Quotes

95 entries in 3 categories.

Philip Taylor’s `<q>` Collection (59 entries)

49 (84%) incorrect:
- 26 (44%) use <q> for text which isn’t quoted, such as emphasising or defining terns.
- 23 (39%) use wrong level of quoting element; should use <blockquote>.
8 (14%) correct:
- 7 (12%) expect generated quote marks.
- 1 (2%) don’t expect generated quote marks (because IE6 and IE7 don’t generate them?).
2 (3%) could not be analysed, such as when the language barrier was too great.

(Rounding causes sum of 3 main categories to be 101%. Subcategories plus 3^rd category is 100%.)

freeDUM » About: <q>...</q> for <blockquote> in Random Quote section.; “...” in main content.; Incorrect (wrong level).
Big Bubba's Bad BBQ: <q> for quoted text.; Styled <q> with font-style: italic;.; Correct (generate quote marks).
NET-Revision: <table class><tr><td classs><q>Quotation</q></td></tr><tr><td><h5>Author</h5></td></tr></table> for <blockquote>Quotation<address>Author</address></blockquote>.; <q> for quoted text but it’s a block quotation, not just a run of quoted text.; Incorrect (wrong level).
5 Star Shareware: <q>...</q> for a slogan.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Phoenix Music Club: <q>...</q> for <blockquote>.; Elsewhere on that site, <q> isn’t used for runs of quoted text.; <blockquote> for quoted blocks.; <q> has gone since collection.; Incorrect (wrong level).
Bibliographie zu Goethes Novelle: <q> for  around runs of text which mention Novelle.; Author CSS drawns inward-pointing chevrons using quotes.; 1 of the 2 prevailing editorial styles for German quotation.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Cotswolds Liberal Democrats: "<q class>...</q>" for <q>...</q>.; Authored quote marks for correct presentation in IE6 and IE7?; Authored quote marks outside the element.; <q> has gone since collection.; Gone.; Was probably consistent with Regents Park and Kensington North Liberal Democrats?; Incorrect (wrong level).
Essays from In Communion: <q> for <cite> around the title of a publication immediately after a long run of text quoted from it.; Introduction: “Long quotation.”— Context <q>Title</q> for Introduction:<blockquote>“Long quotation.”<address>— Context and title?</address></blockquote>.; “...” for quoted runs of text.; Incorrect (wrong level).
Seattle Greek Festival: Wouldn’t load.; <q>Month </q><q>Date 1</q><q>, Date 3 and Date 3,</q><q> Year</q> for Date 1, Date 2 & Date 3 Month Year.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
SEO by the Sea: <div class>This is a preview of <q>Article Title</q>. ...</div> for This is a preview of <cite>Article Title</cite>. ....; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Håkon: <q>...</q> for run of quoted text.; (Second use was commented out.); Correct (generate quote marks).
The Mozilla Directory (LDAP) SDK Project: <q>...</q> around hypothetical speech.; Ends with a full stop when it’s a question.; Might be a genuine quote from a confused user at some time in the past?; Incorrect (if not a real quote).; Correct (generate quote marks).
The Christian Adventure Centre: First use was commented out.); <q>Long mission statement.</q> for <blockquote>Long mission statement.</blockquote>.; No attribution hints at it not being a real quote.; <blockquote class> used for quoting a testimonial further down that page, with background-image for ornate quote marks.; Incorrect (wrong level & possibly not a real quote).
WebMuseum: Leonardo da Vinci: <Q>Quotation.</Q> -- Author for <blockquote>“Quotation.”<address>— Author</address></blockquote>.; Incorrect (wrong level).
Regents Park and Kensington North Liberal Democrats: "<q class>Long quotation.</q>" for <blockquote>...</blockquote>.; Removes automatic quotes via CSS quotes: none;.; Styled <q> with font-style: italic;.; Places " outside to avoid quotation punctuation becoming italicised?; "..." for quoted text in main content.; "..." for article titles in main content.; Incorrect (wrong level).
World Learning:  <q>"Quotation."</q> – Author Role  for <blockquote>"Quotation."<address>— Author, Role</address></blockquote>.; Removes automatic quotes via CSS quotes: "" "";.; Incorrect (wrong level).
rDzogs Chen Sem-dé: <h3>by Author</h3><q class="topquote">...</q> for <h3>by Author</h3><blockquote>...</blockquote>.; Incorrect (wrong level).
rDzogs Chen Sem-dé: ... <q>… ...</q>. for quoted run of text inside a paragraph.; Styled <q> with font-style: italic;.; Doesn’t mind italicised quote marks.; <q> absent for all other quotes.; ‘...’ for other quotes.; ‘...’ for <cite>, <dfn>, definition descriptions inside paragraphs and various other things.; Correct (generate punctuation) but only used for one quote (inconsistent).
Rad Geek People’s Daily 1998-01-29 – Morality and Atheism: <q> for <dfn> or .; <q>meme,</q> for <dfn>meme</dfn>,?; <blockquote> for long quotations, with CSS background for ornate opening quote mark.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Rad Geek People’s Daily 1998-01-29 – Morality and Atheism: <q cite> for <dfn> or .; <q>meme,</q> for <dfn>meme</dfn>,?; <blockquote> for long quotations, with CSS background for ornate opening quote mark.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Rad Geek People’s Daily 1998-01-29 – Morality and Atheism: <li class><a href>Author</a>: <q cite>Truncated Comment</q> <a href>[Date]</a></li> in sidebar, where all href and cite attributes are for the same permalink to a comment.; <q cite>“In “hippie-vegan-gay- marxist” comunity you imagine, if that...</q> creates 2 quote marks at start with 1 quote mark at end due to truncation of a quoted block at the start of a comment which used punctuation instead of <blockquote> and <q>.; These quotations aren’t part of the surrounding text, so <blockquote> with CSS display: inline would be correct?; Incorrect (wrong level?).
Goethe und Schiller: Ästhetik der Weimarer Klassik: <q> for runs of quoted text.; <blockquote> for long quotations.; Correct (generate quote marks).
Goethe und Schiller: Ästhetik der Weimarer Klassik: <q> for <cite> around titles of work.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Ross Finnie, MP: Same as Regents Park and Kensington North Liberal Democrats.; Incorrect (wrong level).
Home Page - SPD Sauerlach ... 60 Jahre: (You need to give focus to some hidden links above the page header to see the <q>.); <a href title onclick>... <q>...</q> ...</a> for <a href title onclick>... <samp>...</samp> ...</a> or similar (it’s a Bigger Text type thing).; Sets quote marks using CSS quotes: "„" "“";.; “ for ” because of a typo in the CSS?; 1 of the 2 prevailing editorial styles for German quotation.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
9 fingers: <div class><a href title rel>Les resten av <q>Article Title</q></a></div> for <a href title rel>Les resten av <cite>Article Title</cite></a></div>.; Doesn’t set quote marks even though lang="no" for whole page.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
The Quick and Dirty Guide to Japanese: <Q>"Japanese written in English." ("English translation.")</Q> for <blockquote lang>Japanese written in English.</blockquote><blockquote lang>English translation.</blockquote>.; ... <Q>"Japanese written in English" ("English translation.")</Q> ... for ... <q lang>Japanese written in English</q> (<q lang>"English translation.")</q>) ....; ... "Japanese written in English" ("English translation.") ... for the same thing after the first few instances.; Incorrect (wrong level; a translation isn’t quoted text (or is it?); 1 element contains 2 languages; stops using <q> after first few times).
Startseite - ASF Rheinland-Pfalz: Same as Home Page - SPD Sauerlach ... 60 Jahre.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Watchman Nee: <A HREF>Aids to <q>Revelation</q></A> for <cite> or ?; Incorrect (not quoted text.)
Startseite - SPD-Abteilung Niederschönhausen-Blankenfelde: Was same as Home Page - SPD Sauerlach ... 60 Jahre.; Gone.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Chretien des Troyes and his poem Perceval (Le Conte du Graal): <Q><A href="names.htm#Perceval" rel="glossary">Perceval</A> the Welshman</Q> for <dfn><A href="names.htm#Perceval" rel="glossary">Perceval</A> the Welshman</dfn>.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
University of Cape Town - Computational Chemistry: Not retrievable; used Internet Archive from 10^th February 2008.; <div id="quote"><q>Quotation.</q> <cite>- Author</cite></div> for <blockquote>Quotation.<address>— Author</address></blockquote>.; Incorrect (wrong level).
Debian Social Contract: <q>free</q> for <dfn>free</dfn>.; <q><cite>The Debian Free Software Guidelines</cite></q> for <cite>The Debian Free Software Guidelines</cite>.; <q>upstream</q> for <dfn>upstream</dfn> but there’s no definition?; <q><code>contrib</code></q> for <code>contrib</code>.; <q><tt>patch files</tt></q> for patch files or <dfn>patch files</dfn> but missing a definition.; <q><a href>GPL</a></q> for <a href>GPL</a>.; <a href><q>The Open Source Definition</q></a> for <a href><cite>The Open Source Definition</cite></a>.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
PsychoKiller Corporation: <q> for <cite>.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Jesus Is Love (a blog on Yahoo!): I don’t understand the language (from Taiwan?) well enough to make an analysis.; No result.
Yorkshire and the Humber Liberal Democrats: Same as Regents Park and Kensington North Liberal Democrats.; Incorrect (wrong level).
Indogermanistik und Albanologie: Fachbeschreibung Albanologie: Now a 404; used Internet Archive from 13^th January 2008.; <q> for  around runs of text which mention Albanian and related terms.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Indogermanistik und Albanologie: Fachbeschreibung Albanologie: Now a 404; used Internet Archive from 13^th January 2008.; ... <q>...<q> (<cite class>Author</cite>: <cite class>Title of Work</cite>, ...: <cite>Title of Publication, Volume, Date</cite>) ....; <cite> used for too much? Should <cite> allow all this?; Correct (generate quote marks).
Blackfriars Theatre & Arts Centre in Boston, Lincolnshire: Only use of <q> was commented out.; Gone.; No result.
Home - Pure Life Ministries: <ul class="quotes"><li><q>Quoted sentence.</q></li><li><q>Quoted sentence!</q></li></ul> for <blockquote>Quoted sentence.</blockquote><blockquote>Quoted sentence.</blockquote> or fine as it is?; Quoted text isn’t embedded inside other text, so it’s really a block?; List of 2 quotes in no particuar order is just a pair of <blockquote> elements?; Incorrect (wrong level).
Debian -- Network install from a minimal CD: <q> for <dfn> in answers.; <q> for  in questions.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Hollywood Movies, - Articles: <q><img src alt></q> for <img src alt>.; Gone.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Sr. Web Developer Resume - SEO Expert, System Administration, XML, Perl, Linux, Apache, MySQL, XHTML, CSS: <q>T1</q> for ; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Avocado Web Design: <h3 id="qut"><q>Quotation!</q><cite>Author (Company)</cite></h3> for <blockquote>Quotation!<address>Author (Company)</address></blockquote>.; Incorrect (wrong level).
Coffelius: <q>...</q></q> for <blockquote>...</blockquote>.; Incorrect (wrong level)
Eine ungehaltene Rede: <q lang="de-de"> for quoted text inside other text.; "..." for quoted text inside other text.; "..."; Wants English punctuation of German quotes in German text? (Another common practice in German?); English punctuation is used deliberately in the content, so it’s no accident.; Correct (generate quote marks).
FAQ/Astuces pour Mozilla et Netscape 7: <q>Classic</q> for Classic.; <q>C:\Program Files\mozilla.org</q> for <code>C:\Program Files\mozilla.org</code>.; <q>Create Profile...</q> for <samp>Create Profile...</samp>.; <q>edit/preferences.../Privacy & Security/Popup Windows</q> for <samp>Edit</samp> > <samp>Preferences...</samp>, <samp>Privacy & Security</samp>, <samp>Popup Windows</samp>.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Gretchen's website: <q>"Quoted text."</q> for <q>Do you believe in God?</q>.; Added " inside of <q> to get quote marks in IE6 & IE7?; CSS not used to disable quote generation in browsers which implement it.; Correct (don’t generate punctuation).
Tailor Made Cuba holidays from Captivating Cuba: <q> for UI text in a scripted section.; Gone.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe News, Zimbabwe Culture, Zimbabwe Food & Zimbabwe Houses For Sale Blog: <div class>This is a preview of <q>Article Title</q>. ...</div> for This is a preview of <cite>Article Title</cite>. ....; Incorrect (not quoted text).
conservatory restaurant - fine dining - dunedin - new zealand: <q>plug-in</q> for plug-in for “plug-in”.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Lower Allercombe Farm | Bed and Breakfast | near Exeter | Devon: <q>Allercombe</q> for Allercombe.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
North West Hampshire Liberal Democrats: Same as Regents Park and Kensington North Liberal Democrats.; Incorrect (wrong level).
Bücher - ausführliche Übersicht: Not retrievable, used 16^th January 2008.; ... <q>Title of Work</q> ... for ... <cite>Title of Work</cite> ....; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Zap Cifras - cifras e tablaturas: <q lang='pt-br'>© 2003 ... · ...<a href>...</a> | <a href>...</a> | <a href>...</a> | <a href>...</a></q> for © 2003 ... · ...<ul><li><a href>...</a><li><a href>...</a><li><a href>...</a><li><a href>...</a></ul>.; <meta name="language" content="pt-br" /> for <html lang>.; Incorrect (not quoted text).
Cardiff North Liberal Democrats: Same as Regents Park and Kensington North Liberal Democrats.; Incorrect (wrong level).
April Pond - Broadland Liberal Democrats: Same as Regents Park and Kensington North Liberal Democrats.; Incorrect (wrong level).
Le Flog - Culture et actualité politique: <q>... ...</q> for <blockquote>......</blockquote>.; Incorrect (wrong level).
the wilde wood - artistes: <q>'Quotation...'</q> Author, Title of Work (Era) for <blockquote>'Quotation...'<address>Author, <cite>Title of Work</cite> (Era)</address></blockquote> or similar?; Incorrect (wrong level).




Quoted Text (5 entries)

Ben Boyle: Transport
 
<em> for <q>.
ExpressionEngine: Interview
 
"..." for <q>...</q>.
Ian Lloyd: Hell Freeze
 
"..." for <q>...</q>.
ongoing · Year-End Sweep
 
&#x201c;...&#x2019; for <q> with CSS quotes.
W3C Q&A Open data
 
« ... » for <q>...</q>.


Quoted Blocks (31 entries)

AbilityNet: RAPS News
 
<p><q>‘...’</q></p> for <blockquote><p>...</p></blockquote>.
AbilityNet: Training
 
<blockquote><span class>"</span>Text&quot;<br /><span class>Author</span></blockquote>.
Adobe: Flash Player 9 Release Notes
 
<br>...<br>foo<u>bar</u><br><strong>baz</strong><strong><br></strong>quux<br>quuz<br>...<br> for <blockquote><p>foo<code>bar</code><p>baz<p>quux<p>quuz, perhaps with <samp> throughout.
AVG: References
 
<br>“...”<br><i>...</i><br> for <blockquote><p>“...”</p><address>...</address></blockquote>.
Brian Jones: .doc, .xls, .ppt
 
style to set margin-left on each quoted element for wrapping <blockquote> around them.
 
This style is missing from final quoted element.
 
<em> for <i> or CSS font-style around all text in the quote.
ClearType and IE7
 
<blockquote cite>.
 
<div class> for authorship.
CSANT.INFO Exit
 
<div class> for<blockquote> contains <h2>Title</h2><p>Poem</p><cite>Author</cite>.
CSUN: Best Practices
 
"..." for <blockquote><p>....
ExpressionEngine: Interview
 
<div class> for author’s details.
 
<div class><p> for <blockquote><p>.
FTSE 100 websites fail accessibility requirements : Nomensa - Humanising Technology
 
<blockquote><p>...</p></blockquote><p><em>- <a href>Author</a>, Role, Company.</em></p> for <blockquote><p>...</p><address>&mdash; <a href>Author</a>, Role, Company.</address></blockquote>.
GNOME: WebKit accessibility
 
<blockquote type="cite">...<br>...<br>...<br>...</blockquote> for <blockquote><p>...</blockquote>.
 
<blockquote type="cite"><br>...<br>...<br>...<br>...<br></blockquote> for <blockquote><p>...</blockquote>.
gsnedders
 
<p>... <a href=Source>?</a></p>.
gsnedders: wrong
 
<div class><blockquote cite=Source><p>...</p><p class><cite><a href=Source>Author</a></cite></p></blockquote></div>.
IE hasLayout - hasLayout.net - by Zoffix Znet
 
<cite><blockquote cite><blockquote cite> for attributing 2 consecutive quoted blocks.
IntelliAdmin.com: security flaw
 
<br><i><br>...</i><br><br> for <blockquote><p>.
John Resig - getElementsByClassName
 
<blockquote> for <aside>.
Lainey: AFB Award
 
<blockquote ></p>... <cite>&8212; Attribution</cite></p></blockquote> for <blockquote></p>...</p><address>&8212; Attribution</address></blockquote>.
mitchel: Mitch Kapor
 
<blockquote> without <p>.
MSDN: Language Geek
 
<blockquote> for indenting lists and code samples.
 
<blockquote> also used for a quote.
Opera Mini: FAQ
 
<h3>Question?</h3><p>Answer.</p>.
Opera: Stop using Ajax!
 
<blockquote>...</blockquote> for <blockquote><p>...</p><blockquote>.
Pacifica: Fully Accessible
 
<blockquote><p><em>...</em><p></blockquote>.
Parnassus Story, initial poem
 
<blockquote><div align><table><tbody><tr nowrap=""><td><em><font color><nobr>...<nobr><br>[...]</font></em><div align><font color>---..., <em>...</em></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></blockquote>.
pbwiki
 
<div class><blockquote><span><strong>...</blockquote><p>... for <blockquote><p>...<address>....
RNID: Maths
 
<blockquote>...</blockquote> for <blockquote><p>...</blockquote>.
Steve Marshall: Perfection
 
<blockquote><p>...</p></blockquote><div>“<cite>Author, ‘Title’ (Year)</cite></div>.
timeXchange.net
 
<p><br><font color><span style>"..." <p><br>...<a href><font size><br></p> for <blockquote><p>"..."</p><p><cite>... <a href>...</a></cite></p></blockquote>.
UXMatters: State
 
<div class> for <blockquote><p>.
W3C Q&A
 
<blockquote><i>foo, bar, baz for <blockquote><ul><li>Foo<li>Bar<li>Baz.
W3C Q&A: History
 
<p>... <cite>Author</cite> ...</p><blockquote cite><p>Quotation</p></blockquote>.
WHATWG List: Maths
 
<i> per line instead of <blockquote><pre>.

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