Chalo Chatu
 Chalo Chatu logo | |
 Screen shot of Chalo Chatu website in Feb 2017 | |
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
|---|---|
| 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[3]. 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.
Milestones
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.
Content
Chalo Chatu original articles are available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA) unless otherwise noted."[1]
Privacy
One privacy concern in the case of Chalo Chatu is the right of a private citizen to remain a "private citizen" rather than a " public figure" in the eyes of the law. It is a battle between the right to be anonymous in cyberspace and the right to be anonymous in real life. A particular problem occurs in the case of an individual who is relatively unimportant and for whom there exists a Chalo Chatu page against her or his wishes.
Access to content
When the project was started in 2016, all text on Chalo Chatu was covered by the the Creative Commons license specifically designed for creative works in general, not just for software manuals.
Methods of access
Because Chalo Chatu content is distributed under an open license, anyone can reuse or re-distribute it at no charge. The content of Chalo Chatu has been published in many forms, both online and offline, outside of the Chalo Chatu website.
Cultural impact
Readership
Chalo Chatu isn't that popular as it new in Zambia. Chalo Chatu looking to steadily gain status as a general reference website for Zambian History. About 95% of search engine traffic to Chalo Chatu comes from Google a good portion of which is related to academic research and on its social media platforms.
According to Readership Survey Zambia has a bad reading culture and the average age of Chalo Chatu readers is 36, with a rough parity between genders.
Cultural significance
Chalo Chatu's content can also been used in academic studies, books, conferences, and court cases.
See also
References
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