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)
 * 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)
 * Search
 * view stats
 * the database of WV shows e.g. who reads what + how often a page was viewed
 * 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."