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This page is a guide to using project boxes to tag and categorise your resources by subject. The Wikiversity project boxes system allows you to insert an easy and attractive project box into your resource which does a lot of handy things behind the scenes, such as classifying your resource and making it accessible in the navigation system. Just follow the instructions below. Traditionally, the following colour scheme was employed for project boxes.

• Green: school (K-12, pre-tertiary).
• Mauve: university
• Brown: languages
• Blue: non-formal education

It is sufficient to write the shortcut into your wiki-markup. Just copy and paste (or type) the code given into your page including the double curly brackets. The project box will align itself on the right-hand side of your page. The project box will also automatically categorise the resource into a special category which puts your resource into the category tree of the equivalent portal. The project box also adds a link to the relevant portal. All of this is automatic - you just type in the code shown, and the rest is done for you.

Write	Appearance	Shortcut	Uses	Notes
{{mathematics}}	Subject classification: this is a mathematics resource.	{{maths}}
{{English}}	Subject classification: this is an English language and literature resource.
{{history}}	Subject classification: this is a history resource.
{{geography}}	Subject classification: this is a geography resource.
{{biology}}	Subject classification: this is a biology resource.
{{chemistry}}	Subject classification: this is a chemistry resource.
{{physics}}	Subject classification: this is a physics resource.
{{music}}	Subject classification: this is a music resource.
{{art and design}}	Subject classification: this is an art and design resource.	{{artdes}}		Template "art" already exists and has other purposes.
{{sports}}	Subject classification: this is a sports resource.	{{sport}}
{{statistics}}	Subject classification: this is a statistics resource.	{{stats}}
{{religion}}	Subject classification: this is a religious resource.
{{languages}}	Subject classification: this is a language-learning resource.			In addition, you can add a language-specific project box (see here).
{{literature}}	Subject classification: this is a literature resource.
{{information technology}}	Subject classification: this is an information technology resource.	{{it}}
{{networking}}	Subject classification: this is a networking resource.
{{science}}	Subject classification: this is a science resource.
{{sociology}}	Subject classification: this is a sociology resource.
{{economics}}	Subject classification: this is an economics resource.
{{philosophy}}	Subject classification: this is a philosophy resource.
{{christianity}}	Subject classification: this is a Christianity resource.
{{Esl}}	Language classification: this is an English as a Second Language resource.			Technically this is a language-specific project box (see here). Distinguish carefully from English for native speakers (above).
{{astronomy}}	Subject classification: this is an astronomy resource.
{{education}}	Subject classification: this is an education resource.			Everything is educational on Wikiversity. It is suggested that this tag should be reserved for resources on topics such as educational science and other meta-educational matters.
{{law}}	Subject classification: this is a law learning projects resource.
{{medicine}}	Subject classification: this is a medicine resource.
{{psychology}}	Subject classification: this is a psychology resource.
{{engineering}}	Subject classification: this is an engineering resource.
{{technology}}	Subject classification: this is a technology resource.
{{humanities}}	Subject classification: this is a Humanities resource.
{{PoliSci}}	Subject classification: this is a Political science resource.
{{film}}	Subject classification: this is a film resource.
{{design}}	Subject classification: this is a design resource.
{{bloom}}	Subject classification: this is a resource about flowers.	{{flower}}
{{wikimedia studies}}	Subject classification: this is a wikimedia studies resource.	{{wms}}

Project boxes for tagging language-learning resources by language

See Help:Resources by language.

Miscellaneous subject-related project boxes

Write	Appearance	Shortcut	Uses	Notes
{{unknown subject}}	Subject classification: this resource has not yet been assigned to a subject area. Please help!	{{unksub}}		Neutral.
{{unknown subject 2}}	Subject classification: this resource has not yet been assigned to a subject area. Please help!	{{unksub2}}		Fun.

Requests for new subjects

Can't create a project box? Then just request it here instead. Please sign your name with ~~~~ after your request.

• Topic: Career development and employment (including career selection, job finding, dealing with unemployment and so on) BillBell 20:53, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
• Topic:Journalism and Mass Communications (i.e. reporting, copy editing, advertising, public relations, broadcast, etc.) --Jp07 13:44, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

  ImoyeImoye (discuss • contribs) 15:41, 2 December 2023 (UTC) {{Music}}

  I need a box for securing online training kits and projects that will enable me create job in online music education : songs and instrumental composition, piano works, guitar, and voice training skills Imoye (discuss • contribs) 15:46, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

• Topic: Critical Care NursingHolly Northam (talk) 09:02, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
• I am developing several courses in the "Applied Wisdom" curriculum. I would like a box to help me link these to a subject. Can you please create a box for a subject called "Applied Wisdom" Thanks! --Lbeaumont (talk) 01:58, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
• Topic: Software Localization Nlyubimova 1:13, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
• Topic: Classics and Ancient Languages --Whovian z (discuss • contribs) 11:16, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
• Topic: Psychophysics Jeaucques Quœure (discuss • contribs) 08:35, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Frequent questions

Q: I'm not sure which of these templates to use for my resource.

A: You don't have to pin yourself to one of them. If you're trying to make up your mind between two of them, use both.

Q: My resource is cross-disciplinary.

A: You are welcome to apply more than one of these project boxes to your resource.

Q: Where should I put this on my page?

A: Probably either at the very top or the very bottom. It's really a question of your own taste. User boxes have traditionally been placed at the top of user pages, so if you can't decide, put your project boxes at the top as well.

Q: Can I combine these with other project boxes, such as educational-level project boxes and completion-status project boxes?

A: Yes. In fact, please do. This is the idea. The project boxes are designed to stack up in a matching group, and create a full metadata classification for your resource.

Q: I find these subject classifications too broad. Can I create a project box with a finer subject classification?

A: Yes. In fact, please do. This is the idea. When you list your project box for use, please ensure that the presentation on this page remains user-friendly. For example, if you create 20 project boxes for different sub-fields of particle physics, you may wish to create a sub-page on which to list them.

Q: Do I have to include project boxes in my resource?

A: No. You are welcome to just add appropriate Wikiversity:Categories to your resource instead. Most Wikiversity resources do not use project boxes.

See also

• Help:project boxes