Template:Cite X

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This template is used to cite posts/tweets on X/Twitter.

Usage

Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page (with current date)

{{cite X |user= |id= |title= |accessdate=2026-01-16 }}

Using last, first (with current date)

{{cite X |user= |id= |title= |accessdate=2026-01-16 |last= |first= |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using author (with current date)

{{cite X |user= |id= |title= |accessdate=2026-01-16 |author= |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using non-linked retrieved date, last, first

{{cite X |user= |id= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |last= |first= |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using non-linked retrieved date, author

{{cite X |user= |id= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

All parameters

{{cite X
|last           = 
|first          = 
|author         = 
|authorlink     = 
|user           = 
|id             = 
|title          = 
|archiveurl     = 
|archivedate    = 
|date           = 
|dateformat     = 
|month          =
|year           = 
|accessdate     = 
|accessdaymonth = 
|accessmonthday = 
|accessyear     = 
|language       = 
|quote          = 
}}

Required parameters

• user: user of post.
• id: ID number of post.
• title: Content of post.

For producing a wikilinked date of retrieval:

• accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2006-02-17". Must not be wikilinked

For producing a non-wikilinked date of retrieval:

• accessmonthday and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = May 10", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005".

TemplateData

Cites posts from X/Twitter.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID number	id number	Numerical ID of the post	Number	required
User handle	user	The account name, without the @	String	required
Contents	title	Partial or entire content of the post, 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.	String	required
Last name	last	Surname of the author	Line	optional
First name	first	Given name of the author	Line	optional
Author	author	Name of the author; prefer the first name and last name parameters instead when possible	Line	suggested
Author link	authorlink	Title of article about the author on the wiki (if there is one)	Page name	optional
Source date	date	Date the source was published	Line	suggested
Archive URL	archiveurl archive-url	Archived copy of the web page	URL	suggested
Archive date	archivedate archive-date	Date the page was archived	Line	suggested
Access date	accessdate access-date	Date the URL was accessed	Line	suggested
Language	language	Language in which the source is written, if not English	Line	optional
Date format	dateformat	Format of the date Suggested values dmy mdy ymd ISO 8601 Default ymd	Line	optional
Quote	quote	Relevant text quoted from the cited source, including terminating punctuation	String	optional

See also

• Template:Cite tweet on Wikipedia