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=Welcome to The MFA Forensics Judge Paradigm Wiki=

There are three main goals to this site 1. To allow speakers to cater to judges preferences. 2. Allow judges to hear preferred speaking styles. 3. To generate a more productive educated sphere of communication in MFA

We simply ask that any MFA judges submit paradigms of preferences. Please keep alphabetical list on page by Last name, (i.e. McCollister, BJ) This makes it easier for the debaters to view the judge quickly.

= __**Maine Forensics Association Judges**__ = Averill, D @Conant, Bradley McCollister, Ben McCollister, BJ Pelletier, Joe Wilgus, Geneva McLaughlin, Coty

To keep it simple we have set up a guideline of some suggested questions, but feel free to be creative!

2. Estimating, how many rounds of Public Forum or Student Congress would you say you have judged in the past? 3. Estimating, how many rounds of LD and Policy would you say you have judged in the past? 4. How heavily do you consider "dropped" arguments? (Arguments that an opponent does not respond to.** **Feel free to comment****) 5.How important is evidence in your decision ? 6. Do you prefer: Philosophy Only, Carded Evidence only, No Evidence, Or blends of cards and philosophical concepts? 7. What is your preferred speed of delivery(1 being Bill Clinton Slow, 10 being "spreading".** **Feel free to comment)**? 9. At the end of the day how does a debater win your ballot? 10. Are you a former debater? If yes, what events did you compete in and for how long? 11. On a scale of 1 to 10, How important are the impacts of the debate to you? (1 being none, 10 being the most important aspect of round. Feel free to comment) 12. Do you have any "pet peeves" when it comes to debate? If so, what are they? 13. On a scale of 1 to 10, how detailed are your "flows"? (1 being that you don't flow/don't know what flowing is, 10 being that you are a former policy/lder) 14. Do you have any preferences? Any things that you like debaters to do? If so, what are they?** 16. What does the ideal speech look like for you? 17. On a scale of 1 to 10 how important is eye contact during the speech? 18. How does a speaker get the 1 in the round?**
 * Note:** Please include affiliation. A picture is also highly encouraged
 * 1. What is your educational and/or professional background?
 * 8. On a scale of 1 to 10, how important are formalities for you? (How you refer to your opponent, organization, formal attire, etc.** **Feel free to comment.****)
 * 15. What speech events have you judged in the past?

To create paradigm click the join wiki button. If you do not have an wikispace login you can create on for free.(Won't spam you, takes about 23.2 seconds) Once you have logged in and joined click the new page button in the upper right hand corner. After you have answered your questions save your page and add it to this list by editing the home page. Link your paradigm in this fashion: McCollister, BJ. To create the link click the insert link button(looks like chain link). From here select wiki link, assign the name as your last name, first name format. And then select your newly created wikispace page as the link. The steps are fairly easy to do without explanation just by surfing the site and getting a feel of the editor. Don't forget to alphabetize by last name! Enjoy