Template talk:Quotation templates

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I've added a {{documentation}}. Feel free to revert me. —MC10|Sign here! 17:52, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Any way to quote a play or interview?

Say I want to quote from a play or interview, e.g.:

Bob: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Vitae aliquet nec ullamcorper sit amet risus nullam eget felis. Consectetur purus ut faucibus pulvinar elementum integer enim neque volutpat. In ante metus dictum at tempor commodo ullamcorper. Sed risus pretium quam vulputate dignissim suspendisse in est. Vel turpis nunc eget lorem dolor sed viverra ipsum nunc. Dictumst vestibulum rhoncus est pellentesque elit ullamcorper dignissim cras tincidunt.

Dr. Arrow: Diam volutpat commodo sed egestas. Id venenatis a condimentum vitae sapien. Mollis aliquam ut porttitor leo. Eget est lorem ipsum dolor sit. Tortor at risus viverra adipiscing at in tellus integer feugiat. Nulla porttitor massa id neque aliquam vestibulum morbi. Et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas integer eget aliquet. Mattis rhoncus urna neque viverra justo. Ut tristique et egestas quis ipsum suspendisse ultrices gravida. Dictum fusce ut placerat orci nulla. Aliquam ultrices sagittis orci a scelerisque purus. Purus sit amet luctus venenatis lectus magna fringilla urna. Aliquam ultrices sagittis orci a scelerisque purus semper eget.

Any way to do this while keeping the indentation looking alright? –Sincerely, A Lime 19:04, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The "not talk quote" template(s)

This template redirects to {{!xt}} which is a template for "bad" examples in help docs; a completely unrelated usage to the one listed here. Looking through page histories & archived discussions as far as I can tell, this template was, I think, deprecated, and then deleted, and the reason it's been replaced with a redirect rather than gone altogether is (as far as I can tell anyway) to grandfather in existing usages of the template on talk pages (because !xt renders the same thing graphically, and always did)

If this is correct (and I'm not sure it is!), then I think the {{{not talk quote inline}} / {{!tq}} part should probably be removed from this box

On the other hand, if the usage described below is indeed acceptable/current (and I must admit, I like it, I think that's fun!), then it should probably either be restored its own page explaining that, or else this use of the template should be included in the usage notes for {{!xt}}, (and perhaps that added as a synonym here also).

I'm not entirely sure which (if either) of these, represents the correct understanding/course of actions, so rather than make a potentially destructive edit, I'm leaving this talk comment here.

Template	Use / description
{{Not talk quote inline}} (shortcut: {{!tq}}, {{!tqq}}, {{!tqi}}, or {{!tqqi}})	Inline quotation for what someone didn't say but could have, or perhaps should have, said.

Regardless of the right course of action, the current situation, where all quote template pages have an infobox at the bottom listing the quote templates available on wikipedia, which includes the (above) example of {{!tq}}, with a short description, but which upon opening the link brings you to a template page which has a different name, and doesn't mention that usage at all, is fairly confusing! --Tomatoswoop (talk) 18:07, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]