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All quotations must be attributed to their sources. Unlike fair-use images, quotations are permitted on talk pages and project pages where they are useful for discussion but the requirements listed above should still be observed. A special case is the use of quotations purely for interest or decorative purposes on user pages.
Format a long quote (more than about forty words or a few hundred characters, or consisting of more than one paragraph, regardless of length) as a block quotation, indented on both sides. Block quotations should be enclosed in {}.
Quotation marks are to show that you are using the correct word as quoted from the original source. For example: His tombstone was inscribed with the name "Aaron" instead of the spelling he used during his life. Avoid using ALL CAPS and small caps for emphasis (for legitimate uses, see WP:Manual of Style/Capital letters § All caps).
Quotations (or "quotes") are often indispensable to good writing. In Wikipedia, they offer viewers a snapshot from a text or speech just as an image offers a snapshot of a landscape. As with photographs, there is much room for editors to use their personal skill and artistic flair to improve the readability of an article.
This template is intended for quotes. Usually this is not appropriate for encyclopedia articles. The Manual of Style guidelines for block quotations recommend formatting block quotations using the {{Quote}} template or the HTML <blockquote> element. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers block formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Quote quote 1 ...
This example highlights the fact that neutrality is not simply a matter of identifying two broad points of view - such as pro-nuclear and anti-nuclear, pro-life and pro-choice, pro-assisted-suicide and anti-assisted-suicide - and roping in any old quotation from the internet which happens to support one view or the other. Such quotations may ...
Wikiquote is one of few online quotation collections that provides the opportunity for visitors to contribute [6] and the very few which strive to provide exact sources for each quotation as well as corrections of misattributed quotations. Wikiquote pages are cross-linked to articles about the notable personalities on Wikipedia. [7]
When it is useful to sub-divide these sections (for example, to separate a list of magazine articles from a list of books), this should be done using level 3 headings (===Books===) instead of definition list headings (;Books), as explained in the accessibility guidelines.