User talk:24.70.238.210

Please stop recreating the Melody Zacharias page - this is not a notable person and doesn't warrant having a page. ~ UDScott 20:47, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

After recreating an article for Melody Zacharias, you noted on the discussion page how you didn't see anywhere that being notable was a requirement for Wikiquote. It is, in fact, one of our criteria, as seen here in the section "What is Wikiquote": "Notable: We limit ourselves to quotations which are notable. A quotation can be notable either because it has achieved fame by itself, but more usually because it was said by someone notable, or appeared in a notable work." For this reason the Zacharias page has again been deleted. - InvisibleSun 07:21, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

I will respect those guidelines, as you have interpreted them, although I think they are silly. Are you convinced that the requirement you have cited is all inclusive? Are these the only ways that a quote can become notable? If some backwater gent says something very profound, perhaps something that will touch people in their heart and perhaps make the world a better place, you don't want to hear it because that person is not famous?

I would rather read a pearl of wisdom from whoever said it than the stupid ranting of Courtney Love, for example. As I posted on the discussion page: Out of the mouths of babes... . Wisdom comes from many places. If you restrict yourself to quotes from famous people, you will miss out on a lot that the world has to offer. Paris Hilton is famous. She is also sharp as a cue ball (to quote Foghorn Leghorn). Although I can learn what not to do from Paris, I find that there are many more examples of what not to do in this world than what to do. If I can post something notable, that people may find helpful or applicable in their lives, that is worth while. You attack my posting yet you find no fault in posting the diarrhea that Courtney Love spews. Here are two from Gallileo: In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. I never met a man so unknowledgeable, I could not learn something from him.

Finally, there is a process for removal. Why is it that you feel justified in simply removing the quote? If you object to the quote being posted, there is a process to remove it. Your arbitrary actions are capricious. It is my understanding that in the wiki world, I have a right to post and you have a right to edit. You are choosing to censor, not edit. Why do you expect me to follow a rule as you have interpreted it when you do not follow the rules for removal? To ensure that you read this, I will post one final time. Melody has told me that she has no desire to be "known" and so I have no intention of foisting this upon her any longer.


 * I'm sorry that you feel so strongly that our policies are invalid. But there is a simple solution - create a user page, and you are then able to place whatever quotes you would like (famous or not-so-famous) on your user page. But the larger wikiquote spce is devoted to notable people only. That is why this page was deleted, not because of the quality of the quote. Feel free to create a user page and place the quote on it. ~ UDScott 17:07, 16 May 2007 (UTC)