TemplateData
Template parameters
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 style style
Additional CSS styles (not classes) to apply
Example font-size:inherit; String optional class class
Additional HTML classes to apply
Example pullquote String optional
Tracking categories
See also
Template Use / description ↓ Block indentation for quotations See MOS:BLOCKQUOTE {{Blockquote }} Standard block quotation template for quotations only: unbordered page-wide quotation with optional smaller-sized attribution {{Break lines }} Transforms line breaks into <br />
tags. It is very similar to the {{ poem }} template, except that it does not invoke the <poem>
MediaWiki extension. {{Numbered verses }} Quote poems showing the verse numbers {{Poem }} {{ Blockquote }} variant for use with poems, song lyrics, and other quotations that require the use of frequent formatting elements such as line breaks and indentation (such as < br />
); requires substitution {{Poem quote }} {{ Blockquote }} variant for use with poems, song lyrics, and other quotations that require the use of frequent formatting elements such as line breaks and indentation (such as < br />
); requires substitution. With optional attribution. {{Poetically break lines }} (shortcut: {{pbl }}) Designed to format poetry simply and reliably; it differs from {{ Poem quote }} in two significant ways: it does not add spacing around the poem that sets it apart as “block quote”, and it automatically provides hanging indentation when lines are so long that they wrap {{Translated blockquote }} Displays original language above and translated text below {{Text and translation }} Displays original language and translated text, one beside the other {{Verse translation }} Displays original language verse (defaults to italics) and translated verse (roman) side-by-side {{Verse transliteration-translation }} Like {{ Verse translation }} , but with a transliteration separate from the original version {{Quote inline }}
(shortcut: {{qi }}) Inline quotation {{Cquote }} "centered quote" – Page-wide quote, between large quotation marks {{Rquote }} "reduced quote" – Quote between large quotation marks in a reduced floating area {{Quote frame }} Page-wide bordered quote {{Quote box }} Quote floated in a reduced bordered box {{Tweet }} For quoting directly from tweets. Automatically generates {{Cite tweet }}
citation, or a custom reference can be provided. ↓ Talk page quoting Not for use in articles {{Talk quote inline }}
(shortcut: {{tq }},
{{tqq }}, {{tqi }}, or {{tqqi }}) Inline quotation for use on talk pages {{Not talk quote inline }}
(shortcut: {{!tq }},
{{!tqq }}, {{!tqi }}, or {{!tqqi }}) Inline quotation for what someone didn't say but could have, or perhaps should have, said. {{Talk quote block }}
(shortcut: {{tqb }}, {{tq2 }}) Block-style quotation for use on talk pages {{Talk quote block minimalist }}
(shortcut: {{tqbm }}) Minimalist version of above ↓ Block indentations for non-quotations See MOS:INDENT {{Block indent }} To indent an entire block of content (uses < div >
and CSS margins) {{Divbox }} To frame messages or the example output of an article or template
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