Debate Tools

Debate Tools are designed to help conduct an Oxford debate (pl. _debata oksfordzka_).

What is an Oxford Debate?

Oxford debate (pl. _debata oksfordzka_) is a debate format popular in Poland. It was popularized by Zbigniew Pełczyński, a Polish political philosopher and academic affiliated with Oxford University.

Features

• Debate clock adjustable to rules of any tournament,
• Generator of motions used in past tournaments with filtering by type and language,
• Usable logos of tournaments that used Debate Tools,
• Submitting custom logos.

Origin

Debate Tools were first used and tested in ZSK Poznań, during the 2023/2024 edition of the school's debate league. They were then used in several tournaments, the most notable ones being listed below:

Notable tournaments where Debate Tools were used

• Musketeers of Words – Polish Oxford Debates Championships in English 2024,
• Poznań Debate Night (pl. Poznańska Noc Debaty) 2024.

Plans for the future

• Debate configuration wizard,
• Tournament planner,
• Adding locales in more languages.

Special thanks

• Oskar Tezowicz Turowicz from Educational Projects Foundation – for sharing motions used by the Foundation and continuous feedback on the project

License

Copyright © 2023-2024 Jakub Mańczak & Mateusz Dobrzyński

Unless stated otherwise in LEGAL.md regarding specific files, Debate Tools are distributed under AGPL-3.0-only.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.