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Creating safe-havens for shipping is exactly what we don't want to do, because it results in much more militant and organized campaigning. So, even though it annoys you that the topic keeps coming up in threads you want to participate in, I think you'll just have to bear it. If it really gets too far out of hand and turns into a shipping war, you can report it and the mods will intervene. But as james0246 said, discussing potential pairings isn't forbidden or off-topic.
If you want to combat it, the main thing I would suggest would be to provide more interesting conversation points that will catch people's attention instead. Sometimes I think shipping is partly-perpetuated by boredom or lack of other interesting topics to discuss. (And, I'm sure, there are some people who care only about their ship, and keep the topic alive by their passion for that pairing. You can always put these people on your ignore list if they're too annoying.)
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