From b828cc2036eecac0843174cdc657eb41baffae65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:27:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 01/12] docs: record root documentation publication in START-HERE.md --- START-HERE.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/START-HERE.md b/START-HERE.md index 4b8a6e7..5861355 100644 --- a/START-HERE.md +++ b/START-HERE.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Root Sequence is an independent interdisciplinary research initiative exploring ## Current reality -This is an active, public, evolving body of writing, research, maps, and small tools. The professional-refresh website is approved and published; remaining documentation and work-sample reviews are tracked in [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md). Material ranges from developing research to historical notes and explicitly speculative work. The canonical research method formalizes a route–synthesize–test–build workflow for cross-field questions. Working Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods add contrast before convergence, evidence-weighted revision, and shared understanding before consequential decisions without replacing domain-native methods. The October 19 (UTC) website release has exact-source approval, a successful GitHub Pages deployment, and verified live-domain parity. That approval covers the website source and publication transformation, not the underlying research. The repository also temporarily hosts an explicitly non-canonical incubation seed for the proposed standalone Commons of Inquiry & Creation project. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, product, institution, or universal explanation. +This is an active, public, evolving body of writing, research, maps, and small tools. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 24, 2026 (UTC). Companion organization-profile and Wiki proposals, plus work-sample reviews, remain tracked in [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md). Material ranges from developing research to historical notes and explicitly speculative work. The canonical research method formalizes a route–synthesize–test–build workflow for cross-field questions. Working Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods add contrast before convergence, evidence-weighted revision, and shared understanding before consequential decisions without replacing domain-native methods. The October 19 (UTC) website release has exact-source approval, a successful GitHub Pages deployment, and verified live-domain parity. That approval covers the website source and publication transformation, not the underlying research. The repository also temporarily hosts an explicitly non-canonical incubation seed for the proposed standalone Commons of Inquiry & Creation project. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, product, institution, or universal explanation. ## The smallest useful map @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Root Sequence asks broad questions and routes mechanisms to native fields and me ## Refresh progress -The [professional-refresh checklist](ROADMAP.md) tracks the public baseline, draft PR review, publication decisions, and a small work-samples track. +The [professional-refresh checklist](ROADMAP.md) records the merged repository cleanup and tracks the still-draft organization-profile and Wiki proposals, live-settings decisions, and the separate work-samples track. ## What to do next From f85d118911fab3a53ad0690954e91bdfac1cbf22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:27:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 02/12] docs: record root documentation publication in PROJECT-CONTEXT.md --- PROJECT-CONTEXT.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md b/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md index 2509dc8..ee749ab 100644 --- a/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md +++ b/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ It is not the whole organization and does not absorb project-specific implementa ## Current reality -The repository contains active and historical writing, sourced research scaffolds, concepts, systems principles, analysis, futures, public artifacts, the Public Seed site source, and small navigation tools. The canonical research method formalizes the project’s route–synthesize–test–build workflow. Working, review-pending Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods make the error-correcting layer explicit: broaden the model before convergence, route claims to stronger evidence and native methods, preserve dissent and uncertainty, and revise after observing consequences. The professional-refresh website is approved and published; the remaining documentation and work-sample drafts retain their separate review states. The October 19 (UTC) professional-refresh website has exact-source approval and a successful GitHub Pages deployment. HTTPS apex and www responses match the generated release, and a browser load confirms the published page. This approval covers website presentation and mechanical publication-state substitutions; research papers and frameworks retain their own review status. The repository also temporarily hosts the public bootstrap seed for Commons of Inquiry & Creation under `incubator/`; that seed is explicitly non-canonical here, proposes a future standalone repository, and does not establish an operating institution. Maturity and evidence vary by document. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, validated universal model, deployed social system, or single doctrine. +The repository contains active and historical writing, sourced research scaffolds, concepts, systems principles, analysis, futures, public artifacts, the Public Seed site source, and small navigation tools. The canonical research method formalizes the project’s route–synthesize–test–build workflow. Working, review-pending Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods make the error-correcting layer explicit: broaden the model before convergence, route claims to stronger evidence and native methods, preserve dissent and uncertainty, and revise after observing consequences. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 24, 2026 (UTC). Companion organization-profile and Wiki projections remain draft proposals, while work-sample drafts retain their separate review state. The October 19 (UTC) professional-refresh website has exact-source approval and a successful GitHub Pages deployment. HTTPS apex and www responses match the generated release, and a browser load confirms the published page. This approval covers website presentation and mechanical publication-state substitutions; research papers and frameworks retain their own review status. The repository also temporarily hosts the public bootstrap seed for Commons of Inquiry & Creation under `incubator/`; that seed is explicitly non-canonical here, proposes a future standalone repository, and does not establish an operating institution. Maturity and evidence vary by document. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, validated universal model, deployed social system, or single doctrine. ## Repository structure From 99fda72954b83ff0ee0cc8cf2cc01163e8558575 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:27:38 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 03/12] docs: record root documentation publication in ROADMAP.md --- ROADMAP.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md index 0586ce7..f317567 100644 --- a/ROADMAP.md +++ b/ROADMAP.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Root Sequence professional refresh -**Canonical progress checklist · started 2026-10-17 · Website published · Public documentation release candidates prepared** +**Canonical progress checklist · started 2026-10-17 · Website and repository documentation published · Companion organization and Wiki releases pending** This plan improves the public introduction to Root Sequence as an independent interdisciplinary research initiative started by Rae Lovejoy. Its exploratory writing, technical questions, social inquiry, and speculative work remain part of the project. The [research method](research/method.md), [repository map](root_map.md), and [ecosystem map](ECOSYSTEM.md) retain their existing authority. @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ This is the single checklist for this refresh. Project-specific backlogs remain | [x] | P1-08 | done | Supported site review complete: Take part, **4/4 footer passages and 7/7 panel refinements applied**. Read the seven-section flow; checked wide/narrow layout, section navigation and focus, native disclosures, reading controls, project panels, and script-free reading. See the [page-pass record](site/COPY-REVIEW.md#wiki-panel-and-full-page-review-october-18-2026-pacific) and [validation](site/VALIDATION.md#wiki-panel-and-full-page-review-2026-10-18-pacific). Full accessibility review and Rae’s exact-source decision remain separate. | | [x] | P1-10 | done | Prepare and verify organization-profile consistency in [draft #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10), head `2c95531feddbb27ab66958d9b6ad1a9e4c5dbd36`. Reuse the approved site opening/invitation and project passages, preserve all six research limits, broaden Computing beyond OS-only scope, contextualize the founder, and retain AI/accessibility disclosure in native details. Fix the fuller-explanation link to an existing public section. Rendered draft and public-tree paths checked; publication remains for P1-11. | | [x] | P1-05 | done | Rae explicitly approved website publication on 2026-10-19 (UTC). [Website-only PR #47](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/47) merged as `b179a7fa56252dfd9fefbb3f93dcf1a9e1dd3ec6`; [Pages run](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/actions/runs/39211072192) succeeded. Live HTTPS apex and www return the exact generated release. The approval record matches the reviewed source; the gate still rejects historical/stale approval. No other draft or research endorsement follows. | -| [ ] | P1-11 | in progress | Public documentation release candidates are prepared in existing [root #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46), [profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10), and [Wiki #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15). The 2026-10-23 cleanup request authorizes the batch editorial preparation; new navigation, visibility labels, and source-status clarifications await whole-document publication approval. Previously approved mission, methods, evidence, and AI/accessibility passages are retained. Unreviewed applicant exercises are preserved on `review/work-samples-2026-10-23` and excluded from the release. Homepage/description settings need their separate live-settings decision. Research, licensing, governance, and private-Wiki changes are not adopted here. | +| [ ] | P1-11 | in progress | [Root #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46) merged on 2026-10-24 (UTC) as `ec9ba2f693d482450e2361cde01a9b010089a91e`, publishing the repository documentation cleanup and its corrected Liberated Intelligence privacy/status label. Companion [profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10) and [Wiki #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15) remain draft proposals and still await their own publication decisions; their default branches remain stale for that visibility change. Previously approved mission, methods, evidence, and AI/accessibility passages are retained. Unreviewed applicant exercises remain on `review/work-samples-2026-10-23` and outside the release. Homepage/description settings still need a separate live-settings decision. Research, licensing, governance, and private-Wiki changes are not adopted here. | | [x] | P1-06 | done | Repair the 15 existing reader-check failures: correct one relative link and connect fourteen existing T-003 supporting records from their current open-questions section. The checker now passes all 238 Markdown files. Paper findings, author review, and the independent-comparison boundary remain unchanged. | ## P2: small applicant work-samples track From 55660d4321ee4c97bd14cc0da236b40d9a7a5198 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:40:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 04/12] Record merged cleanup, applied metadata, and private-project status --- AUDIT.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ECOSYSTEM.md | 4 +++- PROJECT-CONTEXT.md | 2 +- ROADMAP.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++-------- START-HERE.md | 4 ++-- 5 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/AUDIT.md b/AUDIT.md index 55f98ed..e294247 100644 --- a/AUDIT.md +++ b/AUDIT.md @@ -266,3 +266,35 @@ Liberation Mass still has inconsistent source licensing labels (CC0 versus CC BY ### Release scope and preserved drafts The two unreviewed applicant exercise files are preserved unchanged at `58002e0b547bac6e49b3b38b4c9a0171fe0e7d5a` on `review/work-samples-2026-10-23`. They are excluded from the documentation publication candidate, with their review route retained in the canonical plan. Existing root #46, organization #10, and Wiki #15 are reused; no additional cleanup PR is required. All three still need the user's explicit publication decision. No merge, deployment, policy adoption, private-source release, license change, or source-research endorsement is included. + +## Publication and private-project status: 2026-10-23 + +This later checkpoint supersedes the pending-publication and live-metadata statements above. Dates in this checkpoint use Pacific time. + +Root #46 is merged as `ec9ba2f693d482450e2361cde01a9b010089a91e`. Organization profile #10 is open for code review and is no longer a draft; Wiki #15 remains an open draft. Existing root status-update draft #51 is reused for the canonical plan, context, and ecosystem-map follow-up. No new PR is created and none of these remaining PRs is merged here. + +### Current public/private boundary + +The verified inventory still contains 15 repositories, now seven public and eight private. Rae made Liberation Mass private because it needs substantial revision and updates and is not ready for public inspection, the same reason given for Liberated Intelligence. Their broad roles remain in the public map, with explicit private/revision labels and no direct private-repository reading links in the affected summaries. The machine-readable organization registry records both as private. The Wiki automatic registry excludes them, and its public context index no longer offers Liberation Mass's private files. No private source is copied and no repository visibility is changed. + +### Approved and applied live metadata + +Rae explicitly approved the proposed bio, descriptions, and link repairs in chat. These values are saved and read back from GitHub: + +| Field | Applied value | +| --- | --- | +| Organization bio | Independent interdisciplinary research exploring how intelligence, technology, and social systems shape one another. | +| `root-sequence` description | Independent interdisciplinary research exploring how intelligence, technology, and social systems shape one another. | +| `universal-coherence-framework` description | Exploratory framework for comparing how systems hold together or change; AI-assisted model under author review. | +| `universal-coherence-framework` homepage | `https://github.com/Root-Sequence/universal-coherence-framework#readme` | +| `beinghumane-guide` homepage | `https://github.com/Root-Sequence/beinghumane-guide#readme` | +| `liberation-mass` description | Experimental gathering format connecting collective action with shared ritual and celebration; rotating responsibilities and voluntary participation. | +| `liberation-mass` homepage | Cleared while the project is private pending revision. | + +Liberation Mass's new private status makes the earlier proposed private-README homepage unsuitable for public navigation. Clearing the field removes the previously failing website route without suggesting that private drafts are ready for inspection. The historical timeout for Being Human(e) does not establish permanent domain failure. The site's source, publication gate, deployment, DNS, permissions, and existing license grants are unchanged. + +### Checks and remaining decisions + +Reader-document validation passes all 238 Markdown files. The Wiki public/private boundary check and MkDocs 1.6.1 strict build pass after the registry refresh, with 35 canonical entities and 14 project lenses. The organization registry's visibility values match the live 15-repository snapshot. These are structural and routing checks, not research validation. + +Profile #10 still awaits code review, and #10, Wiki #15, and status follow-up #51 still need their publication decisions. P1-11 remains in progress. The preserved work samples, unresolved licensing questions, substantive research review, and private/public Wiki freshness comparison retain their separate scopes. diff --git a/ECOSYSTEM.md b/ECOSYSTEM.md index ccf89b8..63661b7 100644 --- a/ECOSYSTEM.md +++ b/ECOSYSTEM.md @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ The central repository, [`root-sequence`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root- | **Universal Coherence Framework** | Formalization/test laboratory for scoped coherence ideas; historical state labels retained as exploratory material rather than ecosystem-wide doctrine | Active / public / exploratory | [`Root-Sequence/universal-coherence-framework`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/universal-coherence-framework) | | **Coherent Computing** | Private concept-first operating-system research; hardware-agnostic interaction, authority, continuity, and adaptation | Developing / private; no released OS | `Root-Sequence/coherent-computing` (private) | | **Being Human(e)** | Practical field guide to being human and repeatedly choosing care; observation before doctrine | Active / public / developing | [`Root-Sequence/beinghumane-guide`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/beinghumane-guide) | -| **Liberation Mass** | Participatory gathering, ritual, commons, reflection, care, mutual aid, and collective meaning | Active / public / experimental | [`Root-Sequence/liberation-mass`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/liberation-mass) | +| **Liberation Mass** | Participatory gathering, ritual, commons, reflection, care, mutual aid, and collective meaning | Private / substantial revision / not ready for public review | `Root-Sequence/liberation-mass` (private; public role summarized here) | | **Commons of Inquiry & Creation** | Proposed residential commons for inquiry, creation, experimentation, and ordinary life | Public seed / incubating; no standalone repository or operating institution yet | [Temporary bootstrap seed](incubator/commons-of-inquiry/README.md); intended home: `Root-Sequence/commons-of-inquiry` | | **Community Infrastructure** | Community-controlled digital commons for discovery, communication, coordination, mutual aid, resources, knowledge, governance, and resilience | Active / private / discovery + prototyping | [`Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/community-infrastructure) | | **Coherent World** | Private recombination/simulation laboratory for interacting social, technical, ecological, institutional, and intelligence mechanisms in possible futures | Incubating / private | [`Root-Sequence/coherent-world`](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/coherent-world) | @@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ Its questions about care, boundaries, accountability, access, interdependence, a ### Liberation Mass +The project needs substantial revision and updates. Its repository is private and not ready for public review; this map records its broad scope rather than the state of its current drafts. + **Primary question:** What kinds of shared ritual, reflection, participation, care, mutual aid, and collective action can create meaning without requiring rigid doctrine or permanent hierarchy? Use it for: diff --git a/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md b/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md index ee749ab..6795924 100644 --- a/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md +++ b/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ It is not the whole organization and does not absorb project-specific implementa ## Current reality -The repository contains active and historical writing, sourced research scaffolds, concepts, systems principles, analysis, futures, public artifacts, the Public Seed site source, and small navigation tools. The canonical research method formalizes the project’s route–synthesize–test–build workflow. Working, review-pending Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods make the error-correcting layer explicit: broaden the model before convergence, route claims to stronger evidence and native methods, preserve dissent and uncertainty, and revise after observing consequences. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 24, 2026 (UTC). Companion organization-profile and Wiki projections remain draft proposals, while work-sample drafts retain their separate review state. The October 19 (UTC) professional-refresh website has exact-source approval and a successful GitHub Pages deployment. HTTPS apex and www responses match the generated release, and a browser load confirms the published page. This approval covers website presentation and mechanical publication-state substitutions; research papers and frameworks retain their own review status. The repository also temporarily hosts the public bootstrap seed for Commons of Inquiry & Creation under `incubator/`; that seed is explicitly non-canonical here, proposes a future standalone repository, and does not establish an operating institution. Maturity and evidence vary by document. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, validated universal model, deployed social system, or single doctrine. +The repository contains active and historical writing, sourced research scaffolds, concepts, systems principles, analysis, futures, public artifacts, the Public Seed site source, and small navigation tools. The canonical research method formalizes the project’s route–synthesize–test–build workflow. Working, review-pending Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods make the error-correcting layer explicit: broaden the model before convergence, route claims to stronger evidence and native methods, preserve dissent and uncertainty, and revise after observing consequences. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 23, 2026 (Pacific). The companion organization profile awaits code review and the public Wiki update remains a draft. The approved organization bio and repository metadata repairs are live; work-sample drafts retain their separate review state. The October 19 (UTC) professional-refresh website has exact-source approval and a successful GitHub Pages deployment. HTTPS apex and www responses match the generated release, and a browser load confirms the published page. This approval covers website presentation and mechanical publication-state substitutions; research papers and frameworks retain their own review status. The repository also temporarily hosts the public bootstrap seed for Commons of Inquiry & Creation under `incubator/`; that seed is explicitly non-canonical here, proposes a future standalone repository, and does not establish an operating institution. Maturity and evidence vary by document. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, validated universal model, deployed social system, or single doctrine. ## Repository structure diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md index f317567..ef6c6d1 100644 --- a/ROADMAP.md +++ b/ROADMAP.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This is the single checklist for this refresh. Project-specific backlogs remain | Check | ID | Status | Deliverable and evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | -| [x] | P0-01 | done | Audit all 15 accessible organization repositories, public registry, target repository trees/context, relevant branches, and all 28 open PR summaries. See the [dated audit](AUDIT.md#professional-refresh-audit-2026-10-17). Refreshed on 2026-10-23: 15 repositories by visibility, eight public introductions, and 34 open-PR summaries listed; see the [public cleanup audit](AUDIT.md#public-repository-cleanup-2026-10-23). | +| [x] | P0-01 | done | Audit all 15 accessible organization repositories, public registry, target repository trees/context, relevant branches, and all 28 open PR summaries. See the [dated audit](AUDIT.md#professional-refresh-audit-2026-10-17). The 2026-10-23 [public cleanup audit](AUDIT.md#public-repository-cleanup-2026-10-23) inspected eight public introductions and listed 34 open-PR summaries. The [later status checkpoint](AUDIT.md#publication-and-private-project-status-2026-10-23) verifies seven public and eight private repositories after Liberation Mass became private. | | [x] | P0-02 | done | Inspect changed files for the 14 open PRs in the four target repositories; preserve draft research and existing canonical homes. | | [x] | P0-03 | done | Record a version-controlled, prioritized plan here; link it from the README, short introduction, and context map. | | [x] | P0-04 | done | Prepare consistent mission and positioning in the repository, existing `site/index.html`, and organization profile. Retain the headline, palette, wordmark, and seven-section structure. The opening layout is being refined through reader review (P1-08). | @@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ This is the single checklist for this refresh. Project-specific backlogs remain | [x] | P1-07 | done | **6/6 homepage research entries approved and applied** to HTML and English translation data. Each was checked against its canonical source and reviewed as a short passage. See the approval records below. This completes description review, not research validation or website publication approval. | | [x] | P1-09 | done | **7/7 related-project descriptions reviewed and applied**, including Root Sequence Wiki. Descriptions retain project-specific roles, development limits, and consent boundaries. [Latest passage record](site/COPY-REVIEW.md#accepted-wiki-description-and-next-review-october-17-2026-pacific). This completes entry wording, not full-page or publication approval. | | [x] | P1-03 | done | Current refresh overlaps reconciled. Organization #10 owns the profile summary; #9 retains its four substantive guidance files unchanged and no longer edits the profile. Their combined tree passes without conflict. Root #42–#45 remain individually compatible with the refresh. See the [reconciliation record](AUDIT.md#organization-profile-overlap-resolved-2026-10-17). Older proposals and their dependencies still require separate review. | -| [x] | P1-04 | done | Rae approved the single-sentence organization bio on 2026-10-17 (Pacific). See the [wording record in the audit](AUDIT.md#proposed-short-organization-bio). Live organization settings remain unchanged; wording approval does not authorize a settings change. | +| [x] | P1-04 | done | Rae approved the single-sentence organization bio on 2026-10-17 (Pacific), then explicitly approved applying the bio and proposed repository metadata fixes on 2026-10-23 (Pacific). The bio is live and verified on the public organization page. See the [wording record](AUDIT.md#proposed-short-organization-bio) and [applied settings](AUDIT.md#publication-and-private-project-status-2026-10-23). | | [x] | P1-08 | done | Supported site review complete: Take part, **4/4 footer passages and 7/7 panel refinements applied**. Read the seven-section flow; checked wide/narrow layout, section navigation and focus, native disclosures, reading controls, project panels, and script-free reading. See the [page-pass record](site/COPY-REVIEW.md#wiki-panel-and-full-page-review-october-18-2026-pacific) and [validation](site/VALIDATION.md#wiki-panel-and-full-page-review-2026-10-18-pacific). Full accessibility review and Rae’s exact-source decision remain separate. | -| [x] | P1-10 | done | Prepare and verify organization-profile consistency in [draft #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10), head `2c95531feddbb27ab66958d9b6ad1a9e4c5dbd36`. Reuse the approved site opening/invitation and project passages, preserve all six research limits, broaden Computing beyond OS-only scope, contextualize the founder, and retain AI/accessibility disclosure in native details. Fix the fuller-explanation link to an existing public section. Rendered draft and public-tree paths checked; publication remains for P1-11. | +| [x] | P1-10 | done | Prepare and verify organization-profile consistency in [profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10). Reuse the approved site opening/invitation and project passages, preserve all six research limits, broaden Computing beyond OS-only scope, contextualize the founder, and retain AI/accessibility disclosure in native details. Fix the fuller-explanation link to an existing public section. Both Liberated Intelligence and Liberation Mass are labelled private pending substantial revision. Profile code review and publication remain for P1-11. | | [x] | P1-05 | done | Rae explicitly approved website publication on 2026-10-19 (UTC). [Website-only PR #47](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/47) merged as `b179a7fa56252dfd9fefbb3f93dcf1a9e1dd3ec6`; [Pages run](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/actions/runs/39211072192) succeeded. Live HTTPS apex and www return the exact generated release. The approval record matches the reviewed source; the gate still rejects historical/stale approval. No other draft or research endorsement follows. | -| [ ] | P1-11 | in progress | [Root #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46) merged on 2026-10-24 (UTC) as `ec9ba2f693d482450e2361cde01a9b010089a91e`, publishing the repository documentation cleanup and its corrected Liberated Intelligence privacy/status label. Companion [profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10) and [Wiki #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15) remain draft proposals and still await their own publication decisions; their default branches remain stale for that visibility change. Previously approved mission, methods, evidence, and AI/accessibility passages are retained. Unreviewed applicant exercises remain on `review/work-samples-2026-10-23` and outside the release. Homepage/description settings still need a separate live-settings decision. Research, licensing, governance, and private-Wiki changes are not adopted here. | +| [ ] | P1-11 | in progress | [Root #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46) merged on 2026-10-23 (Pacific) as `ec9ba2f693d482450e2361cde01a9b010089a91e`. The bio and repository metadata fixes are now approved, applied, and verified. [Profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10) awaits code review; [Wiki #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15) remains a draft. Both are updated for Liberation Mass's private/revision status. Existing [status follow-up #51](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/51) records the merge, applied settings, and ecosystem-map correction; no new PR is created. These three remaining PRs still need their publication decisions. Unreviewed applicant exercises remain on `review/work-samples-2026-10-23` outside the release. Research, licensing, governance, and private-Wiki changes are not adopted here. | | [x] | P1-06 | done | Repair the 15 existing reader-check failures: correct one relative link and connect fourteen existing T-003 supporting records from their current open-questions section. The checker now passes all 238 Markdown files. Paper findings, author review, and the independent-comparison boundary remain unchanged. | ## P2: small applicant work-samples track @@ -129,12 +129,14 @@ On **2026-10-17 (Pacific)**, Rae accepted writing block `86204` by replying “b ### Review links -- [Root repository, site, plan, and sample: draft PR #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46). Initial implementation commit: `4070fc8b396fc84148ecbe525c1156360d0cec2c`. -- [Organization profile: draft PR #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10). Implementation commit: `c50bd82f623038e3f7e0b58d6157205dfa29fcdf`. +- [Merged root documentation cleanup: PR #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46). Merge commit: `ec9ba2f693d482450e2361cde01a9b010089a91e`. Unreviewed work samples are excluded. +- [Organization profile: PR #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10), awaiting code review and publication. +- [Public Wiki: draft PR #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15), including the build repair and current public/private routing. +- [Publication and private-project status: draft PR #51](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/51), reusing the existing post-merge context update. - Review the canonical repository first, then the profile. The profile overlap has been reconciled; existing research and commons drafts remain open for separate substantive review. -- **Next supported review:** Inspect the three completed documentation candidates and approve their publication as a bounded batch. Root #46 includes the existing public Intelligence Ecology page’s reading-path repair, clear README navigation, and the 15 documentation fixes. Profile #10 and Wiki #15 reflect current repository visibility. Separate homepage/description proposals are in the local review handoff. Work-sample review and private/public Wiki reconciliation remain later work. +- **Next supported review:** Complete profile #10's code review, then review publication of #10, Wiki #15, and status follow-up #51. Root #46 is already merged and the approved metadata repairs are live. Work-sample review and private/public Wiki reconciliation remain later work. -Current status: **23 done, 5 to do, 1 in progress, 0 blocked** across 29 tasks. P1-06 navigation repair is complete. P1-11 remains in progress for the final documentation and live-settings publication decisions. No merge or deployment follows from the cleanup request alone. +Current status: **23 done, 5 to do, 1 in progress, 0 blocked** across 29 tasks. P1-06 navigation repair is complete. P1-11 remains in progress for the companion documentation and status follow-up publication decisions. The approved bio and repository metadata repairs are live; no further merge or deployment is authorized by that settings approval. ## Accepted name context and first related-project description @@ -387,3 +389,11 @@ The unfinished proposal-development exercises are preserved byte-for-byte at rev Existing root #46, organization #10, and Wiki #15 remain the review homes. No additional cleanup PR was created. Repository metadata repairs remain proposed; visibility, permissions, licenses, DNS, release gates, and private source are unchanged. The public/private Wiki freshness comparison remains P3 work. See the [dated audit](AUDIT.md#public-repository-cleanup-2026-10-23). Rae clarified why Liberated Intelligence is private: it needs substantial revision and updates and is not ready for public inspection. The existing drafts now state that status in the organization profile, ecosystem map, Wiki project index, and historical overview. Its broad public role remains visible, without directing readers to private drafts or presenting the historical overview as current project work. This clarification does not approve publication of the three cleanup PRs. P1-11 remains in progress. + +## Publication and private-project status: October 23, 2026 (Pacific) + +Rae merged root #46, confirmed profile #10 is awaiting code review and Wiki #15 is pending, and explicitly approved applying the proposed organization bio and repository metadata fixes. The approved bio and three descriptions are saved. UCF and Being Human(e) now point to their public READMEs. Liberation Mass's homepage is cleared because its repository is now private; no inaccessible private README is offered as a public homepage. The [audit records the applied values](AUDIT.md#publication-and-private-project-status-2026-10-23). + +Rae made Liberation Mass private for the same reason as Liberated Intelligence: it needs substantial revision and updates and is not ready for public inspection. The public ecosystem map, organization profile/registry, and Wiki drafts now reflect that status. The automatic Wiki registry includes only the seven public repositories. No private content is copied and no repository visibility is changed by this follow-up. + +Existing status-update draft #51 is reused for the canonical plan and map; #10 and #15 remain their respective review homes. No additional PR is created. P1-11 stays in progress until the remaining publication decisions are complete. Work-sample review and licensing choices remain separate. diff --git a/START-HERE.md b/START-HERE.md index 5861355..938607f 100644 --- a/START-HERE.md +++ b/START-HERE.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Root Sequence is an independent interdisciplinary research initiative exploring ## Current reality -This is an active, public, evolving body of writing, research, maps, and small tools. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 24, 2026 (UTC). Companion organization-profile and Wiki proposals, plus work-sample reviews, remain tracked in [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md). Material ranges from developing research to historical notes and explicitly speculative work. The canonical research method formalizes a route–synthesize–test–build workflow for cross-field questions. Working Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods add contrast before convergence, evidence-weighted revision, and shared understanding before consequential decisions without replacing domain-native methods. The October 19 (UTC) website release has exact-source approval, a successful GitHub Pages deployment, and verified live-domain parity. That approval covers the website source and publication transformation, not the underlying research. The repository also temporarily hosts an explicitly non-canonical incubation seed for the proposed standalone Commons of Inquiry & Creation project. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, product, institution, or universal explanation. +This is an active, public, evolving body of writing, research, maps, and small tools. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 23, 2026 (Pacific). Companion organization-profile and Wiki proposals, plus work-sample reviews, remain tracked in [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md). Material ranges from developing research to historical notes and explicitly speculative work. The canonical research method formalizes a route–synthesize–test–build workflow for cross-field questions. Working Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods add contrast before convergence, evidence-weighted revision, and shared understanding before consequential decisions without replacing domain-native methods. The October 19 (UTC) website release has exact-source approval, a successful GitHub Pages deployment, and verified live-domain parity. That approval covers the website source and publication transformation, not the underlying research. The repository also temporarily hosts an explicitly non-canonical incubation seed for the proposed standalone Commons of Inquiry & Creation project. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, product, institution, or universal explanation. ## The smallest useful map @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Root Sequence asks broad questions and routes mechanisms to native fields and me ## Refresh progress -The [professional-refresh checklist](ROADMAP.md) records the merged repository cleanup and tracks the still-draft organization-profile and Wiki proposals, live-settings decisions, and the separate work-samples track. +The [professional-refresh checklist](ROADMAP.md) records the merged repository cleanup and completed metadata repairs. It tracks the remaining organization-profile and Wiki reviews, with work samples kept separate. ## What to do next From 75d699edbd1d1c0a7a16800fa6f61ed9811edf92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:49:46 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 05/12] Queue organization-wide PR triage after current publication reviews --- ROADMAP.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md index ef6c6d1..59c0058 100644 --- a/ROADMAP.md +++ b/ROADMAP.md @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ This is the single checklist for this refresh. Project-specific backlogs remain | [x] | P1-05 | done | Rae explicitly approved website publication on 2026-10-19 (UTC). [Website-only PR #47](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/47) merged as `b179a7fa56252dfd9fefbb3f93dcf1a9e1dd3ec6`; [Pages run](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/actions/runs/39211072192) succeeded. Live HTTPS apex and www return the exact generated release. The approval record matches the reviewed source; the gate still rejects historical/stale approval. No other draft or research endorsement follows. | | [ ] | P1-11 | in progress | [Root #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46) merged on 2026-10-23 (Pacific) as `ec9ba2f693d482450e2361cde01a9b010089a91e`. The bio and repository metadata fixes are now approved, applied, and verified. [Profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10) awaits code review; [Wiki #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15) remains a draft. Both are updated for Liberation Mass's private/revision status. Existing [status follow-up #51](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/51) records the merge, applied settings, and ecosystem-map correction; no new PR is created. These three remaining PRs still need their publication decisions. Unreviewed applicant exercises remain on `review/work-samples-2026-10-23` outside the release. Research, licensing, governance, and private-Wiki changes are not adopted here. | | [x] | P1-06 | done | Repair the 15 existing reader-check failures: correct one relative link and connect fourteen existing T-003 supporting records from their current open-questions section. The checker now passes all 238 Markdown files. Paper findings, author review, and the independent-comparison boundary remain unchanged. | +| [ ] | P1-12 | to do | After P1-11, triage open PRs across Root Sequence against current main and their canonical homes. Read the diffs, check dependencies and overlap, and record a recommendation with evidence for each PR. Keep substantive research and governance proposals separate from routine maintenance. Merge and closure decisions remain individual review decisions; preserve superseded work before proposing closure. | ## P2: small applicant work-samples track @@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ On **2026-10-17 (Pacific)**, Rae accepted writing block `86204` by replying “b - Review the canonical repository first, then the profile. The profile overlap has been reconciled; existing research and commons drafts remain open for separate substantive review. - **Next supported review:** Complete profile #10's code review, then review publication of #10, Wiki #15, and status follow-up #51. Root #46 is already merged and the approved metadata repairs are live. Work-sample review and private/public Wiki reconciliation remain later work. -Current status: **23 done, 5 to do, 1 in progress, 0 blocked** across 29 tasks. P1-06 navigation repair is complete. P1-11 remains in progress for the companion documentation and status follow-up publication decisions. The approved bio and repository metadata repairs are live; no further merge or deployment is authorized by that settings approval. +Current status: **23 done, 6 to do, 1 in progress, 0 blocked** across 30 tasks. P1-06 navigation repair is complete. P1-11 remains in progress for the companion documentation and status follow-up publication decisions. The approved bio and repository metadata repairs are live; no further merge or deployment is authorized by that settings approval. ## Accepted name context and first related-project description @@ -397,3 +398,7 @@ Rae merged root #46, confirmed profile #10 is awaiting code review and Wiki #15 Rae made Liberation Mass private for the same reason as Liberated Intelligence: it needs substantial revision and updates and is not ready for public inspection. The public ecosystem map, organization profile/registry, and Wiki drafts now reflect that status. The automatic Wiki registry includes only the seven public repositories. No private content is copied and no repository visibility is changed by this follow-up. Existing status-update draft #51 is reused for the canonical plan and map; #10 and #15 remain their respective review homes. No additional PR is created. P1-11 stays in progress until the remaining publication decisions are complete. Work-sample review and licensing choices remain separate. + +## Next pass: open PR review + +Rae asked to address the wider open-PR backlog after the present publication batch. P1-12 records that order. This queues a review of readiness, dependencies, and possible supersession; it does not approve bulk merges or closures. The current #10, #15, and #51 publication decisions remain first. From e1c820b72178c2526e2c916fdcd2855dd484fbf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:03:12 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 06/12] docs: reconcile organization profile publication in START-HERE.md --- START-HERE.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/START-HERE.md b/START-HERE.md index 938607f..35d21f6 100644 --- a/START-HERE.md +++ b/START-HERE.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Root Sequence is an independent interdisciplinary research initiative exploring ## Current reality -This is an active, public, evolving body of writing, research, maps, and small tools. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 23, 2026 (Pacific). Companion organization-profile and Wiki proposals, plus work-sample reviews, remain tracked in [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md). Material ranges from developing research to historical notes and explicitly speculative work. The canonical research method formalizes a route–synthesize–test–build workflow for cross-field questions. Working Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods add contrast before convergence, evidence-weighted revision, and shared understanding before consequential decisions without replacing domain-native methods. The October 19 (UTC) website release has exact-source approval, a successful GitHub Pages deployment, and verified live-domain parity. That approval covers the website source and publication transformation, not the underlying research. The repository also temporarily hosts an explicitly non-canonical incubation seed for the proposed standalone Commons of Inquiry & Creation project. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, product, institution, or universal explanation. +This is an active, public, evolving body of writing, research, maps, and small tools. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 23, 2026 (Pacific). The organization profile and registry corrections merged later that evening; the Wiki projection and work-sample reviews remain tracked in [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md). Material ranges from developing research to historical notes and explicitly speculative work. The canonical research method formalizes a route–synthesize–test–build workflow for cross-field questions. Working Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods add contrast before convergence, evidence-weighted revision, and shared understanding before consequential decisions without replacing domain-native methods. The October 19 (UTC) website release has exact-source approval, a successful GitHub Pages deployment, and verified live-domain parity. That approval covers the website source and publication transformation, not the underlying research. The repository also temporarily hosts an explicitly non-canonical incubation seed for the proposed standalone Commons of Inquiry & Creation project. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, product, institution, or universal explanation. ## The smallest useful map @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Root Sequence asks broad questions and routes mechanisms to native fields and me ## Refresh progress -The [professional-refresh checklist](ROADMAP.md) records the merged repository cleanup and completed metadata repairs. It tracks the remaining organization-profile and Wiki reviews, with work samples kept separate. +The [professional-refresh checklist](ROADMAP.md) records the merged repository cleanup, completed metadata repairs, and published organization profile/registry. It tracks the remaining Wiki review and keeps work samples separate. ## What to do next From 38e3fe11e616652a6d36dc4505f61c204a238e90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:03:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 07/12] docs: reconcile organization profile publication in PROJECT-CONTEXT.md --- PROJECT-CONTEXT.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md b/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md index 6795924..9b77124 100644 --- a/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md +++ b/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ It is not the whole organization and does not absorb project-specific implementa ## Current reality -The repository contains active and historical writing, sourced research scaffolds, concepts, systems principles, analysis, futures, public artifacts, the Public Seed site source, and small navigation tools. The canonical research method formalizes the project’s route–synthesize–test–build workflow. Working, review-pending Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods make the error-correcting layer explicit: broaden the model before convergence, route claims to stronger evidence and native methods, preserve dissent and uncertainty, and revise after observing consequences. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 23, 2026 (Pacific). The companion organization profile awaits code review and the public Wiki update remains a draft. The approved organization bio and repository metadata repairs are live; work-sample drafts retain their separate review state. The October 19 (UTC) professional-refresh website has exact-source approval and a successful GitHub Pages deployment. HTTPS apex and www responses match the generated release, and a browser load confirms the published page. This approval covers website presentation and mechanical publication-state substitutions; research papers and frameworks retain their own review status. The repository also temporarily hosts the public bootstrap seed for Commons of Inquiry & Creation under `incubator/`; that seed is explicitly non-canonical here, proposes a future standalone repository, and does not establish an operating institution. Maturity and evidence vary by document. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, validated universal model, deployed social system, or single doctrine. +The repository contains active and historical writing, sourced research scaffolds, concepts, systems principles, analysis, futures, public artifacts, the Public Seed site source, and small navigation tools. The canonical research method formalizes the project’s route–synthesize–test–build workflow. Working, review-pending Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods make the error-correcting layer explicit: broaden the model before convergence, route claims to stronger evidence and native methods, preserve dissent and uncertainty, and revise after observing consequences. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 23, 2026 (Pacific). The organization profile and registry corrections merged later on October 23, 2026 (Pacific); the public Wiki update remains a draft. The approved organization bio and repository metadata repairs are live, and work-sample drafts retain their separate review state. The October 19 (UTC) professional-refresh website has exact-source approval and a successful GitHub Pages deployment. HTTPS apex and www responses match the generated release, and a browser load confirms the published page. This approval covers website presentation and mechanical publication-state substitutions; research papers and frameworks retain their own review status. The repository also temporarily hosts the public bootstrap seed for Commons of Inquiry & Creation under `incubator/`; that seed is explicitly non-canonical here, proposes a future standalone repository, and does not establish an operating institution. Maturity and evidence vary by document. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, validated universal model, deployed social system, or single doctrine. ## Repository structure From 1276baf588750ce143c56d3ddaf90673a6950560 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:03:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 08/12] docs: reconcile organization profile publication in ROADMAP.md --- ROADMAP.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md index 59c0058..966461b 100644 --- a/ROADMAP.md +++ b/ROADMAP.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Root Sequence professional refresh -**Canonical progress checklist · started 2026-10-17 · Website and repository documentation published · Companion organization and Wiki releases pending** +**Canonical progress checklist · started 2026-10-17 · Website, repository documentation, and organization profile published · Wiki release pending** This plan improves the public introduction to Root Sequence as an independent interdisciplinary research initiative started by Rae Lovejoy. Its exploratory writing, technical questions, social inquiry, and speculative work remain part of the project. The [research method](research/method.md), [repository map](root_map.md), and [ecosystem map](ECOSYSTEM.md) retain their existing authority. @@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ This is the single checklist for this refresh. Project-specific backlogs remain | [x] | P1-03 | done | Current refresh overlaps reconciled. Organization #10 owns the profile summary; #9 retains its four substantive guidance files unchanged and no longer edits the profile. Their combined tree passes without conflict. Root #42–#45 remain individually compatible with the refresh. See the [reconciliation record](AUDIT.md#organization-profile-overlap-resolved-2026-10-17). Older proposals and their dependencies still require separate review. | | [x] | P1-04 | done | Rae approved the single-sentence organization bio on 2026-10-17 (Pacific), then explicitly approved applying the bio and proposed repository metadata fixes on 2026-10-23 (Pacific). The bio is live and verified on the public organization page. See the [wording record](AUDIT.md#proposed-short-organization-bio) and [applied settings](AUDIT.md#publication-and-private-project-status-2026-10-23). | | [x] | P1-08 | done | Supported site review complete: Take part, **4/4 footer passages and 7/7 panel refinements applied**. Read the seven-section flow; checked wide/narrow layout, section navigation and focus, native disclosures, reading controls, project panels, and script-free reading. See the [page-pass record](site/COPY-REVIEW.md#wiki-panel-and-full-page-review-october-18-2026-pacific) and [validation](site/VALIDATION.md#wiki-panel-and-full-page-review-2026-10-18-pacific). Full accessibility review and Rae’s exact-source decision remain separate. | -| [x] | P1-10 | done | Prepare and verify organization-profile consistency in [profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10). Reuse the approved site opening/invitation and project passages, preserve all six research limits, broaden Computing beyond OS-only scope, contextualize the founder, and retain AI/accessibility disclosure in native details. Fix the fuller-explanation link to an existing public section. Both Liberated Intelligence and Liberation Mass are labelled private pending substantial revision. Profile code review and publication remain for P1-11. | +| [x] | P1-10 | done | Prepare, verify, and publish organization-profile consistency in [profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10), merged on 2026-10-23 (Pacific) as `7ea6c4b7cd191775a17d951935c7f9927f691f70`. The published profile reuses the approved site opening/invitation and project passages, preserves all six research limits, broadens Computing beyond OS-only scope, contextualizes the founder, retains AI/accessibility disclosure, fixes the fuller-explanation route, and labels both Liberated Intelligence and Liberation Mass private pending substantial revision. | | [x] | P1-05 | done | Rae explicitly approved website publication on 2026-10-19 (UTC). [Website-only PR #47](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/47) merged as `b179a7fa56252dfd9fefbb3f93dcf1a9e1dd3ec6`; [Pages run](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/actions/runs/39211072192) succeeded. Live HTTPS apex and www return the exact generated release. The approval record matches the reviewed source; the gate still rejects historical/stale approval. No other draft or research endorsement follows. | -| [ ] | P1-11 | in progress | [Root #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46) merged on 2026-10-23 (Pacific) as `ec9ba2f693d482450e2361cde01a9b010089a91e`. The bio and repository metadata fixes are now approved, applied, and verified. [Profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10) awaits code review; [Wiki #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15) remains a draft. Both are updated for Liberation Mass's private/revision status. Existing [status follow-up #51](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/51) records the merge, applied settings, and ecosystem-map correction; no new PR is created. These three remaining PRs still need their publication decisions. Unreviewed applicant exercises remain on `review/work-samples-2026-10-23` outside the release. Research, licensing, governance, and private-Wiki changes are not adopted here. | +| [ ] | P1-11 | in progress | [Root #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46) merged on 2026-10-23 (Pacific) as `ec9ba2f693d482450e2361cde01a9b010089a91e`; [profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10) merged later that evening as `7ea6c4b7cd191775a17d951935c7f9927f691f70`. The bio, repository metadata, refreshed profile, and registry privacy corrections are published. [Wiki #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15) remains the draft projection for the seven-public-repository snapshot and the private/revision status of Liberated Intelligence and Liberation Mass. Existing [status follow-up #51](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/51) records these merges and the ecosystem-map correction. Those two remaining drafts still need separate publication decisions. Unreviewed applicant exercises remain on `review/work-samples-2026-10-23` outside the release. Research, licensing, governance, and private-Wiki changes are not adopted here. | | [x] | P1-06 | done | Repair the 15 existing reader-check failures: correct one relative link and connect fourteen existing T-003 supporting records from their current open-questions section. The checker now passes all 238 Markdown files. Paper findings, author review, and the independent-comparison boundary remain unchanged. | | [ ] | P1-12 | to do | After P1-11, triage open PRs across Root Sequence against current main and their canonical homes. Read the diffs, check dependencies and overlap, and record a recommendation with evidence for each PR. Keep substantive research and governance proposals separate from routine maintenance. Merge and closure decisions remain individual review decisions; preserve superseded work before proposing closure. | @@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ On **2026-10-17 (Pacific)**, Rae accepted writing block `86204` by replying “b - [Public Wiki: draft PR #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15), including the build repair and current public/private routing. - [Publication and private-project status: draft PR #51](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/51), reusing the existing post-merge context update. - Review the canonical repository first, then the profile. The profile overlap has been reconciled; existing research and commons drafts remain open for separate substantive review. -- **Next supported review:** Complete profile #10's code review, then review publication of #10, Wiki #15, and status follow-up #51. Root #46 is already merged and the approved metadata repairs are live. Work-sample review and private/public Wiki reconciliation remain later work. +- **Next supported review:** Review publication of Wiki #15 and status follow-up #51. Root #46 and organization profile #10 are merged, and the approved metadata and registry corrections are live. Work-sample review and private/public Wiki reconciliation remain later work. -Current status: **23 done, 6 to do, 1 in progress, 0 blocked** across 30 tasks. P1-06 navigation repair is complete. P1-11 remains in progress for the companion documentation and status follow-up publication decisions. The approved bio and repository metadata repairs are live; no further merge or deployment is authorized by that settings approval. +Current status: **23 done, 6 to do, 1 in progress, 0 blocked** across 30 tasks. P1-06 navigation repair is complete. P1-11 remains in progress for the Wiki and status-follow-up publication decisions. Root #46 and organization profile #10 are merged; the approved bio, metadata, and registry corrections are live. ## Accepted name context and first related-project description From 5b47745ec13fc11dd559bcc8b4a387ea2482b219 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:05:46 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 09/12] Correct profile review link after organization PR10 merge --- ROADMAP.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md index 966461b..1922db6 100644 --- a/ROADMAP.md +++ b/ROADMAP.md @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ On **2026-10-17 (Pacific)**, Rae accepted writing block `86204` by replying “b ### Review links - [Merged root documentation cleanup: PR #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46). Merge commit: `ec9ba2f693d482450e2361cde01a9b010089a91e`. Unreviewed work samples are excluded. -- [Organization profile: PR #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10), awaiting code review and publication. +- [Published organization profile: merged PR #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10). Merge commit: `7ea6c4b7cd191775a17d951935c7f9927f691f70`. - [Public Wiki: draft PR #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15), including the build repair and current public/private routing. - [Publication and private-project status: draft PR #51](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/51), reusing the existing post-merge context update. - Review the canonical repository first, then the profile. The profile overlap has been reconciled; existing research and commons drafts remain open for separate substantive review. From 359e599848c7263dc4bec3bdeb9129725ad07be8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:28:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 10/12] docs: record Wiki projection publication in START-HERE.md --- START-HERE.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/START-HERE.md b/START-HERE.md index 35d21f6..bfbd4ae 100644 --- a/START-HERE.md +++ b/START-HERE.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Root Sequence is an independent interdisciplinary research initiative exploring ## Current reality -This is an active, public, evolving body of writing, research, maps, and small tools. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 23, 2026 (Pacific). The organization profile and registry corrections merged later that evening; the Wiki projection and work-sample reviews remain tracked in [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md). Material ranges from developing research to historical notes and explicitly speculative work. The canonical research method formalizes a route–synthesize–test–build workflow for cross-field questions. Working Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods add contrast before convergence, evidence-weighted revision, and shared understanding before consequential decisions without replacing domain-native methods. The October 19 (UTC) website release has exact-source approval, a successful GitHub Pages deployment, and verified live-domain parity. That approval covers the website source and publication transformation, not the underlying research. The repository also temporarily hosts an explicitly non-canonical incubation seed for the proposed standalone Commons of Inquiry & Creation project. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, product, institution, or universal explanation. +This is an active, public, evolving body of writing, research, maps, and small tools. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 23, 2026 (Pacific). The organization profile and registry corrections merged later that evening, followed by the Wiki projection; work-sample reviews remain tracked in [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md). Material ranges from developing research to historical notes and explicitly speculative work. The canonical research method formalizes a route–synthesize–test–build workflow for cross-field questions. Working Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods add contrast before convergence, evidence-weighted revision, and shared understanding before consequential decisions without replacing domain-native methods. The October 19 (UTC) website release has exact-source approval, a successful GitHub Pages deployment, and verified live-domain parity. That approval covers the website source and publication transformation, not the underlying research. The repository also temporarily hosts an explicitly non-canonical incubation seed for the proposed standalone Commons of Inquiry & Creation project. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, product, institution, or universal explanation. ## The smallest useful map @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Root Sequence asks broad questions and routes mechanisms to native fields and me ## Refresh progress -The [professional-refresh checklist](ROADMAP.md) records the merged repository cleanup, completed metadata repairs, and published organization profile/registry. It tracks the remaining Wiki review and keeps work samples separate. +The [professional-refresh checklist](ROADMAP.md) records the published website, repository cleanup, organization profile/registry, and Wiki projection. It keeps the separate context follow-up and work-sample review visible. ## What to do next From 9d5afb52ab88e699568b831b29dccdd4cb293a41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:28:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 11/12] docs: record Wiki projection publication in PROJECT-CONTEXT.md --- PROJECT-CONTEXT.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md b/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md index 9b77124..075fcc1 100644 --- a/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md +++ b/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ It is not the whole organization and does not absorb project-specific implementa ## Current reality -The repository contains active and historical writing, sourced research scaffolds, concepts, systems principles, analysis, futures, public artifacts, the Public Seed site source, and small navigation tools. The canonical research method formalizes the project’s route–synthesize–test–build workflow. Working, review-pending Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods make the error-correcting layer explicit: broaden the model before convergence, route claims to stronger evidence and native methods, preserve dissent and uncertainty, and revise after observing consequences. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 23, 2026 (Pacific). The organization profile and registry corrections merged later on October 23, 2026 (Pacific); the public Wiki update remains a draft. The approved organization bio and repository metadata repairs are live, and work-sample drafts retain their separate review state. The October 19 (UTC) professional-refresh website has exact-source approval and a successful GitHub Pages deployment. HTTPS apex and www responses match the generated release, and a browser load confirms the published page. This approval covers website presentation and mechanical publication-state substitutions; research papers and frameworks retain their own review status. The repository also temporarily hosts the public bootstrap seed for Commons of Inquiry & Creation under `incubator/`; that seed is explicitly non-canonical here, proposes a future standalone repository, and does not establish an operating institution. Maturity and evidence vary by document. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, validated universal model, deployed social system, or single doctrine. +The repository contains active and historical writing, sourced research scaffolds, concepts, systems principles, analysis, futures, public artifacts, the Public Seed site source, and small navigation tools. The canonical research method formalizes the project’s route–synthesize–test–build workflow. Working, review-pending Epistemic Contrast and Deliberative Inquiry methods make the error-correcting layer explicit: broaden the model before convergence, route claims to stronger evidence and native methods, preserve dissent and uncertainty, and revise after observing consequences. The professional-refresh website is published, and this repository’s public documentation cleanup merged on October 23, 2026 (Pacific). The organization profile and registry corrections merged later on October 23, 2026 (Pacific), followed by the public Wiki projection. The approved organization bio and repository metadata repairs are live, and work-sample drafts retain their separate review state. The October 19 (UTC) professional-refresh website has exact-source approval and a successful GitHub Pages deployment. HTTPS apex and www responses match the generated release, and a browser load confirms the published page. This approval covers website presentation and mechanical publication-state substitutions; research papers and frameworks retain their own review status. The repository also temporarily hosts the public bootstrap seed for Commons of Inquiry & Creation under `incubator/`; that seed is explicitly non-canonical here, proposes a future standalone repository, and does not establish an operating institution. Maturity and evidence vary by document. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, validated universal model, deployed social system, or single doctrine. ## Repository structure From 349f39ff4d404c4aaf8bb54f8364ba26dcd03982 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:28:13 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 12/12] docs: record Wiki projection publication in ROADMAP.md --- ROADMAP.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md index 1922db6..94b6837 100644 --- a/ROADMAP.md +++ b/ROADMAP.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Root Sequence professional refresh -**Canonical progress checklist · started 2026-10-17 · Website, repository documentation, and organization profile published · Wiki release pending** +**Canonical progress checklist · started 2026-10-17 · Public website, repository documentation, organization profile, and Wiki projection published · Context follow-up pending** This plan improves the public introduction to Root Sequence as an independent interdisciplinary research initiative started by Rae Lovejoy. Its exploratory writing, technical questions, social inquiry, and speculative work remain part of the project. The [research method](research/method.md), [repository map](root_map.md), and [ecosystem map](ECOSYSTEM.md) retain their existing authority. @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ This is the single checklist for this refresh. Project-specific backlogs remain | [x] | P1-08 | done | Supported site review complete: Take part, **4/4 footer passages and 7/7 panel refinements applied**. Read the seven-section flow; checked wide/narrow layout, section navigation and focus, native disclosures, reading controls, project panels, and script-free reading. See the [page-pass record](site/COPY-REVIEW.md#wiki-panel-and-full-page-review-october-18-2026-pacific) and [validation](site/VALIDATION.md#wiki-panel-and-full-page-review-2026-10-18-pacific). Full accessibility review and Rae’s exact-source decision remain separate. | | [x] | P1-10 | done | Prepare, verify, and publish organization-profile consistency in [profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10), merged on 2026-10-23 (Pacific) as `7ea6c4b7cd191775a17d951935c7f9927f691f70`. The published profile reuses the approved site opening/invitation and project passages, preserves all six research limits, broadens Computing beyond OS-only scope, contextualizes the founder, retains AI/accessibility disclosure, fixes the fuller-explanation route, and labels both Liberated Intelligence and Liberation Mass private pending substantial revision. | | [x] | P1-05 | done | Rae explicitly approved website publication on 2026-10-19 (UTC). [Website-only PR #47](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/47) merged as `b179a7fa56252dfd9fefbb3f93dcf1a9e1dd3ec6`; [Pages run](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/actions/runs/39211072192) succeeded. Live HTTPS apex and www return the exact generated release. The approval record matches the reviewed source; the gate still rejects historical/stale approval. No other draft or research endorsement follows. | -| [ ] | P1-11 | in progress | [Root #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46) merged on 2026-10-23 (Pacific) as `ec9ba2f693d482450e2361cde01a9b010089a91e`; [profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10) merged later that evening as `7ea6c4b7cd191775a17d951935c7f9927f691f70`. The bio, repository metadata, refreshed profile, and registry privacy corrections are published. [Wiki #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15) remains the draft projection for the seven-public-repository snapshot and the private/revision status of Liberated Intelligence and Liberation Mass. Existing [status follow-up #51](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/51) records these merges and the ecosystem-map correction. Those two remaining drafts still need separate publication decisions. Unreviewed applicant exercises remain on `review/work-samples-2026-10-23` outside the release. Research, licensing, governance, and private-Wiki changes are not adopted here. | +| [ ] | P1-11 | in progress | [Root #46](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/46) merged on 2026-10-23 (Pacific) as `ec9ba2f693d482450e2361cde01a9b010089a91e`; [profile #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10) merged later that evening as `7ea6c4b7cd191775a17d951935c7f9927f691f70`; [Wiki #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15) then merged as `7b7d15120e289ab2798476afaf928f6a567c6172`. The website, repository documentation, organization profile/registry, seven-public-repository Wiki snapshot, and privacy corrections for Liberated Intelligence and Liberation Mass are published. Existing [status follow-up #51](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/51) records these events and the ecosystem-map correction; it is the remaining publication decision in this batch. Unreviewed applicant exercises remain on `review/work-samples-2026-10-23` outside the release. Research, licensing, governance, and private-Wiki changes are not adopted here. | | [x] | P1-06 | done | Repair the 15 existing reader-check failures: correct one relative link and connect fourteen existing T-003 supporting records from their current open-questions section. The checker now passes all 238 Markdown files. Paper findings, author review, and the independent-comparison boundary remain unchanged. | | [ ] | P1-12 | to do | After P1-11, triage open PRs across Root Sequence against current main and their canonical homes. Read the diffs, check dependencies and overlap, and record a recommendation with evidence for each PR. Keep substantive research and governance proposals separate from routine maintenance. Merge and closure decisions remain individual review decisions; preserve superseded work before proposing closure. | @@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ On **2026-10-17 (Pacific)**, Rae accepted writing block `86204` by replying “b - [Public Wiki: draft PR #15](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/wiki/pull/15), including the build repair and current public/private routing. - [Publication and private-project status: draft PR #51](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/51), reusing the existing post-merge context update. - Review the canonical repository first, then the profile. The profile overlap has been reconciled; existing research and commons drafts remain open for separate substantive review. -- **Next supported review:** Review publication of Wiki #15 and status follow-up #51. Root #46 and organization profile #10 are merged, and the approved metadata and registry corrections are live. Work-sample review and private/public Wiki reconciliation remain later work. +- **Next supported review:** Review publication of status follow-up #51. Root #46, organization profile #10, and Wiki #15 are merged; the approved metadata, registry, build-routing, and public/private projection corrections are live. Work-sample review and private/public Wiki reconciliation remain later work. -Current status: **23 done, 6 to do, 1 in progress, 0 blocked** across 30 tasks. P1-06 navigation repair is complete. P1-11 remains in progress for the Wiki and status-follow-up publication decisions. Root #46 and organization profile #10 are merged; the approved bio, metadata, and registry corrections are live. +Current status: **23 done, 6 to do, 1 in progress, 0 blocked** across 30 tasks. P1-06 navigation repair is complete. P1-11 remains in progress only for the status-follow-up publication decision. Root #46, organization profile #10, and Wiki #15 are merged; the approved bio, metadata, registry, build routing, and public/private projection corrections are live. ## Accepted name context and first related-project description