Template:Tweet

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Example Twitter @example

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12 Jul 2017

This template allows relevant tweets to be easily quoted within articles with a citation automatically generated, using {{cite tweet}}.

Using this template is better than a screen-shot of a tweet because the text is accessible to screen readers.

It is an alternative to standard quotation templates because it displays all relevant information about the tweet (date of posting, user's name, user's handle, etc). For quote tweets, use {{quote tweet}}; alternatively, simply pass the quoted tweet, as a second Tweet template, to the |reference= parameter in this template.

Usage

Full blank syntax

{{Tweet
| name = 
| username = 
| replyto = 
| lang = 
| text = 
| translation = 
| date = 
| ID = 
| reference = 
| archive-url = 
| archive-date = 
| url-status = 
| image = 
| block = 
| left = 
| width = 
| style =
}}

Parameters

• |name= user's name as it appears at the top of the tweet
• |username= user's @ handle (without the @)
• |replyto= optional: username tweet is replying to
• |lang= optional: language code of the tweet if non-English
• |text= content of the tweet
• |translation= optional: English translation of tweet if original tweet non-English
• |date= date of the tweet formatted according to MOS:DATE, should be used with tweets posted before November 4, 2010
• |ID= number at the end of the tweet URL
• |reference= optional: the template automatically creates a reference, but one can be provided to use instead. See 2nd example.
• |archive-url= optional: URL of an archived copy of the tweet. Ignored if |reference= is used.
• |archive-date= optional: date of the archived copy. Ignored if |reference= is used.
• |url-status= optional: if set to 'live', the title displays as the live link; if set to 'dead', the title displays as the archive link. Ignored if |reference= is used.
• |image= optional: image or logo associated with Twitter account
• |block= optional: any value displays tweet as block with 500px width as default (text above and below, doesn't flow around).
• |left= optional: any value makes tweet aligned left
• |width= optional: custom tweet width, default is 220px
• |style= optional: custom style

Examples

Tweets in English

{{Tweet
| name = NASA
| username = NASA
| replyto = WilliamShatner
| text = @WilliamShatner Good day, Captain. #ISS is in standard orbit and Commander Swanson has the conn. Hope you're having a great weekend!
| date = Aug 2, 2014
| ID = 495719809695621121
| image = NASA logo.svg
| left = yes
}}

NASA Twitter @NASA

Replying to @WilliamShatner

@WilliamShatner Good day, Captain. #ISS is in standard orbit and Commander Swanson has the conn. Hope you're having a great weekend!

Aug 2, 2014

{{Tweet
| name = René Descartes
| username = descartes
| lang = la
| text = Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum
| translation = I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am
| date = 1 January 1637
| ref = {{dummy reference|2}}
| block = yes
}}

René Descartes Twitter @descartes

Latin: Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum

---

I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am

1 January 1637

Tweets in another language

It is possible to include tweets written in another language other than English by adding the language parameter and including the List of ISO 639-1 codes of the language.

{{Tweet
| name = Wikipédia em português
| username = wikipt
| text = Você sabia que... ...são necessárias de 1300 a 2000 azeitonas para produzir apenas 250 mililitros de azeite? Leia mais na Wikipédia: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeite
| date = 8 February 2022
| ID = 1491109619363729410
| image = Wikipedia-logo-v2-pt.svg
| left = yes
| width= 240px
| language = pt
}}

Wikipédia em português Twitter @wikipt

Portuguese: Você sabia que... ...são necessárias de 1300 a 2000 azeitonas para produzir apenas 250 mililitros de azeite? Leia mais na Wikipédia: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeite

8 February 2022

It's also possible to translate the tweet.

{{Tweet
| name = Wikipédia em português
| username = wikipt
| text = Você sabia que... ...são necessárias de 1300 a 2000 azeitonas para produzir apenas 250 mililitros de azeite? Leia mais na Wikipédia: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeite
| translation = Did you know... that it is necessary to have 1300 to 2000 olives to produce only 250 mililiters of olive oil? Read more about it on Wikipedia: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeite
| date = 8 February 2022
| ID = 1491109619363729410
| image = Wikipedia-logo-v2-pt.svg
| left = yes
| width= 240px
| language = pt
}}

Wikipédia em português Twitter @wikipt

Portuguese: Você sabia que... ...são necessárias de 1300 a 2000 azeitonas para produzir apenas 250 mililitros de azeite? Leia mais na Wikipédia: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeite

---

Did you know... that it is necessary to have 1300 to 2000 olives to produce only 250 mililiters of olive oil? Read more about it on Wikipedia: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeite

8 February 2022

TemplateData

This template allows relevant tweets to be easily quoted within articles, with a citation automatically generated using the template, "cite tweet". Using this template is better than a screen-shot of a tweet because the text is accessible to screen readers. It is an alternative to standard quotation templates because it displays all relevant information about the tweet (date of posting, user's name, user's handle, etc) in a way that reflects Twitter's design language. For quote tweets use Template:Quote tweet.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
block	block	Any value displays tweet as block (text above and below, doesn't flow around). Overrides left parameter	String	optional
width	width	Custom tweet width Example 300px	String	optional
left	left	Any value makes tweet aligned left	String	optional
name	name	User's name as it appears at the top of the tweet	String	required
username	username	User's Twitter handle. Do not include the @ symbol.	Unknown	required
date	date	Date of the tweet formatted according to MOS:DATE	Date	required
text	text	Content of the tweet	String	required
ID	ID id	The number at the end of the tweet URL	Number	suggested
reference	reference ref	A custom reference can be provided to use instead of the automatically generated one Example <ref>custom reference</ref>	String	optional
image	image	Image or logo associated with twitter account	File	optional
replyto	replyto	Username the tweet is replying to	String	optional
lang	lang language	language code of original tweet Example de	String	optional
translation	translation	english translation of the tweet	Unknown	optional
nocategory	nocategory	no description	Unknown	optional
archive-url	archive-url	no description	Unknown	optional
archive-date	archive-date	no description	Unknown	optional
url-status	url-status	no description	Unknown	optional
style	style	no description	Unknown	optional

See also

• {{Cite tweet}} – for citing tweets
• {{Quote tweet}} – for tweets that quote another tweet

References

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