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It is common, in some places, to use a footnote to add a colorful anecdote, or additional explanatory material, not fitting into the flow of the main document. That practice is generally not encouraged in Wikipedia, as far as I can tell. I posed the question here. While the full community has obviously not weighed in, the consensus appears to me that quotes should be revered for two related classes of use:
This article did have a quote in a footnote, and it is my opinion that the quote does not support either use listed above, thus I have removed it, or truncated it. Should anyone disagree, or feel that there are other examples of allowable quotes, feel free to start a discussion. I suggest here, if you disagree with my conclusion that this quote doesn't fall into one of those two examples, or at Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content#.22brief_verbatim_textual_excerpts.22_revisited if you feel there should be other allowed uses. SPhilbrick (Talk) 16:58, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Since Anslem McLurin was Robin Williams' great grandfather and since McLaurin was his middle name, Williams belongs as a category!-- 24.186.96.236 ( talk) 13:33, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
I stand behind adding the category of Robin Williams because family members get the category from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. McLaurin was even Williams' middle name plus he bears a striking resemblance to the man, so the category belongs. Don't stub the man out of spite.-- 24.186.96.236 ( talk) 18:35, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
If Zelda Williams can get her father included in her categories, so can his great-greatgrandfather. ALL family members get the category.-- 68.192.236.182 ( talk) 03:21, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
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It is common, in some places, to use a footnote to add a colorful anecdote, or additional explanatory material, not fitting into the flow of the main document. That practice is generally not encouraged in Wikipedia, as far as I can tell. I posed the question here. While the full community has obviously not weighed in, the consensus appears to me that quotes should be revered for two related classes of use:
This article did have a quote in a footnote, and it is my opinion that the quote does not support either use listed above, thus I have removed it, or truncated it. Should anyone disagree, or feel that there are other examples of allowable quotes, feel free to start a discussion. I suggest here, if you disagree with my conclusion that this quote doesn't fall into one of those two examples, or at Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content#.22brief_verbatim_textual_excerpts.22_revisited if you feel there should be other allowed uses. SPhilbrick (Talk) 16:58, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Since Anslem McLurin was Robin Williams' great grandfather and since McLaurin was his middle name, Williams belongs as a category!-- 24.186.96.236 ( talk) 13:33, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
I stand behind adding the category of Robin Williams because family members get the category from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. McLaurin was even Williams' middle name plus he bears a striking resemblance to the man, so the category belongs. Don't stub the man out of spite.-- 24.186.96.236 ( talk) 18:35, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
If Zelda Williams can get her father included in her categories, so can his great-greatgrandfather. ALL family members get the category.-- 68.192.236.182 ( talk) 03:21, 31 December 2016 (UTC)