Template:Wp/nys/Quote

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Usage

For quotes, this template provides a centered, borderless quote, with scalable decorative quotation marks, and optional attribution of the source of the quote. It can be used with or without the names of the parameters.

Syntax

{{Wp/nys|text=Template:Var|author=Template:Var|source=Template:Var}}

Parameters

Parameter 1, a.k.a. quote: text of the quote; use Template:Wp/nys/Tag around second or subsequent paragraphs.; Required; Note: if the quote text contains a = (equal sign), then the template must be called with a named parameter for the content, e.g. {{Wp/nys/Cquote|quote=quote text}} Template:Wp/nys/Crossref.
author: Name of the person that wrote or spoke the text being quoted. Can include wiki syntax.
source: Source of the quote (publication title, speech, etc.). Can include wiki syntax. Can be used without Template:Wp/nys/Para (e.g. for a scripture, law, or other source without an author per se)
bgcolor: The color of the background.
float: Defaults to center, but can also be right or left. Usually used with Template:Wp/nys/Para or so (otherwise for quotes longer than one line on the rendered page, the float will have no useful effect).
width: for example Template:Wp/nys/Para
qcolor: color of quotemarks, for example Template:Wp/nys/Para for a red color (only for use in WP:Signpost, and personal pages; do not use in articles, guidelines, etc.)
rtl: set to any non-blank value for quotes that should be rendered from right to left (e.g., Arabic). Adds the necessary dir attribute and reverses the quotes.

Deprecated:

wide: In older versions of the template, when this was set to "yes", the quote expanded to the entire width of the page, which was useful for long quotes. However, it clashed with other floating objects, such as infoboxes, and the template now auto expands and line wraps as needed (full page, or within a Template:Wp/nys/Para constraint).

Simple example

{{Wp/nys/Cquote|quote text}}

Template:Wp/nys/Cquote

Sourced example

{{Wp/nys/Cquote|Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
|author=[[Albert Einstein]]
|source=in a letter to his son<ref>[[Walter Isaacson]], ''Einstein: His Life and Universe'' (2007), p. 367.</ref>
}}

Template:Wp/nys/Cquote

Other examples

{{Wp/nys/Cquote|1=F=ma|author=[[Isaac Newton]]}}

(the 1= is necessary as quote text contains an equal sign) Template:Wp/nys/Cquote

{{Wp/nys/Cquote|1=Thus:
{{in5}}<math>E=mc^2</math>|author=[[Albert Einstein]]}}

(quote text contains an equal sign and math syntax) Template:Wp/nys/Cquote

{{Wp/nys/Cquote|Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.|source=First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States |float=right |width=30%}}

(source with no author; floated right and width-constrained) Template:Wp/nys/Cquote

Note that it will wrap around article text like this. Template:Wp/nys/Lorem

{{Wp/nys/Cquote|Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.|source=First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States |width=50%}}

(same quote, no float, width constraint) Template:Wp/nys/Cquote

{{Wp/nys/Cquote|Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.|source=First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States}}

(same quote, no float, no width setting – for short quote, would use as much of line as necessary, and for longer quotes, full width of page, wrapping for multiple lines.) Template:Wp/nys/Cquote

TemplateData

Template:Wp/nys/TemplateDataHeader

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 {{Wp/nys/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` `quotetext` `text` `content`	The quote to be visually repeated	Content	required
Author	`author` `personquoted`	Name of the person that wrote or spoke the text being quoted Example [[Albert Einstein]]	Content	suggested
Source	`source` `publication` `title` `quotesource`	Source of the quote (publication title, speech, etc.). Can include wiki syntax. Can be used without \|author= (e.g. for a scripture, law, or other source without an author per se) Example in a letter to his son<ref>[[Walter Isaacson]], ''Einstein: His Life and Universe'' (2007), p. 367.</ref>	Content	suggested
Width	`width`	The width of the quote Default Sized to fit content (auto) Example 30% Auto value	String	optional
Float	`float`	Position the quote to float on the right or left side of the content Example left	String	optional
Background color	`bgcolor`	The background color for the quote Default transparent	String	optional
Quotation mark color	`qcolor`	Color of quotemarks (only for use in WP:Signpost, and personal pages; do not use in articles, guidelines, etc.) Default #B2B7F2 Example #FF0000 for a red color	Unknown	optional
Full width	`wide`	In older versions of the template, when this was set to "yes", the quote expanded to the entire width of the page, which was useful for long quotes. However, it clashed with other floating objects, such as infoboxes, and the template now auto expands and line wraps as needed (full page, or within a \|width= constraint).	Boolean	deprecated
small	`small`	no description	Unknown	deprecated
personquoted	`personquoted`	no description	Unknown	deprecated
publication	`publication`	no description	Unknown	deprecated
title	`title`	no description	Unknown	deprecated
quotesource	`quotesource`	no description	Unknown	deprecated
2	`2`	no description	Unknown	optional
3	`3`	no description	Unknown	deprecated
4	`4`	no description	Unknown	deprecated
5	`5`	no description	Unknown	deprecated

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