Template:Bquote

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This is meant to replace template {{Cquote}} with an HTML <blockquote> element, as recommended by WP:MOS#Quotations. It is 100% wikitext-compatible, so it should be possible to redirect cquote to this template.

Parameters

{{Bquote|Quoted text|x|x|Quoted person|Source }}

1. Quoted text [required]
2. [anything; for compatibility only]
3. [anything; for compatibility only]
4. Quoted person
5. Source

Examples

Minimal usage

{{Bquote|No no no, it's spelled, "Raymond Luxury Yacht," but it's pronounced, "Throatwobbler Mangrove".}}

No no no, it's spelled, "Raymond Luxury Yacht," but it's pronounced, "Throatwobbler Mangrove".

With citation

 {{Bquote
 | Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet. 
 | x
 | x
 | Douglas Adams
 }}

Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet.

— Douglas Adams

Citation and source

{{Bquote| All that glisters is not gold.|x|x|William Shakespeare|''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', Act II, sc. vii }}

All that glisters is not gold.

—William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, sc. vii

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