The Elder Scrolls Wiki:Quote of the Week

The Quote of the Week nomination page is the proving ground that all potential quotes must go through before appearing on the front page of TESWiki.

[edit] STEP ONE: WHAT GOES WHERE?

First of all, don't post your nominations here. There are two separate nomination pages for quotes: The Elder Scrolls Wiki:Quote of the Week/In-Universe and The Elder Scrolls Wiki:Quote of the Week/Other. We split it into two pages to help keep load-times down.

[edit] Use the In-Universe page to nominate...

• Quotes from The Elder Scrolls games
  • Quotes that are from non-canon "paths" are also acceptable
• Spoken dialogue from any novel
  • Basically, anything in quotation marks, editing out "he said" or descriptive text

The Other page is split into several subcategories.

[edit] Use the Real-Life subcategory to nominate...

• Quotes from game designers of The Elder Scrolls games
• Quotes from voice actors of The Elder Scrolls games
• Quotes from authors of Elder Scrolls novels or strategy guides
• Quotes from music composers, directors, producers, or individuals with a direct connection to a canon Elder Scrolls project

[edit] Use the References in Other Media subcategory to nominate...

• Quotes from fan projects
• Quotes from non-Elder Scrolls movies or TV series that either mention or parody The Elder Scrolls
• Quotes from non-Elder Scrolls comics or webcomics that either mention or parody The Elder Scrolls
• Examples: Penny Arcade

[edit] Use the VIPs subcategory to nominate...

• Quotes from reviewers of Elder Scrolls video games, novels, etc.
• Quotes from celebrities with no direct connection to any canon Elder Scrolls project concerning The Elder Scrolls

[edit] Use the Narrative Text subcategory to nominate...

• A block of text from any canon Elder Scrolls novel
• A phrase from an advertisement of a canon Elder Scrolls project, excluding spoken dialogue
• A block of text from any canon Elder Scrolls game or other text medium, excluding spoken dialogue

[edit] STEP TWO: HOW DO I DO THIS, THEN?

• New quotes should be added to the bottom of the relevant subsection of the page. In the case of In-Universe, that’s easy. Just place all quotes at the very end of the page.

• Quotes should be posted using the following syntax:

• As a specific example:

• Note above: the speaker token, i.e. Dagoth Ur, is bracketed by three equals signs, whereas the "for" and "against" tokens are bracketed by four.
• Also note, those who nominate a quote are expected to vote for it themselves. Votes must be signed, as with posts on a forum or on a talk page, with the tilde signs, as indicated above. The vote tally should start with +1.

There are separate templates for multiple speakers, so take note, and examine the wiki code in other nominations if you're having trouble. For simple dialogues, Speaker A, then Speaker B, use the format Dialogue:

{{Dialogue|Crantius Colto|Cleaning, eh? I have something for you. Here, polish my spear.|Lifts-Her-Tail|But it is huge! It could take me all night!|Crantius Colto and Lifts-Her-Tail|The Lusty Argonian Maid}}

This would be considered an "A/B" dialogue. Other templates exist for an A/B/A exchange, A/B/A/B, A/B/C, and so on. See the Template:Dialogue page for more specifics. Try to keep your dialogues as short as possible. If your dialogue exceeds four lines, you will not be able to use a template at all and will have to simply use wiki code to emulate the standard Dialogue format.

[edit] STEP THREE: DID WE WIN?

When a quote achieves a score of +10, it moves onto the queue of quotes appearing on Quote of the Week. The queue is shown by date here.

To calculate the score, one simply subtracts the number of "Against" votes from the number of "For" votes. This means that a quote with 10 "For" votes and 1 "Against" would have a score of +9. A quote with 2 "For" votes and 3 "Against" would have a score of -1.

A quote is considered "voted down" (and is removed from the list) if:

• Its total score is -3 (or lower)
• It has accrued a total of five Against votes (even if its total score is positive)
  • For every +5 in the vote threshold, an additional +1 Against vote is required before deletion. See Step Four for more details on renominations and vote thresholds.
• The nominator neglected to vote and the quote has no votes for or against (we usually give it a few days and prompt the nominator first)

After a quote has been on the nomination list for two months without achieving a score of +10, it is deleted (zapped!). A quote can be renominated after it has been zapped, but you may want to wait a few weeks first.

[edit] STEP FOUR: STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE

It is preferred that you nominate a quote that has never before been featured on the front page as Quote of the Week. First-time quotes follow the procedure detailed above in Step Three.

If your quote has appeared before, it must meet a higher vote threshold, which amounts to +5 for every previous time it has appeared. You can check the archive to see if your nomination has already appeared. The archive is organized by category, then further organized by speaker.

As long as the quote is kept verbatim from the source material, the nominator is free to write their own attribution line, add their own bracketed phrases to describe action, and include as many O's in Noooooooooooooo! as they feel are appropriate.

Also, the nominator need not feel constrained by the exact dialogue of the previous nomination. A single quote may be expanded into a full dialogue.

Conversely, if the nominator feels the original nomination is too bulky with dialogue and wants to trim it down, that is also acceptable, but the +5 requirement still applies.

If your quote nomination has been featured before, please include a note to that effect in the comments section along with a link to the original and note the appropriate vote threshold.

[edit] STEP FIVE: PROGRAMMED FOR ETIQUETTE

Some tips for posting on the Quote of the Week page:

• Keep commentary to a minimum. Make a brief joke. Explain briefly why you're voting for or against. Ask "Haven't we done this one before?" or "Is that right? I don't think that's the right dialogue." Post a link to the source material. Try not to ramble or start a separate conversation (use the Council Club forums for that).
• Vote for or against a quote for whatever reason you like. You need not explain why. Don't feel defensive about voting against a quote. Everyone's entitled to their opinion. There's no need to back up your vote with a paragraph of justifications and explanations. This is a simple vote count, not a debate. Just refrain from personal attacks and follow the same etiquette as you would on a forum.
• Remember to sign your name (with the date) next to your vote as well as any commentary you make.
• Some users are what we call "single-issue voters," i.e., users whose only contribution to TESWiki is to vote for QOTW. There may be lingering suspicions about such users being "sock puppets" or alter egos of other users. If you are a new user whose only interest in TESWiki is the QOTW page, you may find your votes being deleted or crossed out and not applied to the score. To avoid this, try contributing to other areas of the TESWiki. Create a userpage, for example, or hunt for typographical errors, or expand a stub, or something else to identify yourself as a unique individual. In order to cast a valid vote in QOTW, you must have at least 50 edits to the Main space, meaning actual content articles, to indicate you are a contributing member.
  • NOTE: If you find your vote has been struck, all you need do is increase your edit count. I keep a list of voters who do not meet the requirements and check their edit counts periodically. As soon as you meet the 50-edit requirement, or at least when it comes to my attention, I will unstrike your votes and count them normally. Send me a message about it if I'm going to slow. You are allowed to unstrike your own votes, but only if you meet the requirement. Unstriking your votes without meeting the requirement is a violation; repeated offenses will result in banning.
• Do not tamper with the comments or votes of other users. This is considered a banning offense. Do not even correct the spelling or grammar of other users. If a user neglects to include a # or * character, you can add that, for clarity's sake, but otherwise do not interfere with other users' text at all.
• Do not "forge" the signatures of other voters. This is also considered a banning offense.
• We try our best to make the Quotes of the Week verbatim from the game or novel. This may include misspellings or "accented" text from a novel or exclamations in ALL CAPITALS.
• Occasionally a quote will be nominated that is incorrect. Any user is allowed to correct a quote to conform to its source material, but please be absolutely sure before making such a change. Check the source material directly and do not rely on your own memory. Also do not rely on the "quotes" section of the IMDb; it is not reliable.
• Watch and learn. The QOTW nomination page has certain conventions it uses. Read through the Archive to learn how quotes should be transcribed. Remember to include the source of your quote.