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This is the '''top level''' of [[Electowiki:About|Electowiki]]'s category system. Brief description of the categories:
 
The "[[Project:Categories]]" page (also linked to as "''Electowiki:Categories''") is the top level of [[Electowiki:About|Electowiki]]'s category system. The "top level" of categories can be found at '''[[:Category:Contents]]'''
* '''Advocacy''' is for descriptions about real-world reform: organizations, legislation, lobbying, and arguments for choosing one reform over another.
 
* '''Elections''' is for articles that analyze real or hypothetical elections and examine their properties and outcomes.
== Main Page ==
* '''Forms of government''' is the level "above" election methods: Representative vs direct democracy, government structure, etc.
This site gives you a guide to what these things are, on pages in the following categorized as follows<ref>This table of contents was copied from the [[Main Page]] of this wiki, in this oldid: https://electowiki.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=11772 </ref>:
* '''Voting mechanics''' deals with real-world implementation details, such as paper ballots and electronic voting machines.
 
* '''Voting[[:Category:Electoral methodssystems|Electoral systems]]''', are the main focus of this wiki,. Articles in this category describesdescribe specific methods for selecting between various choices, their implementation details and features.
**[[:Category:Voting theory|'''Voting theory''']] deals with the properties of voting methods and the criteria they can meet, scenarios in which they fail, etc.
* [[:Category:Advocacy|'''Advocacy''']] is for descriptions about real-world reform: organizations, legislation, lobbying, and arguments for choosing one reform over another.
* [[:Category:Elections|'''Elections''']] is for articles that analyze real or hypothetical elections under different methods, and examine their properties and outcomes.
*[[:Category:Forms of government|'''Forms of government''']] is the level "above" election methods: Representative vs direct democracy, government structure and [[government formation|formation]], etc.
*[[:Category:Voting mechanics|'''Voting mechanics''']] deals with real-world implementation details, such as paper ballots and electronic voting machines.
 
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