Template:Cite tweet

@{{{username}}} ({{{date}}}). {{{url}}}. X.

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This template is used to format citations to posts made on X. It should be used within <ref></ref> tags.

Usage

The basic formatting with only the required parameters is as follows:

{{Cite tweet|username= |date= |url=}}

The full template with all possible parameters is as follows:

{{Cite tweet|username= |date= |url= |author= |quote= |transquote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}

Parameters

Parameter	Required?	Usage
username	Yes	The username of the X account that made the post, which can be found in the URL
date	Yes	The date the post was made in the following format: 31 January 2000
url	Yes	The full URL to the post; there should be no parameters after the long string of numbers
author	No	The full name of the person or organization that owns the X account that made the post; if this is a person, present their name in Last Name, First Name order
quote	No	The unedited text from the post that is relevant to the citation, or the full unedited post (ending period is unnecessary)
transquote	No	A translation of quote from the original language to English
archiveurl	No	The full URL to an archived version of the source
archivedate	Depends	The date the archive was created in the following format: 31 January 2000 This is required if archiveurl is set.

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