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The <blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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Line 4
</blockquote>
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Line 1
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Line 4
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The simplest workaround for this is to use the <poem> tag inside <blockquote><br />
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<blockquote><poem>
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</poem></blockquote>
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To markup actual paragraphs within block quotations, entire blank lines can be used between them, which will convert to <p>...</p>
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<blockquote>
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
</blockquote>
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Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
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This is a documentation subtemplate transcluded into the /doc pages of block quotation templates on how to work around a MediaWiki bug that affects all of them.
Use it like so:
== Paragraphs ==
{{blockquote paragraphs}}
