: Re: Attributing quotes to fictional characters Let's say, for example, that I want to post my favourite quote from Babylon 5 somewhere: "I'm not saying what I'm saying. I'm not saying what I'm

A minimalistic approach is to place the character's name in quotes:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur... â€“ â€œJohn Sheridanâ€, Babylon 5

A more-proper method is to mention the character-name in quotes, the work (or series and episode), and the author. Here is an example from a literary quotation ethics webpage:

â€œWe are all brothers under the skinâ€”and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it.â€ â€” â€œEllsworth Tooheyâ€ in the novel The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

Wikiquote's page about quoting from fictional characters unfortunately is not helpful on this issue; the bulk of the page lists places where Wikiquote does not allow such quotes. The page does not address how to format such quotes.

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