Citation-ready passages: one claim, one boundary, one home

Put the condition in the same paragraph as the claim

‘Canonical tags are a hint, not a directive’ is citable. ‘They are a hint’ ten paragraphs after you introduced redirects is not, because the lift loses the subject.

Name the subject in the sentence. Pronouns are cheaper to write and worse to quote.

Cut the claim that needs the whole article

If a sentence is only true after a case study, either shorten the claim or move the essential number into the sentence. Do not expect a model to reconstruct your narrative.

Keep one idea per paragraph. A paragraph that changes its mind halfway will be quoted at the wrong half.

• Subject named in the sentence.
• Condition and claim together.
• No slogan standing in for a fact.

Give the passage a stable heading

The heading is part of the quote’s context. ‘Notes’ is useless. ‘When to redirect instead of canonicalise’ tells both a reader and a system what the paragraph is for.

Link the passage’s page in related guides so the version you want cited is the one your own site recommends.

How long should a citable passage be?

Usually a few sentences. Long enough to include the condition, short enough that a summary does not have to guess which half you meant.

Should every paragraph be written as a pull quote?

No. Write the important claims that way. Narrative and examples can be longer, as long as the claim they support is still stated plainly.