Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Canadian proverbs
WikiQuotes,
Nov 09, 2009
So I was just browsing around the other day and came across pages and pages of proverbs on Wikiquote. I noticed they were sorted by nationality, but was surprised to find there was no page of Canadian proverbs. So I added one. with a few of my favorites, like "Never eat yellow snow" and "Keep your stick on the ice." Imagine my surprise to find the page marked for deletion. Some people didn't like the proverbs, others said they weren't sourced. Well - look at any of the other proverb pages and you'll find they aren't sourced either. But now there's a battle to determine whether Canada should have any proverbs at all. This is ridiculous. I honestly think that the (anonymous) editors and the moderators are wrecking Wikipedia and related sites. I'll tell you, I certainly won't go to the effort to create some content again to know that some jerk in a pinny can come along and delete it permanently because he doesn't think there are Canadian proverbs, or some other such silliness. The way Wikipedia (and the rest) worked is that you contributed by adding content, not by running around from entry to entry adding 'edit this' notices. If you didn't like it, you fixed it, you didn't just (lazily) flag it. Anyhow - you can defend Canada's right to have proverbs by going here and voting against deletion.
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