User:Make equable/Edit help/Quoting
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Quoting[edit]
When there is need for separating a block of text[edit]
<blockquote> The '''blockquote''' command will indent both margins when needed instead of the left margin only as the colon does. </blockquote>
Quote boxes[edit]
Simple[edit]
{{Quotation|Quoted material|Author|Title|Publication}}
renders as
Quoted material
— Author, Title, Publication
More complex[edit]
{{Quote box |title = Optional title. |quote = Alignment can be left or right or center or none,<br> width of box usually 50%,<br> bg colour here is light grey,<br> align refers to alignment of the box<br> qalign refers to alignment of the text,<br> salign refers to alignment of the source. |source = Source |align = center |width = 50% |border = |fontsize = 88% |bgcolor = #F9F9F9 |style = |title_bg = |title_fnt = |tstyle = |qalign = center |qstyle = |quoted = |salign = |sstyle = }}
renders as
Optional title.
Alignment can be left or right or center or none,
width of box usually 50%,
bg colour here is light grey,
align refers to alignment of the box
qalign refers to alignment of the text,
salign refers to alignment of the source.
Source
Centred pull quote[edit]
Use this only to emphasise a quote which is already in the article.
{{centered pull quote|quoted text<br>to be displayed|author=author|source=title of article}}
renders as
“ | quoted text to be displayed |
” |
— author, title of article |
Text inside box[edit]
If formatting needs to be maintained and wiki codes need to be bypassed[edit]
<pre>text</pre>
If wiki codes need not be bypassed[edit]
Use {{Quote box}} template seen above.