Template:Cite letter

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Purpose

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

Syntax

Horizontal

Basic set of parameters:

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

Full set of parameters:

{{cite letter |first= |last= |author= |author-link= |recipient= |subject= |language= |date= |url= |format= |location= |publisher= |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |author-mask= |ref= |mode= |id=}}

Vertical

Basic set of parameters:

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

Full set of parameters:

{{cite letter
| first        = 
| last         = 
| author       = 
| author-link  = 
| recipient    = 
| subject      = 
| language     = 
| date         = 
| url          = 
| format       = 
| location     = 
| publisher    = 
| access-date  = 
| archive-url  = 
| archive-date = 
| url-status   = 
| author-mask  = 
| ref          = 
| mode         = 
| id           = 
}}

Examples

All parameters specified

{{cite letter
| first = Harry
| last = Anduze
| recipient = Leo Díaz
| subject = RE: P. de la C. 1422
| language = es
| date = February 28, 1995
| url = http://www.oslpr.org/1993-1996/A1U0VX96.pdf
| access-date = August 4, 2013
| 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.

Required parameters only

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

will display as:

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

Parameters

Note that |recipient= is translated to |others= when invoking {{#invoke:template wrapper}}, which may surprisingly cause a warning when invoking this template.

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

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