1.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     1.2 +++ b/locale/help/area.list.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
     1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
     1.4 +=Areas=
     1.5 +The bars indicate the ratio of direct members and members represented by delegation of the respective area to the total number of members inside this system. By the way, for test initiatives (i.e. discussions not meant to be taken seriously) the area ,,Sandkasten/Spielwiese" might be a good choice.

     2.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     2.2 +++ b/locale/help/area.show.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
     2.3 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
     2.4 +=Issue, interest=
     2.5 +This page lists all initiatives belonging to this issue. If you add your ,,Interest at the issue'', you will be treated as equal to the members of the superior areas of this issue, and you increase the assessment basis for the supporter quorums to be reached by an initiative. As soon as you support an initiative of this issue, your interest will be automatically added. Even if you remove your support from all initiatives, your interest persists until you opt out. 
     2.6 +=Delegation, autoreject=
     2.7 +A delegation for this issue takes precedence over a potentially existing global delegation and/or a delegation for the superior area. A potentially existing autoreject instruction is valid only in case you do not participate yourself in the final voting and no delegation is really used. If you added your interest outgoing delegations will be suspended during the discussion phase, but will be active during the final voting.
     2.8 +=Discussion phase=
     2.9 +During the discussion phase (in the states ,,New'' and ,,Discussion'') you should support **all** initiatives that you can agree with generally (or under certain conditions), and make suggestions for improvements (you can find details on the initiative page). Hereby you give the initiators the chance to improve the draft. During this phase you can also start your own (competing) initiative for this issue and ask people to support it. 
    2.10 +=Final voting=
    2.11 +Initiatives reaching a certain quorum, will be taken into the final voting. There you can list all initiatives that you approve, ordered by preference. For other initiatives you can abstain or disapprove (the latter also by preference). Only those initiatives can be decided that get in total more votes in favour than against.

     3.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     3.2 +++ b/locale/help/contact.list.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
     3.3 @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
     3.4 +=personal list of contacts=
     3.5 +In order to find other members more quickly, you can add them to your personal list of contacts. On the profile page of the respective member you will find a link for doing so. If you publish a contact, others can see this member as listed on your list of contacts.
     3.6 +
     3.7 +**Important:** For improved ease-of-use your list of contacts will be shown to you when you delegate. In order to delegate to a member, you must first add him or her to your contacts. Removing a contact does not revoke the delegation, though.

     4.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     4.2 +++ b/locale/help/delegation.new.area.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
     4.3 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
     4.4 +=Delegation for this area=
     4.5 +You can delegate your vote for this area (independent of your membership in the area) to a person on your contact list. This delegation takes precedence over a potentially existing global delegation, but only, if you don't participate yourself and if you have not given a issue-specific delegation for the respective issue. Please go to the respective issue page for making issue-specific delegations. You can only delegate to members on your contact list. You can extend your contact list anytime in the ,,Members'' area.

     5.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     5.2 +++ b/locale/help/delegation.new.global.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
     5.3 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
     5.4 +=global delegation=
     5.5 +A global delegation is always active if you don't participate yourself and there is no delegation on the level of the respective area or issue. You can only delegate to members who are on your list of contacts. You can extend this list anytime under ,,Members''.

     6.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     6.2 +++ b/locale/help/delegation.new.issue.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
     6.3 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
     6.4 +=Delegation for this issue=
     6.5 +A delegation for this issue takes precedence over a potentially existing global delegation and/or a delegation for the superior area. If you added your interest outgoing delegations will be suspended during the discussion phase, but will be active during the final voting. You can only delegate to members on your contact list. You can extend the contact list anytime in the ,,Members'' area.

     7.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     7.2 +++ b/locale/help/index.download.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
     7.3 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
     7.4 +=Database download=
     7.5 +For auditability reasons all members can download a copy of the entire database. But for security and data privacy reasons certain data (e.g. passwords and email addresses) will be lacking. The data format is SQL as used for the PostgreSQL database compressed with gzip.

     8.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     8.2 +++ b/locale/help/index.index.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
     8.3 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
     8.4 +==Welcome to LiquidFeedback and on your homepage==
     8.5 +These blue boxes will keep following you until you gradually switch them off. Over the time your homepage will (hopefully) show more content like: 
     8.6 +- your profile, 
     8.7 +- the areas, issues and initiatives you are interested in,
     8.8 +- your incoming and outgoing delegations, and
     8.9 +- your published contacts.
    8.10 +
    8.11 +And since curiosity is an important human property, you can request this kind of information also about other members. If you would like to know if your friends are already onboard, have a look at ,,Members'' (top above).

     9.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     9.2 +++ b/locale/help/initiative.add_initiator.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
     9.3 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
     9.4 +=Invite initiator=
     9.5 +Here you can invite a person on your contact list to collaborate with equal rights on the draft. The invited member must first accept the invitation in order to become an initiator (and be displayed as such). **Attention:** All initiators have the same rights and can remove other initiators.

    10.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    10.2 +++ b/locale/help/initiative.remove_initiator.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    10.3 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
    10.4 +=Remove initiator=
    10.5 +You can remove yourself or another initiator, if after the removal there will be at least one initiator left. In order to abandon the entire initiative as such, please select ,,Revoke initiative''.

    11.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    11.2 +++ b/locale/help/initiative.revoke.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    11.3 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
    11.4 +=Revoke initiative=
    11.5 +You can revoke this initiative. This cannot be rolled back, but you can, of course, start a new initiative anytime. You can recommend the supporters an alternative initiative. For doing so you are offered all initiatives supported by you.

    12.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    12.2 +++ b/locale/help/initiative.show.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    12.3 @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
    12.4 +=Initiative, support, suggestion=
    12.5 +During the discussion phase you can support this initiative giving the initiators important feed-back about the approval level of the current draft. Apart from that you can communicate via suggestions (for making changes), what can still be improved, or indicate conditions under which you can imagine to give your support. 
    12.6 +
    12.7 +You can follow suggestions of other members (thereby increasing the weight of these suggestions) and come up with your own (additional) suggestions. You can mark suggestions that you believe to be mandatory changes from your point of view, for you to approve with ,,must'', and nice-to-have ones with ,,should''. You can also be skeptical of suggestions and mark them with ,,should not''. You can mark a suggestion that, if realized, would lead you to disapprove, with ,,must not''. 
    12.8 +=revised draft, realization notes=
    12.9 +Based on the (classified and quantified) suggestions the initiators decide what to present better, add or change in a new draft. The improved draft will be submitted to the supporters to ask for confirmation. Supporters can mark suggestions as implemented, if from their point of view the suggestions has been (sufficiently) implemented. Individual supporters can judge this quite differently.
   12.10 +=invite further initiators, revoke an initiative=
   12.11 +An initiator can invite further initiators thereby granting them equal rights on editing the draft. Every initiator of an initiative can revoke the initiative and recommend another alternative initiative to the supporters on request.
   12.12 +=if you don't get heard=
   12.13 +If the initiators, for inexplicable reasons, do not consider your suggestion, you can, of course, start your own initiative anytime.
   12.14 +=if you disapprove this initiative=
   12.15 +If you disapprove this initiative fundamentally, you should do nothing at all on this page, but support the initiative(s), that you are positive about, and/or start your own initiative related to this issue. If you are not already a member of the area you can increase the population of the necessary support quorum by becoming a member of the area or by adding your interest to the issue. You can achieve the same effect by delegating to a member of the area or a member interested at the issue. **Only for state ,,New'':** If the issue of this initiative is still in the state ,,New'' and, in fact, you do not want to discuss this issue at all, you should first only become a member of the area or add interest to the issue, but not give any suggestions, making you a (potential) supporter. Also, you should not yet start a counter initiative, which might raise the issue above the minimum admission level.

    13.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    13.2 +++ b/locale/help/issue.show.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    13.3 @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
    13.4 +=Issue, interest=
    13.5 +This page lists all initiatives belonging to this issue. If you add your ,,Interest at the issue'', you will be treated as equal to the members of the superior areas of this issue, and you increase the assessment basis for the supporter quorums to be reached by an initiative. As soon as you support an initiative of this issue, your interest will be automatically added. Even if you remove your support from all initiatives, your interest persists until you opt out. 
    13.6 +=Delegation, autoreject=
    13.7 +A delegation for this issue takes precedence over a potentially existing global delegation and/or a delegation for the superior area. A potentially existing autoreject instruction is valid only in case you do not participate yourself in the final voting and no delegation is really used. If you added your interest outgoing delegations will be suspended during the discussion phase, but will be active during the final voting.
    13.8 +=Discussion phase=
    13.9 +During the discussion phase (in the states ,,New'' and ,,Discussion'') you should support **all** initiatives that you can agree with generally (or under certain conditions), and make suggestions for improvements (you can find details on the initiative page). Hereby you give the initiators the chance to improve the draft. During this phase you can also start your own (competing) initiative for this issue and ask people to support it. 
   13.10 +=Final voting=
   13.11 +Initiatives reaching a certain quorum, will be taken into the final voting. There you can list all initiatives that you approve, ordered by preference. For other initiatives you can abstain or disapprove (the latter also by preference). Only those initiatives can be decided that get in total more votes in favour than against.
   13.12 +
   13.13 +**Important:** There is no reason to prefer a proposal you consider to be suboptimal, with an eye to the majority situation (i.e. because you are afraid of ,,giving away'' your vote). To put it simply, the preference-based voting means that as soon as your real favourite does not get a chance, your vote will be counted entirely for your first alternative, then for your second one, and so on.
   13.14 +
   13.15 +Information about the electoral process used: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method Schulze-Method]

    14.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    14.2 +++ b/locale/help/member.edit.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    14.3 @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
    14.4 +=Profile=
    14.5 +All information is voluntary. Only non-empty fields will be shown in your profile.
    14.6 +
    14.7 +You can change your name, login name and password on the frontpage under settings.

    15.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    15.2 +++ b/locale/help/member.edit_images.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    15.3 @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
    15.4 +=Images=
    15.5 +Format: JPG
    15.6 +Avatar: max. 48 x 48 pixels, an image in square format is preferred for your avatar
    15.7 +Picture: max. 250 x 250 pixels
    15.8 +Larger images will be scaled down, all images will be recoded and profile data be removed.

    16.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    16.2 +++ b/locale/help/member.list.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    16.3 @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
    16.4 +=Display profile pages=
    16.5 +Here you can display the profile pages of individual members and get an idea of the areas, issues and initiatives they participate in. You can also see the member's incoming and outgoing delegations and published contacts.
    16.6 +=Extend list of contacts=
    16.7 +On the profile page of a member you can also find a link for directly adding the member to your contacts. This is necessary e.g. when you want to delegate your vote to a member.

    17.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    17.2 +++ b/locale/help/member.settings.display.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    17.3 @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
    17.4 +Here you can adjust your personal settings regarding the visual user interface of LiquidFeedback.

    18.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    18.2 +++ b/locale/help/member.settings.login.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    18.3 @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
    18.4 +Please choose a login name. It will not be visible for other users and you will only use it for logging in. The login name is case-sensitive.
    18.5 \ No newline at end of file

    19.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    19.2 +++ b/locale/help/member.settings.name.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    19.3 @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
    19.4 +Choose a name, e.g. your real name or a nick name. This name will be visible for other users, in order to identify you. For reasons of transparency the history of your names is available for others looking at your profile.
    19.5 \ No newline at end of file

    20.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    20.2 +++ b/locale/help/member.settings.password.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    20.3 @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
    20.4 +Your new password must have at least 8 characters.

    21.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    21.2 +++ b/locale/help/member.show.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    21.3 @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
    21.4 +=Profile page=
    21.5 +Here you can learn,
    21.6 +- what this member says about him- or herself,
    21.7 +- which areas he or she is a member of,
    21.8 +- in which issues and initiatives he or she participates
    21.9 +- which delegations the member has received and given, and
   21.10 +- which contacts the member has published.
   21.11 +=add to contacts=
   21.12 +You can add this member to your list of contacts (and also remove him or her from it, again, of course). Please note that you can only delegate to members, who are on your list of contacts.

    22.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    22.2 +++ b/locale/help/timeline.index.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    22.3 @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
    22.4 +=Timeline=
    22.5 +Here you can get information about events in the system. Using filter settings you can control which type of events will be displayed for you. You can also define conditions for displaying individual event types. If you want to display e.g. all issues, that reach the support quorum and are moved to the ,,Discussion'' state, you can select the issue event ,,Issue accepted'' and specify additionally for these events to be displayed only if you are a member of the respective area. 
    22.6 +=Save filter=
    22.7 +You can save filter settings under a name and run the respective request with a single click. If you do not specify any date the default date for your requests is today.

    23.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
    23.2 +++ b/locale/help/vote.list.en.txt	Tue Apr 20 10:19:37 2010 +0200
    23.3 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
    23.4 +=Voting=
    23.5 +Depending on the standard settings you have chosen, at the beginning of the voting all initiatives will be in the Abstention or Disapproval field. It is recommended to start with your favourite and drag it with your mouse into the Approval field. Then you select the next initiative that you want to approve and drag it either
    23.6 +- into the same green box, if you want to approve it equally  or
    23.7 +- between the Approval and Abstention box, if you want this initiative to be your second choice.
    23.8 +
    23.9 +Continuing like this you define the preference list of the initiatives, that you want to approve, i.e. you drag equal initiatives into the same box. Then you specify your abstentions and disapprovals, meaning that you can also define a preference list for disapprovals, just in case one of the initiatives should represent something like a ,,minor evil''.
   23.10 +
   23.11 +**Important:** Leave this page via the ,,Finish voting'' button. You can change your votes anytime until the end of the voting. During the voting no interrim results are published. The support data on the issue overview page refers to the single respective initiative and is only suited to a very limited extent to compare different initiatives. Especially, it contains no information whatsoever about preferences. Moreover, the group of those  participating in the discussion can be very different from those who actually vote.