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'''''[[Chalo Chatu]]''''' is a free online collaborative encyclopedia by the [[Chalo Chatu Foundation]]. Launched on 1 June 2016, the website aims to be a knowledge hub that will preserve the History and Pride of [[Zambia]]. We are a non-profit organisation and content on this website is contributed by volunteers. | '''''[[Chalo Chatu]]''''' is a free online collaborative encyclopedia by the [[Chalo Chatu Foundation]]. Launched on 1 June 2016, the website aims to be a knowledge hub that will preserve the History and Pride of [[Zambia]]. We are a non-profit organisation and content on this website is contributed by volunteers. | ||
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You can think of a topic to write about, or check through our '''[[:Special:WantedPages|list of wanted pages]]'''. | You can think of a topic to write about, or check through our '''[[:Special:WantedPages|list of wanted pages]]'''. | ||
== Writing an article== | == Writing an article== | ||
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You have probably already edited blogs or social media sites. Maybe you have already made minor edits to our articles – but now you want to start your own article from scratch. Jump in! | You have probably already edited blogs or social media sites. Maybe you have already made minor edits to our articles – but now you want to start your own article from scratch. Jump in! | ||
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#'''Gather references''' both to use as source(s) of the information you will include and to demonstrate the '''[[Notability in the Chalo Chatu|notability]]''' of your article's subject matter. Chalo Chatu requires the use of reliable published sources. Sources, particularly internet sources, should also be stable, meaning they should be high enough quality that they will continue to exist for future generations. There are many places to find reliable sources, including your local library, but if internet-based sources are to be used, start with [http://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp books] and [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=a#hl=en&safe=off&gl=us&tbs=ar:1&tbm=nws&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22your+search+here%22&oq=%22your+search+here%22&gs_l=serp.3...13840.16191.2.16495.2.2.0.0.0.0.75.150.2.2.0...0.0...1c.gI5pLKtnlBw&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=eaf35048cd590c78&biw=1550&bih=1201 news archive] searches rather than a simple web search. Extra care should be taken to make sure that articles on '''living persons''' have reliable sources – articles about living people without reliable sources may be deleted, especially if they include negative or controversial content. References to blogs, personal websites, Facebook and YouTube are unsuitable and material obtained from them may be challenged and removed. | #'''Gather references''' both to use as source(s) of the information you will include and to demonstrate the '''[[Notability in the Chalo Chatu|notability]]''' of your article's subject matter. Chalo Chatu requires the use of reliable published sources. Sources, particularly internet sources, should also be stable, meaning they should be high enough quality that they will continue to exist for future generations. There are many places to find reliable sources, including your local library, but if internet-based sources are to be used, start with [http://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp books] and [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=a#hl=en&safe=off&gl=us&tbs=ar:1&tbm=nws&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22your+search+here%22&oq=%22your+search+here%22&gs_l=serp.3...13840.16191.2.16495.2.2.0.0.0.0.75.150.2.2.0...0.0...1c.gI5pLKtnlBw&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=eaf35048cd590c78&biw=1550&bih=1201 news archive] searches rather than a simple web search. Extra care should be taken to make sure that articles on '''living persons''' have reliable sources – articles about living people without reliable sources may be deleted, especially if they include negative or controversial content. References to blogs, personal websites, Facebook and YouTube are unsuitable and material obtained from them may be challenged and removed. | ||
#'''Create the article first in Draft or User space''' unless you are very sure that you can create an acceptable article on your first attempt. Draft space has been a safe place to create articles that you want to work up towards being accepted into the encyclopedia. 'Live' articles are required to meet a number of Chalo Chatu rules from the start, or they risk being deleted; but in Draft space, unless you do something seriously bad (like a copyright violation, or a personal attack on somebody) nobody is likely to touch your draft unless you ask them to. | #'''Create the article first in Draft or User space''' unless you are very sure that you can create an acceptable article on your first attempt. Draft space has been a safe place to create articles that you want to work up towards being accepted into the encyclopedia. 'Live' articles are required to meet a number of Chalo Chatu rules from the start, or they risk being deleted; but in Draft space, unless you do something seriously bad (like a copyright violation, or a personal attack on somebody) nobody is likely to touch your draft unless you ask them to. | ||
==Search for an existing article== | ==Search for an existing article== | ||
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=====Tags===== | =====Tags===== | ||
Tags (i.e., edit tags) are brief messages that the software automatically places next to certain edits in histories, recent changes and other special pages. They are implemented by the edit filter to help assist vandalism patrollers and other page watchers. They cannot be added or removed manually. | Tags (i.e., edit tags) are brief messages that the software automatically places next to certain edits in histories, recent changes and other special pages. They are implemented by the edit filter to help assist vandalism patrollers and other page watchers. They cannot be added or removed manually. | ||
==What to avoid== | |||
; Articles about yourself, your family or friends, your website, a band you're in, your teacher, a word you made up, or a story you wrote : If you ''are'' worthy of inclusion in the encyclopedia, let someone else add an article for you. Putting your friends in an encyclopedia may seem like a nice surprise or an amusing joke, but articles like this are likely to be removed. In this process, feelings may be hurt and you may be blocked from editing if you repeatedly make attempts to re-create the article. These things can be avoided by a little forethought on your part. The article may remain if you have enough humility to make it neutral and you really are notable, but even then it's best to submit a draft for approval and consensus of the community instead of just posting it up, since unconscious biases may still exist of which you may not be aware. | |||
; Advertising : Please do not try to promote your product or business. Please do not insert external links to your commercial website unless a neutral party would judge that the link truly belongs in the article; we do have articles about products like [[Boom]] or [[Vitumbuwa]]s, or notable businesses such as [[Hungry Lion]], but if you are writing about a product or business be sure you write from a neutral point of view, that you have no conflict of interest, and that you are able to find references in reliable sources that are independent from the subject you are writing about. | |||
; Attacks on a person or organization : Material that violates our biographies of living persons policy or is intended to threaten, defame, or harass its subject or another entity is not permitted. Unsourced negative information, especially in articles about living people, is quickly removed, and attack pages may be deleted immediately. | |||
; Personal essays or original research : Chalo Chatu surveys ''existing'' human knowledge; it is not a place to publish new work. Do not write articles that present your own original theories, opinions, or insights,''even if'' you can support them by reference to accepted work. A common mistake is to present a novel synthesis of ideas in an article. Remember, just because both Fact A and Fact B are true does not mean that A caused B, or vice versa (fallacies). If the synthesis or causation is true, locate and cite reliable sources that report the connection. | |||
; Non-notable topics : People frequently add pages to Chalo Chatu without considering [[Notability in the Chalo Chatu |whether the topic is really notable enough]] to go into the Zambian encyclopedia. Because Chalo Chatu does not have the space limitations of paper-based encyclopedias, our [[Notability in the Chalo Chatu|notability]] policies and guidelines allow a wide range of articles – however, they do not allow ''every'' topic to be included. A particularly common special case of this is pages about people, companies, or groups of people, that do not substantiate the notability or importance of their subject with reliable sources, so we have decided that such pages may be deleted. This can offend – so ''please'' consider whether your chosen topic is notable enough for Chalo Chatu, and then substantiate the notability or importance of your subject by citing those reliable sources in the process of creating your article. Chalo Chatu is not a directory of everything in Zambia. | |||
; A single sentence or only a website link: Articles need to have real content of their own. | |||
==Are you closely connected to the article topic?== | |||
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* Don't add promotional language | |||
* Don't remove negative/critical text from an article | |||
* Don't make a "group" account for multiple people to share | |||
* Don't neglect to disclose your affiliation on the article's talk page | |||
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* Maintain a neutral, objective tone in any content you add or edit | |||
* Cite secondary sources (e.g., a major media article) for any new statements you add – even if you are confident a statement is true (e.g., it is about your work), only say it if it has been restated already in a secondary source. | |||
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* Make minor edits/corrections to articles (e.g., typos, fixing links, adding references to new secondary sources) | |||
* If you are biased, suggest new article text or edits on the ''article talk page'' (not on the main article page). | |||
* Disclose your relationship to the client/topic. | |||
* Edit using personal accounts. | |||
* Recruit help: Seek out a sponsor (volunteer editor) who has worked on similar articles, or submit ideas for article topics via contribute@chalochatu.org. | |||
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==Donations== | ==Donations== | ||
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====Notes==== | ====Notes==== | ||
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