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Template documentation | If this template is used in article space, it will suppress the display of decorative curly quote marks, per MOS:BLOCKQUOTE. |
The Manual of Style guidelines for block quotations recommend formatting block quotations using the {{Blockquote}} 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.
Usage
This is a simple wrapper for {{Cquote}} that takes three parameters:
- first unnamed parameter – the text to be quoted (required)
- second unnamed parameter – the individual or organizational author of the quoted material (optional)
- third unnamed parameter – the subject of the quotation (optional)
Example:
{{Quote2|I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever. |[[Albert Einstein]] |labeling}}
produces:
| “ | I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever. | ” |
| — Albert Einstein, on labeling | ||
This sort of presentation is intended for wikiproject pages, userspace, and other non-article contexts. Use of it in articles will be a WP:UNDUE problem in most cases, and its centered presentation is inconsistent with the rest of our article layout.