# Blockquotes - whitespace after \`\>\`

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/blockquotes-whitespace-after/2956>\
**Category:** Spec\
**Created:** [October 7, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/blockquotes-whitespace-after/2956 "2018-10-07T15:14:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisalley](https://cdn.commonmark.org/user_avatar/talk.commonmark.org/chrisalley/32/906_2.png) [@chrisalley](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/chrisalley)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/blockquotes-whitespace-after/2956/5 "2018-10-08T04:38:01Z")

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This would be a good rule to add to a [style guide for CommonMark](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/style-guide-for-commonmark/935). You could potentially run an auto-fixer on existing CommonMark documents to enforce the rule.

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