Template:Quote/doc
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Usage edit
{{Quote}} adds a block quotation to an article page.
This is easier to type and more wiki-like than the equivalent HTML <blockquote>...</blockquote> tags, and has additional pre-formatted attribution and source parameters.
Note: Block quotes do not normally contain quotation marks. See MOS:QUOTE.
Synopsis edit
- Unnamed (positional) parameters
{{quote|phrase|person|source}}
This markup will fail if any parameter contains an equals sign (=).
- Numbered (positional) parameters
{{quote|1=phrase|2=person|3=source}}
- Named parameters
{{quote|text=phrase|sign=person|source=source}}
- Named parameters
{{quote|text=phrase|item=|page=}}
Example edit
- Wikitext
{{Quote|text=Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.|sign=[[William Shakespeare]]|source=''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'', act III, scene I}}
- Result
Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.—William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, act III, scene I
- Wikitext
{{Quote|text=Who's there?!|item=Q14422206}}
- Result
Who's there?!—William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (title not provided in Wikidata), , ISBN 978-0-521-29366-2
Restrictions edit
If you do not provide quoted text, the template generates a parser error message, which will appear in red text in the rendered page.
If any parameter's actual value contains an equals sign (=), you must use named parameters. (The equals sign gets interpreted as a named parameter otherwise.)
If any parameter's actual value contains characters used for wiki markup syntax (such as pipe, brackets, single quotation marks, etc.), you may need to escape it. See Template:(( and friends.
Be wary of URLs which contain restricted characters. The equals sign is especially common.
Multiple paragraphs edit
Template:Blockquote paragraphs
TemplateData edit
Quote
Adds a block quotation.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| text | text 1 quote | The text to quote | String | optional |
| sign | sign 2 cite | The person who quote it is | String | optional |
| source | source 3 | A source for the quote | String | optional |