Template:Tweet

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Example Twitter @example

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12 Jul 2017

This template allows relevant tweets to be easily quoted within articles.

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).

Usage

Full blank syntax

{{Tweet
| name = 
| username = 
| replyto = 
| text = 
| translation = 
| date = 
| id = 
| reference = 
| image = 
| block = 
| left = 
| width = 
}}

Parameters

• |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
• |text= content of the tweet
• |translation= optional: text content of tweet if original tweet used stylized characters
• |date= date of the tweet formatted according to MOS:DATE, should be used with tweets posted before November 4, 2010
• |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
• |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

Examples

{{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
}}

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NASA Twitter @NASA

Replying to @WilliamShatner

@WilliamShatner Good day, Captain. #ISS is in standard orbit and Commander Swanson has the conn. Hope you're having a great weekend!

Aug 2, 2014

{{Tweet
| name = René Descartes
| username = descartes
| text = Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum
| date = 1 January 1637
| block = yes
}}

René Descartes Twitter @descartes

Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum

---

I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am

1 January 1637

TemplateData

This template allows relevant tweets to be easily quoted within articles.

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.

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	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
translation	translation	english translation of the tweet	Unknown	optional

References