Copy a blank version to use. All parameter names must be in lowercase. Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Delete unused parameters to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples may include the current date. If the date is not current, then purge the page.
{{Cite tweet |user=Pigsonthewing |author=Andy Mabbett |number=564068436633214977 |date = 7 February 2015 |title=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]}}
Entire content of the tweet, including hashtags (#), at signs (@), and links
Συμβολοσειρά
υποχρεωτικό
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]])
Άγνωστος
προτεινόμενο
author's article
author-linkauthorlink
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author
Άγνωστος
προαιρετικό
retweeted by
retweet
The reliable source who retweeted the tweet, if the original tweeter is not anyone particularly notable. May be wikilinked.
Άγνωστος
προαιρετικό
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.
Άγνωστος
υποχρεωτικό
access date
access-dateaccessdate
The full date when the tweet was accessed; do not wikilink
Άγνωστος
προαιρετικό
language
language
The language in which the tweet is written, if not in English.
Παράδειγμα
fr
Συμβολοσειρά
προαιρετικό
archive URL
archive-urlarchiveurl
The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'
Συμβολοσειρά
προαιρετικό
archive date
archive-datearchivedate
Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink
Συμβολοσειρά
προαιρετικό
dead URL
dead-urldeadurl
If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live
Συμβολοσειρά
προαιρετικό
script tweet
script-title
For tweets in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon, e.g. for Japanese use: ja:...
Παράδειγμα
ja:東京タワー
Άγνωστος
προαιρετικό
translated tweet
trans-title
An English language translation, if the tweet cited is in a foreign language; use of 'language' parameter is recommended