Forum:CT Archive/Quotes

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Proposal
Well, I brought this issue up in the forum thread Quotes within articles, but it never got resolved and I frankly forgot all about it. Now that I have finally remembered, I want to propose the following additions to the "Quotations" section of the Manual of Style: – 07:40, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Users should never correct the spelling, grammar, or word usage within quotes as it jeopardizes our Fair use claim on that material. Direct quotes aught to be verbatim and any changes, edits, or exclusions should be explicitly noted by using square brackets ("[ ]"). Any errors made by the author may be noted by using "[sic]".
 * Redundant internal links should not be added to quotes. Adding extra links to quotes does not serve any purpose beyond making those quotes appear cluttered and messy. Links should only be added to quotes if they contain that article's ONLY mention of that particular concept/thing, but even then, it would be better to integrate the internal link into the body of the article's text.
 * Quotes that serve as introductions to article subsections should never contain internal links for the same reason that headings should not contain links: because they appear unprofessional and are generally distracting.

Support

 * 07:40, 23 July 2006 (UTC)