Klexikon
Sign in to saveKlexikon is a German-language online encyclopedia for children aged six to twelve years. It was launched in December 2014. The name Klexikon is a portmanteau combining the two German words Kinder [children] and Lexikon [encyclopedia]. Like its role model Wikipedia, the site was created as a wiki using the MediaWiki software. The text content is available under a Creative Commons By Attribution Share-alike version 3.0 licence while free media is taken from Wikimedia Commons. Special rules were implemented to ensure that all content is suitable for children. Moreover, all editors are required to
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- Instance of
- online encyclopedia
- Languages spoken
- German
- Founded by
- Ziko van Dijk
- Game engine
- Q83
- Official website
- klexikon.zum.de
- Motto
- Wo Kinder nachschlagen
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- Commons category
- Klexikon
- intended public
- child
- language of work or name
- German
- inception
- 2014-12-01
- copyright license
- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Reception
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Klexikon is a German-language online encyclopedia for children aged six to twelve years. It was launched in December 2014. The name Klexikon is a portmanteau combining the two German words Kinder [children] and Lexikon [encyclopedia]. Like its role model Wikipedia, the site was created as a wiki using the MediaWiki software. The text content is available under a Creative Commons By Attribution Share-alike version 3.0 licence while free media is taken from Wikimedia Commons. Special rules were implemented to ensure that all content is suitable for children. Moreover, all editors are required to register with an email address.
==History== The Klexikon encyclopedia was founded by journalist Michael Schulte and historian Ziko van Dijk, who was the chairman of Wikimedia Netherlands from 2011 to 2014. The website is owned by non-profit association Zentrale für Unterrichtsmedien im Internet [online educational media centre] which also hosts other types of Wikis.
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