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'''{{tl|Quote}}''' adds a | '''{{tl|Quote}}''' adds a block quote to an article page. | ||
This is easier to type and more wiki-like than the equivalent HTML {{tag|blockquote}} tags, has additional pre-formatted attribution and source parameters, and contains a workaround for [[Bugzilla:6200]], which means you don't need to type {{tag|p}} tags manually. | This is easier to type and more wiki-like than the equivalent HTML {{tag|blockquote}} tags, has additional pre-formatted attribution and source parameters, and contains a workaround for [[Bugzilla:6200]], which means you don't need to type {{tag|p}} tags manually. | ||
Note: Block quotes do not normally contain quotation marks. | Note: Block quotes do not normally contain quotation marks. | ||
=== Synopsis === | === Synopsis === | ||
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;Wikitext: | ;Wikitext: | ||
<code><nowiki>{{Quote|text=Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.|sign= | <code><nowiki>{{Quote|text=Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.|sign=William Shakespeare|source=''Julius Caesar'', Act III, Scene I}}</nowiki></code> | ||
;Result: | ;Result: | ||
{{Quote|text=Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.|sign= | {{Quote|text=Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.|sign=William Shakespeare|source=''Julius Caesar'', Act III, Scene I}} | ||
=== Restrictions === | === Restrictions === | ||
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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 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 | 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. | Be wary of URLs which contain restricted characters. The equals sign is especially common. | ||
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[[Category:Quotation templates|{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:Quotation templates|{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
</includeonly> | </includeonly> | ||
Latest revision as of 19:52, 31 May 2013
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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Quote. It contains usage information, categories, interlanguage links, and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
{{Quote}} adds a block quote to an article page.
This is easier to type and more wiki-like than the equivalent HTML <blockquote>...</blockquote> tags, has additional pre-formatted attribution and source parameters, and contains a workaround for Bugzilla:6200, which means you don't need to type <p>...</p> tags manually.
Note: Block quotes do not normally contain quotation marks.
Synopsis
- Unnamed (positional) parameters
{{quote|phrase|person|source}}
- Named parameters
{{quote|text=phrase|sign=person|source=source}}
Example
- Wikitext
{{Quote|text=Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.|sign=William Shakespeare|source=''Julius Caesar'', Act III, Scene I}}
- Result
Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.—William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I
Restrictions
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.
See also
- Similar templates
- Template:Cquote – pull-quote between graphic quotation marks, page-wide (not for use in articles)
- Template:Epigraph – quote without border, page-wide, normal-sized attribution
- Template:Quotation – quote with border, page-wide
- Template:Quote – quote without border, page-wide, smaller-sized attribution
- Template:Quote box – quote with border, in a reduced floating box
- Template:Rquote – pull-quote between graphic quotation marks, in a reduced floating area
- Template:Talkquote – for quoting other editors on talk pages
- See also Category: Quotation templates. – more templates
