Template:Cite letter

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Purpose

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

Syntax

Horizontal

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

Vertical

{{cite letter
| first = 
| last = 
| recipient = 
| subject = 
| language = 
| date = 
| type = 
| url = 
| accessdate = 
| 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
| accessdate = {{date|2013-08-04|mdy}}
| author-mask = 1
| ref = harv
}}

can be linked from Anduze 1995 and will display as:

— (February 28, 1995). "RE: P. de la C. 1422" (PDF) (Letter) (in Spanish). Letter to Leo Díaz. Retrieved August 4, 2013.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). Letter to Leo Díaz.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Requirement
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">first</syntaxhighlight>	the first name (and optionally the middle name) of the author	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">last</syntaxhighlight>	the last name of the author	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">author</syntaxhighlight>	the author's name (used for corporate authors or authors whose name begins with a surname)	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">author-link</syntaxhighlight>	title of existing Wikipedia article about the author	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">recipient</syntaxhighlight>	to whom was the letter addressed to (the intended recipient of the letter)	required
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">subject</syntaxhighlight>	the subject of the letter	required
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">language</syntaxhighlight>	language in which the letter was written	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">date</syntaxhighlight>	date the letter was sent	required
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">url</syntaxhighlight>	URL hosting a copy of the letter	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">format</syntaxhighlight>	the format of a linked copy of the letter (use if the letter is in a PDF file, for example)	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">location</syntaxhighlight>	publication/authorship location	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">publisher</syntaxhighlight>	organization, corporation or agency publishing the letter	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">accessdate</syntaxhighlight>	date the URL hosting the letter was accessed successfully	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">archiveurl</syntaxhighlight>	URL hosting an archived copy of the letter	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">archivedate</syntaxhighlight>	date an archive was made	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">deadurl</syntaxhighlight>	set to no 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
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">author-mask</syntaxhighlight>	set to n to replace author name by the specified number of em dashes	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">ref</syntaxhighlight>	set to harv to generate a citation anchor from last and date parameters, or to a specific anchor	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">mode</syntaxhighlight>	set to cs2 to emulate Citation Style 2, which is the formatting style used by {{citation}}	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" id="" style="" inline="1">id</syntaxhighlight>	an ID number for the letter	optional