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Due to the utterly intractable [[MediaWiki]] bug reported at {{bugzilla|6200}}, block quoting cannot handle freeform linebreaking for paragraphs and poems and the like. |
Due to the utterly intractable [[MediaWiki]] bug reported at {{bugzilla|6200}}, block quoting cannot handle freeform linebreaking for paragraphs and poems and the like. |
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The problem in action: |
The problem in action:<code> |
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:{{ |
:<nowiki>{{</nowiki><includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1<br/> |
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Line 2<br/> |
:Line 2<br/> |
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Line 3<br/> |
:Line 3<br/> |
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Line 4.}} |
:Line 4.}}</code> |
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Which results in: |
Which results in the expected: |
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{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1<br/> |
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Line 2<br/> |
Line 2<br/> |
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Line 3<br/> |
Line 3<br/> |
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</code></blockquote> |
</code></blockquote> |
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Either which results in the expected: |
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Result of either: |
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{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|1=<!-- |
{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|1=<!-- |
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Revision as of 01:58, 3 February 2012
Due to the utterly intractable MediaWiki bug reported at Template:Bugzilla, block quoting cannot handle freeform linebreaking for paragraphs and poems and the like.
The problem in action:
- {{bq|Line 1<br/>
- Line 2<br/>
- Line 3<br/>
Line 4.}}
Which results in the expected: Template:Bq
The only solution for this is to use unbroken markup with <p>...</p> or <br /> elements:
{{bq|Line 1<br/>Line 2<br/>Line 3<br/>Line 4.}}
Which results in:
However there is an HTML-comment workaround for readability that lets you do whatever you want, and is even indentable with *, : and # markup:
{{bq|1=<!--
-->Line 1<br/><!--
-->Line 2<br/><!--
-->Line 3<br/><!--
-->Line 4.}}
Or even:
{{bq|1=<!--
-->Line 1<br/><!--
-->Line 2<br/><!--
-->Line 3<br/><!--
-->Line 4.}}
Either which results in the expected:
