Template:Blockquote paragraphs
Due to the utterly intractable MediaWiki bug reported at Template:Bugzilla, block quoting cannot handle freeform linebreaking for paragraphs and poems and the like. The Template:Em solution for this is to use unbroken markup with {{#if:|
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}}{{#switch:pair
|c|close =
|s|single
|o|open
|p|pair = <p{{#if:| {{{params}}}}}
}}{{#switch:pair
|c|close = |s|single = /> |o|open = > |p|pair = >...
}}{{#switch:pair
|s|single |o|open = |c|close |p|pair = </p>
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}}{{#switch:single
|c|close =
|s|single
|o|open
|p|pair = <br{{#if:| {{{params}}}}}
}}{{#switch:single
|c|close = |s|single = /> |o|open = > |p|pair = >...
}}{{#switch:single
|s|single |o|open = |c|close |p|pair = </br>
}}{{#if:|
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}} elements:
Which results in:
The {{#if:|
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}}{{#switch:o
|c|close = |s|single |o|open |p|pair = <blockquote{{#if:| {{{params}}}}}}}{{#switch:o
|c|close = |s|single = /> |o|open = > |p|pair = >...
}}{{#switch:o
|s|single |o|open = |c|close |p|pair = </blockquote>
}}{{#if:|
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}} element and any templates that use it do not honor newlines:
{{#if: | |+ {{{title}}}}} {{#if: || ! style="width:50%" scope="col" | Markup}} {{#if: || ! style="width:50%" scope="col" | Renders as}}{{#if: <blockquote> Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 </blockquote>
<blockquote> Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 </blockquote>
Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4
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To resolve this, use the
{{#switch:pair|c|close = |s|single |o|open |p|pair = <{{#switch:poem |categorytree=categorytree |charinsert=charinsert |gallery=gallery |hiero=hiero |imagemap=imagemap |inputbox=inputbox |math=math |nowiki=nowiki |poem=poem |pre=pre |ref=ref |references=references |section=section |score=score |source=source |syntaxhighlight=syntaxhighlight |templatedata=templatedata |timeline=timeline |#default=tag}}{{#if:| {{{params}}}}} }}{{#switch:open
|c|close = |s|single = /> |o|open = > |p|pair = >...
}}{{#switch:open
|s|single |o|open = |c|close |p|pair = </poem>
}} tag inside {{#if:|
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}}{{#switch:o
|c|close = |s|single |o|open |p|pair = <blockquote{{#if:| {{{params}}}}}}}{{#switch:o
|c|close = |s|single = /> |o|open = > |p|pair = >...
}}{{#switch:o
|s|single |o|open = |c|close |p|pair = </blockquote>
}}{{#if:|
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}}:
{{#if: | |+ {{{title}}}}} {{#if: || ! style="width:50%" scope="col" | Markup}} {{#if: || ! style="width:50%" scope="col" | Renders as}}{{#if: <blockquote><poem> Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 </poem></blockquote>
<blockquote><poem> Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 </poem></blockquote>
<poem>
Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 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
*, : and #markup:{{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.}}Result of either:
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
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