# Dealing with highly contentious discussions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-highly-contentious-discussions/62887>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Tags:** moderation\
**Created:** [May 17, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-highly-contentious-discussions/62887 "2017-05-17T16:18:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-highly-contentious-discussions/62887/9 "2019-04-16T23:57:18Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> At the meeting, a person is not allowed to dominate the conversation. If you need to make a point that is going to take some time to explain, ask for 5 min. You will have 5 minutes to make your point with no interruptions. No one should speak for more than 5 minutes at a time.

I still want to come back to this @sam and @eviltrout for fast moving discussions, limit how often the most talkative people are posting, so everyone has a chance – and potentially also limit brand new users from posting as well under the same conditions.

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