Template:Quote/doc

Note: This template is for use only when single enclosed quotation marks are required for correct punctuation. Found commonly in BE, AustE, and NZE language articles, and used in Oxford University and Cambridge University publications. Rare in AmerE.

Usage

The first parameter takes the quote itself, the fourth the author, and the fifth the work being quoted. The second parameter defines the size of the quote mark and the third is not used.

See {{cquote}} for double quote marks.

Basic example

{{quote|{{Lorem}}}}

gives the following result:

‘

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

’

Using other parameters

There are five automatic parameter that can be used with this template. The first parameter is the quotation, as seen in the example above.

Define the origin and source:

The 4th and 5th parameters define the origin and source of the quote respectively. In this example the origin is "Cicero" and the source is "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum"

{{quote|{{Lorem}}|||Cicero|de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum}}

gives the following result:

‘

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

’

Control size of quote:

The second parameter defines the size of the quotation marks.

{{quote|{{Lorem}}|60px||Cicero|de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum}}

gives the following result (default font size for the quote mark is 30px; other options are 10, 20, 40, 50 or 60px):

‘	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.	’
—60px

Control size of quote with a 'size', 'quotewidth' or 'width' parameter:

These three parameters can be defined in any location in the template. In the following example they are tagged onto the end.

{{quote|{{Lorem}}|||Cicero|de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum|size=40px}}

gives the following result :

‘

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

’

For the record

As used here in citizendium there is no 3rd parameter defined in the template. Possibly this is due to it having been imported from a different location and subsequently modified. Also there is no obvious reason for using 'size', 'quotewidth' or 'width' parameters at citizendium. This might be a remnant of an ancestor version being used in conjunction with other more complex templates.