Template:Blockquote/doc/boilerplate

The Manual of Style guidelines for block quotations recommend formatting block quotations using the template or the HTML &lt;blockquote&gt; element, for which that template provides a wrapper.


 * Quotes work best when used with short sentences, and at the start or end of a section, as a hint of or to help emphasize the section's content.
 * For typical quotes, especially those longer than the rest of the paragraph in which they are quoted, provides a borderless quote with decorative quotation marks, and  provided a bordered quote. Both span the article width.
 * For very short quotes, (with decorative quotation marks) or  (framed) can be used to set the quote off to either the right or left as in a magazine sidebar.  This can be effective on essay pages and WikiProject homepages.