Template:Cite letter/sandbox

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This is the template sandbox page for Template:Cite letter (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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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

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

Syntax

Horizontal

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

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

All parameters specified

{{cite letter
| first = Harry
| last = Anduze
| recipient = Leo Díaz
| subject = RE: P. de la C. 1422
| language = es
| date = February 28, 1995
| url = http://www.oslpr.org/1993-1996/A1U0VX96.pdf
| access-date = August 4, 2013
| author-mask = 1
}}

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

{{cite letter
| first = Harry
| last = Anduze
| recipient = Leo Díaz
| subject = RE: P. de la C. 1422
| date = February 28, 1995
}}

will display as:

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

Parameters

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

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite letter/doc.
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