All submissions must be as historically accurate as possible.
Ideological memes are not allowed.
2
No Reposts
All reposts, similar and identical, of posts previously submitted to the subreddit are banned and eligible for removal.
Temporary bans will be issued to those who repost, with longer and possibly permanent bans issued to those who continue this behavior.
Rule 2.1
Crossposts are allowed as long as it is not a repost of a previous submission to the subreddit. Crossposts should also be marked with the flair "X-post".
3
Discrimination and Abuse
Any excessive sexism, homophobia, racism or any other form of discrimination will be dealt with harshly and mods reserve the right to impose bans without warning. Basically try not to be jerks.
4
Year Limit
All posts must include only subject matter of at least 20 years old from the post time. Example: Memes about the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers won't be able to be posted till September 2028.
Rule 4.1 - Meta use
Posts that either complain about Rule 4 or use Rule 4 as a loophole to circumvent the rule are not allowed on the subreddit.
5
Banned Memes and Formats
Certain memes and formats, such as "France Surrender" and "Hitler Suicide", are banned on the subreddit. A full list can be found in the extended rules here.
6
Genocide and Atrocity Denial
Do not deny or defend genocides and atrocities. These include, but are not limited to; Holodomor, the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, Japanese war crimes and the Tiananmen Square massacre. Doing so will result in an instant permaban. Hateful historical revisionists are not welcome.
Do not downplay or use whataboutism in discussion of atrocities and genocides.
7
No Brigading
No calling for meme wars or inciting subreddit drama. This includes brigading, raiding, harassing other subreddits and their users, or likewise.
Political talks in comments are okay, but linking to external sites in which are about it are not. Directly linking posts to political subreddits is not allowed unless it is linked in a non-participating manner. For more info see here.
Meta memes that pertain to the subreddit are allowed.
9
Quality Control
Memes must adhere to some basic standards. Unedited Screenshots, Excessive black bars, improper cropping, and low resolution/unreadable memes are banned from the subreddit. Please see the extended rules here for a full list and explanation on banned practices.
10
Karma Whoring
Memes asking for upvotes, awards, and user actions are not allowed. Please see the extended rules here for a full list
11
Low Effort Titles
All submissions to the subreddit must include a proper title that does not exemplify qualities signifying "low-effort", "Lazy", or "Karma-whoring". Please see here for an extended list on what is allowed.
Rule 11.1
If the title is removed from the meme and it ceases to be either a historical meme or a meme in general it is not allowed on the subreddit.
12
No 1900's onwards on weekends
Memes relating to events that occurred from Jan 1 1900 onwards are not allowed on weekends (Saturday and Sunday EST).
Meta Memes complaining about Rule 12 are (still) prohibited everyday.