debate-tools
Battle-tested utilities to aid with Oxford format debates.
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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,
  • Sharing debate configurations via links.

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 #

Plans for the future #

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

Special thanks #

License #

Copyright © 2023-2025 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.