Template:quote-text


This temporary template is meant to be used as an interim between a wiki-markup quotation usage to a normal quote-x template. Occurrences of this template were generated automatically by converting manually formatted quotes. They are automatically added to Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned, and should be manually converted to one of the other quote templates.

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This template is meant to be used as an interim between a wiki-markup quotation usage to a normal quote-x template.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Language1

A comma-separated list of language codes indicating the language(s) of the quoted text.

Stringrequired
Authorauthor

The name of the author of the text quoted. Additional authors can be added using the parameters "author2" to "author5".

Stringsuggested
Wikipedia author pageauthorlink

English Wikipedia article about the author.

Stringoptional
Titletitle

The title.

Stringrequired
Quoted textpassage text

The text being quoted. Use boldface to highlight the term being defined.

Contentrequired
Translationtranslation t

If the quoted text is not in English, this parameter can be used to provide an English translation of it.

Contentoptional
Yearyear

The year that the text was published. Prefix with "a.", "c." or "p." to indicate a publication year that is ante (before), circa (about), or post (after) the year specified.

Numbersuggested
Datedate

Use either "year" or "date", not both.

Stringoptional
URLurl

The URL or web address of an external website containing the full text.

URLoptional
Translatortranslator translators trans

The name(s) of the translator(s) of the text. Separate multiple names with semicolons.

Stringoptional
Bracketsbrackets

Use "on" to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation contains a mere mention of a term or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

Booleanoptional
author2author2

additional author

Stringoptional
authorlink2authorlink2

additional author Wikipedia article

Stringoptional
author3author3

additional author

Stringoptional
authorlink3authorlink3

additional author Wikipedia article

Stringoptional
author4author4

additional author

Stringoptional
authorlink4authorlink4

additional author Wikipedia article

Stringoptional
author5author5

additional author

Stringoptional
authorlink5authorlink5

additional author Wikipedia article

Stringoptional