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Structure, duration, and outcome of disputes. Outcomes are reported where they occur.

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  1. [26] arghXiv:2605.06119

    Termination of Nineteenth-Century Scientific Disputes Under a Modern Criterion

    P. Setterfield, M. Crozier

    27 pages, 2 tables. Correspondence transcribed from published editions; dates are of posting. Subjects: History of the Field (meta.HIST) (primary class); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  2. [27] 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)

  3. [28] arghXiv:2604.09000

    A Note on the Fallacy Fallacy

    Lionel Trask

    19 pages. The point is not original and the author does not claim it. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)

  4. [29] arghXiv:2604.07061

    Transition Rates Between First-Order and Metadiscursive States in Extended Exchanges

    D. Ostrowski

    23 pages, 7 figures. Coding manual in Appendix B. The corpus is that of arghXiv:2511.06104, recoded. Subjects: Self-Reference (meta.SELF) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

  5. [30] arghXiv:2604.05880

    Expressions of Disbelief as Terminal Moves

    R. Adeyemi

    15 pages, 2 tables. Coding manual in Appendix C. Item 4 was retained after revision. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

  6. [31] arghXiv:2604.02218

    Terminological Drift as a Conflict-Avoidance Mechanism in Technical Disputes

    A. Hollis

    9 pages. Subjects: Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

  7. [32] arghXiv:2603.09550

    Enumeration of Named Fallacies in Circulation

    Q. Barratt

    12 pages, 1 table. The lists are reproduced in Appendix B as received, including duplicates. Subjects: Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX)

  8. [33] arghXiv:2603.05517

    Share of Message Volume Composed by Automated Counsel in Extended Disputes

    M. Vasquez

    17 pages, 4 figures. Provenance logs retained for the study period only. Subjects: Oracle-Mediated Rhetoric (rhet.AI) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); General Futility (futil.GEN)

  9. [34] 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)

  10. [35] 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)

  11. [36] arghXiv:2602.01771

    Repetition of a Contested Levelling Line Under the Original Conditions

    N. Achterberg

    12 pages, 3 figures. The staves were the ones used in the original run. Subjects: Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO) (primary class); Instrumentation (metrol.INST); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

  12. [37] arghXiv:2601.08234

    Precision of Numerical Claims Across Successive Restatements

    E. Whitlock

    14 pages, 2 tables. Chains traced by hand. Subjects: Credentialism (epist.CRED) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX)

  13. [38] arghXiv:2506.00742v2

    Timing and Relevance of Credential Disclosure in Asymmetric Exchanges

    J. Redfern

    11 pages, 3 tables. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Credentialism (epist.CRED) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV)

  14. [39] arghXiv:2601.05529

    Detection of Machine-Generated Text by Participants in Adversarial Exchanges

    R. Adeyemi

    13 pages, 2 figures. Subjects: Oracle-Mediated Rhetoric (rhet.AI) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)

  15. [40] arghXiv:2601.02771

    Equivocation Between Three Non-Equivalent Terms in Sightline Disputes

    P. Duarte

    12 pages, 2 tables. Definitions follow standard surveying usage and are not proposed here. Subjects: Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX) (primary class); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV)

  16. [41] 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)

  17. [42] 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)

  18. [43] 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)

  19. [44] arghXiv:2510.03920 (withdrawn)

    Coder Agreement in the Classification of Concessive Moves

    Q. Barratt, D. Corrigan

    Withdrawn. The coding manual is unaffected. Subjects: Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH) (primary class); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV)

  20. [45] 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. [46] 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. [47] 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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