Template talk:Request quotation

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Contents 1 Grammar 2 Wikiproject Inline templates proposed 3 Verbosity 4 Link

[edit] Grammar

This template uses incorrect English. "Quote" is a verb, not a noun. It should be "quotation," not "quote." ⇒Bayerischermann ^- 19:22, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Why not move it yourself? :) Salaskan 14:49, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Some people prefer to discuss changes before making them. There's nothing wrong with that. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 09:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Inline templates proposed

Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Inline templates. I've been meaning to do this for a while. — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 16:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Verbosity

This template addresses a common need, but it's hampered by its excessive length.

• ^{[Quotation from source requested on talk page to verify interpretation of source]}

That's a lot of text for an inline tag. The analogous {fact} tag simply says, "Citation request". Couldn't this template just say "Quotation request" or "Verification request"? That'd make the template more usable. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 10:40, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). 193.95.165.190 (talk) 12:52, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Y Improved. -- Lea (talk) 18:29, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

The change is an improvement but I think the verbiage does need to be reduced to a minimum, keeping in mind that the template might be used in succession. Put two or three of them in a paragraph and it destroys the flow of text. I'll make an edit in line with the original suggestion. Ham Pastrami (talk) 12:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I would actually prefer something closer to the original. I use this template fairly frequently and notice that, because the template itself makes no mention that the quote is "to be provided on the discussion page", that it quite often is placed in the article, which often isn't appropriate, and often means that the quote provided is shorter (to keep it to the point), meaning that context useful for evaluating whether it supports the original statement is lost. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 14:26, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Both Ham Pastrami and Hrafn have valid points. The inline comment needs to be short to avoid readability issues and yet a brief comment does lead one to think the quote needs to be in the article text rather than on the talk page. I have requested a possible technical solution to this here: WP:Village pump (technical)#Can a template do this?. -- Low Sea (talk) 17:30, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Link

"Quotation" currently links to WP:CITE, which I don't find optimal. (The previous reference to the talk page was worse though; I don't think inline templates should link to the talk page, and not everyone who adds this template might explain what they mean on the talk page.) Anyways, if anyone has a better link (perhaps to some page that talks about [literally] quoting sources), feel free to adjust. -- Lea (talk) 18:26, 10 February 2008 (UTC)