Documentation/Self-study guides

The purpose of a self-study guide is to help readers learn a subject that's already covered in other documentation. A self-study guide explains what documentation to read, why, and in what order, to learn about the subject of the guide. It also provides useful context for what's often a set of distinct pages.

Writing a self-study guide means gathering links to materials from other locations, for example wikis and other websites, and then presenting a path to understanding complex concepts through these materials.

Note that a self-study guide should contain almost no new instructions. Instead, refer readers to existing materials and do not duplicate their content. If you realize that you need to write original material to explain an idea, place it in a separate how-to guide or a tutorial.

Examples
See examples of self-study guides written for Small wiki toolkits Pywikibot workshops organized in 2022:
 * How to run basic scripts (self-study)
 * How to host a bot on Toolforge (self-study)