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.

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To get the Motto of the Day, just place one of the following templates anywhere you like on your user or user talk page. User:Cremepuff222/RandomMotto, Template:Motd Cquote and Template: Random Motto display tables because the Template:Cquote2 which is used cannot handle tables. Do not place them in tables if you don't want the template to divide itself into visible rows and columns.

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Template	What you see	Pros	Cons
{{Motd framed}}		The main template: the one displayed at the Community Portal	Borders may clash if page already has borders
{{Motd}}	Today's motto... → Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. Nominate one today!	Stands out	Cannot handle bold or italic text
{{Motd plain}}	Today's motto... → Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.	Can handle all styles of text	None
{{Motd big}}	Today's motto... → Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.	Can handle all styles of text	Makes intentionally small text normal
{{Motd bold}}	Today's motto... → Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. Nominate a motto today!	Can handle italic text	Cannot handle bold text
{{Motd cquote}}	“ → Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. ” — Today's Motto of the Day	Can handle all styles of text	Has trouble handling tables
{{Random Motto}}	“ Today's motto: → Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. → Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. ”	Auto-adjusts to fit where it is placed.	Squashes itself if motto is long.
{{MOTD banner}}	Motto of the Day, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. → ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty")	Bright background. Draws attention to itself.	None
{{User:Download/RandomMotto}}	March 18's motto of the day... Wikipedia:Motto of the day/March 18, 2024 → Next motto→ ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty")	Generates a random motto for each page visit	Can produce redlinks
{{User:Cremepuff222/RandomMotto}}	→ ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty") — → ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty")'s Motto of the day Next motto→ ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty")	Generates a random motto for each page visit	Has trouble handling tables; can produce redlinks
{{User:DannyQuack/Userboxes/Motto}}	Today's motto... → ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty") Nominate one today!	Fits in small spaces; useful for columns; random message	Is a userbox and cannot be formatted; can produce redlinks
{{User:Oxguy3/myboxes/MOTD}}	→ ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty")	Looks like a userbox; fits in small spaces; useful for columns	Cannot be formatted
{{User:Killeroid/MOTD}}	Today's motto: → ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty")	Bright background. Draws attention to itself.	None
{{User:Secret Saturdays/MottoBox}}	The wise editors at Wikipedia have one thing to say to you: "→ ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty")"	useful for columns	It's considered too big for a userbox. It expands depending on the length of the quote.
{{User:Hi878/Random MotD}}	→ ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty")	Bright background. Draws attention to itself. Generates a random motto for each page visit.	Can produce redlinks.
{{User:Hi878/Random and Today's MotD}}	Today's motto: → ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty") → ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty")	Bright background. Draws attention to itself. Generates a random motto for each page visit, and shows the current.	Can produce redlinks.
{{User:titusfox/MOTD}}	MOTD → ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through difficulty")	Very Simple.	May be too long to be a userbox when the motto is long.

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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.

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.

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

If you want to get a motto to live by on Wikipedia, try out our Motto Shop!