Chalo Chatu

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Chalo Chatu
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inEnglish
OwnerChalo Chatu Foundation
Created byJason J Mulikita
URLWebsite
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional (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[1]. 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.

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. With a stated aim of "preserving the History and Pride of Zambia." The project is there to create a a "new compendium of knowledge" based on the contributions of "intellectuals", defined as "educated, thinking people who read about Zambia and everything that is in it.

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.

Chalo Chatu articles are subject to an "approval" process after they have achieved reasonable quality. An "editor" can determine when an article is ready to be approved.[3]

Content

Chalo Chatu original articles are available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA) unless otherwise noted."[1]

See also

References

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  2. Lua error in ...ribunto/includes/engines/LuaCommon/lualib/mwInit.lua at line 23: bad argument #1 to 'old_ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  3. Jason. Outline "Chalo Chatu Policy Outline", Chalo Chatu.

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