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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...

This decision allowed a suicidal pedophile who threatened to travel in-person to WMF headquarters to protest a block to gain access to an in-person meeting of our community.