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Starting New Topics
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Members are invited to start new topics where appropriate.
NOTE: In order to avoid SPAM, new members must meet certain undisclosed criteria before starting new topics. The requirements are low, and are easily exceeded within a short period of time by those who are truly here to debate.
When starting a new topic, please make your best effort to pick the appropriate forum for your topic. If you are unsure where your topic belongs, feel free to contact a staff member for assistance. Topics started in the wrong forum will be moved to the correct forum. :)
It is also important to check for open topics that already address the same issues as the topic you are starting. Topics that are similar will be closed.
It cannot be emphasized enough that all new topics must have a clear, concise question to debate.
Experience shows that the most constructive topics begin with factual information regarding the topic (links, articles, and other references), proceed to a brief position statement (optional), and then finish with a clearly defined question to debate (required). As our goal is constructive debate, a clearly defined question to debate is mandatory.
Your question to debate should be prefaced with, "This is the question to debate:" (or similar wording). You are encouraged to emphasize your question to debate by using bold, italics, or another color.
Topics that ask 'how do you feel?' or 'what do you think?' will be closed.
The question to debate must be contained within the body of your post.
New topics that do not have a clearly defined question to debate will be closed.
If a new topic is closed because there is no question to debate, it most likely can be reopened. Please send a PM to the staff member who closed the topic with the specific question to debate. The question will be appended to your topic and the topic reopened, or the staff member will provide specific reasons why the topic can't be reopened.
Following these guidelines is a key factor in keeping America's Debate constructive. Your adherence to these guidelines is appreciated, and expected.
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