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Let's take a look, for example, in [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door quotes#TEC-XX|this section of the List of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' quotes]]. I see that, since [[Princess Peach]] is referenced many times, there are many "you"s linking to her article, and this is ''just'' to indicate that she is the one being referenced. But it doesn't seem right to use links for this purpose, because for what I know they are supposed to support navigation. Plus, since regular articles usually use only one link to some subject (on the first mention), it would be nice to do the same with quotes. | Let's take a look, for example, in [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door quotes#TEC-XX|this section of the List of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' quotes]]. I see that, since [[Princess Peach]] is referenced many times, there are many "you"s linking to her article, and this is ''just'' to indicate that she is the one being referenced. But it doesn't seem right to use links for this purpose, because for what I know they are supposed to support navigation. Plus, since regular articles usually use only one link to some subject (on the first mention), it would be nice to do the same with quotes. | ||
So, I propose that, whenever a subject must be identified in a quote (except on the first mention), we use | So, I propose that, whenever a subject must be identified in a quote (except on the first mention), we use {{hover|This kind of explanation|Subject}}<noinclude> to identify it. | ||
So, this quote from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'': | So, this quote from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'': | ||
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Would become: | Would become: | ||
*"''If | *"''If {{hover|he|Merlon}}<noinclude> thinks {{hover|you|Mario}}<noinclude> are the hero, {{hover|you|Mario}}<noinclude> probably are. I think...''" | ||
'''Proposer''': {{User|Mr. Ice Bro.}}<br> | '''Proposer''': {{User|Mr. Ice Bro.}}<br> | ||