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| ==General usage of block quotations in articles==
| | The [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Block quotations|Manual of Style guidelines for block quotations]] recommend formatting block quotations using the {{tlx|Quote}} template or the HTML <[[blockquote]]> element, for which that template provides a wrapper. |
| {{section link|WP:Manual of Style#Block quotations}} calls for formatting block quotations using the {{tlx|Quote}} template (or the underlying {{tag|blockquote|o|link=y}} HTML element).
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| * Block-quotation markup of any kind is used only for substantial material (multiple sentences, or a very long sentence). {{strong|Short quotations are given inline}} with the rest of the material. see [[WP:Manual of Style#Quotations]] for more information.
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| * Quotations work best when concise and highly relevant, and preceded by {{strong|context establishing who is being quoted}}.
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| * {{strong|Wikipedia does not use [[pull quotes]]}} – magazine-style highlighting of quotations at the start or end of a section, as a hint (teaser) of forthcoming content or to emphasize a particular section.
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| * {{strong|Avoid undue emphasis}}: Typical block quotations in mainspace (articles) use normal block-quotation markup as described above. Several templates provide alternative formatting options, but usually {{em|are not appropriate}} in articles, where they look like pull quotes and result in [[WP:UNDUE|undue emphasis]] on a particular party's statement. However, they can be effective on [[WP:ESSAY|essay]] pages, [[WP:WIKIPROJECT|wikiproject]] pages, and [[WP:USERPAGE|user pages]].
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| ** {{tlx|Quote frame}} provides a bordered quote with a faint background shade, defaulting to the article width, but resizable and usable as a left or right [[Sidebar (publishing)|sidebar]]. {{Tlx|Quote box}} also does this, and is likely to merge into the former. This style can be appropriate for {{em|document excerpts}} in an article (serving a function similar to an illustration but with textual content for analysis in the article). When used around an individual or organizational quotation, it usually results in undue emphasis.
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| ** {{tlx|Cquote}} provides a borderless quote with decorative quotation marks, spanning the article width; {{tlx|Rquote}} is a resizable variant usable as a sidebar (and it may also get merged). A reasonable use in mainspace is around {{em|famous quotations}} that are the subjects of their own sections. Using this style in articles for general block quotations usually also results in undue emphasis.
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| ** There may be [[:Category:Enhanced quote templates|other variants]] for specialized layout situations, mostly for the user and project namespaces.
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| ** Inappropriate use of decorative, emphasizing quotation templates in articles should be converted to {{tlx|Quote}}. This may require creating a proper introduction for the quotation, to merge it into the article flow, as misuses of these templates tend to be isolated {{lang|la|non sequitur}} pull quotes.
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| * {{strong|Attribution and citations}}: In articles, attribution is almost always in the introductory line before the quotation, which is also where the [[WP:CITE|reference citation]] goes (it it is not part of the quoted material). The templates' attribution parameters are typically only of use in a sidebar or (outside of mainspace) in a pull quote. A common mistake is to attribute and cite in the intro sentence, then do it again in the template, just to try to use more template parameters. If the attribution parameters {{em|are}} used, then the reference citation goes at the end of them.
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| * {{strong|Follow [[WP:COPYRIGHT|copyright policy]]}}; block quotation templates are not for excerpting excessive amounts of text from sources.
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| * Block quotations are only for quoted material. {{strong|To indent non-quotations}}, see {{tlx|Block indent}}.<noinclude>
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| {{Documentation|content=This is shared documentation verbiage transcluded into the /doc pages of [[Template:Quote]] and everything in [[:Category:Enhanced quote templates]].}}</noinclude> | | * Quotes work best when used with short sentences, and at the start or end of a section, as a hint of or to help emphasize the section's content. |
| | * For typical quotes, especially those longer than the rest of the paragraph in which they are quoted, {{tlx|Cquote}} (for use outside of article space only) provides a borderless quote with decorative quotation marks, and {{tlx|Quote frame}} provides a bordered quote. Both span the page width. |
| | * For very short quotes, {{tlx|Rquote}} (with decorative quotation marks, for use outside of article space only) or {{tlx|Quote box}} (framed) can be used to set the quote off to either the right or left as in a magazine [[Sidebar (publishing)|sidebar]]. This can be effective on [[WP:ESSAY|essay]] pages and [[WP:WIKIPROJECT|WikiProject]] homepages.<noinclude> |
| | {{Documentation|content=This is shared documentation verbiage transcluded into the /doc pages of everything in [[:Category:Enhanced quote templates]].}}</noinclude> |
 | This template should not be used for block quotations in article text. |
The Manual of Style guidelines for block quotations recommend formatting block quotations using the {{Quote}} template or the HTML <blockquote> element, for which that template provides a wrapper.
- Quotes work best when used with short sentences, and at the start or end of a section, as a hint of or to help emphasize the section's content.
- For typical quotes, especially those longer than the rest of the paragraph in which they are quoted,
{{Cquote}} (for use outside of article space only) provides a borderless quote with decorative quotation marks, and {{Quote frame}} provides a bordered quote. Both span the page width.
- For very short quotes,
{{Rquote}} (with decorative quotation marks, for use outside of article space only) or {{Quote box}} (framed) can be used to set the quote off to either the right or left as in a magazine sidebar. This can be effective on essay pages and WikiProject homepages.
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