Template:Blockquote/doc/boilerplate

This template can be used for both block quotations (long quotes set off from the main text) and pull quotes (the visually distinctive repetition of text that is already present on the same page). However, neither use is advised. 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, and pull quotes are rarely appropriate in encyclopedia articles.


 * Pull 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 pull 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 pull 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.