Today's motto...
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree

The motto of the Day (MOTD) is a project dedicated to creating and displaying a daily unofficial Wikipedia motto included on various user pages. It is an effort to laugh a bit at ourselves, celebrate our achievements, and foster a sense of community. Mottos can be humorous or serious, but must reflect the community or purpose of Wikipedia. Nominate new mottos here.

[edit] The templates

To get the Motto of the Day, just place one of the following templates anywhere you like on your user or user talk page.

Template	What you see	Pros	Cons
{{Motd}}	Today's motto... He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree	Stands out	Cannot handle bold or italic text
{{Motd plain}}	Today's motto... He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree	Can handle all styles of text	None
{{Motd big}}	Today's motto... He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree	Can handle all styles of text	Makes intentionally small text normal
{{Motd bold}}	Today's motto... He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree	Can handle italic text	Cannot handle bold text
{{Motd cquote}}	“ He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree ” —Today's Motto of the Day	Can handle all styles of text	Has trouble handling tables
{{User:Download/RandomMotto}}	December 6's motto of the day... → Thinking of you, wherever you are. We pray for our sorrows to end, and hope that our hearts will blend. Now I will step forward to realize this wish. And who knows: starting a new journey may not so hard or maybe it has already begun. There are many worlds, but they share the same sky- one sky, one destiny. → Next motto	Generates a random motto for each page visit	None
{{User:Cremepuff222/RandomMotto}}	“ → Thinking of you, wherever you are. We pray for our sorrows to end, and hope that our hearts will blend. Now I will step forward to realize this wish. And who knows: starting a new journey may not so hard or maybe it has already begun. There are many worlds, but they share the same sky- one sky, one destiny. ”   — December 6's Motto of the day Next motto	Generates a random motto for each page visit	Has trouble handling tables
{{User:DannyQuack/Userboxes/Motto}}	Today's motto... He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree	Fits in small spaces; useful for columns	Is a userbox and cannot be formatted
{{User:Killeroid/MOTD}}	Today's motto: He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree	Bright background. Draws attention to itself.	May be mistaken for a "new messages" banner.
{{User:Secret Saturdays/MottoBox}}	The wise editors at Wikipedia have one thing to say to you: “ He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree ”	useful for columns	It's considered too big for a userbox. It expands depending on the length of the quote.

You may also add the completely unformatted motto of the day by using {{Wikipedia:Motto of the day/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}. This allows you to create your own formatting.

[edit] Coordination, feedback, and questions

Every user is welcome to help coordinate the updating of MOTD. Any general inquiries and comments about the project are welcome at Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day.

[edit] Have an idea for a new motto?

Place your suggestions on the nominations page for review and consideration. Follow the instructions there for the correct procedure on how to do this.

[edit] Frequent contributors or supporters of the project

Typing {{User MOTD}} in your Userbox area produces

This user is a frequent contributor to Motto of the Day.

and adds the page to Category:Wikipedians who contribute to Motto of the day.

Alternatively, you may want to visit the Participants page.

• See also User:Editorofthewiki/Motto of the Day, an alternative

[edit] Invite new users

To invite new users, add the template {{subst:Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Invite a member}} to their talk page. This creates

Hi there, Motto of the day! Thought you might be interested in Motto of the Day, a collaborative (and totally voluntary) effort by a group of Wikipedians to create original, inspirational mottos. Have a good motto idea? Share it here, comment on some of the mottos there or just pass this message onto your friends.

MOTD Needs Your Help!

Delivered By ~~~~

[edit] Barnstar

Motto of the Day even has its own barnstar award. To give it to someone who has contributed greatly to the project, simply use the template below:

 {{subst:MOTD Barnstar|(insert message here)( ~~~~}} 

…and you’ll get this:

		The MOTD Barnstar
		(insert message here) ~~~~