Creating meta information

This learning resource tries atm to find out what kind of meta information exists already at Wikiversity + how to create such information. It's a start and needs feedback + more development also by you...

Why meta info can be useful?

• finding of info (easier) + connecting people
• generating new ideas (e.g. by analyzing data, seeing things more abstract)
• ...

What could be not so good about meta info?

• reveals perhaps too much unwanted/personal info?
• ...

Where do meta info exist already?

(please do not see this as WV specific yet, so we can gather more examples...)

• categories or templates
  • which help other users find learning resources or people here at Wikiversity
  • a category is a way to describe the content more abstract, but easy (easy can also be in negative terms, since it's less info)
  • Wikiversity:Userboxes, Help:Resources by type, Category:Resources by type
• version history of a learning resource:
  • while editing one can add a summary comment (which normally is a way to give a short info about what the comment is about)
  • the times of editing could provide info about the editor
  • edit amount: can show different opinions (reverting), interest for a topic, ...
  • revision viewing
    • example: File:Conway's Game of Life screenshot of Wikiversity history.PNG in: Conway's Game of Life
• layout of a learning resource
  • e.g. with or without images
  • which elements are placed where?
• locations showing paths to a learning resource
  • "What links here" button: can show how "important" a learning resource is considered
  • search engines know who also clicks on what
  • links (e.g. red links show, one could create it)
  • Wikiversity:Search
• view stats
  • the database of WV shows e.g. who reads what + how often a page was viewed
  • Wikiversity:Statistics
• protect button
  • shows that someone thinks a learning resource needs protection
• comments inside a learning resource which are visible only when clicking the edit button
  • example
• in any comment/discussion actually
  • problem is: people need to search it though to find it
  • and unfortunately good ideas may never be discovered over time, they only get buried
• there exists Meta-Wiki which is a "... community site for the Wikimedia Foundation's projects and related projects; from coordination and documentation to planning and analysis."

see also

• Meta-analysis
• Wikiology

Wikipedia:

• Metadata
• Four-sides model