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I've been thinking we should (now that the quotes have been culled from the main space article pages) that we should still have a place for quotes. We do have [[:Category:Companion quotes]], with several companion quotes within it. I've re-edited [[Vislor Turlough -  Quotes]] and created [[Second Doctor - Quotes]] (using quotes from the Second Doctor page and Quote of the Week archive) into sub-headings much like the references on the TV, prose and audio pages. I think this might be a better way to go than by story title as it would allow readers to be able to see a character's points of view across several subjects. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 14:32, May 7, 2010 (UTC)
I've been thinking we should (now that the quotes have been culled from the main space article pages) that we should still have a place for quotes. We do have [[:Category:Companion quotes]], with several companion quotes within it. I've re-edited [[Vislor Turlough -  Quotes]] and created [[Second Doctor - Quotes]] (using quotes from the Second Doctor page and Quote of the Week archive) into sub-headings much like the references on the TV, prose and audio pages. I think this might be a better way to go than by story title as it would allow readers to be able to see a character's points of view across several subjects. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 14:32, May 7, 2010 (UTC)
::If quotes are unencyclopedic, then what's the justification for having quote pages at all?  I don't like these pages within the mainspace, personally.  If you want to create an entirely separate namespace — e.g., [[Quote:Vislor Turlough]] — that's one thing.  Indeed, that would make it easier to manipulate these pages in the future. Might even be possible to manipulate a quote of the ''day'' feature, '''automatically''' choosing a quote drawn from the Quote: namespace. But having these pages in the mainspace makes little sense given our simultaneous campaign to get rid of quotes on ''other'' mainspace pages. Plus, they're just ugly lists.  We need to establish some kind of visual framework for them, perhaps even a standard table format.  '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]'''  [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 00:11, May 13, 2010 (UTC)

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I've been thinking we should (now that the quotes have been culled from the main space article pages) that we should still have a place for quotes. We do have Category:Companion quotes, with several companion quotes within it. I've re-edited Vislor Turlough - Quotes and created Second Doctor - Quotes (using quotes from the Second Doctor page and Quote of the Week archive) into sub-headings much like the references on the TV, prose and audio pages. I think this might be a better way to go than by story title as it would allow readers to be able to see a character's points of view across several subjects. --Tangerineduel 14:32, May 7, 2010 (UTC)

If quotes are unencyclopedic, then what's the justification for having quote pages at all? I don't like these pages within the mainspace, personally. If you want to create an entirely separate namespace — e.g., Quote:Vislor Turlough — that's one thing. Indeed, that would make it easier to manipulate these pages in the future. Might even be possible to manipulate a quote of the day feature, automatically choosing a quote drawn from the Quote: namespace. But having these pages in the mainspace makes little sense given our simultaneous campaign to get rid of quotes on other mainspace pages. Plus, they're just ugly lists. We need to establish some kind of visual framework for them, perhaps even a standard table format. CzechOut | 00:11, May 13, 2010 (UTC)