 | This template is a Citation Style 1 meta-template based on {{Cite press release}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1. |
Purpose
[edit]This template allows for the easy citing and linking to of letters.
Syntax
[edit]Horizontal
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]All parameters specified
[edit]}
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
[edit]}
will display as:
Anduze, Harry (February 28, 1995). "RE: P. de la C. 1422". Letter to Leo Díaz.
Parameters
[edit]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 |
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author's first | first | The first (and optionally middle) name of the letter's author | String | suggested |
| Author's last | last | The last name of the letter's author | String | suggested |
| Recipient name | recipient | Name of person(s) or organization(s) to whom the was letter addressed or intended to be received by. Separate names with commas ExampleJohn Doe, Richard Smith, and Jane Roe | String | required |
| Subject | subject | The subject of the letter, or the title or heading if the letter has one Example"Death of John Doe" or "Letter From Birmingham Jail" | String | required |
| Date | date | The date of the letter | Date | suggested |
| URL | url | URL hosting a copy of the letter | URL | suggested |
| URL access date | access-date | The date the URL hosting the letter was accessed | Date | suggested |
| Archive URL | archive-url | URL hosting an archived copy of the letter | URL | optional |
| Archive date | archive-date | The date the archive was made | Date | optional |
| Language | language | The language in which the letter was written; use two-letter code Exampleen | Unknown | optional |
| Location | location | Publication/authorship location | String | optional |