"Do you have any official moderator reference points you can direct me to that indicate that quotes are not necessary or is this simply your personal moderator opinion?" Well it's a bit of both. First the officialness: [1]. In particular this part Editors should remember that Wikipedia is, at its core, an encyclopedia, and not an opportunity to list the best and worst quotations pertaining to an article's subject. If there are many quotations, please move them to Wikiquote and place a Wikiquote template on the article to inform readers that there are relevant quotations regarding the subject. If it was one or two quotes then it'd be different. But this is just quote, after quote, after quote. It's not encyclopedic and, yes, personally I also find that it makes for harder reading. If I (and presumably other readers who visit an encyclopedia) want to read/find quotes then I go to Wikiquote [2] which is what it's there for. But I, and others, come to the Wikipedia to read articles, not quotes. Please note that this really doesn't have anything to do with the content of the quotes themselves, at least at this point in the editing.radek (talk) 21:24, 2 April 2009 (UTC)