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*Original postings are to be left intact. No inserting of commentary or challenge into an original posting made by another user, and thereby disrupting, interrupting or breaking up the flow of the thought or argument of the posting. Any editor can remove it, especially the original posting editor, as an attempt at spamming or vandalism, obscuring the point of the posting. <br>—Opposing comments or challenges to particular points in the Protagonist section must be made in the Antagonist section or Open discussion section, citing the Protagonist point being challenged by the opposing or objecting user. A quote box of the point being challenged by an opposing editor is encouraged. <br>—Opposing comments or challenges to particular points in the Antagonist section must be made in the Protagonist section or Open discussion section, citing the Antagonist point being challenged by the opposing or objecting user. A quote box of the point being challenged by an opposing editor is encouraged.}}In accordance with these rules proposed by RobSmith and myself I have revised a copy of the Debate mainspace page as follows. <br>(This is not spam. RobSmith said he had unlocked the page. It's still locked. All double-brackets enclosing identifying signatures of users posting comments have been removed from the copy below to preemptively defeat a potential accusation of "forging electronic signatures" on a page the user "never posted to"—meaning this IndependentSkeptic talk page.) <br> --[[User:IndependentSkeptic|IndependentSkeptic]] ([[User talk:IndependentSkeptic|talk]]) 10:00, 1 September 2020 (EDT)

*Original postings are to be left intact. No inserting of commentary or challenge into an original posting made by another user, and thereby disrupting, interrupting or breaking up the flow of the thought or argument of the posting. Any editor can remove it, especially the original posting editor, as an attempt at spamming or vandalism, obscuring the point of the posting. <br>—Opposing comments or challenges to particular points in the Protagonist section must be made in the Antagonist section or Open discussion section, citing the Protagonist point being challenged by the opposing or objecting user. A quote box of the point being challenged by an opposing editor is encouraged. <br>—Opposing comments or challenges to particular points in the Antagonist section must be made in the Protagonist section or Open discussion section, citing the Antagonist point being challenged by the opposing or objecting user. A quote box of the point being challenged by an opposing editor is encouraged.}}In accordance with these rules proposed by RobSmith and myself I have revised a copy of the Debate mainspace page as follows. <br>(This is not spam. RobSmith said he had unlocked the page. It's still locked. All double-brackets enclosing identifying signatures of users posting comments have been removed from the copy below to preemptively defeat a potential accusation of "forging electronic signatures" on a page the user "never posted to"—meaning this IndependentSkeptic talk page.) <br> --[[User:IndependentSkeptic|IndependentSkeptic]] ([[User talk:IndependentSkeptic|talk]]) 10:00, 1 September 2020 (EDT)

On first glance, 3 points:

:On first glance, 3 points:

#"Original postings are to be left intact." conflicts with "An editor may return to correct typos, sloppy grammar...etc."

#"Original postings are to be left intact." conflicts with "An editor may return to correct typos, sloppy grammar...etc."

#"No inserting of commentary or challenge into an original posting..." I propose alternative language of "*The Protagonist and Antagonists sections are to be edited exclusive by editors who have declared their positions on either side of the Debate, with no crossover posting or editing."  

#"No inserting of commentary or challenge into an original posting..." I propose alternative language of "*The Protagonist and Antagonists sections are to be edited exclusive by editors who have declared their positions on either the Protagonist or Antagonist sections, with no crossover posting or editing."  

#"Any editor can remove it." I'd advise against "any editor" which can invite disruptive vandalism. By simply restricting Protags and Antags within their own section should prevent that problem.

#"Any editor can remove it." I'd advise against "any editor" which can invite disruptive vandalism. By simply restricting Protags and Antags within their own section should prevent that problem.

An exception of exemption has to be made for Sysop/Moderators whose job is keep an orderly flow and maintenance of the Debate.  

:An exception of exemption has to be made for Sysop/Moderators whose job is keep an orderly flow and maintenance of the Debate.  

Comment: I think we can agree on maintaining the integrity of the Protag and Antag sections as they are stated. We just need clarification in he Open debate section. Two things concern me:

:Comment: I think we can agree on maintaining the integrity of the Protag and Antag sections as they are stated. We just need clarification in he Open debate section. Two things concern me:

*No spamming and no redundant spam;

:*No spamming and no redundant spam;

*No posting above a signature line. (We may have to discuss your run-on postings when a signature is followed with a <nowiki><br></nowiki>)

:*No posting above a signature line. (We may have to discuss your run-on postings when a signature is followed with a <nowiki><br></nowiki>)

So, this is my cursory review. Tell me if you think I'm misinterpreting anything. Thanks. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|Trump 2Q2Q]]} 17:01, 1 September 2020 (EDT)

:So, this is my cursory review. Tell me if you think I'm misinterpreting anything. Thanks. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|Trump 2Q2Q]]} 17:01, 1 September 2020 (EDT)

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