Category:Meta: Difference between revisions

Category: Meta — this category here on WikiIndex contains 'meta' wiki sites. 'Meta' (adjective) is a word of Greek origin meaning 'self-referential'. When referring to computing, meta generally means referencing back to itself specifically; for example, the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki is a wiki site about the entire Wikimedia Foundation (WMF). It should be noted that not all meta wikis will contain the word 'meta' in their title or wiki name; some example meta wiki sites include ShoutWiki hub, WikiFree Hub, and JSPWiki legacy wiki.

On wiki sites powered by MediaWiki, they have a self-referencing namespace (usually prefixed by the primary name of the wiki site), which contains meta articles about the actual wiki site. For example, for this WikiIndex wiki site, our meta articles about WikiIndex are found in the WikiIndex: namespace, and the English Wikipedia meta articles are found in the Wikipedia: namespace.