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-====== About Lexipedia ======
+====== Welcome to Lexipedia ======
-Lexipedia is an open-source project aimed at creating standardized business process models for legal and civic applications. Our goal is to make complex legal processes more transparent and understandable through visual modeling.
+**Lexipedia** is an open-source project building standardized business process models for legal and civic applications. We make complex legal processes more transparent and understandable through visual modeling.
+Built by the [[https://www.centerforcivic.org/|Center for Civic Innovation]] with the support of:
-===== Model Listings =====
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+{{::spiffworks.png?direct&200|}}
-  * [[Jurisdictions]]
-  * [[Categories]]
-  * [[Sample Entry]]
-Review current models such as [[last wills]], [[Reg CF Exemptions]], Business [[loans]]
-===== Interactive Demo =====
-Experience how Lexipedia simplifies legal processes. Try our interactive demo on starting a business in Virginia:
+----
-[[https://lexi-jbirddog.wasmer.app//|Live demo]] see the Charlottesville "how to start a business" business process in action
+===== Get Started =====
-How we [[process]] our data
+Lexipedia grows in three ways: **defining** new models, **refining** the ones already in progress, and **exploring** what the community has built so far. Pick a path below — no experience needed.
-===== Training documentation =====
+==== Define a New Model ====
-  * [[Training for lawyers]]
+Start something new — a process, a case, or a general wiki improvement — using structured intake forms.
-  * [[Training for business process advisors]]
-  * Technical [[documentation]]
-===== Intended Audiences =====
+  * **[[define|Start Defining →]]**
-  * People starting businesses
+==== Refine an Existing Model ====
-    * Learn how to start a business with clear step-by-step instructions
-    * Create a record of how and why you made the choices you made along the way
+Jump into a model that's already underway and help move it forward.
-{{youtube>2rnyY7xew7c?}} - this is a demonstration of the processes available currently in Lexipedia
+  * **[[refine|Start Refining →]]**
+==== Explore Models ====
+Browse what's been documented so far, organized by jurisdiction.
+  * **[[explore|Start Exploring →]]**
+==== Onboarding & More ====
+New here? These will help you get oriented, or jump straight to specific content:
+  * **[[quick_start_guide|Quick Start Guide]]** — creating an account, editing basics, and BPMN/DMN primers
+  * **[[overview|Project Overview]]** — the vision behind Lexipedia
+  * **[[groups|Community Guidelines]]** — how we collaborate (a work in progress)
+  * **[[sample_entry|Sample Entry]]** — see the standard structure of a model page
+  * **[[categories|Categories]]** and **[[jurisdictions|Jurisdictions]]** — browse models by topic or place
+  * **[[requests|Request Models]]** — see what's been asked for, or suggest something new
+  * **[[https://www.lexipedia.xyz/doku.php?do=recent|Recent Changes]]** — see what's changed across the wiki
+----
+===== Explore Lexipedia =====
+New: browse by place with [[explore|Explore Models]], a jurisdiction drill-down landing page.
+==== Model Listings ====
+Browse the legal and business process models our community has built:
+  * [[Jurisdictions]] — Models organized by location
+  * [[Categories]] — Models organized by topic
+  * [[Sample Entry]] — See what a model looks like
+Review current models such as [[last wills]], [[Reg CF Exemptions]], and Business [[loans]].
+==== Interactive Demo ====
+Experience how Lexipedia simplifies legal processes. Try our interactive demo on starting a business in Virginia:
+[[https://lexi-jbirddog.wasmer.app//|Live demo]] — see the Charlottesville "how to start a business" business process in action
+How we [[process]] our data
+----
+===== Who Is Lexipedia For? =====
+==== People Starting Businesses ====
+  * Learn how to start a business with clear step-by-step instructions
+  * Create a record of how and why you made the choices you made along the way
+{{youtube>2rnyY7xew7c?}} - this is a demonstration of the processes available currently in Lexipedia
-  * For business development agencies
+==== Business Development Agencies ====
-    * Use dashboards to track how businesses are proceeding through processes
+  * Use dashboards to track how businesses are proceeding through processes
-    * Discover opportunities for businesses
+  * Discover opportunities for businesses
-    * Coordinate regional level opportunities
+  * Coordinate regional level opportunities
 {{youtube>o-bxAPdy3L8?}} - looking at Lexipedia & Spiff Workflow from a business development perspective
-  * For legal engineers
+==== Legal Engineers ====
-    * Process models may be shared and forked
+  * Process models may be shared and forked
-    * Integration in Wikidata provides international crosswalks
+  * Integration in Wikidata provides international crosswalks
-    * Integration in attestation models and smart contracts provide best practices for legal review
+  * Integration in attestation models and smart contracts provide best practices for legal review
 {{youtube>LOijQBoYRAU?}} - considering Lexipedia for lawyers and legal engineers
 to help legal engineers create, coordinate, and distribute better business process automation.
+----
+===== Training & Documentation =====
+  * [[Training for lawyers]]
+  * [[Training for business process advisors]]
+  * Technical [[documentation]]
+----
-*[[overview|Project Overview]]
+===== Models Being Reviewed =====
-*[[Quick Start Guide]]
-*[[Recent Updates]]
-*[[Community Guidelines]]
-*[[requests|Request models]]
+Lexipedia documents processes from both geographic jurisdictions and online community governance. Here's what we're currently working on:
+==== Geographic Jurisdictions ====
-==== Jurisdictions being reviewed ====
 [[Jurisdictions]]
-== Charlottesville, Virginia, USA ==
+=== Charlottesville, Virginia, USA ===
 [[cville-business|Charlottesville business startup model]]
-== Prospera, Roatan, Honduras ==
+=== Prospera, Roatan, Honduras ===
 [[prospera|Prospera]]
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 [[ai-models|AI Models]] need to be added
-[[lexipedia-ops|Internal]] management plan
+==== Community Governance & Dispute Resolution ====
-===== Sponsors ======
+=== Wikipedia ===
+Wikipedia's multi-tiered dispute resolution system is a major focus for Lexipedia — it's one of the most developed examples of community governance on the internet.
+  * [[wikipedia_dispute_resolution|Wikipedia Dispute Resolution Overview]] — Full BPMN model of the escalation process from talk pages through arbitration
+  * [[wikipedia_dr_talk_page|Talk Page Discussion]] — The first step: direct editor-to-editor discussion
+  * [[wikipedia_dr_third_opinion|Third Opinion (3O)]] — Requesting an uninvolved editor's perspective
+  * [[wikipedia_dr_noticeboard|Dispute Resolution Noticeboard (DRN)]] — Structured volunteer-assisted resolution
+  * [[wikipedia_dr_mediation|Mediation]] — Mediation Committee facilitated resolution
+  * [[wikipedia_dr_arbitration|Arbitration (ArbCom)]] — Binding decisions from the Arbitration Committee
+  * [[wikipedia_dr_admin_intervention|Administrator Intervention]] — Admin actions for policy violations during disputes
+These models demonstrate how online communities can build transparent, process-driven governance — and they're a great example of how Lexipedia can document processes beyond traditional legal jurisdictions.
+==== Internal ====
+[[lexipedia-ops|Internal management plan]]
+===== Sponsors =====
   * [[https://sartography.com/|Sartography]] & [[https://www.spiffworkflow.org/|Spiffworkflow]] teams - open source BPMN software developers with central Virginia connections
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   * [[https://www.naptha.ai/|Naptha.AI]] - Decentralized AI Workflow and Agent Orchestration
-===== Integrations & Development To-dos ======
+===== Integrations & Development To-dos =====
 [[https://www.hatsprotocol.xyz/|HATS]] integration - [[hats|consider how users in pools actually represent their authority to act on a process]]
-===== Meta documentation ======
+[[paralegal]]
+===== Meta documentation =====
 [[documentation]]