Talk:How I Met Your Mother

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This article falls within a proposed limits on quotations policy. The subject of this article is a television show, and as a result, the proposal would set a limitation of one quote for less than 30 minutes, two quotes for 30 minute shows, and five quotes for 60 minute shows (see our TV policy for shows of other lengths). If you would like to add another quote to the page, you should consider whether to remove one that is already there in order to keep within the bounds of fair use of copyright material. For reference, the length of this work is: 30 min.

Bass Player Wanted

If the LOQ's been fulfilled and one is replaced with a more sensible and notable quote, it should be left as is and any editors who got a problem with that should discuss it here instead of responding with improper albeit stupid edit summaries. --Eaglestorm (talk) 03:49, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

I agree --SuperJew (talk) 12:52, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Okay Eaglestorm, let's have a talk about this. We are talking about quotes from episode Bass Player Wanted (9.13).

The current quote already there is "The Mother: There are real villains in this world, but they don’t always get real justice, do they? You wanna believe karma is gonna get ‘em, but karma doesn’t always come through. I guess you have to accept that sometimes in life you just don’t get that knock-out punch.".

We are debating between my quote - "Barney: You’re moving to Chicago? Is that even a real place? It’s a style of pizza. Ted, you can’t live in pizza."

and between your quote - "Barney: So, you're moving to Chicago. Ted: I'm moving to Chicago. Barney: Why? I know Marshall and Lily might leave, but it's only a year. In the meantime, we'll still see each other all the time. You, me, Robin ... [sees Ted's glum face] Oh. Ted: I need a new start. Barney: I'm gonna miss you. Ted: I'll miss you so much. [hugs Barney]"

My point is that both quotes get the same point across - Barney finding out that Ted is moving to Chicago, However my quote has a humour element to it, while yours is all dramatic. As we already have a dramatic quote (The Mother's) and this is a comedy show, in my eyes the humourous quote is easily the better choice.

UDScott, you are welcome to give your thoughts too.

--SuperJew (talk) 15:57, 13 January 2014 (UTC)