Quoting
editWhen 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
editSimple
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
editUse 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
editIf formatting needs to be maintained and wiki codes need to be bypassed
edit<pre>text</pre>
If wiki codes need not be bypassed
editUse {{Quote box}} template seen above.