Template:Talk quote block/doc

Usage

Use {{talk quote block}} or {{tqb}} to quote (another's comments, a policy statement, etc.) in a block, on talk pages and noticeboards. It can be safely used after colon-indenting as well (see the #Indenting example, below). For a short inline quote, instead use {{Talk quote inline}} (a.k.a. {{tqi}}).

Parameters

Unnamed (positional) parameters

{{talk quote block|text|by}}

• The order of positional parameters cannot change - text must come before by.

Using named parameters

{{talk quote block|text=text|by=by|source=source|ts=ts|oldid=oldid}}

Explanation of named parameters

• text: The text being quoted (required).
• by: The author of the text being quoted (optional). A Wikipedia username is expected, and the username will be provided as a wikilink to the author's user page.
• source: The source of the text being quoted (optional). Use instead of by when source is not individual user.
• oldid: The revision ID of the edit introducing the change that was made (optional. Requires ts parameter or is not shown). Displayed as the timestamp linking to the diff of the edit.
• ts: The timestamp of the edit whose text is being quoted (optional). Hint: You can use five tildes to supply the current date and time: |ts=~~~~~.

Examples

• {{talk quote block|some random text|Example}} gives:

  • some random text
    — User:Example

• {{talk quote block|more random text|Example|ts=08:52, 21 May 2011 (UTC)}} gives:

  • more random text
    — User:Example 08:52, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

• {{talk quote block|different random text|Example|ts=08:52, 21 May 2011 (UTC)|oldid=139992}} gives:

  • different random text
    — User:Example 08:52, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

(Note: ts parameter must be present for oldid link to show)

Indenting

The template works with standard talk page indentation, as the following example illustrates. This wiki-markup:

Random paragraph of text. [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]]) 09:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
:Opening statement by [[User:Example|Example]].
:{{talk quote block|Quoting an item from random paragraph.}}
:Response to quoted text. [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:User|talk]]) ~~~~~

...displays the following:

Random paragraph of text. Example (talk) 09:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Opening statement by Example.

Quoting an item from random paragraph.

Response to quoted text. Example (talk) 09:26, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Quoting lists

If the text you are quoting is a bulleted or numbered list, the first list item must start on a new line, or it won't be rendered properly. For example:

Wiki-markup	Output
Wrong way {{talk quote block|* Item one * Item two }}	First item isn't bulleted correctly: * Item one Item two
Right way {{talk quote block| * Item one * Item two }}	All items are bulleted correctly: Item one Item two

If you are using the |text= named parameter (as opposed to simply supplying your list as the first parameter) please add the following code: <nowiki /> after the = sign. The reason is that the MediaWiki parser automatically removes line breaks at the start of the text, causing the list to be displayed improperly otherwise. Example:

Wiki-markup	Output
Wrong way {{talk quote block|text= # Item one # Item two }}	First item isn't numbered correctly: # Item one Item two
Right way {{talk quote block|text=<nowiki /> # Item one # Item two }}	All items are numbered correctly: Item one Item two