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Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)

Disputes with no reachable terminal state.

August 2026

1. [1] arghXiv:2512.11487v2 [pdf]

   Response Types to Direct Questions in Two-Party Text Disputes

   E. Cavill, D. Ostrowski

   5 pages, 1 table. The manual is Table 1, and is also kept at /help/response-types. Table 1 revised at v2: one category added, its count split from prius tu, the corpus total unchanged. Participants were not shown the codes applied to them; see arghXiv:2510.03920. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

2. [2] arghXiv:2608.05219

   Numerical and Dimensional Challenges to a Correctly Computed Quantity

   S. Nakagawa

   13 pages, 3 tables. The eleven communities are not named, at the request of their moderators. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Verification and Provenance (epist.VER) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); General Futility (futil.GEN)

3. [3] arghXiv:2608.04740

   Mutual Attribution of Faith in Exchanges Where Neither Position Admits a Test

   S. Nakagawa

   12 pages, 1 table. Exchanges were selected on a structural criterion and their subject is not characterised here. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Eristics (argu.ER) (primary class); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

4. [4] arghXiv:2608.04471 [pdf]

   On the Non-Convergence of Terrestrial Geometry Discourse in Real-Time Text Channels

   Q. Barratt, E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

   4 pages, 1 table. Submitted to the Journal of Irreproducible Discourse. Subjects: Social Discourse (disc.SOC) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Oracle-Mediated Rhetoric (rhet.AI); Self-Reference (meta.SELF); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO)

5. [5] arghXiv:2608.04102

   Concordance of Participant Report With the Recorded Outcome

   P. Setterfield

   7 pages, 1 table. Validation of the register described in arghXiv:2608.02514. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)

6. [6] arghXiv:2608.02514

   Outcomes Recorded in 1,240 Disputes: A First Register

   P. Setterfield

   8 pages. The register is maintained and is open to correction by the parties recorded in it. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

7. [7] arghXiv:2607.01654v2 (withdrawn)

   A Terminating Argument for the Bounded Case

   Q. Barratt

   Withdrawn. Cross-reference added at v2. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL)

8. [8] arghXiv:2608.01178

   Uptake of a Descriptive Finding by the Population It Describes

   Q. Barratt, E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

   18 pages, 4 figures. Follow-up to arghXiv:2511.06104. Subjects: Self-Reference (meta.SELF) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)