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</table>Grlucashttps://projectmailer.net/index.php?title=Template:Cite_letter/doc&diff=8304&oldid=preven>Mxn at 22:53, 8 July 20182018-07-08T22:53:42Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Documentation subpage}}<br />
{{cs1 wrapper|type=meta|base=Cite news}}<br />
==Purpose==<br />
This template allows for the easy citing and linking to of [[letter (message)|letter]]s.<br />
<br />
==Syntax==<br />
<br />
===Horizontal===<br />
<pre>{{cite letter |first= |last= |recipient= |subject= |language= |date= |url= |accessdate= |author-mask= |ref= }}</pre><br />
<br />
===Vertical===<br />
<pre>{{cite letter<br />
| first = <br />
| last = <br />
| recipient = <br />
| subject = <br />
| language = <br />
| date = <br />
| type = <br />
| url = <br />
| accessdate = <br />
| author-mask = <br />
| ref = <br />
}}</pre><br />
<br />
==Examples==<br />
<br />
===All parameters specified===<br />
<pre>{{cite letter<br />
| first = Harry<br />
| last = Anduze<br />
| recipient = Leo Díaz<br />
| subject = RE: P. de la C. 1422<br />
| language = Spanish<br />
| date = {{date|1995-02-28|mdy}}<br />
| url = http://www.oslpr.org/1993-1996/A1U0VX96.pdf<br />
| accessdate = {{date|2013-08-04|mdy}}<br />
| author-mask = 1<br />
| ref = harv<br />
}}</pre><br />
<br />
can be linked from {{harvnb|Anduze|1995}} and will display as:<br />
<br />
{{cite letter<br />
| first = Harry<br />
| last = Anduze<br />
| recipient = Leo Díaz<br />
| subject = RE: P. de la C. 1422<br />
| language = Spanish<br />
| date = {{date|1995-02-28|mdy}}<br />
| url = http://www.oslpr.org/1993-1996/A1U0VX96.pdf<br />
| accessdate = {{date|2013-08-04|mdy}}<br />
| author-mask = 1<br />
| ref = harv<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Required parameters only===<br />
<pre>{{cite letter<br />
| first = Harry<br />
| last = Anduze<br />
| recipient = Leo Díaz<br />
| subject = RE: P. de la C. 1422<br />
| date = {{date|1995-02-28|mdy}}<br />
}}</pre><br />
<br />
will display as:<br />
<br />
{{cite letter<br />
| first = Harry<br />
| last = Anduze<br />
| recipient = Leo Díaz<br />
| subject = RE: P. de la C. 1422<br />
| date = {{date|1995-02-28|mdy}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Parameters==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="text-align: left" | Parameter<br />
! style="text-align: left" | Description<br />
! style="text-align: left" | Requirement<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|first}}<br />
| the first name (and optionally the middle name) of the author<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|last}}<br />
| the last name of the author<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|author}}<br />
| the author's name (used for corporate authors or authors whose name begins with a surname)<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|author-link}}<br />
| title of existing Wikipedia article about the author<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|recipient}}<br />
| to whom was the letter addressed to (the intended recipient of the letter)<br />
| '''required'''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|subject}}<br />
| the subject of the letter<br />
| '''required'''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|language}}<br />
| language in which the letter was written<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|date}}<br />
| date the letter was sent<br />
| '''required'''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|url}}<br />
| URL hosting a copy of the letter<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|format}}<br />
| the format of a linked copy of the letter (use if the letter is in a PDF file, for example)<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|location}}<br />
| publication/authorship location<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|publisher}}<br />
| organization, corporation or agency publishing the letter<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|accessdate}}<br />
| date the URL hosting the letter was accessed successfully<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|archiveurl}}<br />
| URL hosting an archived copy of the letter<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|archivedate}}<br />
| date an archive was made<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|deadurl}}<br />
| set to <code>no</code> 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<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|author-mask}}<br />
| set to <code>''n''</code> to replace author name by the specified number of em dashes<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|ref}}<br />
| set to <code>harv</code> to generate a citation anchor from <code>last</code> and <code>date</code> parameters, or to a specific anchor<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|mode}}<br />
| set to <code>cs2</code> to emulate [[Help:Citation Style 2|Citation Style 2]], which is the formatting style used by {{tl|citation}}<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|-<br />
| {{code|id}}<br />
| an ID number for the letter<br />
| ''optional''<br />
|}<br />
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