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Wikipedia:Catch Once and Leave (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 week ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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A way to combat [chaos in discussions] is to imagine all the potential contributors are standing in a circle. The person who starts the debate (by nominating an article for deletion, say) throws a ball into the circle. The game is meant to be that you catch it, throw it to someone else, and then sit down. Games get so complicated though...

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