Talk:Use of X by Donald Trump

Rename to Twitter/X use by Donald Trump

Trump has certainly used the site after the rename, and the article should be renamed to increase accuracy. 206.74.170.116 (talk) 17:08, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

I think we should definitely include a little sentence saying “includes posts from Formerly twitter” |:-) Cenchros Roseus (talk) 13:56, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Requested move 15 March 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. There is a clear consensus to move from "Twitter" to "X" in relation to use by Donald Trump. However, it is less clear what title is preferred, with several being considered including:

• Usage of X (social network) by Donald Trump
• Usage of X by Donald Trump
• Use of X (social network) by Donald Trump
• Use of X by Donald Trump
• X use by Donald Trump

Editors generally rejected disambiguating X with (social network), and though there appears to be a general preference for "use" as more concise there is not a clear consensus for this, and so I am closing this discussion as a WP:NOTCURRENTTITLE; editors who support "usage" should feel free to open a new RM proposing that at any time.

However, I'm not (closed by non-admin page mover) BilledMammal (talk) 03:37, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

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Twitter use by Donald Trump → Usage of X (social network) by Donald Trump – Move per WP:CONSUB with X (social network), and because Trump continues to post very regularly post-rebrand. UltrasonicMadness (talk) 22:09, 15 March 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 21:56, 23 March 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPath^talk 09:19, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

• Support move to Usage of X by Donald Trump per WP:SHORTFORM. Where a topic has a long or disambiguated title, and a shorter form or abbreviated form of that title is recognizable when used in context, unambiguous subtopics of that topic commonly use the shorter form or abbreviated form for conciseness and naturalness.  Bait30  ^{Talk 2 me pls?} 07:47, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
• Support move to Usage of X by Donald Trump as my first choice, but I also support Usage of X (social network) by Donald Trump. Lova Falk (talk) 11:54, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Comment I'm not sure why I put the disambiguated title as the suggested move. Usage of X by Donald Trump is a lot better. UltrasonicMadness (talk) 12:10, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

X is a vague term though, social media clarifies especially since Twitter only got changed to X in recent years. ~2026-18818-98 (talk) 13:11, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Yes, this should be taken into consideration. Guz13 (talk) 18:17, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Oppose "Usage of X by Donald Trump": No rationale was provided for switching to the longer word "Usage". "Use of X by Donald Trump" or "X use by Donald Trump" would be fine. –Gluonz ^{talk contribs} 20:22, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Now "Use of X by Donald Trump" is my first choice. But I still also support the other suggestions here. Lova Falk (talk) 08:09, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Support per nom. Support Use of X (social network) by Donald Trump. This goes with the rebrand. Guz13 (talk) 00:33, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

support, based on Twitter usage and X usage by public figures outcomes. Abesca (talk) 17:34, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Relisting comment: A bartender close might be necessary, but first I want to see if it's possible to coalesce around one title. Seeing discussion of whether to use the disambig and whether to go with "usage" or "use". theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 21:56, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

@Bait30, Lova Falk, UltrasonicMadness, Gluonz, Guz13, Abesca, and Cenchros Roseus: In light of a couple of new questions that have come up on phrasing, do y'all have any thoughts on what the ultimate title should be? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 21:58, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Maybe “Use of X by Donald Trump” |:-) Cenchros Roseus (talk) 22:00, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Accounting for X usage by public figures, I would suggest X usage by Donald Trump to match. UltrasonicMadness (talk) 22:04, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

@UltrasonicMadness: I am not sure that the requested move of that article should have been closed as it was, given that no discussion took place after I proposed alternative titles. –Gluonz ^{talk contribs} 22:13, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

I've just checked the former title of the other article and it did not match in this way - it used to be Twitter usage by public figures while this is currently Twitter use by Donald Trump. I am now unsure, leaning towards @Cenchros Roseus's suggestion of Use of X by Donald Trump. UltrasonicMadness (talk) 22:24, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

yay :) Cenchros Roseus (talk) 22:40, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm still fine with what I put above. Guz13 (talk) 22:38, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Definitely no parenthetical disambiguator. I too am leaning towards "use". From what I could tell by looking up specific definitions of each word, usage would make sense if the article was solely about Trump's patterns, stats, etc. of his tweets. But the article is also devoted to specific tweets, making the more general and robust "use" a better fit.  Bait30  ^{Talk 2 me pls?} 01:59, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

yay :) Cenchros Roseus (talk) 21:06, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Use of X by Donald Trump is my number one choice. "Usage" is ugly compared to "Use" but I would accept it. Lova Falk (talk) 07:43, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

yay :) Cenchros Roseus (talk) 21:06, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Support move to Usage of X by Donald Trump per nom. OmegaAOLtalk? 08:16, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

I dunno, “use” sounds better than “usage” |:-) Cenchros Roseus (talk) 13:54, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Oppose I would prefer Use of X by Donald Trump. "Usage" can be just "Use" and I don't think "(social network)" is needed because it should be obvious by the context what it's referring to. (What other "X" could he possibly be using?) UniProbe62 (talk) 14:36, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Yay? :) Cenchros Roseus (talk) 18:56, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Relisting comment: I'm giving this a relist given that the last comment was 14 hours ago. TarnishedPath^talk 09:19, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

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• Support Use of X by Donald Trump, as it is the shortest title that still conveys the subject of the article without ambiguity. The parenthesised disambiguator is not needed here. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} — Preceding undated comment added 18:38, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

  Yay :) Cenchros Roseus (talk) 20:24, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

I prefer Use of X (social network) by Donald Trump Guz13 (talk) 23:46, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Yay :) Cenchros Roseus (talk) 20:22, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Oppose Most of this article talks about Donald Trump's usage of the site before it got renamed to X, so it would be anachronistic to title it "Usage of X (social network) by Donald Trump". CerealContainer (talk) 03:32, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

• Conditional support Usage of X by Donald Trump, per WP:CONSISTENT, WP:CONSUB with X, no longer Twitter, deemed the same platform, although pending on the Twitter usage outcome. (X usage by public figures seemed to have a mixed consensus on that RM, aside supporting move away from Twitter) Although open to any others than are not "Twitter", ideally with all usage articles matching each other. DankJae 03:03, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Oppose "Usage of X by Donald Trump”

I’m new but I think that it could be shortened to just “use of X” or “X use” instead of “usage of X”. But that's just my opinion :) Cenchros Roseus (talk) 21:40, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

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