Jarus: Good modifications, but frankly, weekly event is a DOA. I'm talking from experience. Initial gragra will soon fade out, it is unsustainable.

Afam4eva:
Pls, what's this?

Prof Corruption:

Dead on Arrival.

manny4life:

A matured debate shouldn't be about winner or loser, that is so high school reasoning. Real debates is all about convincing your audience and being able to sway their votes(if election) towards you.

Deep Sight:

So when is the next debate? Will we still have a January one or would it be February.

Seun, with 1 million members and millions more in terms of guests on your forum, you need to realize that you have a HUGE PUBLIC platform for WHATEVER you want to say. Your forum alone gives you a louder voice in this society than most politicians would ever have. I am not exxagerating when I say that one day, if you choose to become Nigerian President, merely announcing your candidature on this forum would leap you massively ahead.

As such, you must recognize this for what it is: not just an AD bizness; it is a VOICE.

You can make of that voice what you will bro.

But it starts with taking little things like the debates seriously.

You have done very well, and if I was Bill Gates; I would make you a huge offer to buy this forum from you.

ilugunboy: Let's stop deceiving ourselves ...the spirit of this idea left with the originator of the idea....we can pretend as much as we want to believe otherwise though.

Afam not been the originator will always find it a tough call to measure up with keeping up...Seun should simply stop forcing a reluctant person to continue with what he doesn't have flair for ..

We either find a way to accommodate Jarus to continue with his baby or we start with a brand new and fresh initiative.

Pharoh: @Afam

I would understand you your insistence if people do not want you to be a mod. You were appointed by seun and you can tell them to Bleep off but in this case you are are really falling your hand big time.

If i were you i will just tell seun to exempt me from anything that has to do with the debate and focus on other aspects of this section.

@Seun

Please can you kindly stop forcing afam on this debate because no matter what, it has a more negative effect than being positive or trying to savage a dieing situation.

coogar: jarus' name is a brand!
people are excited when they see him coordinating stuff like this. in the sports section, he's doing something similar with the player rating in the cup of nations - he posts his opinion and people either argue for/against his prognosis!

i agree it's become difficult as he's no longer a mod but he can always be in contact with afam/oam4j through the private message and ask them to remove/add posts! how is this difficult. that afam is now the mod does not mean he can do this better - he can also be better than jarus at other stuff jarus is completely clueless about!

ujchief: These are my inputs:
1) It will be tedious, if not impossible to organize a weekly debate. The process of debate entails selecting a topic, appointing judges, selecting contestants and then the actual debate. All of us have life outside Nl and keeping up with such weekly activities might be tasking, both on the side of moderators, judges, contestants and voters.

2) I still don't understand the correlation between Nairalanders selecting (or electing) the winners and the points you listed as the advantages of the new method.
your polling system isn't working, and manual collation of votes is tasking, both in the part of mods and we the floor members that might try to ensure a due process.

3) Lastly, I've witnessed several events requiring voting here in Nl, most of them turn out ugly. there's always room for someone to believe there's foul play somewhere; and don't over-estimate those visiting the politics section of Nl, not all knows what a good point entails. So they are misled to either join the crowd, or vote out of sentiment; be it religious, tribal or ethnic.

Thanks. I will make more inputs and suggestion later.

manny4life: As for the arguments, they are very and super lengthy that most times, it just makes it too difficult to read, I'd say limit the wordings to a limit. There are people who can argue precisely but keep it short and interesting.

Ngwakwe: A debate without a winner is dead. Let just call it Round Table Discussion or Monthly Intellectual Reasoning.

Negro_Ntns: hey man, ..it is really shocking to witness the way and manner with which nairaland administrators resolve disputes within their own fold. if this was a city or a state these guys will be the governor. we are expecting to see fashola in them but they are displaying rochas. shame!

ilugunboy: We either find a way to accommodate Jarus to continue with his baby or we start with a brand new and fresh initiative.

DemDem: There is nothing wrong with the current system, even if u want to modify it then it should be for good and not "dabaru" everything. Let's stick to what we have which currently work.

The event has to be a weekly event in order to significantly impact the forum. We are streamlining the process to make it work on a weekly basis.

Afam4eva:
The rationale is unconnected with the fact that Judges will always be biased for a particular argument. Take for instance you're a judge for a debate topic titled "Is Garr1 the best food in the world?". You're most likely to score the person supporting the motion high because you're also a garr1 advocate and will most likely agree with some of his points. I hope i'm making sense.

Seun: @Jarus: I really appreciate your support. Please consider participating in the next debate, since it's now possible!!

Please check out this thread and give me your thoughts https://www.nairaland.com/1177398/official-politics-weekly-debate-1

Jarus:

I'm in for it. Let me just offer advice from the sideline. If we have too many hands actively running the debate, it becomes cumbersome (divergence of thoughts, especially when you need to make light-speed decisions in the course of teh exercise). You and Afam can do the active controlling, supported by OAM4J, while I advise and mobilize. Too many hands can be counterproductive.

Deep Sight:

Just ONE person to handle the debate, PERIOD.

Let the MOD do it.

In the new format, no need for Judges since there is no official winner or loser. Peeps following the debates simply click "like" for posts they support. Nothing more.

Ngwakwe: Liking an assertion or a narrative doesn't make it a superior argument depending on the level of your authority in a particular subject.

Seun:

I sense that you are afraid that our efforts to improve the current system will fail. We'll take that as a challenge. You won't be disappointed!

Demdem:

ur proposal of weekly debate to me is out of the question. it doesnt differ from present daily issues discussion we are currently experiencing. its simply free for all.

Gboliwe: How is it going to be different from regular threads opening if everybody can participate? I really do not understand

berem: of course it doesn't differ.buh wait,is the debate gonna be for just selected peeps? why not everyone participate? i mean this is a very sensitive topic.this is an opportunity for gays and lesbians in this forum to air their views.everyone should be allowed to speak.

Demdem:

Then we don't need a special debate for that. Just open a thread about it and NLers will come in and air their views. That is what we have presently.