I’m somewhat confused about this specific point of yours, because in the article itself, you write
Step 3. They write a short summary of whatever progress they were able to make (and any major outstanding disagreements that remain). They must both endorse the summary. Writing such a summary needs to get you as much kudos / feel-good as winning an argument does.
which I interpreted to mean “both participants must give explicit verbal endorsement of the summary before it gets posted”. It’s possible that my interpretation is mistaken, but right now it’s not entirely obvious to me how one is supposed to make sure that “they [...] both endorse the summary” without asking first.
It’s also possible that what you’re saying is that we should omit this part of the procedure for the time being, in order to make sure the procedure doesn’t present too much of a trivial inconvenience for people to try it. If so, however, I think it’s worth making this explicit in your summary of the procedure itself, perhaps with a simple edit like the following:
Step 3. They write a short summary of whatever progress they were able to make (and any major outstanding disagreements that remain). Ideally, both participants should endorse the summary before it is published, although I think this particular requirement should remain optional for the time being. Writing such a summary needs to get you as much kudos / feel-good as winning an argument does.
Yes, I basically endorse this interpretation (I admit I haven’t been very clear or consistent on this point, but yes this is what I meant and I’ll edit it to reflect that, both here and in the original post)
I’m somewhat confused about this specific point of yours, because in the article itself, you write
which I interpreted to mean “both participants must give explicit verbal endorsement of the summary before it gets posted”. It’s possible that my interpretation is mistaken, but right now it’s not entirely obvious to me how one is supposed to make sure that “they [...] both endorse the summary” without asking first.
It’s also possible that what you’re saying is that we should omit this part of the procedure for the time being, in order to make sure the procedure doesn’t present too much of a trivial inconvenience for people to try it. If so, however, I think it’s worth making this explicit in your summary of the procedure itself, perhaps with a simple edit like the following:
Yes, I basically endorse this interpretation (I admit I haven’t been very clear or consistent on this point, but yes this is what I meant and I’ll edit it to reflect that, both here and in the original post)