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{{warning|This template should {{strong|not be used}} for block quotations in article text.}} | {{warning|This template should {{strong|not be used}} for block quotations in article text.}} | ||
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. | |||
* | * 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 | * For typical quotes, especially those longer than the rest of the paragraph in which they are quoted, {{tlx|Cquote}} provides a borderless quote with decorative quotation marks, and {{tlx|Quote frame}} provided a bordered quote. Both span the article width. | ||
* For very short | * For very short quotes, {{tlx|Rquote}} (with decorative quotation marks) 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:Pull quote templates]].}}</noinclude> | {{Documentation|content=This is shared documentation verbiage transcluded into the /doc pages of everything in [[:Category:Pull quote templates]].}}</noinclude> | ||
Revision as of 20:48, 17 January 2017
 | 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}}provides a borderless quote with decorative quotation marks, and{{Quote frame}}provided a bordered quote. Both span the article width. - For very short quotes,
{{Rquote}}(with decorative quotation marks) 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.
Template documentationThis is shared documentation verbiage transcluded into the /doc pages of everything in Category:Pull quote templates.
