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=**Wisconsin State Debate Tournament Judging Paradigms**=

Welcome to the Judging Paradigms Wiki Site for the Wisconsin State Debate Tournament.

Starting with the 2009 Wisconsin State Debate Tournament, all judges in varsity policy (four-person or two-person) and Lincoln Douglas will be required to post their preferences/paradigms/philosophy statements on this website. In addition to listing the statements for all of the judges, this page also explains why we are using a judge wiki and how you can post your judging paradigm/philosophy/preferences.


 * NOTE:** Please only edit this site if you know what you are doing. If you have trouble posting a paradigm, send a full text copy to Tim Scheffler (timscheff@aol.com).

**Why a Judge-Wiki?**
There are several reasons to departure from our past policy of using the WDCA numeric evaluations.
 * 1) The interpretation of numeric forms often caused confusion among coaches, students, and judges about what a judges preferences actually were. The old judge preference form categorized practices activities as acceptable/unacceptable on a sliding scale. For example, some judges may find critical arguments acceptable as a form of argumentation - but not be sympathetic to critical impact claims. The information that a judge finds critical arguments as "acceptable" is unhelpful information to teams that run those arguments. A statement like - "I find with all forms of argumentation appropriate but have difficulty weighing kritiks against policy alternatives" would be much more helpful for teams to adapt. The sliding scale also left a lot of gray area between judges - what one person would say is "6" in speed someone else might think was a "8" or a "3". A written statement yields a better understanding of a judge's preference.
 * 2) A wiki-site becomes a historical archive. This means that judges will not have to re-submit their philosophy every year. Instead, teams can simply revisit this site. Additionally, a wiki site has the capability to let judges alter their philosophy over the year(s). For example, Bill Batterman posted how he felt about arguments that developed over the course of the alternative energy topic on the NDCA wiki site. A WSDT wiki site will allow judges to have an online space to post their preferences/philosophy/paradigm so that can be constantly accessed and updated as the judge sees fit.
 * 3) Collecting Judge Paradigm Forms has been a hassle for the Operations Director for a number of years. This method facilitates their efforts to achieve statements from all of the judges in the pool.

**How do I create my judge paradigm/philosophy/preferences?**
If you have not created an account with wikispaces before, [|please create one]. If you already have a wikispaces account, you can click "Join this Wiki" in the box at the top left column. In both cases you will need to wait for approval to be a member for this wiki. It should not take longer than a day to approve your request

Once you've been approved, return to this site and click "edit this page." Now, post your name {Last name, First name} on the main page. Surround your name by double square brackets and hit save. After returning to the main page, click on your name to access your page. Click the edit button, enter text to describe your paradigm/preferences/philosophy, and click save. That's it. If you want to update your information during the season, you can return to your information and edit it.

Please enter your name where it belongs in the list alphabetically; thus, if your last name is Gomez, put it after Gaster, but before Gonzo. Also, please make sure to put your statement in its respective pool. That is, if you are judging policy debate - make sure your name appears under that form of debate. If you think you might be judging either policy or LD - please make sure that your name is linked under both pools. Additional help information for people who might be in either pool is listed on our Frequently Asked Questions Page.

To make things easier for you, we have combined the policy debate judges (VSS and V4) into one listing - even though the judges will not be in the same pool at the WSDT. Remember, this list is intended to include all of the judges at the WSDT plus people who may not be in the WSDT judging pool. Our hope is that we create a Wisconsin Judge Paradigm/Philosophy statement repository. The preference sheet is the final determination of what judges are in each division.

**What information should be in paradigm/philosophy/preference statement?**
Excellent question. We have created a page to help guide you in creating information to submit. Click here to view that page.

If you have any additional questions, please see our Frequently Asked Questions Page or post a question to the [|discussion forum]. Some one will answer your question.

**Policy Debate Judges**
Al-hassan, Amin Altorfer, Bill Anania,Alex Athey, Jared Barnett, Katharine Barrette, Meghan Baseman, Erik Batterman, Bill Beaver, Zachary Bezier, Nick Billerbeck, Franklin Bolgert,Sam Bourassa, Sam Bubb, Nick Buck, Sera Burgan, Lucas Carroll, Bertrum Cekanor, Matt Chapman, Jason Charles, Noah Cho, Nathan Chomicki, Ernest Clark, Charles Cook, Jon Cook, Melissa Cooper, Sam Csuy, Barbara Csuy, Collin Cutler, John DeBow, Jillane DeBow, Royce Degeneffe, Kristin Dennis, Josh Dercks,Jesse Devine, Brian Dhillon, Kiran Ehrlich, Miranda Ernst, Tim Feudner, Eric Filak, Vince Finch, Steve Geenen, Jody Glenzer, Sam Goetsch, Steve Gordon, Drew Gray, Andrew Hahn, Colin Hamburger, Benjamin Hartung,Samantha Hansen, Dan Haselow, Noah Hass, Melissa Heider, Matt Henning, Dave Holzem, Caitlin Huther, Elizabeth Jackson, Neil Jackson, Tyler Johnson, Jeremy Kaounas, Sophia Kapszukiewicz, Emily Kestrel (Hill), Emma Kahn, Mujeed King, Stephanie Klopotek, Joe Klish, Nathan Knepel, Carl Knetzger, John Komas, Heather Krokosky, Neal LaCha, Jeremy Lanke, Zach Larson, Chad Larson, Sarah Larson, Wendy Le, Todd Lepien, Kimm Locher, Hannah Mack, Joshua Manning, Robert Marston, Cheri Martner, Casey Marx, Taylor Maylander, Timothy McCoy, Willina McGuire, Molly Medved, Cassandra Mehlos, Corey Merget, Devin Michaels, Evan Mills, Laurel Moffitt, Andrew Mooers, David Moorhead, Michael Neal, John Neal, Kay Neal, Stephen Olson, Matt Onkels, Adam Oswald, Lorin Palmbach, Andrew Parkes, Melzora Payne, Charles Payne, Elias Platt, Justice Prichard, Paige Powell, Michael Putzer, Maria Reinl, Heath Reynolds, Parker Robinson, Miloran Roessler, Megan Ruffolo, Nathan Russell, Charles Sailer, Phil Sajdak, Ken -Policy Sauer, Benjamin Schaffer, Angela Schams, Greg Scheffler, Timothy Schindler, Katy Schieffer, Remington Schroeder, Eric Schultz, Ben Schultz, Tyler Sexton, Doris Shanker, Kripa Shircel, Anton Shircel, Sam Shreekumar, Advik Silva, Oscar Sisco,Sara Spike, Jon Surprenant, Linda Swanson, Nathan Sweberg, Dean Thomas, Hilary Tolstedt, Andrew Trilling, Noah Twinem, Alex Umstot, David Walker, Jerrod Walker, Travis G Wanecke, Nolan Wanta, Samantha Wasser, Kimberly Watson, David Weeman, Scott Wehrs, Avery Wehrs, Henry Weiss, Mike Williams, Rachel Willkomm, Geoffrey L. Wunderlich, Carly Viles, Emily Voss, Jon Yep, Andrew

**Lincoln-Douglas Debate Judge**
Agrawal, Krishna Alam, Afra Aravati, Vishnu Batterman, Bill Barnett, Katharine Beaver, Zachary Bierbach, Jared Broomfield, Jim Brown, Pamela Bubb, Nick Buck, Sera Caldwell, Brendan Chomicki, Ernest Cook, Hallie Dean, John DeBow, Royce Dempsey, Richard Donker, Jason Dunbeck, Ken Earl Cleveland, Justin Filak, Vince Froh, Kali Gamerdinger, Katie Geenen, Jody Gill, Stephanie Graf, Dean Graf, Lindsey Hansen, Dan Heo, Min Henning, David Hildebrand, Kristen Hoefler, Michael Hoffmann, Isaac Horvatin, Mark Huber, Kayla Jacobi, James Johnson, Jennifer Johnson, Jeremy Kaounas, Sophia Kapszukiewicz, Emily Kestrel (Hill), Emma Kilkenny, Michael Knepel, Carl Komas, Heather Largin, Brandon Larson, Chad Larson, Sarah Larson-Wolf, Graydon Lepien, Kimm Leigh, Rowan Marx, Taylor Mikic, Jake Maier, Michael Maylander, Tim Matson, Shawn McMurtrey, Garrison Mooers, David Munger, Devin Munim, Hasaan Neal, John Neal, Dr. Kay Neal, Stephen Ngo, Isabelle Palmbach, Andrew Platt, Justice Plum, Jean Raja, Sharath Rettinger, Anyon Roselle, John Sajdak, Ken - LD Schams, Greg Schumann, Morgan Schultz, Elizabeth Sexton, Ashley Shreekumar, Advik Sexton, Doris Sexton, Steve Singh, Ashveer Sisco,Sara Stevens, Carissa Stumbris, Nick Summers, Emily Smith, Chris Smith, Jenny Syron, Abby Syron, Craig Tabbert, Leah Tidberg, Becky Trilling, Noah Trussell, Victor Twetten, Cynthia Umpir, Evan Umstot, David Vickney, Ashley Vrana, Zack Wagner, Mike Wagner, Tom Walls, Dedra Wanta, Samantha Williams, Ta'Liyah Wunn, Scott Yang, Eugene Zemplinski, Marshall