Template:Cite tweet/doc

A template for citing tweets posted on Twitter.

Usage

Copy a blank version to use. All parameter names must be in lowercase. Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Delete unused parameters to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples may include the current date. If the date is not current, then the page.

Required parameters only, in horizontal format

{{cite tweet |user= |number= |date= |title= }}

Full parameter set in horizontal format

{{cite tweet |author= (or |last= and |first=) |author-link= |user= |number= |date= |title= |script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |link= |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |dead-url=}}

When known, the author's real name should be specified in the |author= parameter (or |last= and |first=). If their real name is not known, then the tweet is probably not an acceptable usage of a self-published source.

Examples

{{Cite tweet |user=Pigsonthewing |number=564068436633214977 |date = 7 February 2015 |title=This is an example tweet. Hello, Festipedians! }}

@Pigsonthewing (7 February 2015). "This is an example tweet. Hello, Festipedians!" (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

{{Cite tweet |user=Pigsonthewing |author=Andy Mabbett |number=564068436633214977 |date = 7 February 2015 |title=This is an example tweet. Hello, Festipedians! }}

Andy Mabbett [@Pigsonthewing] (7 February 2015). "This is an example tweet. Hello, Festipedians!" (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

{{Cite tweet |user=Pigsonthewing |author=Andy Mabbett |number=564068436633214977 |date = 7 February 2015 |title=This is an example tweet. Hello, Festipedians! |retweet=Wikimedia Foundation [Wikimedia]}}

Andy Mabbett [@Pigsonthewing] (7 February 2015). "This is an example tweet. Hello, Festipedians!" (Tweet). Retweeted by Wikimedia Foundation [Wikimedia] – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

If the author has a Festipedia article, use of |author-link= is recommended:
{{cite tweet |user=elonmusk |author-link=Elon Musk |number=743097337782763521 |date=June 15, 2016 |title=Looks like thrust was low on 1 of 3 landing engines. High g landings v sensitive to all engines operating at max.}}

Elon Musk [@elonmusk] (June 15, 2016). "Looks like thrust was low on 1 of 3 landing engines. High g landings v sensitive to all engines operating at max" (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

Note that if |last= is used, |author= is ignored:
{{Cite tweet |user=Pigsonthewing |last=Mabbett |first=Andy |author=Redundant Author Name Ignored |number=564068436633214977 |date = 7 February 2015 |title=This is an example tweet. Hello, Festipedians! |retweet=Wikimedia Foundation [Wikimedia]}}

Mabbett, Andy [@Pigsonthewing] (7 February 2015). "This is an example tweet. Hello, Festipedians!" (Tweet). Retweeted by Wikimedia Foundation [Wikimedia] – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

Error detection

• The parameters |user=, |number=, |date=, and |title= are required. If omitted or left blank, errors will be reported. For example:

  {{Cite tweet|title=I'm an incomplete citation!}}

  @. "I'm an incomplete citation!" (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

• The tweet URL depends on |user= and |number=; if either or both are missing, the URL defaults to https://twitter.com/
• The template also checks for parameters that are unsupported (e.g. misspellings of parameter names).
• Errors are tracked in Category:Cite tweet templates with errors

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for Cite tweet

A template for citing tweets posted on Twitter

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
number	number	Numerical ID of the tweet	Number	required
username	user	Twitter account name, without the @	String	required
tweet	title	Entire content of the tweet, including hashtags (#), at signs (@), and links	String	required
author	author	Author's real name, if known. If not known, then the tweet is probably not an acceptable usage of a self-published source (see [[WP:SPS]])	Unknown	suggested
author's article	author-link authorlink	Title of existing Festipedia article about the author	Unknown	optional
retweeted by	retweet	The reliable source who retweeted the tweet, if the original tweeter is not anyone particularly notable. May be wikilinked.	Unknown	optional
date	date	date of the tweet; do not wikilink; do not include time. Note: a tweet's timestamp is in your local timezone, and may need to be adjusted to UTC.	Unknown	required
access date	access-date accessdate	The full date when the tweet was accessed; do not wikilink	Unknown	optional
language	language	The language in which the tweet is written, if not in English. Example fr	String	optional
archive URL	archive-url archiveurl	The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'	String	optional
archive date	archive-date archivedate	Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink	String	optional
dead URL	dead-url deadurl	If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live	String	optional
script tweet	script-title	For tweets in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon, e.g. for Japanese use: ja:... Example ja:東京タワー	Unknown	optional
translated tweet	trans-title	An English language translation, if the tweet cited is in a foreign language; use of 'language' parameter is recommended	Unknown	optional
Link to Twitter article?	link	Ignored on Festipedia as there is no Twitter article.	Unknown	optional