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Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)

Disputes with no reachable terminal state.

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  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)

  9. [9] arghXiv:2607.13022

    Dispute Volume and Mean Duration in Four Communities, 2023 to 2026

    P. Setterfield

    11 pages, 4 figures. Series computed under the criterion of arghXiv:2604.11238. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)

  10. [10] arghXiv:2607.08233

    Conduct of a Dispute Before a Silent Audience and Before None

    D. Ostrowski

    9 pages, 1 figure. The channels were paired on membership and on topic. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Audience and Observer Effects (rhet.AUD) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  11. [11] arghXiv:2607.05512

    Attempted Replication of a Twenty-Four-Hour Termination Criterion

    D. Corrigan, Q. Barratt

    6 pages, 1 table. Reply to arghXiv:2604.11238. A response has been offered and is awaited. Subjects: Replication and Non-Replication (futil.REP) (primary class); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  12. [12] arghXiv:2606.11302 (withdrawn)

    A Decisive Refutation of the Coordinate-Frame Objection

    E. Cavill

    Withdrawn. Subjects: Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP) (primary class); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO); Eristics (argu.ER)

  13. [13] arghXiv:2606.02295

    Movement of the Evidential Standard Within Single Exchanges

    T. Ferreira

    11 pages, 2 tables. Distinct from proposition substitution; see arghXiv:2508.02914 for that case. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)

  14. [14] arghXiv:2604.11238 [pdf]

    Termination Rates in Two-Party Disputes Under a Twenty-Four-Hour Criterion

    P. Setterfield, M. Crozier

    3 pages, 1 table. Prepared in response to the criterion adopted in arghXiv:2505.02640. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  15. [15] arghXiv:2603.02419 [pdf]

    An Operational Criterion for Dispute Termination: Development and Reliability of an Assessment Schedule

    Q. Barratt, E. Cavill

    3 pages, 2 tables. Item 7 is retained in the schedule, unscored. Subjects: Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT); General Futility (futil.GEN)

  16. [16] arghXiv:2602.03357

    Position Acquisition Among Participants Entering an Exchange Without One

    A. Hollis

    15 pages, 3 figures. The author joined two of the exchanges described and is counted among the 512. Subjects: Eristics (argu.ER) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); General Futility (futil.GEN)

  17. [17] arghXiv:2512.07740

    Silence as Concession: Interpretive Practice in 611 Terminated Exchanges

    D. Ostrowski

    7 pages. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV)

  18. [18] arghXiv:2511.09852 [pdf]

    Effect of a Structured Exchange Protocol on Dispute Termination: A Controlled Comparison

    E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

    3 pages, 1 table. Protocol and the chair's instructions are reproduced in Appendix A. Subjects: Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

  19. [19] arghXiv:2511.06104

    Periodicity in Extended Disputes: Estimation of the Return Interval

    Q. Barratt, E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

    19 pages, 6 figures. The disputes observed here have since returned to the configuration described. Subjects: Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); General Futility (futil.GEN)

  20. [20] arghXiv:2509.04188 (withdrawn)

    Preliminary Notes Toward a Terminating Argument

    Q. Barratt

    Withdrawn. Superseded by no subsequent work. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)

  21. [21] arghXiv:2508.02914

    Substitution of the Contested Proposition Over the Course of an Exchange

    D. Ostrowski

    8 pages, 1 table. Message 200 was chosen because the corpus ends there. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX)

  22. [22] arghXiv:2505.02640 [pdf]

    Termination Rates in Single-Channel Disputes: An Eleven-Week Observation

    D. Corrigan

    3 pages, 1 table. Preliminary. A longer observation is planned. Subjects: Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

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