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[[Category:Quotation templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Quotation templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
Please add this template after a reference to an unquoted source that you think may be inaccurate, like this: {{Request quotation|date=December 2024}}This is used to request a direct quote from the cited source, so that it may be verified that the source can verify the statement or that the editor has interpreted the source correctly.
The easiest way to start citing on Wikipedia is to see a basic example. The example here will show you how to cite a newspaper article using the {} template (see Citation quick reference for other types of citations). Copy and paste the following immediately after what you want to reference:
{{Quotation templates}} This template's initial visibility currently defaults to autocollapse , meaning that if there is another collapsible item on the page (a navbox, sidebar , or table with the collapsible attribute ), it is hidden apart from its title bar; if not, it is fully visible.
Inline quote. This is a quotation that is relatively short and placed inline of the current paragraph. Block quote. This is reserved for longer quotations, including poetry; the text often has an inset and sometimes distinct background styling or typography styling. These are the templates we have currently (see also Category:Quotation templates):
Reduced quote – For quotes, this template, a variant of the {}, results in a floating quote with the article text wrapping around it, like an image. It is intended for relatively short quotes of 50 or 100 words. Align quote box to the right: {{Rquote |1=right |2=text of quotation |3=person quoted |4=cited source}} Align quote box to the left:
quote: Relevant text quoted from the source. Displays enclosed in quotes. When supplied, the citation terminator (a period by default) is suppressed, so the quote must include terminating punctuation. If script-quote is defined, use quote to hold a Romanization (if available) of the text in script-quote.
It is unnecessary to include braces, quotation marks or other wiki-markup in the template. The |comment= field does allow the use of wiki-markup at the contributor's discretion. quote - is the quote verbiage, no quotation marks needed. quoted - is name of the person who is being quoted, it will automatically Wikilink.