ଛାଞ୍ଚ:Twitter/doc

See also: Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites

This template generates an external link to an account at Twitter.

Multiple hoax and "fan" accounts have been discovered; please make a particular effort to verify the authenticity of any official links. Legitimate Twitter accounts are usually named in reliable sources, such as newspaper stories, about the subject, or linked by other subject-controlled sources.

Usage

One parameter:

{{Twitter | ID }}

{{Twitter | id= ID }}

Two parameters:

{{Twitter | ID | NAME }}

{{Twitter | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property P2002:

{{Twitter}}

{{Twitter | name= NAME }}

Examples

One parameter

This parameter will be the ID string used in the URL at Twitter. When one parameter is used, the link text is the title of the Wikipedia article where the template is used.

URL:

https://twitter.com/Twitter

Usage:

{{Twitter | Twitter }}

{{Twitter | id= Twitter }}

Output:

ଟୁଇଟରରେ Twitter/doc

ଟୁଇଟରରେ Twitter/doc

Since "Twitter" is the name of the Wikipedia page you now are looking at, the link above appears as "Twitter on Twitter" on this Wikipedia page. The lead name will change according to the name of the Wikipedia page.

Two parameters

The first parameter will be the ID string used in the URL at Twitter. The second parameter will be used as the link text.

URL:

https://twitter.com/AcadiaU

Usage:

{{Twitter | AcadiaU | Acadia University }}

{{Twitter | id= AcadiaU | name= Acadia University }}

Output:

ଟୁଇଟରରେ Acadia University

ଟୁଇଟରରେ Acadia University

No parameters

When used without an "id" parameter, this template will call data from Wikidata, if available. If none is available, the category Category:Twitter template missing ID will be applied and an error message will be displayed.

Usage:

{{Twitter}}

Output:

ଟୁଇଟରରେ

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Twitter in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Twitter

This template generates an external link to an account at Twitter.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
id	id 1	The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") should contain the ID portion of the URL. Example: AcadiaU is the ID portion of https://twitter.com/AcadiaU. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P2002 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P2002	String	optional
name	name 2	The "name" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without disambiguation. Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Tracking categories

"id" parameter exists

• Category:Twitter username not in Wikidata (୪)
• Category:Twitter username different from Wikidata (୫)
• Category:Twitter username same as Wikidata (୨୭)

"id" parameter does not exist

• Category:Twitter template missing ID (୦)

See also

• {{Pinterest}}
• {{Tumblr}}
• {{flickr-inline}}
• {{flickr-inline2}}
• {{Instagram}}
• Wikipedia:TWITTER