Template:Cite tweet/doc

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1. actualTweet
2. Ha
3. BeatThis

Usage

Required parameters only, in horizontal format

{{Cite tweet |user= |number= |date= |title= }} {{Cite tweet |author= |author-link= |user= |number= |date= |title= |retweet= |access-date= |language= }} Template:End  Note: When known, the author's real name should be specified in the |author= parameter. If their real name is not known, then the tweet is probably not an acceptable usage of a self-published source. Examples {{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!. {{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!. {{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!. Error detection 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!. The tweet URL depends on |user= and |number=; if either or both are missing, the URL defaults to https://twitter.com/ Errors are tracked in Category:Cite tweet templates with errors Parameters A template for citing tweets posted on Twitter Template parameters Parameter Description Type Status number number Numerical ID of the tweet Default empty Example empty Auto value empty Number required username user Twitter account name, without the @ Default empty Example empty Auto value empty String required tweet title Entire content of the tweet, including hashtags (#), at signs (@), and links Default empty Example empty Auto value empty String required author author 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]]) Default empty Example empty Auto value empty Unknown suggested author's article author-linkauthorlink Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author Default empty Example empty Auto value empty Unknown optional retweeted by retweet The reliable source who retweeted the tweet, if the original tweeter is not anyone particularly notable. May be wikilinked. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty Unknown optional date date 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. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty Unknown required access date access-dateaccessdate The full date when the tweet was accessed; do not wikilink Default empty Example empty Auto value empty Unknown optional language language The language in which the tweet is written, if not in English. Default empty Example fr Auto value empty String optional Redirects {{Cite twitter}} See also {{Twitter status}}