Debate
The Debate component allows people to have discussions, without voting nor prioritzation. It also allows to close them, by adding conclusions or a summary of what the discussion was about.
From this starting point, there could be other configurations, such as:
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To allow debates creation by participants
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To have debates with a fixed started and ending date or open
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To show endorsements (public supports) or not
Some examples of where this component was used:
To configure the Debate component:
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Sign in as admin
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Go to admin panel
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In the main sidebar, click in the button for the space that you want to configure the component for. For instance, it could be "Processes", "Assemblies" or "Conferences".
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Go to components
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Click on "Add component" button
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Click on "Debate"
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Fill the Add component form
Add component
Field | Type | Description |
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Name |
Required |
What is the title of this component. For instance, "Debates" |
Order position |
Optional |
Which order will it have in relation to the other debates. Having a lower number means a higher priority. For instance, if you have two debates, "Debate a" with weight "10" and "Debate b" with weight "0", then "Debate b" will be first when ordering. |
Field | Type | Description |
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Scopes enabled |
Optional |
Check if you want to have Scopes filtering in this component. |
Scope |
Optional |
Which Scope does this component belongs to. |
Global scope |
Optional |
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Comments enabled |
Optional |
Whether you want to have comments in the meetings. |
Comments max length |
Optional |
What is the characters limit that participants will have when making comments. Leave 0 for default value. |
Announcement |
Optional |
A general announcement that’ll be visible on the general debates landing page. |
In the cases where the space that this component will be used has Phases, for instance, in Participatory Processes, then you can also define different behaviors per Step.
Field | Type | Description |
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Endorsements enabled |
Optional |
Check if you want that participants show public support for these debates. |
Endorsements blocked |
Optional |
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Debate creation by participants enabled |
Optional |
Check if you want to allow the creation of new debates by participants. |
Comments blocked |
Optional |
Whether you want to enable comments for this phase. |
Announcement |
Optional |
A general announcement that’ll be visible on the general debate landing page. |
Permissions
An administrator can choose which kind of Authorizations a participant need to have to make certain actions in the debates:
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Create
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Endorse
Manage debates
Export all
Allows exporting the comments in the debates in different formats.
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Comments as CSV
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Comments as JSON
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Comments as Excel
New debate form
Field | Type | Description |
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Title |
Required |
What is the title of this debate. For instance, "How can we improve this process?" |
Description |
Required |
What is the description of this debate. |
Instructions to participate |
Required |
Add a message for the participants. |
Information updates |
Optional |
Add a message for the participants. |
Required |
Choose between Finite and Open. Finite means that the debate has a starting and ending date and time, Open means that there isn’t any timeframe. |
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Starts at |
Required if the debate type is Finite |
Expected format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:ii |
Ends at |
Required if the debate type is Finite |
Expected format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:ii |
Category |
Optional |
Which category has the debate. Used for filtering in the debates list. |
Debate types
It’s possible to have two kinds of debates:
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Finite: with a start and end date
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Open: without a start and end date
This is shown publically in the debate list.
Actions
Icon | Name | Definition |
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Edit |
Edit form for a debate. It’s the same form as "New debate". |
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Close |
Close form for a debate. For adding conclusions. |
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Permissions |
To handle the permissions of this debate, depending on the verification a participant has. |
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Delete |
To delete this debate. Only can be done when there aren’t any projects. |
Close debate form
A debate can be closed. This is useful for adding conclusions. After a debate was closed it can’t be edited nor commented any more
Take in account that if the debate was created by a participant then only that participant can close it.
Field | Type | Description |
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Conclusions |
Required |
What is the conclusion for this debate. |
The conclusions are shown publicly with the close date and time.