Template:Cite letter/doc

Purpose

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

Syntax

Horizontal

Basic set of parameters: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">. Letter to. {{cite press release}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: others (link)</syntaxhighlight>

Full set of parameters: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">. Letter to. {{cite press release}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: others (link)</syntaxhighlight>

Vertical

Basic set of parameters: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">. Letter to. {{cite press release}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: others (link)</syntaxhighlight>

Full set of parameters: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">. Letter to. {{cite press release}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: others (link)</syntaxhighlight>

Examples

All parameters specified

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">— (February 28, 1995). "RE: P. de la C. 1422" (PDF) (in español). Letter to Leo Díaz. Retrieved August 4, 2013.</syntaxhighlight>

can be linked from Anduze 1995 and will display as:

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

Required parameters only

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">Anduze, Harry (February 28, 1995). "RE: P. de la C. 1422". Letter to Leo Díaz.</syntaxhighlight>

will display as:

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

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Requirement
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">first</syntaxhighlight>	the first name (and optionally the middle name) of the author	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">last</syntaxhighlight>	the last name of the author	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" 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="" style="" inline="1">author-link</syntaxhighlight>	title of existing Wikipedia article about the author	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">recipient</syntaxhighlight>	to whom was the letter addressed (the intended recipient of the letter)	required
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">subject</syntaxhighlight>	the subject of the letter; if this parameter is empty or omitted, the template will emit a Missing or empty |title= error message	required
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">language</syntaxhighlight>	language in which the letter was written	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">date</syntaxhighlight>	date the letter was sent	required
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">url</syntaxhighlight>	URL hosting a copy of the letter	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" 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="" style="" inline="1">location</syntaxhighlight>	publication/authorship location	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">publisher</syntaxhighlight>	organization, corporation or agency publishing the letter	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">access-date</syntaxhighlight>	date the URL hosting the letter was accessed successfully	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">archive-url</syntaxhighlight>	URL hosting an archived copy of the letter	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">archive-date</syntaxhighlight>	date an archive was made	optional
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">url-access</syntaxhighlight>	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
<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" 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="" 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="" 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="" style="" inline="1">id</syntaxhighlight>	an ID number for the letter	optional