Virtual Learning Environment/Lesson dependencies

The primary purpose of this table is to identify the current 81 VLE lessons as lying on seven levels (I = introductory, VII = most advanced). These levels reflect dependencies: the top level VII consists of topics for which you should study half-a-dozen other things before attempting.

This information then can feed into e.g. training, video scripts, curriculum development. It also shows up areas where the existing material could be reconsidered. Another by-product should be some idea of a "core" training curriculum.

Division by level

The numbers of lessons on each level are

• I = 10, II = 14, III = 15, IV = 22, V = 11, VI = 6, VII = 3.

Bold is used below for lessons considered in the "core curriculum" (67, i.e. excluding 14). The lessons by level, and then alphabetically, are:

• Level I: Editing (A); Free Content (A); Link to Wikipedia (B); Navigation (A); Other Files (B); Parts of an Article (B); Reuse (A); Search (A); Troubleshooting (A); Wikipedia Basics (A).
• Level II: Accounts (A); Categories (A); Contacting Wikipedia and Wikimedia (B); Content Policy (A); Edit Window (A); Free Content (B); Images (A); Policy Made Simple (A); Problem Content (B); Wikimedia Basics (X); Wikipedia Basics (B); Wikipedia Basics (C); Wikipedia Technical Overview (B); WikiProjects (A).
• Level III: Accounts (B); Categories (B); Characters and Tables (A); Conflict of Interest (A); Deletion (A); Images (B); Images (C); Policy and Guidelines (B); Search and Navigation (B); Talk Pages (A); The Wikipedia Model (B); Tools and Labs (B); User Features and User Space (A); Wikipedia Writing (B); Wikitext (A).
• Level IV: Biographies of Living Persons (B); Deletion (B); Disagreements (A); Disambiguation (B); Drafting (A); Encyclopedias (B); External Links (B); How to Ask (A); Major and Minor Edits (A); Non-article Content (B); Non-Roman Scripts (B); Onsite Status (A); Orphans and Dead-ends (A); Other Languages (B); Page Protection (B); Problem Users (A); Redirects (B); Referencing (A); Reuse (B); Starting an Article (A); Talk Pages (B); Templates (B).
• Level V: Article Tagging (A); Bans and Blocks (A); Conflict of Interest (B); Editing (B); Handling Content Disputes (B); Merges (B); Onsite Status (B); Page Moves (A); Referencing (B); Sister Projects (B); Templates (C).
• Level VI: Conflict of Interest and Bias (X); Formal Dispute Resolution (B); Splits and Summary Style (C); Starting an Article (B); Templates (X); Wikitext (B).
• Level VII: Appeals (C); MediaWiki (C); Wikipedia Writing (C).

Notations

The notations used are:

• Column 2: A = introductory level; B = everyday editing level; C = advanced level; X = so you think you are an expert.
• Column 3: R = Useful for any reader; T = wikitext; W = writing; S = social; M = Wikimedia; F = free/open content.

Tabulation

Number	Lesson Audience Level	Area(s)	"Read first" text	Dependencies (heavy)	Dependencies (light)	Depended on by (heavy)	Depended on by (light)	Comments Draft script
1	Accounts (A) II	S		47 73	2 40 61 71
2	Accounts (B) III	S	1		45 46
3	Appeals (C) VII	S	25 41		None	None
4	Article Tagging (A) V	TS	21	63 65	None	None
5	Bans and Blocks (A) V	S	40	51	None	None
6	Biographies of Living Persons (B) IV	W	14 68		None	None
7	Categories (A) II	T	37 57		8 30 58 66 69
8	Categories (B) III	T	7 20 21 37 80	None	None
9	Characters and Tables (A) III	T
10	Conflict of Interest (A) III	WS
11	Conflict of Interest (B) V	WS
12	Conflict of Interest and Bias (X) VI	WS
13	Contacting Wikipedia and Wikimedia (B) II	M
14	Content Policy (A) II	W
15	Deletion (A) III	S
16	Deletion (B) IV	S
17	Disagreements (A) IV	S
18	Disambiguation (B) IV	T
19	Drafting (A) IV	W	21 71	45 61
20	Edit Window (A) II	T
21	Editing (A) I	T	None	57	19 20 30
22	Editing (B) V	T
23	Encyclopedias (B) IV	RW
24	External Links (B) IV	T	80*
25	Formal Dispute Resolution (B) VI	S
26	Free Content (A) I	F	None	None	27
27	Free Content (B) II	F	26		32
28	Handling Content Disputes (B) V	WS
29	How to Ask (A) IV	S	20 21 70 71	64
30	Images (A) II
31	Images (B) III
32	Images (C) III	F	30 31		None	None
33	Link to Wikipedia (B) I	M	None	None	None	None
34	Major and Minor Edits (A) IV
35	MediaWiki (C) VII
36	Merges (B) V
37	Navigation (A) I	R	None	None	7 8
38	Non-article Content (B) IV
39	Non-Roman Scripts (B) IV
40	Onsite Status (A) IV	S	None	1 73 74 75
41	Onsite Status (B) V
42	Orphans and Dead-ends (A) IV
43	Other Files (B) I	T	None	None	None	None
44	Other Languages (B) IV
45	Page Moves (A) V
46	Page Protection (B) IV
47	Parts of an Article (B) I		None	None
48	Policy and Guidelines (B) III	WS	None	None
49	Policy Made Simple (A) II	RWS	None	26 73
50	Problem Content (B) II	RWS
51	Problem Users (A) IV
52	Redirects (B) IV	T	80	81
53	Referencing (A) IV
54	Referencing (B) V
55	Reuse (A) I	F	None	None
56	Reuse (B) IV	MF	None	75
57	Search (A) I		None	None
58	Search and Navigation (B) III
59	Sister Projects (B) V
60	Splits and Summary Style (C) VI
61	Starting an Article (A) IV
62	Starting an Article (B) VI
63	Talk Pages (A) III
64	Talk Pages (B) IV
65	Templates (B) IV
66	Templates (C) V
67	Templates (X) VI
68	The Wikipedia Model (B) III
69	Tools and Labs (B) III
70	Troubleshooting (A) I	TWM	None	None
71	User Features and User Space (A) III
72	Wikimedia Basics (X) II
73	Wikipedia Basics (A) I	MF	None	None
74	Wikipedia Basics (B) II
75	Wikipedia Basics (C) II
76	Wikipedia Technical Overview (B) II
77	Wikipedia Writing (B) III
78	Wikipedia Writing (C) VII
79	WikiProjects (A) II
80	Wikitext (A) III
81	Wikitext (B) VI