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Due to the utterly intractable [[MediaWiki]] bug reported at {{bugzilla|6200}}, block quoting cannot handle freeform linebreaking for paragraphs and poems and the like.  
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Due to the utterly intractable [[MediaWiki]] bug reported at {{bugzilla|6200}}, and still unfixed {{as of|February 2012|lc=y}}, block quoting on Wikipedia, with or without a template, cannot handle freeform linebreaking for paragraphs and poems and the like. x
  
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The problem in action:<code>
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The problem in action:
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<blockquote><nowiki>{{</nowiki><includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1&lt;br/><br />
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The intuitive choice:
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<blockquote><code><nowiki>{{</nowiki><includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1<br />
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Line 2<br />
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Line 3<br />
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Line 4}}</code></blockquote>
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results in the mangled:
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{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1
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Line 2
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Line 3
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Line 4}}
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Blank lines seem to work at first:
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<blockquote><code><nowiki>{{</nowiki><includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1<br />
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<br />
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Line 2<br />
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<br />
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Line 3<br />
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<br />
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Line 4}}</code></blockquote>
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though with quite tall spacing between the content blocks (lines, in our test cases):
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{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1
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Line 2
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Line 3
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Line 4}}
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Yet this markup fails with wiki ":" indentation:
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:{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1
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Line 2
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Line 3
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Line 4}}
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Just trying to use {{tag|p}} or {{tag|br|single}} markup won't solve all the problems:
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<blockquote><code><nowiki>{{</nowiki><includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1&lt;br/><br />
 
Line 2&lt;br/><br />
 
Line 2&lt;br/><br />
 
Line 3&lt;br/><br />
 
Line 3&lt;br/><br />
 
Line 4}}</code></blockquote>
 
Line 4}}</code></blockquote>
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Which results in the oddly spaced:
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results in odd spacing, with the middle blocks too close together:
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{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1<br/>
 
{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1<br/>
 
Line 2<br/>
 
Line 2<br/>
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Line 4}}
 
Line 4}}
  
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The {{em|only}} solution for this is to use unbroken markup with {{tag|p}} or {{tag|br|single}} elements:
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Meanwhile this version again seems ok:
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{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|<p>Line 1</p>
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<p>Line 2</p>
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<p>Line 3</p>
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<p>Line 4</p>}}
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but again can't be indented:
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:{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|<p>Line 1</p>
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<p>Line 2</p>
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<p>Line 3</p>
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<p>Line 4</p>}}
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The {{em|only}} solution for this is to use {{em|unbroken markup}} with {{tag|p}} or {{tag|br|single}} elements (or others, like nested blockquotes and lists):
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:{{tnull|<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1&lt;br/>Line 2&lt;br/>Line 3&lt;br/>Line 4.}}
 
:{{tnull|<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1&lt;br/>Line 2&lt;br/>Line 3&lt;br/>Line 4.}}
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Which results in the expected:
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which, while hard to read, especially for long content, results in the expected:
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{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1<br/>Line 2<br/>Line 3<br/>Line 4.}}
 
{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1<br/>Line 2<br/>Line 3<br/>Line 4.}}
  
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However there is an HTML-comment workaround for readability that lets you do whatever you want, and is even indentable with <code>*, : and #</code> markup:
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And {{em|can}} be indented:
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:{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|Line 1<br/>Line 2<br/>Line 3<br/>Line 4.}}
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Happily, there is an HTML-comment workaround for readability that lets you do whatever you want:
  
 
<blockquote><code><nowiki>
 
<blockquote><code><nowiki>
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</code></blockquote>
 
</code></blockquote>
  
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Or even:
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or even:
  
 
<blockquote><code><nowiki>
 
<blockquote><code><nowiki>
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</code></blockquote>
 
</code></blockquote>
  
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Either which results in the expected:
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which results in the expected:
  
 
{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|1=<!--
 
{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|1=<!--
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-->Line 3<br/><!--
 
-->Line 3<br/><!--
  
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-->Line 4.}}<noinclude>
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-->Line 4.}}
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They {{em|are}} indentable:
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:{{<includeonly>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly><noinclude>bq</noinclude>|1=<!--
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-->Line 1<br/><!--
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-->Line 2<br/><!--
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-->Line 3<br/><!--
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-->Line 4.}}
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<noinclude>
 
{{Documentation}}
 
{{Documentation}}
 
<!--Categories and interwikis go on the /doc subpage.-->
 
<!--Categories and interwikis go on the /doc subpage.-->
 
</noinclude>
 
</noinclude>

Revision as of 06:39, 3 February 2012

Due to the utterly intractable MediaWiki bug reported at Template:bugzilla, and still unfixed Template:as of, block quoting on Wikipedia, with or without a template, cannot handle freeform linebreaking for paragraphs and poems and the like. x

The problem in action:

The intuitive choice:

{{bq|Line 1

Line 2
Line 3

Line 4}}

results in the mangled:

Template:bq

Blank lines seem to work at first:

{{bq|Line 1


Line 2

Line 3

Line 4}}

though with quite tall spacing between the content blocks (lines, in our test cases):

Template:bq

Yet this markup fails with wiki ":" indentation:

Template:bq

Just trying to use Template:tag or Template:tag markup won't solve all the problems:

{{bq|Line 1<br/>

Line 2<br/>
Line 3<br/>

Line 4}}

results in odd spacing, with the middle blocks too close together:

Template:bq

Meanwhile this version again seems ok:

Template:bq

but again can't be indented:

Template:bq

The Template:em solution for this is to use Template:em with Template:tag or Template:tag elements (or others, like nested blockquotes and lists):

Template:tnull

which, while hard to read, especially for long content, results in the expected:

Template:bq

And Template:em be indented:

Template:bq

Happily, there is an HTML-comment workaround for readability that lets you do whatever you want:

{{bq|1=<!--

-->Line 1<br/><!--
-->Line 2<br/><!--
-->Line 3<br/><!--
-->Line 4.}}

or even:

{{bq|1=<!--


-->Line 1<br/><!--

-->Line 2<br/><!--

-->Line 3<br/><!--

-->Line 4.}}

which results in the expected:

Template:bq

They Template:em indentable:

Template:bq


{{#invoke:documentation|main|_content={{ {{#invoke:documentation|contentTitle}}}}}}

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