Chalo Chatu
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Chalo Chatu Foundation |
Created by | Jason J Mulikita |
URL | Website |
Commercial | No |
Registration | Optional (required to edit pages) |
Chalo Chatu translated as our world in the Zambian language is an English-language wiki - based free encyclopedia project created by Jason J Mulikita[2]. The site uses MediaWiki software to maintain a user-created database of information. The site's content is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0) which means that it is available free to the public, but cannot be used for commercial purposes and should not be modified by people who are not part of the community of the website. With 1,390 articles, it is the largest encyclopedias in Zambia so as it is the only encyclopedia.
History
The web site was opened on 1 June 2016 and has been active since then.
Launch and early growth
Site Statistics
The site has had a steady grown with much of its trafic coming from social media.
Personnel and management
Contributors
Chalo Chatu has over 60 registered users who are know as contributors.
Nature of the project
Project goal
The main aim of the project is to document everything to-do with Zambia.
The stated aim of the project is "preserving the History and Pride of Zambia "
Policies and structure
Unlike Wikipedia, Chalo Chatu does not allow anonymous editing. Participants must first register under their real names with a working email address. Jason decided that Chalo Chatu's administrators first need to review your request before you become a contributor on Chalo Chatu this was to avoid the vandalizing of some of the articles that are one the website and to make sure that it stays professional. He also instituted a minimum "maturity" requirement—18 years of age—for constables.
Content
Chalo Chatu original articles are available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA). "Articles that originated in part from Wikipedia are also available under [the] GNU Free Documentation License [version] 1.2."[3]
See also
References
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