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Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL)

Interventions that did not work, reported at the length they were attempted.

Recent submissions

1. [1] arghXiv:2608.03106

   Moderator Intervention and Turn Completion in Voice Channels

   D. Corrigan

   14 pages, 4 figures. Companion to arghXiv:2608.02840; the same recordings, coded for a different purpose. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD) (primary class); Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN); Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

2. [2] arghXiv:2607.01654v2 (withdrawn)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   Withdrawn.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)

3. [3] 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)