A template for citing tweets posted on Twitter.

Copy a blank version to use. Almost all parameter names are supported only in lower case (some initialisms, such as |isbn= have upper-case aliases like |ISBN=, which are acceptable for use). Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Unused parameters may be deleted to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples on this documentation page may include the current date. If the date is not current, then purge 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=}}

information  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.

To use this template with shortened footnotes (e.g. the {{Sfn}} template), add |ref= with {{Harvid}} in the parameter value, like this:

{{cite tweet | ref = {{harvid|Porck|2017}} | last = Porck | first = Thijs | user = thijsporck | number = 889205416596471811 | date = 23 July 2017 | title = Spotted in Marvel's Doctor Strange: Sutton Hoo Helmet replica! | access-date = 5 December 2017 }}

This reference would be cited as {{sfn|Porck|2017}}.

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

@Pigsonthewing (7 February 2015). "This is an example tweet. Hello, Wikipedians!" (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, Wikipedians! }}

Andy Mabbett [@Pigsonthewing] (7 February 2015). "This is an example tweet. Hello, Wikipedians!" (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, Wikipedians! |retweet=Wikimedia Foundation [Wikimedia]}}

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

If the author has a Wikipedia 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, Wikipedians! |retweet=Wikimedia Foundation [Wikimedia]}}

Mabbett, Andy [@Pigsonthewing] (7 February 2015). "This is an example tweet. Hello, Wikipedians!" (Tweet). Retweeted by Wikimedia Foundation [Wikimedia] – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  • 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}}: |author= has numeric name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help) Missing or empty |user= (help); Missing or empty |number= (help); Missing or empty |date= (help)
  • The tweet URL depends on |user= and |number=; if either or both are missing, the URL defaults to https://twitter.com/
  • Templates are checked for |ref=harv, which is an error. The |ref= parameter must use {{Harvid}} in the value.
  • The template also checks for parameters that are unsupported (e.g. misspellings of parameter names).
  • Errors are tracked in ವರ್ಗ:Cite tweet templates with errors
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TemplateData for Cite tweet

A template for citing tweets posted on Twitter

Template parameters

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numbernumber

Numerical ID of the tweet

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usernameuser

Twitter account name, without the @

Stringrequired
tweettitle

Partial or entire content of the tweet, optionally including hashtags (#), at signs (@), and links. Note: double quote marks (") should be replaced with single quote marks (') because the entire title will display surrounded by double quotes.

Stringrequired
authorauthor

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]])

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author's articleauthor-link authorlink

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author

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retweeted byretweet

The reliable source who retweeted the tweet, if the original tweeter is not anyone particularly notable. May be wikilinked.

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datedate

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.

Unknownrequired
access dateaccess-date accessdate

The full date when the tweet was accessed; do not wikilink

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languagelanguage

The language in which the tweet is written, if not in English.

Example
fr
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locationlocation

The location from which a tweet was sent.

Example
London
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archive URLarchive-url archiveurl

The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
archive datearchive-date archivedate

Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
dead URLdead-url deadurl

If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live

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script tweetscript-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
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translated tweettrans-title

An English language translation, if the tweet cited is in a foreign language; use of 'language' parameter is recommended

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Link to Twitter article?link

Set to "no" to not link to the Wikipedia article for Twitter. Useful for preventing overlinking when more than one tweet is cited.

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  1. {{Cite twitter}}
  1. {{tweet}}