Template:Tweet/doc

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12 Jul 2017

Example @example

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc dignissim, dolor vitae ullamcorper aliquet, velit mi sagittis metus.

24 Jul 2023

This template allows easy quoting within articles of tweets from Twitter, and posts from X, as Twitter has been known since 23 July 2023. A citation is automatically generated using {{cite tweet}}. It is more appropriate to use this template than a screenshot of a tweet or post, because the text it contains will be accessible to screen readers.

It is an alternative to standard quotation templates because it displays metadata related to 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= required: date of the tweet formatted according to MOS:DATE; should be used with tweets posted before November 4, 2010. If the date is after 23 July 2023 the template will mark it as an X post.
• |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 second 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 @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

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 @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 @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

X posts

Any post with a date after the name of the platform was changed to X (23 July 2023), will automatically change the logo/link at the top left to be that of X.

{{Tweet
| name = EPA Land
| username = EPAland
| text = We're excited to have the U.S. Agency for International Development teaming up with us for global action against food waste as we renew our formal interagency commitment between @EPA, @USDA,  @US_FDA, and now @USAID! 🌎 💚
 
{{hash}}NoWastedFood
| date = May 30, 2024
| ID = 1796245706434367707
| image = Seal of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.svg
| left = yes
}}

EPA Land @EPAland

We're excited to have the U.S. Agency for International Development teaming up with us for global action against food waste as we renew our formal interagency commitment between @EPA, @USDA, @US_FDA, and now @USAID! 🌎 💚

#NoWastedFood

May 30, 2024

Additional tweets by the same author require ref-name

{{Tweet
| name = NASA
| username = NASA
| date = Aug 15, 2024
| text = Our @NASAPersevere rover is about to start the next stage of its Mars mission—a monthslong climb up the western rim of Jezero Crater: https://go.nasa.gov/4dJSylR
| ID = 1824159896255816168
| image = NASA logo.svg
| left = yes
| ref-name = TweetNASA_2
}}

NASA @NASA

Our @NASAPersevere rover is about to start the next stage of its Mars mission—a monthslong climb up the western rim of Jezero Crater: https://go.nasa.gov/4dJSylR

Aug 15, 2024

TemplateData

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See also

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