Help:How to explore Judgepedia
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How to navigate Judgepedia
Navigating Judgepedia is easy once you get the hang of it. To begin with, most of the articles are cross-referenced. This means that you can follow links within an article to find more information about different aspects the judiciary.
For example, a link from an article about an historical court case would have links to an article about the presiding judges.
There are often more links at the ends of articles: for other articles of interest, relevant external web sites and pages, and reference material. At the end of the article are relevant categories of knowledge which you can search and traverse in a loose hierarchy for further related information in a field.
You can add further links if a relevant link is missing; this is a great way to contribute.
Main Page
Each category is a list of sub-categories or articles. Portals bring you to sub-portals and portals, which are illustrated on the Main Page.
Contents and Index Browsing
Judgepedia contains a huge amount of information on all aspects of the judicial process--from judicial history, landmark court cases, high profile judges, etc, etc.
To help you find your way around this world of knowledge, Judgepedia has many pages that organize its contents.
One especially useful way is to visit our Main Page and check out the compilation of articles entitled (fill in blank). Or if you are looking to see what types of projects are currently in progress, then check out the List of Judgepedia Projects page.
If you'd like to see the big picture, then check out Judgepedia's Judgepedia's index of all articles.
This page automatically updates every time a new article is added to Judgepedia. To find this list in the future, look in the "Toolbox" section on the left side of your screen. Under "Toolbox", click on "Special Pages", and then click on "All Pages".
Category Browsing
Every article has a list at the bottom of all the major categories it belongs to.
Each of these categories can be browsed and is linked to related categories in a loose hierarchy or web. Much more information on categories can be found here.
Searching for Articles
One of the easiest ways to explore Judgepedia is to search for the articles you have interest in. Information is just a click away!
Random Page
Looking for a little surprise? Click on the Random Page button under the navigation bar and you'll be brought to a new page.
Recent Changes
If you'd like to see the articles that have been recently worked on, then click the Recent Changes button located on the left side of your screen in the "navigation" menu box.
What Links Here?
Another great way to explore Judgepedia is to click on What links here under the toolbox on the left hand side of the page. This allows you to backtrack and see all articles that link to that page.
Special Pages
If you are looking to contribute but don't know where to start, you should have a look at our How to contribute to Judgepedia page. You can also look at our special pages which will show pages that need cleaning up or their own articles from Wikipedia counterparts under the Special Section-Wanted pages.
References
Wikipedia Article about exploring Wikipedia (11/13/07)
