Template:Block quote/doc
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This is meant to replace template {{Cquote}} with an HTML <blockquote> element, as recommended by WP:MOS#Quotations. It is 100% wikitext-compatible, so it should be possible to redirect cquote to this template.
Parameters
edit{{Bquote|Quoted text|x|x|Quoted person|Source }}
- Quoted text [required]
- [anything; for compatibility only]
- [anything; for compatibility only]
- Quoted person
- Source
Examples
editMinimal usage
{{Bquote|No no no, it's spelled, "Raymond Luxury Yacht," but it's pronounced, "Throatwobbler Mangrove".}}
No no no, it's spelled, "Raymond Luxury Yacht," but it's pronounced, "Throatwobbler Mangrove".
With citation
{{Bquote | Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet. | x | x | Douglas Adams }}
Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet.
— Douglas Adams
Citation and source
{{Bquote| All that glisters is not gold.|x|x|William Shakespeare|''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', Act II, sc. vii }}
All that glisters is not gold.
—William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, sc. vii