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 === Disclosure ===
+During the past few years, it has become a norm to disclose your cases on the [[hsld.debatecoaches.org|HSLD wiki]]. Disclosure entails uploading the case you read during each round after the round has concluded. The affirmative will typically disclose the 1AC, and the negative will typically disclose the 1NC. You should not disclose your frontlines or blocks, as that would put you at a strategic disadvantage; you should only disclose what you read.
+Although there is not universal consensus whether disclosure as a community norm is actually good or bad, most debaters have accepted the practice and continue to disclose on the wiki. If you do not disclose, you can expect to have people read [[Disclosure Theory|disclosure theory]] against you. Since many judges themselves are disposed to vote in favor of disclosure theory, many people have concluded that it is more strategic to disclose, even though that means people will have access to your prep after you have read it.
+There are some exceptions to the practice worth noting. Some debaters do not disclose positions or performances that are of a personal nature to them. Other debaters do not disclose because their school forbids them to disclose. Also, novices are generally not expected to disclose. These debaters are still at risk of having disclosure theory ran at them; however, they might receive more sympathy from their opponents and judges.
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