Template:Quote_frame

Template:Quote frame

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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 template provides a quotation in a bordered box, on a light grey background, and spanning the page width by default. Do not put quotation marks around the quoted material.

More information Markup, Renders as ...

The |width= parameter takes any valid CSS width value, such as 33% or 25em. This should not be specified in fixed pixel sizes (like 100px). As shown in the table above, the width is relative to the size of the container not the entire page, so the displayed width will be smaller if used inside a table.

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Markup	Renders as
{{Quote frame \|quote=Quoted material \|author=Author \|title=Title \|source=other details}} {{Quote frame\|Quoted material\|Author\|Title\|other details}}	Quoted material — Author, Title, other details
{{Quote frame \|quote=Quoted material \|author=Author \|source="Article Title", ''Newspaper Name'', date}} {{Quote frame\|Quoted material\|Author\|\|"Article Title", ''Newspaper Name'', date}}	Quoted material — Author, "Article Title", Newspaper Name, date In the short syntax, the 3rd parameter (which auto-italicizes) has been included but left empty to skip it, and we use the 4th to manually apply italics where needed.
{{Quote frame \|quote=Quoted material \|author=Author \|title=Title}} {{Quote frame\|Quoted material\|Author\|Title}}	Quoted material — Author, Title
{{Quote frame \|quote=Quoted material}} {{Quote frame\|Quoted material}}	Quoted material
{{Quote frame \|quote=Quoted material \|source="Article Title", ''Newspaper Name'', date}} {{Quote frame\|Quoted material\|\|\|"Article Title", ''Newspaper Name'', date}}	Quoted material — "Article Title", Newspaper Name, date In the short syntax, we skip two parameters by giving them empty.
{{Quote frame\|Quoted material \|align=center}}	Quoted material
{{Quote frame\|Quoted material \|align=right}}	Quoted material
{{Quote frame\|Quoted material \|align=right \|width=33%}}	Quoted material

	code	result
Works as intended	`{{Quote frame\| Firstly, ... Secondly, ... *Thirdly, ... }}`	Firstly, ... Secondly, ... Thirdly, ...
FAIL	`{{Quote frame\|1= Firstly, ... Secondly, ... *Thirdly, ... }}`	*Firstly, ... Secondly, ... Thirdly, ...
Works as intended	`{{Quote frame\|1=<nowiki /> Firstly, ... Secondly, ... *Thirdly, ... }}`	Firstly, ... Secondly, ... Thirdly, ...

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Quoted material	`1`		String	required
Author	`2`		String	optional
Title	`3`		String	optional
Publication	`4`	Use <ref>and {{Cite book}} etc.	String	optional
Alignment	`align`	Alignment of the quote box on the page—left / right / center / none. Defaults to none alignment. Suggested values `left` `center` `right` `none`	String	optional
Width	`width`	Fixed width of the quote box, in a valid CSS value. Defaults to no fixed width.	String	optional

Template:Quote_frame

Template:Quote frame

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