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'''Chalo Chatu''' translated as '''''our world''''' in the [[Zambian]] language is an English-language wiki - based free encyclopedia project created by [[Jason J Mulikita]]<ref name=cha>{{cite web|url= http://www.manic.co.zm/zambia-now-literally-version-wikipedia-called-chalochatu-org/ |title=Zambia now literally has its own version of Wikipedia called chalochatu.org|publisher= Imanga Kay|accessdate= 2016-06-06}}</ref>. 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 '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''', it is the largest encyclopedias in Zambia so as it is the only encyclopedia. | '''Chalo Chatu''' translated as '''''our world''''' in the [[Zambian]] language is an English-language wiki - based free encyclopedia project created by [[Jason J Mulikita]]<ref name=cha>{{cite web|url= http://www.manic.co.zm/zambia-now-literally-version-wikipedia-called-chalochatu-org/ |title=Zambia now literally has its own version of Wikipedia called chalochatu.org|publisher= Imanga Kay|accessdate= 2016-06-06}}</ref>. 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 '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''', it is the largest encyclopedias in Zambia so as it is the only encyclopedia. | ||
Chalo Chatu is a live collaboration differing from paper-based reference sources in important ways. Unlike printed encyclopedias, Chalo Chatu is continually created and updated, with articles on historic events appearing within minutes, rather than months or years. Because everybody | |||
can help improve it. In | |||
addition to quantity, its contributors work on | |||
improving quality as well. Chalo Chatu is a work-in-progress, with articles in various stages of completion. As articles develop, they tend to become more comprehensive and balanced. Quality also improves over time as misinformation and other errors are removed or repaired. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
