Forum:SH Archive/More quotation standardization

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We seem to have resolved the issue of internal links during our last discussion and vote on quotations, but there are still a few discrepancies between articles, specifically on the quote labels. Here is one classic quote, as it appears in the blaster article:

1) "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."

- Han Solo to Luke Skywalker

2) In contrast, a few other articles have everything but the speaker in parentheses:

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."

- Han Solo (to Luke Skywalker)

3) Or this version with smaller parentheses, which is not quite as popular:

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."

- Han Solo

I personally feel that the parentheses versions are more elegant, but that may be only my opinion. I wonder if most people actually prefer the plain "Person A to Person B" format, or if it's just routine. Also, I was curious if we have a set standard for two-line dialogue quotes. This one, from the Form V article, is different from most:

1) "I prefer more straightforward methods."

- Anakin Skywalker

"Master of understatement."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

2) Most of them appear in this format:

"I prefer more straightforward methods." "Master of understatement."

- Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi

3) And rarest, though there is a template for it, is this version that is generally used for dialogues that have more than two lines:

Again, I prefer the first version here for similar reasons (avoiding a cluttered quote label), but with this case there is a small precedent. Those who own the book Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina can find before the title page a quote exchange between Obi-Wan and Luke, using the format of two separate quotes. Also, we've seemed to be cutting down to a single quote for each article section, so a quote-counterquote format might be more aesthetic than it was before, when sections had a handful of quotes unrelated to each other. Thoughts? -BaronGrackle 22:36, 2 December 2006 (UTC)