Forum:Quotes

I think it's about time we create a guideline to what is a valid quote to include into an article.

I see a pile of character articles with junk at the bottom titled "Quotes". They feature random things the character has said which have very little relevance to the character.

On top of that, they are often edited. I see piles of random people coming adding useless quotes, but not editing anything of value in the wiki. Even worse, they change existing quotes. Which makes me doubt if some of those quotes are actual quotes. But rather a sentence twisted which isn't actually the same wording used by the character, likely improved by someone who thought it would sound better. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Sep 1, 2008 @ 20:23 (UTC)


 * Yeah, they're pretty useless. But I don't think we can really find a universally working guideline, to whether or not a qute is relevant or not. I guess it's just too character-specific.
 * btw, I like how Wookieepedia has occasinal quotes about the characters in question within their articles, though. It somehow flows really nice. I'd somewhat like to see something like that here, too. Wakalaka 11:39, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

I think the quotes are funny sometimes. They may not have relevance but if you're like me and you get bored and decide to read Narutopedia, an occasional funny quote is always good.

Adding Quotes
I've Edited the Kakashi Character page and I've added some quotes in his page, in the same way as they do on Wookiepedia and the Final Fantasy Wiki. I've checked the quotes and I know they are real ones. Unfortunatly I havn't read the Hunt for the Uchiha, Jiraiya's Death and Invasion of Pain arcs in the manga yet, so I havn't put any quotes in those arcs. I thought I would give it a go to see how it is, and I personally think it makes it run better when reading. If anyone else comes up with some quotes for those arcs, or some worth adding onto the other parts, such as the Invasion of Konoha arc as I couldn't find a really relevent quote for that one, then that would be just great. I havn't deleted the quotes section in case the page ends up being changed back again, also even if it isn't changed back, it would be a good place to put in some of the qoutes that aren't relevent to any part of the story. If it is an Idea that catches on, then that would be just great, however I won't be doing any more until someone else does, and If they do, I'll edit a few more characters, but not a lot.

Referencing Quotes
I believe we should start referencing quotes to where or when they were first stated as it is becoming extremely hard to know where these quotes came from or where they were said. This is especialy so when there is no content in the listed quote. I'll use this as an example:

(Kabuto to Sasuke) "If you don't want to die you should watch your mouth." Chapter 238, pg 4

This way when one is added anyone can go and look it up to see if its true or not. With out listing where it came from a person would have to look up each and every scene that shows the two speaking to one another.--SuperN 15:57, 19 March 2009 (UTC)