# Stance rules for "The Early-Entry Reply Protocol" (2026-09 edition).
# Each reply is read against its parent post and the thread and given one stance.
# Labels were assigned by hand from the text; the signals below are what the reader
# looked for. Every label is in reply-protocol-2026-09.csv beside the reply text.
# License: CC BY 4.0.

stances:
  shared_views:
    rule: States or summarises what most commenters already said.
    signals:
      - "the majority"
      - "what most people said"
      - "many agree"
      - "as one commenter put it"
      - quoting a commenter to stand for the thread's prevailing view
  different_views:
    rule: Pushes back on the post or on the thread's prevailing read.
    signals:
      - "is quaint"
      - "overselling"
      - "raises questions"
      - a correction or counter-example aimed at the post's claim
      - surfacing a dissenting commenter against the thread's mood
  topic_extension:
    rule: Adds context the thread lacks (a figure, a date, a chart, a comparison) and takes no side.
    signals:
      - a number, date or named precedent not already in the thread
      - a data list or chart image
      - a historical comparison

default: topic_extension   # a reply with no explicit stance signal