Template:Quote

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This template is imported from the English Wikipedia. Although the visual appearance might be different, the functionality is identical. Please refer to the Template:Quote page on Wikipedia for detailed documentation.

{{Quote}} adds a block quotation to an article page.

This is easier to type and is more wiki-like than the equivalent HTML <blockquote>...</blockquote> tags, and has additional pre-formatted attribution parameters for author and source (though these are not usually used in articles.

Note: Block quotes do not normally contain quotation marks.

Examples

Basic use

{{Quote
|text=Quoted material.
}}

Quoted material.

With attribution displayed

{{Quote
|text=Quoted material.
|author=First M. Last
}}

Quoted material.
First M. Last

With more attribution

{{Quote
|text=Quoted material.
|author=First M. Last
|title="Article Title"
|source=''Book Title'' (date)
}}

Quoted material.
First M. Last, "Article Title", Book Title (date)

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Quote in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Quote

Template:Sandbox other

Adds a block quotation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
text	`text` `1` `quote`	The text to quote Example Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.	Content	required
author	`author` `2` `cite` `sign`	The writer of the source Example William Shakespeare	Content	suggested
title	`title` `3`	The work being quoted from Example Julius Caesar	Content	suggested
source	`source` `4`	A source for the quote Example act III, scene I	Content	suggested
character	`character` `5` `char`	The speaker within the work who is being quoted Example Mark Antony	Content	optional
multiline	`multiline`	Keeps forced linebreaks in output Example true	String	optional