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 example below).

Parameters

 * Unnamed (positional) parameters
 * text must come before by (if by is specified).
 * text must come before by (if by is specified).


 * Using named parameters


 * 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  is specified).

Examples

 * gives:
 * gives:
 * gives:
 * gives:
 * gives:

Indenting
The following wiki-markup: Random paragraph of text. Example (talk) 09:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Opening statement by Some other user.
 * Response to quoted text. Some other user (talk)
 * Response to quoted text. Some other user (talk)

Gives the following: Random paragraph of text. Example (talk) 09:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Opening statement by Some other user.
 * Response to quoted text. Some other user (talk) 09:26, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 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:

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  after the   sign: