I guess they are adding it to every wiki because they seem to really want to push this for some reason. It has even been integrated into the source editor and got its own button:

When it was added for the first time, I deleted it right away, because:

1. We don't need it, we use our own quote template.

2. It was using a table for something that should be done with divs.

3. It was even using deprecated html like valign and width in that table, which is a no-go for me for new templates, even more for "official" ones.

4. It was using a non-Fandom (although so-called web-safe) font.

5. It wasn't categorized and no template-type was given.

6. Its documentation (the examples) created red-links.

Then, it was added again, and this new version is at least using divs instead of a table, and css-classes instead of all the inline css. We still don't need it, but this time I just moved it into the "unused templates" category for now.

However, this time it came without documentation, which I think is a no-go when adding new "default templates". There must at least be a link to its help page.

I guess you'ld have to complain to the project manager, which is User:Antonio R. Castro. I was too lazy to do so. ;)

It was added twice as Staff were updating the template. 2 Wikis that I’m on (one active and another semi-active at best) were a couple of the last ones to get it. With those who got it earlier it was imported then updated, however the Wikis it was already on got the updates to the template at a later date. The ones that were last in the batch got the old one imported first for some reason and then afterwards the import was almost immediately changed to the updated one (I don’t see why they imported the old variant before the new one on those Wikis though).

Sidenote: Several of the Wikis that I’m on don’t even use quotes, so they’ll probably never even use the template. I just hope nobody uses it on BGT Wiki (save for 2 judges feedback comments for performances) or AGT Wiki as neither Wiki uses quotes but before the template hit those Wikis, people just wrote quotes on the pages only for them to be removed. Hypothetically I could test how it looks on newer pages to get judges feedback and see whether or not I like it but then again I might not.

Omg, only saw this now.

This is a little... embarrassing.

> It has even been integrated into the source editor and got its own button

Ok: that's important to know.

I should dig the help page and maybe learn to like this feature ^^

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

I think you're misunderstanding this structured data thing.

For how I understand it, that template is not supposed to be used directly on articles. Something like what you noted on the talk page does not create a structured quote:

{{StructuredQuote|Some text|A speaker}}

The template has to be invoked with the code shown here.

That's also the code inserted by the new button in the editor.

Every quote also needs a unique id.

I agree it's confusing. As also is its help page.

Also the template added by the bot is faulty (using "style" instead of "class"). It all feels half-baked and missing some quality control. The first template version they added was even worse.

But honestly, I don't really care, so I won't invest time into this. We don't need this on my home wiki or anywhere else I edit. Our current quote template works fine. We don't ever re-use quotes. So I see zero benefit in this. Also, the unique id thing feels like a hurdle, especially for not so experienced users. The whole thing is not intuitive enough to be used by common editors.