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Quoting

When there is need for separating a block of text

<blockquote>
The '''blockquote''' command will indent 
both margins when needed instead of the 
left margin only as the colon does.
</blockquote>

Quote boxes

Simple

{{Quotation|Quoted material|Author|Title|Publication}}

renders as

Quoted material

— Author, Title, Publication

More complex

{{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

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

If formatting needs to be maintained and wiki codes need to be bypassed

<pre>text</pre>

If wiki codes need not be bypassed

Use {{Quote box}} template seen above.