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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite mailing list (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for archived public mailing lists. It calls {{cite web}} as a backend, but has uniform parameters which will hopefully lead to a standard way of citing mailing list records.

A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citation of open-source web content to Wikipedia articles is available at citation templates.

[edit] Usage

Common form for cases where only the message is available (with current date)
  • {{cite mailing list |url= |title= |date= |accessdate=2008-06-11 |mailinglist= |last= |first= |authorlink= }}

[edit] Examples

Citing http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/debian-announce-1996/msg00021.html
  • {{cite mailing list | url = http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/debian-announce-1996/msg00021.html | title = Debian Linux Distribution Release 1.1 Now Available | mailinglist = debian-announce | date = [[1996-06-17]] | last = Perens |first = Bruce |authorlink=Bruce Perens }}
    → Perens, Bruce (1996-06-17). Debian Linux Distribution Release 1.1 Now Available. debian-announce mailing list.
Omitting a required parameter
  • {{cite mailing list | title = Debian Linux Distribution Release 1.1 Now Available | mailinglist = debian-announce | date = [[1996-06-17]] | last = Perens |first = Bruce |authorlink=Bruce Perens }}
    → You must specify url= and title= when using Cite mailing list.