Template:Cite letter/doc

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< Template:Cite letter

Purpose

This template allows for the easy citing and linking to of letters.

Syntax

Horizontal

{{cite letter |first= |last= |recipient= |subject= |language= |date= |url= |access-date= |author-mask= |ref=}}

Vertical

{{cite letter
| first = 
| last = 
| recipient = 
| subject = 
| language = 
| date = 
| url = 
| access-date = 
| author-mask = 
| ref = 
}}

Examples

All parameters specified

{{cite letter
| first = Harry
| last = Anduze
| recipient = Leo Díaz
| subject = RE: P. de la C. 1422
| language = Spanish
| date = {{date|1995-02-28|mdy}}
| url = http://www.oslpr.org/1993-1996/A1U0VX96.pdf
| access-date = {{date|2013-08-04|mdy}}
| author-mask = 1
}}

can be linked from Anduze 1995 and will display as:

— (February 28, 1995). "RE: P. de la C. 1422" (PDF) (in Spanish). Letter to Leo Díaz. Retrieved August 4, 2013.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Required parameters only

{{cite letter
| first = Harry
| last = Anduze
| recipient = Leo Díaz
| subject = RE: P. de la C. 1422
| date = {{date|1995-02-28|mdy}}
}}

will display as:

Anduze, Harry (February 28, 1995). "RE: P. de la C. 1422". Letter to Leo Díaz.

Parameters

Parameter Description Requirement
first the first name (and optionally the middle name) of the author optional
last the last name of the author optional
author the author's name (used for corporate authors or authors whose name begins with a surname) optional
author-link title of existing Wikipedia article about the author optional
recipient to whom was the letter addressed (the intended recipient of the letter) required
subject the subject of the letter; if this parameter is empty or omitted, the template will emit a Missing or empty |title= error message required
language language in which the letter was written optional
date date the letter was sent required
url URL hosting a copy of the letter optional
format the format of a linked copy of the letter (use if the letter is in a PDF file, for example) optional
location publication/authorship location optional
publisher organization, corporation or agency publishing the letter optional
access-date date the URL hosting the letter was accessed successfully optional
archive-url URL hosting an archived copy of the letter optional
archive-date date an archive was made optional
url-access set to live if the original URL is not dead and the main link will still be used; otherwise omit and the subject of the letter will link to the archived copy optional
author-mask set to n to replace author name by the specified number of em dashes optional
ref set to harv to generate a citation anchor from last and date parameters, or to a specific anchor optional
mode set to cs2 to emulate Citation Style 2, which is the formatting style used by {{citation}} optional
id an ID number for the letter optional