Wvaske: Create Template:Correspondence — sidebar + Cargo store for the Correspondence table (builds the central and per-cell ledgers)

2026-09-17T19:34:15Z

Create Template:Correspondence — sidebar + Cargo store for the Correspondence table (builds the central and per-cell ledgers)

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<noinclude>
'''Template:Correspondence''' — the header carried by every page in [[:Category:Correspondence]]. It renders the letter's sidebar and stores the letter into the <code>Correspondence</code> database table, which builds the ledger at [[Correspondence]] and the per-cell and per-character ledgers automatically. Create the letter page, place this template at the top, and every ledger picks it up on its own.

=== Usage ===
<pre>
{{Correspondence
|date=Hammer 14, 1489
|sortkey=1489-01-14a
|type=Letter
|sender=[[Keyleth]]
|recipient=Nettle of [[Talonfall]]
|summary=Thanks for holding Talonfall steady, and a routing request for the enclosed letter to King Melendrak.
|method=Sent south with a returning drover
|cell=Talonfall
|status=[[Talons Letter: To King Melendrak]] travelled inside it
}}
</pre>

* '''date''' — the in-world date exactly as the record gives it, however vague. Displayed as written.
* '''sortkey''' — ordering key for the ledgers, <code>YYYY-MM-DD</code> with a trailing letter when several pieces share a day. Editorial furniture only; never displayed on the page.
* '''type''' — one of Letter, Note, Writ, Dispatch, Reply, Charge, Instruction.
* '''sender''' / '''recipient''' — linked names.
* '''summary''' — one or two sentences for the ledgers. Not displayed on the letter's own page.
* '''method''' — how it travelled: the hand, hawk, book, or courier that carried it.
* '''cell''' — which company cell's ledger it belongs on (the cell page's exact name), if any.
* '''status''' — optional: what answered it, what came of it, or ''no reply yet''.

{{#cargo_declare:_table=Correspondence
|date=Wikitext
|sortkey=String
|type=String (allowed values=Letter,Note,Writ,Dispatch,Reply,Charge,Instruction)
|sender=Wikitext
|recipient=Wikitext
|summary=Wikitext
|method=Wikitext
|cell=String
|status=Wikitext
}}
[[Category:Templates]]
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#cargo_store:_table=Correspondence|date={{{date|}}}|sortkey={{{sortkey|}}}|type={{{type|}}}|sender={{{sender|}}}|recipient={{{recipient|}}}|summary={{{summary|}}}|method={{{method|}}}|cell={{{cell|}}}|status={{{status|}}}}}{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; clear:right; margin:0 0 1em 1.5em; width:26em;"
|+ style="text-align:left;" | {{{type|Letter}}}
|-
! style="width:7em; text-align:left;" | Sent
| {{{date|}}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | From
| {{{sender|}}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | To
| {{{recipient|}}}
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | Carried
| {{{method|}}}
{{#if:{{{status|}}}|{{!}}-
! style="text-align:left;" {{!}} Answered
{{!}} {{{status|}}}|}}
|}
[[Category:Correspondence]]</includeonly>

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