The Spiral project



Spiral formulates an ideology for freedom lovers that anybody can expand and improve. Our starting point is the Spiral principle.

Spiral contributors write down ideas and calls to action, pointing to interesting sources to learn more and engage with. We translate our texts in as many languages as possible. We invite anybody to spread Spiral and get involved.

The first Espiral project was created in 2001 by an heterogeneous group of Spanish-speaking activists spread through Europe and Latin America. More at About Spiral.

The current incarnation started in July 2013. registered users have been interested so far, from which about have contributed in the past 30 days (see more statistics).

Workflow
Anyone can edit and discuss any page in the language that is written. Pages marked for translation can be translated to any language.

This is the usual process that a Spiral page goes through:


 * 1) Anyone can create a page in English from scratch or from the pool of wanted pages.
 * 2) New pages are marked as drafts.
 * 3) When a draft is considered complete, it is marked for review at least during one week.
 * 4) When the review phase is completed, the page is announced and marked for translation.
 * 5) Changes made to the original text in English will be communicated to the registered users that created the related translations.

Priorities
Three maintenance tasks that we want to complete as soon as possible.


 * 1) SSL certificate aka problem accessing https://espiral.org
 * 2) Automatic job queue not working
 * 3) Spiral favicon

Backlog
Candidates to become project priorities.


 * 1) Structure of a regular page
 * 2) Form to create new pages
 * 3) Template for welcoming new users
 * 4) Instructions to create a new page
 * 5) Instructions for translators
 * 6) Check and eventually fine tune the defaults for Search
 * 7) Install VisualEditor for simple editing Blocker: Bug 48891 - Translate extension's and fail to appear in extensiontags
 * 8) Experiment with Flow to have a better way to support discussions
 * 9) When there is enough stable content, find a way to export to PDF
 * 10) Problems rendering SVG files