Template:Cite mailing list/doc

Usage

{{cite mailing list |url= |title= |date= |access-date=26 May 2026 |mailing-list= |last= |first= |author= |author-link= |language= |quote= |archive-url= |archive-date= |ref=}}

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{{cite mailing list |url= |title= |date= |access-date=26 May 2026 |mailing-list= |last= |first= |author-link=}}

|}

Examples

• {{cite mailing list |url=http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/debian-announce-1996/msg00021.html |title=Debian Linux Distribution Release 1.1 Now Available |mailing-list=debian-announce |date=June 6, 1996 |last=Perens |first=Bruce |author-link=Bruce Perens}}

Parameters

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TemplateData for Cite mailing list

Citation for information found in a mailing list post

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
URL	url	URL of post	String	required
Title	title	Title of post	String	suggested
Date	date	Original date of post	String	suggested
Access date	access-date	Date you accessed the post	Unknown	optional
Mailing list	mailing-list	List where post was made	String	suggested
Last name	last	Last name of author	String	suggested
First name	first	First name of author	String	suggested

Description

Title

• mailing-list: Title of mailing list. May be wikilinked to an existing Wikipedia article. Formatted in italics. Alias: mailinglist.

See also

• {{cite newsgroup}}

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.