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{{Notice |image=Ambox important.svg |heading={{big|Tweets are usually unacceptable as sources.}} | Tweets and other self-published material may be acceptable if the conditions specified at [[WP:SPS]] or [[WP:TWITTER]] are met. For further information, see the [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]] policy and the [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources]] guideline.}}
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{{Commons Import}}
{{cs1 wrapper |type= |base=Cite web }}

A template for citing tweets posted on Twitter.

== Usage ==
{{csdoc|usage}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
|+ Required parameters only, in horizontal format
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|
: <code><nowiki>{{cite tweet |user= |number= |date= |title= }}</nowiki></code>
{{end}}
{{csdoc|usage full}}
: <code><nowiki>{{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= |url-status=}}</nowiki></code>
{{end}}
{{A note}} When known, the author's real name should be specified in the {{para|author}} parameter (or {{para|last}} and {{para|first}}). If their real name is not known, then the tweet is probably not an [[WP:SPS|acceptable usage of a self-published source]].

===Using {{tl|sfn}} and {{tl|harvid}} ===
To use this template with shortened footnotes (e.g. the {{tl|sfn}} template), add {{para|ref}} with {{tl|harvid}} in the parameter value, like this:

:<code><nowiki>{{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 }}</nowiki></code>

This reference would be cited as <code><nowiki>{{sfn|Porck|2017}}</nowiki></code>.

== Examples ==
'''<code><nowiki>{{Cite tweet |user=Pigsonthewing |number=564068436633214977 |date = 7 February 2015 |title=This is an example tweet. Hello, Wikipedians! }}</nowiki></code>'''
: {{Cite tweet |user=Pigsonthewing |number=564068436633214977 |date = 7 February 2015 |title=This is an example tweet. Hello, Wikipedians! }}
'''<code><nowiki>{{Cite tweet |user=Pigsonthewing |author=Andy Mabbett |number=564068436633214977 |date = 7 February 2015 |title=This is an example tweet. Hello, Wikipedians! }}</nowiki></code>'''
: {{Cite tweet |user=Pigsonthewing |author=Andy Mabbett |number=564068436633214977 |date = 7 February 2015 |title=This is an example tweet. Hello, Wikipedians! }}
'''<code><nowiki>{{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]}}</nowiki></code>'''
: {{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]}}

If the author has a Wikipedia article, use of {{para|author-link}} is recommended:<br/>
'''<code><nowiki>{{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.}}</nowiki></code>'''
: {{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.}}

Note that if {{para|last}} is used, {{para|author}} is ignored:<br/>
'''<code><nowiki>{{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]}}</nowiki></code>'''
: {{Cite tweet |user=Pigsonthewing |last=Mabbett |first=Andy |author=Redundant Author Name |number=564068436633214977 |date = 7 February 2015 |title=This is an example tweet. Hello, Wikipedians! |retweet=Wikimedia Foundation [Wikimedia]}}

== Error detection ==
* The parameters {{para|user}}, {{para|number}}, {{para|date}}, and {{para|title}} are '''{{red|required}}'''. If omitted or left blank, errors will be reported. For example:
*: '''<code><nowiki>{{Cite tweet|title=I'm an incomplete citation!}}</nowiki></code>'''
*:: {{Cite tweet|title=I'm an incomplete citation!}}
* The tweet URL depends on {{para|user}} and {{para|number}}; if either or both are missing, the URL defaults to <nowiki>https://twitter.com/</nowiki>
* Templates are checked for {{para|ref|harv}}, which is an error. The {{para|ref}} parameter must use {{tl|harvid}} in the value.
* 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 ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"number": {
"label": "number",
"description": "Numerical ID of the tweet",
"type": "number",
"required": true
},
"user": {
"label": "username",
"description": "Twitter account name, without the @",
"type": "string",
"required": true
},
"title": {
"label": "tweet",
"description": "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.",
"type": "string",
"required": true
},
"author": {
"label": "author",
"description": "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]])",
"suggested": true
},
"author-link": {
"aliases": [
"authorlink"
],
"label": "author's article",
"description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author"
},
"retweet": {
"label": "retweeted by",
"description": "The reliable source who retweeted the tweet, if the original tweeter is not anyone particularly notable. May be wikilinked."
},
"date": {
"label": "date",
"description": "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.",
"required": true
},
"access-date": {
"aliases": [
"accessdate"
],
"label": "access date",
"description": "The full date when the tweet was accessed; do not wikilink"
},
"language": {
"label": "language",
"description": "The language in which the tweet is written, if not in English.",
"example": "fr",
"type": "string"
},
"location": {
"label": "location",
"description": "The location from which a tweet was sent.",
"example": "London",
"type": "string"
},
"archive-url": {
"label": "archive URL",
"aliases": [
"archiveurl"
],
"description": "The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'",
"type": "string"
},
"archive-date": {
"label": "archive date",
"aliases": [
"archivedate"
],
"description": "Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink",
"type": "string"
},
"url-status": {
"label": "URL status",
"description": "If set to 'live', the title displays as the live link; if set to dead, the title displays as the archive link",
"type": "string"
},
"script-title": {
"label": "script tweet",
"description": "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"
},
"trans-title": {
"label": "translated tweet",
"description": "An English language translation, if the tweet cited is in a foreign language; use of 'language' parameter is recommended"
},
"link": {
"label": "Link to Twitter article?",
"description": "Set to \"no\" to not link to the Wikipedia article for Twitter. Useful for preventing overlinking when more than one tweet is cited."
},
"df": {
"label": "Date format",
"description": "Valid values: dmy, dmy-all, mdy, mdy-all"
}
},
"description": "A template for citing tweets posted on Twitter"
}
</templatedata>

== Redirects ==
# {{tlx|Cite twitter}}

== See also ==
# {{tlx|tweet}}

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