Template:Talkquote

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Usage

Use this template to quote other editors comments on talk pages. It can be safely used after colon-indenting as well (see the #Indenting example below).

Parameters

Unnamed (positional) parameters

{{talkquote|text|by}}

text must come before by (if by is specified).

Using named parameters

{{talkquote|text=text|by=by|source=source|ts=ts|oldid=oldid}}

Explanation of named parameters

text: The text being quoted (required).
by: The author of the text being quoted (not required).
source: The source of the text being quoted (not required). Use instead of by when source is not individual user.
oldid: The revision ID of the edit introducing the change that was made (not required).
ts: The timestamp of the text being quoted (not required unless diff is specified).

Examples

{{talkquote|some random text|Example}} gives:

some random text
— User:Example

{{talkquote|more random text|Example|ts=~~~~~}} gives:

more random text
— User:Example 08:52, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

{{talkquote|different random text|Example|ts=~~~~~|oldid=139992}} gives:

different random text
— User:Example 08:52, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Indenting

The following wiki-markup:

Random paragraph of text. [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]]) 09:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
:Opening statement by [[User:User|Some other user]].
:{{talkquote|Quoting an item from random paragraph.}}
:Response to quoted text. [[User:User|Some other user]] ([[User talk:User|talk]]) ~~~~~

Gives the following:

Random paragraph of text. Example (talk) 09:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Opening statement by Some other user.

Quoting an item from random paragraph.

Response to quoted text. Some other user (talk) 09:26, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Quoting lists

If the text you are quoting is a bulleted or numbered list, the first list item must start on a new line, or it won't be rendered properly. For example:

Wiki-markup	Output
Wrong way {{talkquote\|* Item one * Item two }}	First item isn't bulleted correctly: * Item one Item two
Right way {{talkquote\| * Item one * Item two }}	All items are bulleted correctly: Item one Item two

If you are using the |text= named parameter, the MediaWiki parser automatically removes line breaks at the start of the text, causing the list to be displayed improperly. To stop this happening, add <nowiki /> after the = sign:

Wiki-markup	Output
Wrong way {{talkquote\|text= # Item one # Item two }}	First item isn't numbered correctly: # Item one Item two
Right way {{talkquote\|text=<nowiki /> # Item one # Item two }}	All items are numbered correctly: Item one Item two