Forum:CT Archive/Making an official policy for "What a Quote is"

I propose that we officially define what a quote is, and what a quote is not, as far as inserting quotes into articles. I believe that quotes should only include either spoken dialogue—that which is presented in the form of actual quotation marks in a source—or italicized print, representing someone's inward thoughts. Additionally, it should be acceptable to include prose only if that text is included in the form of a memoir or a journal. It should not be acceptable to include in a quote something that is presented in prosaic text as "Solo thought that was terrible," or "This was a bad idea, Solo thought," if it is not literally presented within quotation marks, because we simply do not know if the subject said those exact words.

A recent debate over what is acceptable quote material as prompted me to create this CT. Please see the Darth Vader's armor section under the FAN page for a run-down of this discussion. Toprawa and Ralltiir 06:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)