Forum:Quotes

Are quotes in articles neccessary? Lots of articles, particularly about people, have quotes from them which don't really seem to do any good for the articles. So should they all be removed, or should any quotes (e.g, not like "one of the Dalek's most common war cries is "Exterminate!") on their own be kept in? 12:25, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Nope. We decided to just delete them (look at the bottom of Forum:Format for television story entries) since they were useless and encyclopedic. Azes13 15:35, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Alright then, I'll put something on the Manual of Style (if there isn't anything alreadythere about it) then get round to deleting quotes on individuals and episodes... in a bit. 15:39, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I strongly favor quotes, especially quotes at the head of an article. they sum up a character or a concept in a way that paragraphs of quote cannot, they can liven up an otherwise dry article and, of course, also, why go into linguistic gymnastics in order to not quote a source directly, rather than paraphrase? also, DOCTOR WHO has had great lines of dialogue. as for precedent, Wookieepedia uses quotes, more, in fact, they do so more than I would suggest doing. example entry from Wookieepedia Perhaps one line, three at most, at the heading of an article, only? --***Stardizzy*** 18:18, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Perhaps we can have quotes in moderation, i.e only for important charactors (e.g Davros, the Doctor, etc), however for minor charactors we have no quotes, and no quotes from charactors about places (e.g no quotes about Mondas or Mars)? 18:30, 27 January 2007 (UTC)