Issuepedia:Debaticons

Introduction
Debaticons are like emoticons for showing the structure of an argument or discussion. In much the same way a "smiley" or "frowny" emoticon is a graphical shorthand to indicate happiness or unhappiness with a statement, debaticons are graphical shorthands to indicate a given statement's position with respect to the overall debate.

See Issuepedia:Structured Debate for details on how debaticons are used in the context of Issuepedia's proposed rules.

key icons

 * Arrow-button-rt-25px.png Main point / claim
 * Arrow-button-up-25px.png Supporting point
 * Arrow-button-dn-25px.png Counterpoint
 * Arrow-button-i-20px.png Information stipulated by both sides, or from an agreed-on authority

auxiliary
It's less certain how useful these will be; possibly handy for experimentation.
 * [[File:Button-quote.png]][[File:Button-unquote.png]] quote open/close; see Template:Arg/quote
 * Button-check-20px.png possibly statements posted by one side and agreed by the other (where the "I" debaticon indicates items agreed to beforehand)
 * "X" icons, generally intended to indicate some clear error or misuse (e.g. a logical fallacy or factual error):
 * Button-green-X.20px.png discovery of error supports main claim; see Template:Arg/support/fact
 * Button-red-X.20px.png discovery of error weakens main claim; see Template:Arg/counter/fact
 * Button-e!-20px.png Error: early, less-clear version of red X icon

Related Pages

 * the debaticons category is where we will keep all our debaticon images and templates

Examples




Rules
Points are supporting if they support the current main point. If a point supports the current counterpoint, then it is also a counterpoint. If it argues against the current counterpoint, then it is a supporting point. (This way you don't have to go up through the levels counting in order to figure out which "side" a point is on.)