User talk:86.146.46.216

Revision to page on Ben Aaronovitch
Howdy! Appreciate you dropping in to add to the page. However, you may notice that I changed it quite a bit. Just explaining my reasoning here on the off-chance that the IP address indicates that you are a new user. I don't claim to be the final authority, but I've been editing Wikiquote for a long time, and have the commendation of the moderators so, for what it's worth... A number of the quotes you provided, especially the last two, were lengthy sections of narrative. While these certainly qualify as quotes, I rather think that most of what is intended on Wikiquote (like in Bartlett's before it) are "quotable quotes," with an emphasis on pithiness, commentary on a specific topic (note that I kept your quote on police attitudes, and added ones on modern architecture, technology and convenience, the amusing bit about Reagan and Thatcher, etc.; hopefully that provides pointers as to the typical style of quotes), humor, insightfulness, etc. Feel free to continue editing, even changing what I've done; hopefully, though, you don’t just think I'm full of malarkey. Wikiquote (and Wikiquotians) are cool! Markjoseph125 (talk) 21:54, 9 January 2023 (UTC)