Magnus Manske wrote:
Uwe Brauer wrote:
Right, I find the : and :# :* especially annoying since, they only work for one single (long line) but not for a paragraph. That's why I prefer much
<blockquote>
</blockquote> over : etc. So I understand correctly the use of such constructs and
Is ok?
IMHO blockquote is OK, as we do not have an equivalent in wiki markup.
We do, however, have wiki markup for lists, in which case wiki markup is always preferred. Same goes for tables (yes, the syntax is weird), <hr>, bold/italics, dd/dt.
I have taken to generating some templates like Template:" (aka Template:%22) for example which is specified as: <blockquote><p>{{{1}}}</p></blockquote>
written this looks like: {{"|This is a quoted set of text}}
I suppose you could also do something like this for Template:" : <blockquote><p>{{{1}}}</p><cite>{{{2}}}</cite></blockquote> used like this: {{"|This is quoted text| Aron Rubin}}
Aron