This is easier to type and is more wiki-like than the equivalent HTML<blockquote>...</blockquote> tags, and has additional pre-formatted attribution and source parameters.
Note: Block quotes do not normally contain quotation marks. See MOS:Blockquote.
According to Pat Doe, in "A New Model of Underwater Basketweaving" (2015): {{quote |text=Quoted material.<ref>...</ref>}}
According to Pat Doe, in "A New Model of Underwater Basketweaving" (2015):<ref>...</ref> {{quote |text=Quoted material.}}
One expert noted: {{quote |text=Quoted material. |author=Pat Doe, "A New Model of Underwater Basketweaving" (2015)<ref>...</ref>}}
Parameters
|text= a.k.a. |1= The material being quoted, without quotation marks around it. It is always safest to name this parameter (rather than use an unnamed positional parameter), because any inclusion of the = character (e.g. in a URL in a source citation) will otherwise break the template.
|author= a.k.a. |2= Attribution information that will appear below the quotation.
|source= a.k.a. |3= Title of the major work the quote appears in. This parameter (which immediately follows the output of |author=) is rarely used, and auto-italicizes all content within it. It is used for the title (alone) of a book, periodical, filmic work, stage production or the like, not for minor works
The source title in |source= is enclosed in <cite>...</cite>, thus it shows italicized, due to a default style being applied to the <cite> element. Per MOS:TITLE, italicization of titles should only be done for major works (books, journals, albums, movies and TV series, plays or operas, etc.), not for minor works, which are enclosed in quotation marks (chapters, articles, songs, episodes, scenes or acts, etc.). As of 4 August 2015[update], this unnecessary forced italicization has been reported to Mediawiki talk:Common.css#The cite element needs to not auto-italicize any longer, for removal. It is unknown when it will be fixed. In the interim, the following approach to quotation attribution is recommended:
If it is appropriate to include a full source citation at this point, it can be done like so:
{{quote |text=Lorem ipsum ...<ref>{{cite journal |first=Pat |last=Doe |title=Minor Work |work=Major Work |date=2015}}</ref>}}
If a full citation and an in-text attribution should appear:
{{quote |text=Lorem ipsum ... |author=Pat Doe, "Minor Work", ''Major Work'' (2015)<ref>{{cite journal |first=Pat |last=Doe |title=Minor Work |work=Major Work |date=2015}}</ref>}}
Until the problem with <cite> is fixed, the |source= parameter has extremely limited application. After it is fixed, the entire |author=|source= block will likely be wrapped in <cite>...</cite>, and the parameters may be merged.
The {{Quote/to right of image}} variant of the template adds margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; padding-left: 2.8em; padding-right: 2.8em; to blockquote.templatequote { }.
Examples
Markup
{{Quote|text=Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.|author=[[William Shakespeare]]|source=''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'', act III, scene I}}
If you do not provide text, the template generates a parser error message, which will appear in red text in the rendered page.
If any parameter's actual value contains an equals sign (=), you must use named parameters or a blank-name parameter, as: {{{|text}}}. (The text before the equals sign gets interpreted as a named parameter otherwise.)
If any parameter's actual value contains characters used for wiki markup syntax (such as pipe, brackets, single quotation marks, etc.), you may need to escape it. See Template:! and friends.
Be wary of URLs which contain restricted characters. The equals sign is especially common. Put a break (newline) after the template, or the next blank line might be ignored.
As noted above, the |source= parameter will forcibly italicize all content in it; this is often undesirable, in which case include the material in the |author= parameter.
In rare layout cases, e.g. when quotes are sandwiched between userboxes, a quotation may appear blanked out, in some browsers. The workaround for this problem is to add |style=overflow:inherit; to such an instance of the template.
The <blockquote> element and any templates that use it do not honor newlines:
Markup
Renders as
<blockquote>
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
</blockquote>
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
An easy solution is to use the {{poemquote}} template instead of <tag>. This is effectively the same as using the <poem> tag inside <blockquote>, which converts line breaks to <br/> tags:
Markup
Renders as
<blockquote><poem>
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
</poem></blockquote>
<poem>
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
</poem>
To markup actual paragraphs within block quotations, entire blank lines can be used between them, which will convert to <p>...</p> tags:
This paragraph style also works with {{quote}}, which is a replacement for <tag> that also has parameters to make formatting of the attribution more conveniently and consistently.
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TemplateData for Blockquote
Adds a block quotation.
Template parameters
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
text
text1quote
The text to quote
Example
Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.
Content
required
sign
sign2citeauthor
The person being quoted
Example
[[William Shakespeare]]
Content
suggested
source
source3
A source for the quote
Example
''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'', act III, scene I
Content
suggested
Known problems
This template sets a text style which might ignore one blank line, and so the template must be ended with a break (newline). Otherwise, beware inline, as:
text here {{quote|this is quoted}} More text here spans a blank line
Unless a {{quote|xx}} is ended with a line break, then the next blank line might be ignored and two paragraphs joined.
{{Blockquote}} variant for use with poems, song lyrics, and other things that would otherwise require the use of <poem> tags or frequent formatting elements (such as <br/>); requires substitution
{{Blockquote}} variant for use with poems, song lyrics, and other things that would otherwise require the use of <poem> tags or frequent formatting elements (such as <br/>); does not require substitution