Template:Quotation/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Quotation.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template employs intricate features of template syntax.

You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.
Remember that you can conduct experiments, and should test all improvements, in either the general Template sandbox or your user space before changing anything here.

Usage

You should not put quotation marks around the quote. This template acts as a block quote to separate it from the text instead.

{{Quotation|Clunk mouse colored mauve. Bully other rodents, stealing the cheese rapid. Police mice catch crook squeak video prime time TV show. Juror mouse frown XXXX1.|Whoever said it|Source of the quote}}

produces:

Clunk mouse colored mauve. Bully other rodents, stealing the cheese rapid. Police mice catch crook squeak video prime time TV show. Juror mouse frown XXXX1.
– Whoever said it, Source of the quote

{{Quotation|Your text|Author||from "Short Story", in ''Anthology'' (2026)}}

produces the following (notice the || to skip the italicized parameter):

Your text
– Author, from "Short Story", in Anthology (2026)