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This page is setup to help define a structure that allows issues to be debated or argued. | This page is setup to help define a structure that allows issues to be debated or argued. | ||
Wikis offer a great opportunity to allow an improved debate format from email exchanges or spoken debates. | Wikis offer a great opportunity to allow an improved debate format from email exchanges or spoken debates. | ||
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| + | Whats the best way to have a debate about an issue? One can state an opinion/hypothesis and then provide facts that when taken together imply that result. Wiki's offer a great opportunity to debate in a structured format the presented facts and if they support the original opinion. | ||
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| + | Wikipedia offers a good way to evaluate certain events or facts. Due to NPOV ... it is not a good medium for a exploration of the truth of certain arguments. The fact that there is criticism may be listed without examining wether the criticism is valid. | ||
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| + | The page [http://issuepedia.org/Clinton-Barak_Israeli-Palestinian_Peace_offers Clinton-Barak Israeli-Palestinian Peace Offers] is an attempt to explore this issue and create a format for Wiki Arguments. | ||
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Revision as of 19:40, 8 January 2007
This page is setup to help define a structure that allows issues to be debated or argued. Wikis offer a great opportunity to allow an improved debate format from email exchanges or spoken debates.
Overview
Whats the best way to have a debate about an issue? One can state an opinion/hypothesis and then provide facts that when taken together imply that result. Wiki's offer a great opportunity to debate in a structured format the presented facts and if they support the original opinion.
Wikipedia offers a good way to evaluate certain events or facts. Due to NPOV ... it is not a good medium for a exploration of the truth of certain arguments. The fact that there is criticism may be listed without examining wether the criticism is valid.
The page Clinton-Barak Israeli-Palestinian Peace Offers is an attempt to explore this issue and create a format for Wiki Arguments.
Structure
References
Wikipedia: Rhetoric and Composition/Argument