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The quotation should be representative of the whole source document; editors should be very careful to avoid misrepresentation of the argument in the source. Where a quotation presents rhetorical language in place of more neutral, dispassionate tone preferred for encyclopedias, it can be a backdoor method of inserting a non-neutral treatment of a controversial subject into the wiki's narrative on the subject, and should be avoided. | The quotation should be representative of the whole source document; editors should be very careful to avoid misrepresentation of the argument in the source. Where a quotation presents rhetorical language in place of more neutral, dispassionate tone preferred for encyclopedias, it can be a backdoor method of inserting a non-neutral treatment of a controversial subject into the wiki's narrative on the subject, and should be avoided. | ||
Quotations should generally be worked into the article text, so as not to inhibit the pace, flow and organization of the article. Longer quotes may need to be set apart, generally through the use of wikitext templates such as {{tl|Quote}} or {{tl|Quotation}}. Longer quotations may also be hidden in the reference (footnote) to facilitate verification by other editors without sacrificing readability. For pull quotes (quotes of the article text used to highlight a section) the {{tl|Cquote}} template can be used. | Quotations should generally be worked into the article text, so as not to inhibit the pace, flow and organization of the article. Longer quotes may need to be set apart, generally through the use of wikitext templates such as {{tl|Quote}} or {{tl|Quotation}}. Longer quotations may also be hidden in the reference (footnote) to facilitate verification by other editors without sacrificing readability. For pull quotes (quotes of the article text used to highlight a section) the {{tl|Cquote}} template can be used. Quotations used only as sources to support statements contained in the article can be added with a <tt><nowiki><ref></nowiki></tt> tag containing a reference formatted with the {{tl|cite web}} template; in that case, add {{tl|Appendix}} at the end of the page so that citations can be displayed in a uniform way. | ||
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