Making the Debate Forum Exclusive, What do you think? Options

[NoSex]

As I have spent a significant amount of time participating within these debate forums, I have come to a conviction that these boards would benifit greatly if this page were to become exclusive. Exclusive in the sense that direct permission would have to be given to allow one to participate, as in post, in these forums. Once permission has been granted that individual would have the right to normal posting within this forum.

I suggest this because I believe the quality of these debate forums is suffering and that such an action would greatly increase said quality. Memebers far too oftenly post arguments to never return to the debate threads. Many members do not respect the rules of debate, or make a mockery of such. Some members do not seem capable to be included in a reasonable and intellectual debate. A majority of the arguments posted are repeated arguments which have been served pages worth of rebuttles, yet continue to be posted. This all disrupts the point, and the enjoyement driven from these threads. Because of these reasons, and more, I wish that we could create a more close-knit, intellectual, and interested party for the debate section of Createblog.

(I wanted to have the debate in here, as it was a debate, and I don't think I have any kind of serious influence on policy making here. I just want to see what everyone else thinks. After some deliberation here, maybe some of us could bring this idea, or another, to the attention of those who do make policy here.)

Discuss?

[Paradox of Life]

4. name me 10 people active in debate, as in, they post in almost every thread regularly.

"Post in almost every thread regularly"? People post only in topics (hopefully) they have opinions about. Not everone is good at politics, religion, law, and social issues, so we obviously can't post in a lot of topics.

1. michael
2. you
3. Acid Bath Slayer
4. Uronacid
5. Spiritual Winged Aura
6. I Shot JFK
7. Paradox of Life

and i've seen more. but these are people i've seen post frequently. and maybe it's not how much you post, but the quality of your posting, and whether you contribute something thought-provoking to the thread.

Ooh, I'm honored.

Anyway ... I really don't think it's necessary to exclude people deemed "unworthy" from the debate forum. We should probably just implement a few rules like:

1. If you post an argument in a topic, go back and see the responses you've received.
2. Speak clearly, in complete sentences and try your best to spell correctly.
3. Do not repeat points that have already been made. Respond to other peoples' posts or describe new points to add to the discussion.
4. Skim through the posts before you post your own to get an idea of what's already happened and what would be appropriate for you to say.

And then give verbal warnings to those who don't follow the rules. And if they are exceedingly disruptive, we can exclude them personally from the debate forum. So instead of banning everyone except a few, we can accept everyone except a few.