Wikireason:Welcome

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Wikireason is a debating website, designed to improve on other Internet-debating websites and complement Wikipedia.

The system administrator of this wiki is Adam, any questions should be directed to him at his talk page after examining the resources below and the Help files. Wikireason is not affiliated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation.

Readers

Wikireason is a debating website, so each debate needs to be written so that opposing viewpoints can be expressed in an understandable way. To this end, we have adopted the logic tree structure for our debates. You can familiarize yourself with the logic tree structure by reading the description and reading some existing articles.

Editors

Try to keep your arguments clear and concise. The organizational standards that we have adopted should help with this.

Tips for contributing

• Don't be shy! You probably aren't an expert on any of these topics, but we can't defer all of our decisions and opinions to experts. Experts don't agree on everything anyway! Every free person needs to think, bounce ideas off of others, and be told when he is wrong. If an argument is meaningful to you, please share it with us. The worst that can happen is that you can find out why that argument doesn't hold water.
• If you don't like arguing, you can still contribute! We also need people to organize the content of this wiki.
• Refrain from deleting content. The only grounds for deleting an argument is that it is off topic or completely incoherent. If you decide that something should be removed, please discuss it on the article's talk page before actually deleting it.
• These arguments are not necessarily your personal position. If you feel the need to modify the original proposal, then you are making a different argument and should start a new argument.
• Some arguments need to be given priority over others. Organize arguments based on strength, clarity, and influence. Consult with other authors before making radical changes to the structure of a debate article. Evidence of influence can be provided by referencing an influential writer/thinker who proposed the argument.
• Create new pages by placing double brackets around a statement that would make a good title. These words will turn red, at which point you can click on them and will be taken to the edit window of the new page, where you can start the argument.
• Before starting a new debate page, make sure that a page hasn't already been started for that debate. You can check for this by searching for key words in the "search" box in the left sidebar. You can also check the Issues page to see if a similar debates has been started.
• If current events make a particular argument obsolete, please archive that argument. This can be done by creating an "/archive" subpage within the main page. Record the date that this argument was declared obsolete.

Contributors can find resources at the Community Portal.