Template:Exploration Track
Documentation
This is the recommended structure for all **Exploration Track** pages. It is designed to preserve raw strategic thinking, failed paths, nuance, and reasoning while maintaining usability and long-term accountability.
How to Use
- Go to this page
- Copy everything below the line
- Paste it into your new Exploration page
- Customize as needed
Why This Structure
- Preserves the full depth of strategic exploration (including failed paths and shifting reasoning) - Uses the native Discussion feature as the living Discussion Log for open accountability and decentralized review - Keeps the main page clean and focused while still capturing important context - Makes it easier for current and future collaborators to understand how conclusions were reached - Reduces decision fatigue when creating new exploration pages
Capturing Discussion
All meaningful discussion, review, and accountability should be recorded in the page’s native **Discussion** tab (not in the main article). Each entry should be a well-developed paragraph that captures the substance of what was discussed. Short comments are insufficient. The goal is to preserve the thinking itself, not just final conclusions. Even small observations can matter and should be captured when relevant.
Scope
Exploration pages are for significant strategic questions that benefit from extended thinking and visible accountability. They are supporting infrastructure, not the primary output of the project. Minor notes and low-stakes observations should be handled elsewhere.
Guardrails
- New pages require a clear purpose and at least one meaningful Key Question. - Discussion entries must be well-developed paragraphs. - Limit active Exploration pages to 5–7 at a time (initially). - Review active pages every 6 months for archiving or consolidation.
Calibration Dependent
Pages that list this page as a load-bearing dependency: None found. Either nothing currently depends on this page, or no dependent page has yet listed it in their `depends_on` field.
If this page is edited substantively, review the list above per the Ripple Review rule — see Calibration Dependencies: Standards and Process#Rule: Core-Priority Changes Trigger Mandatory Ripple Review.
Calibration Dependencies
Pages this page relies on as load-bearing dependencies: This page is not calibration-dependent on other pages. It is a foundational/originating source. If incorrect, edit the `depends_on` field in Admin Page Status — do not edit this section directly, it is auto-generated.
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Exploration Track Overview
Key Questions
Current Status
Core Exploration Record
Started: [Date]
Purpose:
Entries:
[Date] — [Entry Title]