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Edit request 8 March 2026
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Description of suggested change: Per consensus from this recent Twitter RM that determined "X" is the new common name for the social network, it is reasonable to assume that quite a few users would be expecting to see that branding when they are looking for Twitter cites, especially ones added recently. I am requesting that the Twitter link for |via= on line 116 be updated to reflect this new consensus. I am not sure whether the bare "Twitter" mention before the link would also require updating, or if it suffices as it is.
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| − | via = args_t.link == 'no' and 'Twitter' or | + | via = args_t.link == 'no' and 'Twitter' or '[[X (formerly Twitter)]]', |
— Trailblazer101🔥 (discuss · contribs) 05:50, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
- Done for twitter snowflake dates from 2023-07-23 per discussions above.
- —Trappist the monk (talk) 11:55, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
Date in comment
[edit]@Trappist the monk: Minor request. The module's current code has:
if 20240517 > tonumber (test_date) then -- the switch to x.com was completed 2025-05-17
Please correct the year in the comment to 2024. :) Opencooper (talk) 08:43, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
Better handling of invalid dates needed
[edit]This template emits a script error (Lua error in Module:TwitterSnowflake at line 48: attempt to index local 'x' (a nil value).) upon finding an invalid date:
{{Cite tweet|author=Yan RUTILI|user=YRUTILI|number=1526313753469456384|date=16 mai 2022|title=Il s'agit des radicaux de gauche auxquels j'adhère (...)}}
→ Lua error in Module:TwitterSnowflake at line 48: attempt to index local 'x' (a nil value).
{{Cite tweet|author=Yan RUTILI|user=YRUTILI|number=1526313753469456384|date=16 May 2022|title=Il s'agit des radicaux de gauche auxquels j'adhère (...)}}
→ Yan RUTILI [@YRUTILI] (16 May 2022). "Il s'agit des radicaux de gauche auxquels j'adhère (...)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Can it be tweaked to handle erroneous dates better? – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:14, 5 September 2026 (UTC)