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Wikiversity Structure
Wikiversity structure is more like Wikibooks (a collection of learning projects) rather than Wikipedia (separate pages for each concept). I've moved the content related to Reinforcement Learning to be subpages of that project. See Help:Subpages for more information on how to add additional resources as subpages and link to them. Let me know if you have any questions. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 13:44, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Introduction to
Because of the way the search function works, including "Introduction to" in a title doesn't really add value. It's better to just name a page based on what it introduces. If there are multiple levels of resources, the subject page can provide links to appropriate subpages. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 00:27, 12 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Help me with understanding the difference between Wikiversity and Wikipedia. In wikipedia, there is only one name for each subject and there is no hierarchy of pages. In wikiversity, there could be multiple pages for one subject since this is supposed to be a learning medium and various people could create multiple learning resources for a subject: introductory, advanced, for beginners, etc. I named my page Introduction to unsupervised learning since it is introductory. I don't know why I should name it just supervised learning since it is to general and does not allow other people to write to more advanced audiences. dvd8719 (discuss • contribs) 04:46, 15 June 2020 (UTC)


 * As you already note, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, so there is only one valid source for information. Wikiversity is more like Wikibooks, where there may be multiple books on a subject, or, in our case, multiple learning resources by different authors with different perspectives or different intended audiences.


 * You should name it Unsupervised learning or Unsupervised Learning because that's what it is about. Unless you already know that you personally intend to create two or three semester-level courses on unsupervised learning, there is no reason to not do so at this time. Even if that is your intent, you should still create Unsupervised learning as an introduction which points to the other two (or more). And those other two could just as well be subpages of the main page as separate courses. They are typically only separate when they have different authors who can't agree on how the content should be organized.


 * There are no other resources on unsupervised learning at this time, so this is it. The only other approach that makes sense (and actually would make more sense to me) is to make unsupervised learning a subpage of Machine learning and have Unsupervised learning as a redirect to that page. To anyone not familiar with machine learning, unsupervised learning would be my kids learning on their own, without a teacher or parent involved. But since Wikipedia shows unsupervised learning with the machine-learning definition as the default meaning, it is appropriate to do so here.


 * More importantly, and not addressed by your question, putting "Introduction to" in front of anything at Wikiversity simply results in it being lost in a sea of introductions. If you want people to read your content, name it something they can find. If, after reading my response, you still believe Introduction to Unsupervised Learning is the appropriate title, rename it back to what you had. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 13:05, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

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