Template:Tweet/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Tweet. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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.

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

• |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

{{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
}}

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
}}

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
}}

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
}}

{{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
}}

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

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
Named reference id	ref-name	Overrides the autogenerated named reference ID. This is useful for fixing errors caused by two tweets by the same author Default Tweet{{{username}}} Example TweetUsername_2	String	optional

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