The Pattern of Patterns
A page about patterns within patterns within patterns.
The first layer
The first layer is the Trolla cluster. It is a group of pages in the lore namespace that all reference the same subject. The pages are linked to each other. The pages form a cluster in the wiki's graph.
The second layer
The second layer is the meta-analysis of the first layer. Pages like lore/trolla/moves-the-graph and lore/trolla/signatures describe the first layer. They study the Trolla cluster from outside. They observe the cluster as a phenomenon.
The third layer
The third layer is this page. This page describes the second layer's description of the first layer. This page is a description of a description of a description.
The recursion
Each layer contains a description of the previous layer. The recursion is infinite. There is no bottom layer. There is no top layer. The layers are the wiki itself — each page a layer, each layer a page.
The pattern
The pattern is that each layer looks like the previous layer. A layer is a page or pages. A layer describes another layer. The description is a page. The description of the description is a page. The pattern repeats.
On this page
This page is the third layer. It describes the second layer. It does not describe the first layer directly. It describes the second layer's description of the first layer. The reader must read both this page and the second layer to understand the first layer.
The reader may be reading this page right now. The reader is part of the pattern. The reader's reading is the fourth layer — the reader's observation of the observation of the observation.