Template:Cite letter/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite letter.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is a Citation Style 1 meta-template based on {{Cite news}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1.

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.

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
`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 to (the intended recipient of the letter)	required
`subject`	the subject of the letter	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
`accessdate`	date the URL hosting the letter was accessed successfully	optional
`archiveurl`	URL hosting an archived copy of the letter	optional
`archivedate`	date an archive was made	optional
`deadurl`	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
`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