Editing Encyclopedia:Colloquium/archives/December 2006 (section)

== Standardized Course Numbering ==
It seems like the school of psychology lays out their courses well. They way it is done seems to make the layout clear and concise. What would you all think about some sort of standard numbering system.
*[[School:Psychology|School|of Psychology]]
I went ahead and did sample course numbers on the following two schools:
*[[School:Sociology|School|of Sociology]]
*[[Topic:Agricultural_Engineering|Agricultural|Engineering]]
I did it quick and dirty, but you get the picture. Please let me know what you think, or if you like the scheme, adopt it! If you can make it/do it better or more clear then please do so. --[[User:Remi|Remi]] 22:46, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

:What is the reason for having course numbers? Names for Wikiversity pages should be descriptive, not numbers. --[[User:JWSchmidt|JWSchmidt]] 03:10, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
::Course numbers, if executed properly could potentially add clarification for greater efficiency in understanding the nature of a certain field of study. If someone knows hardly anything about a subject, but they can see the courses numbered by their approximate level of depth within a certain field of study they can more easily and cleanly form correct and realistic schema in reference to that subject. Additionally, course numbers could potentially allow readers within the Wikiversity system to see where the subtopic within a field of study fits within the wider academic community. --[[User:Remi|Remi]] 09:20, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
:::I agree with you. I called it "subject or knowledge consequence" and if you have a look in [[Tropical and Subtropical Pomology I#Subject consequence|here]] you will realize that i give a help to the students, by telling them what what kind of knoweledge is needend to already know. It is the special case of some areas such as applied careers, that students have to know basic subjects. It is not a discrimination of students, but it has to help them. So the course numbers is for me one way how to do this, but there are also other ways.--[[User:Juan|Juan]] 14:54, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

The problem with the approach taken by the [[School:Psychology|School of Psychology]] is that it leads to pages with names such as [[School:Psychology/Psy 4049]]. If you want to rank Wikiversity content according to "level" in a sequence, that is fine. Just do not abandon descriptive names for pages. Also, if you insist on using numbers, be sure that everyone uses the same [[Wikiversity:Course titles and numbers|numbering system]]. --[[User:JWSchmidt|JWSchmidt]] 14:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

:Well thats how it should work. I think it wouldnt be possible to apply the system based on [[School:Psychology/Psy 4049]]. Numbers are OK, but not in the name. Anyway are they logic? It looks like the american system.--[[User:Juan|Juan]] 14:54, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

::I don't agree with using numbers that are used in a specific region of the world. I don't think that numbers are needed for my study, history, but i can't tell about Juan's specialism.--[[User:Daanschr|Daanschr]] 16:52, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
There is a proposal to create a police on this subject at [[Wikiversity:Course Titles and Numbers]] I'd imagine any input would be appreciated. [[User:Mystictim|Mystictim]] 18:20, 13 January 2007 (UTC)