Template:Cite news

Purpose

Lightweight web citation for Chalo Chatu. No CS1 dependency.

Parameters

author

Single author name

authors

List of authors separated by semicolons or commas

last, first

Alternative to author

title

Page or article title

website, work

Site name

publisher

Publisher name

date

Publication date

url

Source URL

access-date

When you accessed it

archive-url

Web archive snapshot

archive-date

Archive date

url-status

live or dead

language, lang

Language tag like en, bemba, ny

Example

{{Cite web
 | author       = Ministry of Information
 | title        = Government launches new portal
 | website      = Cabinet Office
 | publisher    = Government of the Republic of Zambia
 | date         = 2025-07-12
 | url          = https://www.example.gov.zm/portal
 | access-date  = 2025-09-08
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20250720/https://www.example.gov.zm/portal
 | archive-date = 2025-07-20
 | url-status   = live
}}