# Web architecture for Wikis/Wikiversity Main Page

This is only a copy of Wikiversity:Main_Page and is being used by the Web architecture for Wikis Learning Project to discuss the architectural and design aspects of this page.
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* Welcome
* Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning. We invite teachers, students, and researchers to join us in creating open educational resources and collaborative learning communities. To learn more about Wikiversity, try a guided tour, learn about adding content, or start editing now.
Today's Featured Project
Trade Finance
Trade Finance is a 240-page wikified coursebook for use at university level. The course was developed as a foundational part of Michigan State University's Open CourseWare project and was published on Wikiversity (as well as on the Michigan State University's Open CourseWare site) as a part of the project. This is an example of government grant money being used directly for the creation of open educational resources. The course comprises 8 modules: Political and Economic Risk, Risk Mitigation Techniques, Commercial Risk, Payment Methods, Selecting Payment Methods, Financial Plan, Short-term Financing, Medium- and Long-term Financing.
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Educational Picture of the Day
Prehistoric Rock Art
This is an example of rock art from the cave of El Tajo de las Figuras in southern Spain. The painting depicts deer, birds and people. The art in the cave comes from the paleolithic and neolithic eras. Click on the image for a full size version which you can freely re-use and modify. Print it and use it for your lessons, integrate it into your pages on Wikiversity, or use it in other learning resources and websites. Use the links below to find more images like this one.
Iberian rock art - Images of the Stone Age - Prehistoric art The Wikimedia Atlas of Prehistory - Prehistory images - History images This image is a part of the Educational Media Awareness Campaign, raising awareness among educators about the availability and usage of millions of free internet media in education. :
* News
* 2024
* July 22: Wikiphilosophers has launched on Wikiversity. The goal of this project is to provide an overview of all philosophical ideas of philosophers and thinkers within Wikiversity.
* May 13: Collaborative authoring using wiki: An open education case study published in the International Journal for Students as Partners
* March 15: Using open wikis for teaching and learning presentation to the ASCILITE Learning Design Special Interest Group
* January 5: The Real Good Religion course is now welcoming students seeking adventure
* 2023
* December 25: The recently revised course on writing is now available
* May 23: Students can now follow The Wise Path on Wikiversity
* April 11: The course Collective decision making is now available as part of the Coming Together curriculum
* January 1: Socialism is calling for high quality essays
* Wikiversity's sister projects
* Wikiversity is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other multilingual and free-content projects:
* Wikipedia
* Wikipedia Free-content encyclopedia
* Wikibooks
* Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals
* Commons
* Commons Shared media repository
* Wiktionary
* Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus
* Wikiquote
* Wikiquote Collection of quotations
* Wikinews
* Wikinews Free-content news
* Wikispecies
* Wikispecies Directory of species
* Wikisource
* Wikisource Free-content library
* Wikivoyage
* Wikivoyage Open travel guide
* Meta-Wiki
* Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination
* MediaWiki
* MediaWiki Free software development
* Wikidata
* Wikidata Free knowledge base
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## Main Page

Other pages that explore proposed changes: Wikiversity:Main page design changes and .Talk:Main Page.

### Critique of the current main page

The current Main Page was first designed at User:Trevor MacInnis/MainPage starting in the first week after the Wikiversity project launch. Additional development of that design took place at Wikiversity:Main Page/Design. Like the original Main Page design, the current design arguably still contains many links that are irrelevant to new visitors. The current design was influenced by experienced Wikipedia participants who have since pehraps not contributed significantly to the Wikiversity project. As such, the current Main Page may serve best experienced Wikipedians who follow a link to Wikiversity.
As a young project, Wikiversity needs is to attract new participants, most of whom may not be experienced wiki editors. Does the main page serve the needs of Wikiversity or is it an artifact resulting from the efforts of a few Wikipedians who created it and then went back to Wikipedia?

### Main Page namespace

Which namespace should the Main Page be in? The current Main Page is in the "Wikiversity:" namespace because it is viewed as a "meta page" about the Wikiversity project. An alternative would be to return the Main Page to the main namespace so that it can take on the primary function of being a learning resource; a page where new visitors can learn about the Wikiversity project.

### Main Page target audience

The Main Page should be designed for the least knowledgeable visitors with the least wiki experience. These "Wikiversity naive" visitors need to be efficiently guided to basic information about wiki, the purpose and mission of Wikiversity and the current status of Wikiversity (essentially, a content development effort). New visitors who are not experienced wiki editors need to be shown how easy it is to participate by editing Wikiversity pages. More experienced wiki users can take care of themselves and make use of the pages linked to in the "navigation" and "community" side boxes. Can we identify a few key types of Wikiversity Main Page visitors and re-design the main page so as to better serve them?
Current redesign is 0.3, available here.