting data, I'll support this article. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 12:31, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Save. I'm not sure what the above users mean by an absence of google presence (as you can see here: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-14,GGLD:en&q=haunted+apiary ). As to the confusion between online radio play and ARG, the Haunted Apiary was definitely an ARG, which used a series of radio-drama like snippets to progress the storyline.
 * Well, don't I feel stupid. I went to double-check my own Google search and found that I'd misspelled "apiary". No wonder I found nothing! My apologies. I'll review the new info. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 02:27, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Unsigned vote struck. (Please read the first paragraph of this page.) ~ Jeff Q (talk) 12:33, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Save. Haunted Apiary served as both an ARG and a radio drama; the story was told through the radio drama, which was unlocked by playing the game. An online radio game would be one of many accurate explanations.
 * Unsigned vote struck. (Please read the first paragraph of this page.) ~ Jeff Q (talk) 12:33, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The "radio play" (a term meaning radio drama, BTW) is what the ARG was built around. The drama's episodes can be found at http://www.ilovebees.com/humptydumpty.html --OGoncho 05:29, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * After checking almost 20 of the WAV files provided at the "humptydumpty" page, I have to say that they are singularly unimpressive to someone who has no knowledge of the material (and, in fact, sound rather inane). Nor do they seem to include the actual quotes listed in the article. (I didn't listen to every clip, but I did look at every "title" and compare it to the listed quotes, with no apparent connection.) It might help this article's case if a citation of the specific quote samples was given, assuming they're available. Supporters should consider that, for most VfD-nominated articles, they are trying to convince a community, most of whose members likely have no prior knowledge of the subject. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 12:44, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Faults of the rich

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The result was: Merged to Health. — Aphaia 00:18, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Faults of the rich
Was nominated for VfD but not listed. Contains only two quotes (although they are on-topic). Seems a bit short and even churlish to have its own article. Maybe its content can be moved to a more general article? — Jeff Q (talk) 22:37, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED: Result: Merged to Health (2 Merges; no dissent) --Aphaia 00:18, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Wealth. Rmhermen 02:42, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge, as Rmhermen suggests. — Jeff Q (talk) 08:05, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Merged. A question: merge doesn't meen "keep as a redirect", so it should be deleted? Thanks. --Aphaia 01:13, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Following suggestion on WQ:AN, I keep it as redirect.;-) --Aphaia 12:10, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Evans

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The result was: keep. — MosheZadka 02:10, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Evans
No intro, no idea who that is -- there are companies called Evans, many on wp with that surname, probably many with that as first name. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 10:51, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Vote closed: Result: keep (and move to correct name) (4 keep and move, no dissent) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 02:10, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 10:51, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and move to correct name. Thanks for the research! ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 18:43, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless information provided as to who or what this is and evidence is provided of notability. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 12:33, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep now. A quick check on Amazon.com shows that Bergen Evans has published quite a number of books on the English language. (So many so that I'm embarrassed that I hadn't heard of him!) Thanks to UDScott for fleshing out this article. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 16:15, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Oops! I meant move now, as MosheZadka says. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:43, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I added some quotes and identified the person -- although it may not necessarily be enough to keep. Others may have some more information, as biographical information on the subject is sketchy at best online. UDScott 13:19, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and move to the correct name. --Aphaia 08:25, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Dr. Frank Crane

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The result was: Kept. — Jeffq 30 June 2005 00:45 (UTC)

Dr. Frank Crane
Google points to just various quotes collection (first entry is wikiquote!), article is a mess, no obvious notability... MosheZadka 04:48, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Vote extended; it closes: 0:00 30 June 2005 (UTC) to make clear the consensus; cleanup or delete. --Aphaia 03:15, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED after extension. Result: Kept (3 Deletes; 1 official Keep, 1 Keep just past deadline that was solicited by deadline extender; article substantially improved, but still needs work based on several voters' comments; 2 of Delete votes consider cleanup an acceptable alternative). Since I did a good bit of the cleanup (and grabbed copies of the page images specifically to verify the quotes, just in case), I'll finish my suggested work. (I find it amusing to contribute to the preservation of an article whose author savaged me.) — Jeff Q (talk) 30 June 2005 00:45 (UTC)
 * Delete MosheZadka 04:48, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Better these quotes than the plagarized ones that JohnQ calls his "Personal Quotes"!!!  Photolinks on Frank Crane site have been removed, article edited.  RocknRollEdder 21:24 8 June 2005 MST (UTC)
 * The human heart is a great green tree, and many strange birds come and sing in its branches; a few build nests, but most are from far lands north and south and never come again. (Frank Crane)
 * The human heart is the throne of God, the council-chamber of the devil.... (Frank Crane)
 * The quality of the author's writing is self-explanatory, the author widely quoted but lacking in volume EXACTLY because his words have not previously published ON-LINE!
 * KEEP Let's get rid of plagiarized quotes and leave bona fide pre-1923 (OPEN-SOURCE!) works for public enjoyment!  (UTC)
 * Comment: Vote from anon. "(UTC)" was written by its voter. --Aphaia 17:09, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Struck out illegal (forged or double) vote (see details below). — Jeff Q (talk) 13:28, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or Transwiki to Wikisource; an editor uploaded a photo of its source; if it is not an extract, it would be suitable for Wikisource (unless they consider it unnotable). And I confess I was not impressed by this author. --Aphaia 03:00, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: As for user's "self-quotes", it is rude to refer it as the above way in my opinion, we encourage Wikiquote editor to create their own quotes collection as long as they make it on their user page; and it might underestimate the author in question to compare with the quotes which is thought clearly infringement of project policies.
 * Revevant discussion:
 * See also: Frank Crane (As of 04:14, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) empty page) Aph.
 * PLAGARISM You obviously have no ethics against plagarism,  Or you would recognize that when someone says, "These are my own original quotes." as JohnQ JohnQ  does, he IS taking credit for concepts that would be best cited as "SOURCE UNKNOWN".   If someone sues your website, or big government censors your crap, your disregard deserves it.
 * Above comment was added by 24.117.255.9. — Jeff Q (talk) 13:28, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I will find another more profitable venue for the publicity of these classic essays, and you will be left with your pathetic cyberworld virtual past time because you will never be a real-world editor.
 * Above comment was added by 24.117.255.9. I removed the bolding, as it interferes with bold-for-vote formatting. — Jeff Q (talk) 13:28, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comments: My, my. How to untangle this mess? It's not in my nature to be concise ☺, but let me try.
 * The rambling text added in fits and starts by RocknRollEdder and 24.117.255.9 (possibly the same person) demonstrates only a minimal grasp of clear thinking, wiki editing, and basic concepts like "public domain" (which they incorrectly referred to as "open source"). We must try to look beyond this "blundering ignorance" (in the good Dr. Crane's words) to consider the value of the article itself. Let's not blame the article for the rudeness of its defender(s).
 * The book probably is public-domain now, as it was published in 1919. I have reworked the article to remove all the POV editorializing, breathless emphasizing, and duplication. (Edder seems to consider a Wikiquote article as an essay opportunity.) I've left in a cleaner version of the introduction, as it is within Wikiquote practice to have a brief introduction.
 * The article still needs some serious copyediting, as I made no attempt to compare the quotes to the photographs we have (which I've added links to so that others may do just this.) The "Clean Business" transcriptions are in the form of individual sentences on separate lines, giving no indication of where an excerpt starts and stops. If these passages are indeed entire tracts, they probably should be edited down to their essentials. There also appears to be many unnecessary hyphens in the text, which should only be there if the original spelled the words that way, not just because there was a line break. (That's elementary typography.)
 * I have not evaluated the content of the quotes or the notability of the author. There is no Frank Crane (or "Dr. Frank Crane") page on Wikipedia at this point, so I can't tell whether it was there and deleted, or never there.
 * If, after all this, the article survives VfD, it should be moved either to Frank Crane or Four Minute Essays. Neither the current title nor its redirect follow any Wikiquote practice.
 * RocknRollEdder's "keep" vote, however libelous, is valid, but the second "keep" was added to his later text by 24.117.255.9. That second vote is therefore either an attempt at forgery or a double vote. Either way, it doesn't count. Again, I think this is not malevolent intent; I think it's just ignorance of wiki practices (bordering on disrespect).
 * And when I say "libelous", I'm being literal. His accusation of plagiarism is not only raving and misattributed (my name is Jeff, not John), but unjustified. Not only do I have records to prove when I first thought of my quotes, I also protect myself (and Wikiquote, although it hardly needs it) by prefacing my personal quotes with the statement: "If anyone knows of earlier sources of any of these quotes that are essentially the same phrasing, please tell me so I can stop calling it mine." I've had no takers thus far. I feel fairly certain that our blustering Frank Crane fan not only will not, but cannot provide such evidence.
 * Last and least, I want to thank 24.117.255.9 for his unintended compliment of considering my personal quotes good enough to be attributed to "source unknown", which implies pithy but untraceable. My quotes, however, can be traced.
 * Because of the wiki markup complexity of my commentary above, I ask that subsequent comments, if any, be added after this whole block, not interspersed between. Thank you. — Jeff Q (talk) 13:28, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I, as a temporal admin on English Wikipedia, abused my power a bit --- check if there is a trace of deletion of article on this topic there. I think every admin knows how to find deleted revisions from archive. And there is nothing on English Wikipedia. On the other hand w:WP:VFU says "Pages deleted prior to the database crash on 8 June 2004 are not present in the current archive". So the article in question was ether deleted before 8 June 2004 or never created. --Aphaia 14:05, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or further heavy cleanup and trimming. Rmhermen 17:06, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Rather Delete, however don't oppose to keep but cleanup. I propose pending deletion for one week for waiting for editor(s) who will clean it up willingly. If not, it should be deleted. --Aphaia 00:04, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but moved to Frank Crane: Though I don't find a great deal of intrinsic value in many of the quotes, and suspect the poster might be a descendent or relative of Dr. Crane, they may arguably have some historical value. The page does need further work and clean-up though, and I feel the photos of the pages should be deleted as unneeded by Wikiquote, and probably by any of the other Wikimedia projects. ~ Kalki 30 June 2005 00:22 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Dr. Alfred Kinsey

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The result was: Redirect without text. — Jeffq 10:52, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Dr. Alfred Kinsey

 * One line written in language I don't even recognise (Hebrew?). Delete unless translated and given some context. jni 17:24, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: Redirect without text (2 Deletes; 2 Redirects; no translation provided by original editor; redirect essentially accomodates all stated views). — Jeff Q (talk) 10:52, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, perhaps speedy because we have already Alfred Kinsey. --Aphaia 22:49, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect. Rmhermen 03:42, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect and drop the text unless translated. Looks more like Arabic to me, but that's irrelevant. If it's a quote, the English version should be added to Alfred Kinsey. I've left a note on the original creator's (IP) talk page in case the quote itself is salvageable. — Jeff Q (talk) 03:55, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Dhammapada

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The result was: Keep. — Jeffq 04:02, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Dhammapada
I changed its status from speedy deletion candidate.--Aphaia 00:28, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED. Results: Keep (3 Keeps, no dissent). Article name already fixed per original deletion requestor. Redirects fixed. — Jeff Q (talk) 04:02, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep: Currently it seems to be a good article (though a bit stubby). See also Talk:Dhammapada. --Aphaia 00:28, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: Just tag it with to encourage additions. — Jeff Q (talk) 04:03, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Rmhermen 14:55, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Dawn of the Dead

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The result was: merge and redirect. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 06:38, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Dawn of the Dead
This is just a portion of the dialogue and the layout and cast are not properly formatted. There are also numerous misspellings. I inadvertently created a Dawn of the Dead (2004) page before I knew this one existed, but I think my new page better adheres to Wikiquote format. UDScott 15:49, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED: Result: merge and redirect (3 merge, 1 redirect, no dissent) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 06:38, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect: In these cases, the best thing to do is to merge in those quotes which are on Dawn of the Dead to Dawn of the Dead (2004), adding Dawn of the Dead's history to Dawn of the Dead (2004), and making Dawn of the Dead a redirect page. Best of all, next time you see a similar problem, you do not even need to use VFD — just be bold and merge. Merging, being an undoable operation, doesn't need a vote unless it is controversial. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 16:14, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge. What happened was that an anonymous user decided he/she didn't like the existing contents of the article and simply replaced them with the raw output of his/her favorite scene. I recommend we revert the anon edits, merge UDScott's material into the original article (which had good material from multiple editors), and leave the (2004) title as a redirect. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 16:19, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * After reading MZ's suggestion (which conflicted with my edit), I would like to point out that the original has much more history, so it should be the merge target. UDScott's history can go into its talk page, and then we can pick which one we want as primary and which as redirect. (DotD as primary follows don't-dab-unless-necessary policy; DotD as a redirect provides a dab page to (2004) and yet-nonexistent (1978), so we don't annoy either generation's fans unduly.) ~ Jeff Q (talk) 16:29, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: You're right. Thanks for noticing! ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 16:30, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I've just reverted all changes since Kalki's vandalism reversion, and re-added the VFD tag. Now we have something to improve by merging. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 16:39, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I'm just going to let you guys decide what to do -- I took material from the old page and added it to mine, so I think what you see on the 'new'page (e.g. Dawn of the Dead (2004)) is now a merged page with the old and the new. But in the meantime, Jeff had already made some changes. Now, I think it's just a matter of figuring out how to resolve this. I'll defer to your judgement. UDScott 16:45, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Now it appears that he's back -- he's changed the cast list so that it doesn't show the all the correct actors' names anymore. UDScott 19:41, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I reverted the anon's second round of changes and warned them to explain their actions or be blocked the next time they try it. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 20:33, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge as Jeff said. I think a history copied on talk is enough, but if wanted, we can merge histories of pages, sacrifing a bit visibility of history. --Aphaia 09:23, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * COMMENT: After the vote closure to merge, I merged Dawn of the Dead (2004) into Dawn of the Dead and turned the former into a redirect to the latter. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:25, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Dalek

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The result was: Redirected to Doctor Who. — Jeffq 15:49, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dalek

 * Delete or redirect to Doctor Who. Dalek quotes are already there and this page is very short. --Jawr256 11:20, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED. Result: Redirected to Doctor Who (2 Redirects, 2 Delete/Redirects; merged descriptive text with single quote that already existed at target article). — Jeff Q (talk) 15:49, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Bolstering my argument about excessive expansion of WQ links, Dalek was created by a user 1 minute after editing Villain, which contained a link to Dalek. — Jeff Q (talk) 13:44, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to Doctor Who because # can't function in redirect. --Aphaia 06:29, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Interesting, I didn't know that. --Jawr256 12:00, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect I guess, same reason as with "Doctor Who" above. Sams 20:15, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Doctor Who. This is another article that is unlikely ever to have more than one quote (and will never be substantial; the Daleks aren't particularly talkative or quoteworthy). — Jeff Q (talk) 10:16, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Dalai Lama

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The result was: delete His Holiness the Dalai Lama, redirect Dalai Lama to Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama. — Aphaia 16:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Dalai Lama
Originally titled His Holiness the Dalai Lama Dalai Lama

Now both are (double) redirects to Tenzin Gyatso to Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (and that is why I found them). --Aphaia 4 July 2005 09:15 (UTC)

Vote closed. Results:
 * His Holiness the Dalai Lama - deleted. (3 deletes, no disssent).
 * Dalai Lama - turn to redirect to Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama. (2 redirects, 1 delete, no vote to keep). Aphaia 16:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete or Turn to disambiguation(s) because there were apparently his precedences ... I don't think it is a good idea we have such redirect with title, like "Pope", "British Queen" and so on.--Aphaia 4 July 2005 09:15 (UTC)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 5 July 2005 06:49 (UTC)
 * Two different fates for two different redirects:
 * Delete "His Holiness the Dalai Lama". It does not following English Wikipedia title practices, as is currently demonstrated by its absence there. — Jeff Q (talk) 22:37, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect "Dalai Lama" to current Tenzin Gyatso article, whichever that is. (I don't agree with the current suffix, as it seems to violate the WP MoS principle of avoiding honorifics and positions in article titles unless needed for disambiguation, but WP is currently ignoring it for Tenzin Gyatso, so I won't raise a fuss right now.) Unless and until we have quotes from another incarnation of the Dalai Lama, we don't really need "Dalai Lama" to be a disambiguation article. — Jeff Q (talk) 22:37, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * As for Dalai Lama, concur Jeff. Keep it as redirect to Tenzin Gyatso.--Aphaia 19:55, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Consumerism

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The result was: keep. — MosheZadka 01:05, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Consumerism
No quotes, just personal commentary. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 9 July 2005 18:42 (UTC)

 * Vote closed: Result: keep (3 keeps, 1 delete with outdated rationale) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 01:05, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless turned into theme page ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 9 July 2005 18:42 (UTC)
 * Keep now ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 09:08, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless turned into a useful theme page. — Jeff Q (talk) 01:24, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep now, after Alan Liefting's substantial additions. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 06:26, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No quotes. jni 05:40, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I have added a bunch of quotes. Alan Liefting 19:51, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Constantine

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The result was: keep. — MosheZadka 02:08, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Constantine
Encyclopedic stub. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 15:39, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Vote closed: Result: keep (3 keep, no dissent) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 02:08, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 15:39, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and next time we have a lull in in new policies, we should consider VfD withdrawal. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 16:39, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I've expanded the entry, adding quotes, cast, and taglines. It is no longer merely an encyclopedic stub. UDScott 16:35, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep based on current content. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 16:59, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Chiropractic medicine

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The result was: no consensus. — Jeff Q (talk) 10:52, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Chiropractic medicine
Transwikied article from English Wikiquote. It has two problems:
 * 1) Wrongly transwiki way: though it has a link to the original article, but lack the information of history (so GFDLvio, if we follow it strictly).
 * 2) ... and imho it is weird as Wikiquote article. Seems to an extract from news or just memorandum to a certain topic. --Aphaia 12:31, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED. Result: no consensus (no explicit votes; 1 implicit Delete). Some may consider this to be sufficient to delete, but I feel that if the community isn't able to muster any explicit votes at all, we cannot consider this a consensus to delete. — Jeff Q (talk) 10:52, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Charlie Parker

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: Keep. — Jeffq 11:28, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Charlie Parker
No quotes at all. Delete unless expanded. jni 17:53, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC) After seeing the expanded version, I wish to change my vote to keep and withdraw this VfD nomination. jni 16:08, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED. Result: Keep (4 Keeps; no dissent; article improved). — Jeff Q (talk) 11:28, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've added some wiki structure and the single quotation about Parker from Wikipedia. It's still a fairly minimal article. — Jeff Q (talk) 04:12, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep now. I have also expanded it. Rmhermen 13:30, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep now, after Rmhermen's substantial expansion. — Jeff Q (talk) 17:37, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and I would like to have a rule on withdrawal ;-) --Aphaia 12:26, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

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