Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-35301431-20130617151144/@comment-12633677-20140121202432

BLUEBIRD wrote: 1. I'm not sure about the other wall of texts quotes, but in the above mentioned case, I think most of that quote isn't worth being quoted directly because of their content. Like when the author started talking about the "third girl in the drawing". For me the quote in the background section was just like a markup giving a little sneak-peek into the song and the song's content.

And in that case, I think everything till -__- would be fine to quote, so as long as it's reasonable to quote I personally wouldn't set a limit, especially, if a quote is 4 lines and like 3 more words in the 5th I won't be *OMGthat'smorethan4linesgottamakeshorter*

And again, too much rambling... In short: as long as the content of the quote is reasonable, the length will regulate itself in my opinion.

I'd like to point out that for overly long quotes, like the one on Bitch Stole My Friend or AiSeNMa, it would probably be best to shorten the quotes and paraphrase the rest of the information, putting it in the main portion of the Background section.