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| “ | →When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. |
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Participants
Discussion (Nominations)
Guidelines
Nominations (New mottos go here) In review + Specials + Decisions
Frequently Used Ideas
Schedule (Upcoming mottos)
Archives (Schedule and nominations)
Participants
Discussion
Requests
Templates
Closed Requests (1, 2)
The Motto of the Day (MOTD) is a project dedicated to creating and displaying a daily unofficial Misplaced Pages motto included on various user pages. It is an effort to laugh a bit at ourselves, celebrate our achievements, and foster a sense of community. Mottos can be humorous or serious, but must reflect the community or purpose of Misplaced Pages. Nominate new mottos here.
The templates
To get the Motto of the Day, just place one of the following templates anywhere you like on your user or user talk page. User:Cremepuff222/RandomMotto, Template:Motd Cquote and Template: Random Motto display tables because the Template:Cquote2 which is used cannot handle tables. Do not place them in tables if you don't want the template to divide itself into visible rows and columns.
| Template | What you see | Pros | Cons | |||
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| {{Motd framed}} |
Motto of the day...
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The main template: the one displayed at the Community Portal | Borders may clash if page already has borders | |||
| {{Motd}} | Today's motto... →When I find myself in times of trouble |
Stands out | Cannot handle bold or italic text | |||
| {{Motd plain}} | Today's motto... →When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. |
Can handle all styles of text | None | |||
| {{Motd big}} | Today's motto... →When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. |
Can handle all styles of text | Makes intentionally small text normal | |||
| {{Motd bold}} | Today's motto... →When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. |
Can handle italic text | Cannot handle bold text | |||
| {{Motd cquote}} |
“
→When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. ” — Today's Motto of the Day |
Can handle all styles of text | Has trouble handling tables | |||
| {{Random Motto}} |
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Auto-adjusts to fit where it is placed. | Squashes itself if motto is long. | |||
| {{MOTD banner}} | Motto of the Day, . →When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. |
Bright background. Draws attention to itself. | None | |||
| {{User:Download/RandomMotto}} | December 6's motto of the day... Misplaced Pages:Motto of the day/December 6, 2024 → Next motto→When I find myself in times of trouble |
Generates a random motto for each page visit | Can produce redlinks | |||
| {{User:Cremepuff222/RandomMotto}} |
Next motto→When I find myself in times of trouble |
Generates a random motto for each page visit | Has trouble handling tables; can produce redlinks | |||
| {{User:DannyQuack/Userboxes/Motto}} |
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Fits in small spaces; useful for columns; random message | Is a userbox and cannot be formatted; can produce redlinks | |||
| {{User:Oxguy3/myboxes/MOTD}} |
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Looks like a userbox; fits in small spaces; useful for columns | Cannot be formatted | |||
| {{User:Killeroid/MOTD}} | Today's motto: →When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. |
Bright background. Draws attention to itself. | None | |||
| {{User:Secret Saturdays/MottoBox}} |
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useful for columns | It's considered too big for a userbox. It expands depending on the length of the quote. | |||
| {{User:Hi878/Random MotD}} | →When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. |
Bright background. Draws attention to itself. Generates a random motto for each page visit. | Can produce redlinks. | |||
| {{User:Hi878/Random and Today's MotD}} | Today's motto: →When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. →When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. |
Bright background. Draws attention to itself. Generates a random motto for each page visit, and shows the current. | Can produce redlinks. | |||
| {{User:titusfox/MOTD}} |
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Very Simple. | May be too long to be a userbox when the motto is long. |
You may also add the completely unformatted motto of the day by using {{Misplaced Pages:Motto of the day/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}. This allows you to create your own formatting.
Coordination, feedback, and questions
Every user is welcome to help coordinate the updating of MOTD. Any general inquiries and comments about the project are welcome at Misplaced Pages talk:Motto of the day.
Have an idea for a new motto?
Place your suggestions on the nominations page for review and consideration. Follow the instructions there for the correct procedure on how to do this.
Frequent contributors or supporters of the project
Templates
Typing {{User MOTD}} in your Userbox area produces
 | This user frequently contributes to the Motto of the Day. Do you? |
and adds the page to Category:Wikipedians who contribute to Motto of the day.
There is also an icon that you can use. Typing {{User:Hi878/MotD Icon}} will create an icon in the corner of your userpage showing your support for MotD. It uses {{topicon}} so it would be positioned the same way as any other icon.
To be on a list without using one of these, you may want to visit the Participants page.
Invite new users
To invite new users, add the template {{subst:MOTD Invite}} to their talk page.
Barnstar
Motto of the Day even has its own barnstar award. To give it to someone who has contributed greatly to the project, simply use the template below:
{{subst:MOTD Barnstar|Your message here. ~~~~}}
...and you’ll get this:
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The MOTD Barnstar | |
| Your message here. ~~~~ |
Motto Shop
If you want to get a motto to live by on Misplaced Pages, try out our Motto Shop!
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