Template:Cite tweet

Cite tweet

Cite posts on Twitter/X. Include the full tweet text to preserve content.

Quick start

{{Cite tweet
| user  = CharlotteFang77
| date  = March 27, 2024
| tweet = Full tweet text here
| url   = https://x.com/CharlotteFang77/status/1773001234567890
}}

Parameters

Parameter	Description
user	Twitter handle (without @) — required
date	Post date — required
tweet	Full tweet text — required
url	Direct link to tweet
author	Display name if different from handle
work	Platform (defaults to X)
access-date	Date retrieved
quote	Key quote to highlight
via	Access method (e.g., Nitter)

Archives

Parameter	Description
archive-wayback	Wayback Machine URL
archive-wayback-date	Wayback snapshot date
archive-today	archive.today URL
archive-today-date	archive.today snapshot date
archive-megalodon	Megalodon.jp URL
archive-megalodon-date	Megalodon snapshot date

Screenshot

Parameter	Description
screenshot	Screenshot filename
screenshot-display	link (default), embed, or hide

Preservation

Parameter	Description
repost-at	Wiki page with full thread transcription

Full example

{{Cite tweet
| user = CharlotteFang77
| author = Charlotte Fang
| date = March 27, 2024
| tweet = Cute is the face of Cthulhu, it's not going away.

The history of aesthetics' subsumption into industrial capitalism...
| url = https://x.com/CharlotteFang77/status/1773001234567890
| access-date = December 11, 2025
| archive-wayback = https://web.archive.org/web/20240327/...
| archive-wayback-date = March 27, 2024
| screenshot = Charlotte_tweet_march2024.png
| quote = Cute is the face of Cthulhu
}}

Tweet text guidelines

• Always include the complete tweet — tweets get deleted
• Preserve original line breaks and formatting
• Screenshots alone aren't searchable or parseable by LLMs

Backward compatibility

These legacy parameters still work:

• archive-url → archive-wayback
• archive-date → archive-wayback-date
• archive-is → archive-today
• archive-is-date → archive-today-date