[LoloLibia]

Thanks to brother Ahmed for the inspiration for this thread

Here is one idea (just an example, the simpler the better):

Hypothesis: The OP (original poster), writes his question/statement in the first post with numbered assumptions.

Assumption 1:
Assumption 2:
Assumption x:

The OP and User content(posts and quotes and links) to provide;

Thesis: Main arguments for the hypothesis with numbered assumptions

Assumption 1.
Assumption 2.
Assumption x.

Users content (posts and quotes and links) to provide;

Anti-thesis: Main arguments against the hypothesis with numbered assumptions

Assumption 1.
Assumption 2.
Assumption x.

Synthesis: Conclusions from the above


Postscript: Further research and study


Advantages:

1. Save hours of useless debating time.
2. Numbered assumptions means, you can focus on where problems lie, so off-topic, avoidence is tackled.
3. Problems have a recognised framework to be tackled within.
4. More difficult to spread misinformation within a recognised framework. Many propogandistic ideas will fail at assumption level.
5. Deeper understanding of issues.

[SoorgoBardy]

Why not stop debating altogather.

[LoloLibia]

Why not stop debating altogather.

You have entered into this "debate" with the above

[lXvtm0ox]

Good thread, looking forward, this could help:

Aapa Anybody's tutorial

[Toivaluadiora]

we are not supposed to debate with fools

[WepKeyday]

lets not promote debating.
(some eyebrows raised? - you are correct in doing so)

[CxofxJFm]

On a Internet forum many confusions can be spread if left unchallenged. And in a time when genuine deep knowledge of Islam is rare we will get many foolish and ignorant ideas being expressed...if ignored they will never learn the truth. Fools must only be ignored when Islamic knowledge is widespread and many people are exposed to it so that fools are easily apparent and they can be directed somewhere to get knowledge.

we are not supposed to debate with fools

[LoloLibia]

On a Internet forum many confusions can be spread if left unchallenged. And in a time when genuine deep knowledge of Islam is rare we will get many foolish and ignorant ideas being expressed...if ignored they will never learn the truth. Fools must only be ignored when Islamic knowledge is widespread and many people are exposed to it so that fools are easily apparent and they can be directed somewhere to get knowledge.

Thats why you NEED a structure. So that genuine users can resolve problems, or get a better understanding of problems, without random fools interrupting and diverting the the hypothesis !

Without a structure, expect infiltration, and expect a whole lot of futile time wasting refuting those who have no concern to learn.

You can call a structure when their is a decisive issue - instead of 300 posts of just random argument, and counter argument, leading to a mess of posts where the user has to scroll through hundreds of posts and then decide how it all fits in ? This just adds to the confusion on some issue ?

You dont need a structure for EVERY thread, just when there is a contentious issue.

This way you can direct a question, into a framework that is methodological. The forum is just a open discussion. Its a tool. As intelligent people, the regular users must enhance the tool to reflect the need of the niche, in this case Sunni Islam.

I dont think you would all sit in a large hall for years, and just continue posting your replies to the annoucer, without having some framework on which to decide vital issues, so why do it online ?