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This is the '''top level''' of [[Electowiki:About|Electowiki]]'s category system. A summary of this wiki's categories can be found on this wiki's main page: '''[[electowiki:Main_Page]]'''

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]]'''

== Main Page ==
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>:

*'''[[:Category:Electoral systems|Electoral systems]]''' are the main focus of this wiki. Articles in this category describe 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.

== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 01:05, 4 December 2020

<< Main Page

The "Project:Categories" page (also linked to as "Electowiki:Categories") is the top level of Electowiki's category system. The "top level" of categories can be found at Category:Contents

Main Page

This site gives you a guide to what these things are, on pages in the following categorized as follows[1]:

  • Electoral systems are the main focus of this wiki. Articles in this category describe specific methods for selecting between various choices, their implementation details and features.
    • Voting theory deals with the properties of voting methods and the criteria they can meet, scenarios in which they fail, etc.
  • 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 under different methods, and examine their properties and outcomes.
  • Forms of government is the level "above" election methods: Representative vs direct democracy, government structure and formation, etc.
  • Voting mechanics deals with real-world implementation details, such as paper ballots and electronic voting machines.

Footnotes

  1. 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