Template:Talkquote/doc

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|diff=diff}}

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.
• diff: The full URL of the diff showing 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=~~~~~|diff=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page?diff=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)

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

Talkquote

Block quotations of other editors' comments on talk pages. Can be used along with colon indents.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Text	1 text	The text being quoted	Content	required
By	2 by	The author of the text being quoted	User	suggested
Source	source	The source of the text being quoted. Use instead of ‘by’ when source is not individual user.	String	optional
Diff link	diff	The full URL of the diff showing the change that was made. Ignored unless the timestamp is also specified.	URL	optional
Timestamp	ts	The timestamp of the text being quoted. Required if the diff link is specified, but can also be used without it.	Line	optional