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#Is the ''subject'' of a proposed page "quotable" enough to merit inclusion?

#Is a ''particular quote'' "quotable" enough to merit inclusion?

This guideline addresses the notability and quality of quotes, pages must also conform with the limitations imposed by copyright and page length concerns provided at [[Wikiquote:Limits on quotations]].

 

The tests set forth below are directed only towards the propriety of including entries on actual persons, and including quotes that are by (or about) such persons. They are ''not'' intended to address the quotability of novels, films, or television shows, for which other criteria apply.

 

Further discussion of these concepts is set forth below.

 

It may be a very difficult and very subjective determination to say that one quote is "quotable" while another is not.

 

For a quote from a poem or other literature, the key is whether the exact words are notable. However, when quoting a scientist the notability of the underlying meaning may suffice even if the exact words the scientist used are not well known, for example [[Isaac Newton#Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)|Isaac Newton's]] statement of the laws of motion, [[Johannes Kepler]]'s statement of the laws of planetary motions, or [[Albert Einstein]]'s discussion of the Theory of Relativity.

 

A quote must be long enough to convey some kind of information or sentiment, but not so long as to become a wear on the reader. Typically, the most quotable quotes are one line or two short lines. In rare cases, just a few words may become immortalized as a memorable quote: "[[w:Cogito ergo sum|Cogito ergo sum]]"; "[[w:Veni, vidi, vici|Veni, vidi, vici]]"; "[[w:Mass–energy equivalence|E=Mc²]]"; "[[w:Et tu, Brute?|Et tu, Brute?]]"; "[[The Simpsons|Eat my shorts]]". It is exceedingly difficult to find quotes of less than five words in English that convey sufficient information to merit inclusion, and most such quotes will be deleted unless they can be shown to have particular cultural or historical significance.

 

Of this scene, much dialogue could be included, but the only piece of it that has really entered the pop-culture lexicon is ''"[[w:Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.|Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn]]."'' Dialogue only ought be included when the interchange is quotable, terse, and/or pithy on its own (as well as ''understandable''):

 

::'''''Neo:''' Why do my eyes hurt?''

::'''''Morpheus:''' You've never used them before.''

Individual notability of the author ''is'' required for a quote about another person to be included in an article on that other person. This is discussed further below.

 

In some instances a quote will come to far exceed the fame of the author, and will be widely repeated in secondary and tertiary sources. The news may pick up a stray comment that is amusing or interesting in context, and inject it into the public mind. Quotes which pithily express everyday realities (e.g. "A fool and his money are soon parted"; "Measure twice, cut once"; "He who laughs last, laughs best") may become proverbs, sayings, or aphorisms. An author may be notable as the originator of such sayings, but more frequently they arise from sources now unknown, and may be included in articles on proverbs, or on the themes reflected in the quote.

 

A famous quote that is generally accepted as originating from an otherwise little-known person may justify the existence of an article on that person. However, in order to insure that the quote itself is sufficiently famous for this purpose, it will be scrutinized heavily with respect to having withstood the test of time, as discussed below.

 

A quote should be attributed to the person who coined it. Many works use stock phrases such as:

 

There are two primary exceptions to this rule. The first is where the occurrence of such a phrase as part of a larger section of dialogue, for which inclusion of the phrase is necessary to display the entire context of the discussion. The second is where the quote has become so widely associated with a person or a work that it merits inclusion for the very purpose of explaining that its actual origination lies elsewhere.

 

A quote is more likely to be deemed quotable if it is about a notable subject. Certain subjects, such as [[Love]] and [[Birth]], are universally known, and are the topic of frequent comment. Quotes on a less notable subject may still merit inclusion, but they must be shown to have a stronger case for inclusion based on factors such as the notability of the speaker and the quality of the quote itself. See, for example, quotes included in [[Hippopotamus]].

 

By contrast, a quote that continues to be reported or repeated after over '''one-hundred years''' have passed will be presumed to be quotable.

 

Anyone can ''attribute'' a quote to a notable person. In order for the matter to be quotable, it must be demonstrable that the person cited as the author of the quote is indeed the author; or at least that some independent and unbiased source attributes the quote to that author (see [[Wikiquote:Sourcing]]).

 

The presence of a quote in a published collection of quotations is strong evidence of quotability, both as to the quote and as to the author of the quote. However, this is not necessarily adequate evidence of verifiability. Such collections occasionally misattribute quotes; in such instances, the quote may be listed as "misattributed" in the entry for the wrongly identified author (along with an explanation of why this is believed to be a misattribution, and an identification if possible of the correct author), and may also be listed in the entry of the actual author.

 

There are certainly notable quotes in which one person criticizes another. However, because of the potential for abuse of this project, such quotes receive high scrutiny. For a critical quote to be included, the following conditions must be considered:

#Is the ''author'' of the quote a highly notable person?

 

If a critical quote which goes against the weight of the above criteria is inserted into an article, it may be removed with reference to this page.