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 ====== Welcome to Lexipedia ====== ====== Welcome to Lexipedia ======
  
-**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 — and we need contributors like you to help.+**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. 
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 +Built by the [[https://www.centerforcivic.org/|Center for Civic Innovation]] with the support of: 
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-Whether you're a legal professional, a civic technologist, a business owner, or simply someone who believes public processes should be clear and accessible, there's a place for you here. 
  
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-===== Get Involved — Start Editing =====+===== Get Started =====
  
-Ready to contribute? Lexipedia is built by its community. Here's how to get started:+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.
  
-  * **[[Quick Start Guide]]** — Your first steps as an editor, from creating an account to making your first edit +==== Define a New Model ====
-  * **[[overview|Project Overview]]** — Understand the big picture: what Lexipedia is building and why +
-  * **[[Community Guidelines]]** — How we collaborate, communicate, and keep things running smoothly +
-  * **[[requests|Request Models]]** — See what the community is asking for, or suggest a new process model +
-  * **[[Recent Updates]]** — Stay current with what's changed recently+
  
-No experience needed! If you can follow a form or write a paragraph, you can contribute to Lexipedia.+Start something new — a process, a case, or a general wiki improvement — using structured intake forms.
  
-----+  * **[[define|Start Defining →]]**
  
-===== Coming from Another Wiki? =====+==== Refine an Existing Model ====
  
-If you've edited on Wikipedia, Fandom, or other MediaWiki-based platforms, you'll feel at home here. Lexipedia runs on **DokuWiki**, which shares many core concepts but has a simpler syntax.+Jump into a model that's already underway and help move it forward.
  
-**Key similarities:** +  * **[[refine|Start Refining →]]**
-  * Pages are edited with wiki markup (just like you're used to) +
-  * Links use bracket notation: ''<nowiki>[[page name]]</nowiki>'' works just like MediaWiki +
-  * Talk pages, revisions, and recent changes all work the same way +
-  * Community-driven editing with transparent revision history+
  
-**Key differences from MediaWiki:** +==== Explore Models ====
-  * DokuWiki uses plain text files instead of a database — simpler, lighter, and easier to back up +
-  * Headings use ''<nowiki>====== H1 ======</nowiki>'' instead of ''<nowiki>= H1 =</nowiki>'' (more equals signs = higher level) +
-  * Bold is ''<nowiki>**bold**</nowiki>'' instead of ''<nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki>'' +
-  * No templates or Lua scripting — the focus here is on clean, readable content +
-  * See the full [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/wiki:syntax|DokuWiki syntax guide]] for a complete reference+
  
-If you're coming from tools like Notion, Confluence, or Google Docs, the wiki approach may be new to you — but DokuWiki is one of the simplest wikis to learn. The [[Quick Start Guide]] will have you editing in minutes.+Browse what's been documented so far, organized by jurisdiction. 
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 +  * **[[explore|Start Exploring →]]** 
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 +==== Onboarding & More ==== 
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 +New here? These will help you get oriented, or jump straight to specific content: 
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 +  * **[[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
  
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 ===== Explore Lexipedia ===== ===== Explore Lexipedia =====
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 +New: browse by place with [[explore|Explore Models]], a jurisdiction drill-down landing page.
  
 ==== Model Listings ==== ==== Model Listings ====
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-===== Jurisdictions Being Reviewed =====+===== Models Being Reviewed ===== 
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 +Lexipedia documents processes from both geographic jurisdictions and online community governance. Here's what we're currently working on: 
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 +==== Geographic Jurisdictions ====
  
 [[Jurisdictions]] [[Jurisdictions]]
  
-== Charlottesville, Virginia, USA ==+=== Charlottesville, Virginia, USA ===
 [[cville-business|Charlottesville business startup model]] [[cville-business|Charlottesville business startup model]]
  
-== Prospera, Roatan, Honduras ==+=== Prospera, Roatan, Honduras ===
 [[prospera|Prospera]] [[prospera|Prospera]]
  
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 [[ai-models|AI Models]] need to be added [[ai-models|AI Models]] need to be added
  
-[[lexipedia-ops|Internal]] management plan+==== Community Governance & Dispute Resolution ==== 
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 +=== 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. 
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 +  * [[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 
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 +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. 
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 +==== Internal ==== 
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 +[[lexipedia-ops|Internal management plan]]
  
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 ===== Sponsors ===== ===== Sponsors =====
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 [[https://www.hatsprotocol.xyz/|HATS]] integration - [[hats|consider how users in pools actually represent their authority to act on a process]] [[https://www.hatsprotocol.xyz/|HATS]] integration - [[hats|consider how users in pools actually represent their authority to act on a process]]
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 +[[paralegal]]
  
 ===== Meta documentation ===== ===== Meta documentation =====
 [[documentation]] [[documentation]]
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