The following types of content are not considered documentaries: TV news/shows, articles, interviews, lectures, scripted content, amateur home videos, mockumentaries, biopics, video essays, promotional material, and vlogs.
Posts which are not documentaries will be removed.

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Post Title Format

Title (Year) - Optional Description [hh:mm:ss]

Correct title, year of release and length are mandatory.
[Trailer] tag is mandatory in the description for trailers.
A (CC) tag in the description is strongly encouraged.
Do not post titles or descriptions using 100% capitalised words.
Example of a good title:

The Documentary Title (2020) - A documentary about documentaries (CC) [02:12:52]

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Post Correct Title & Description

Ensure the documentary title and description are correct.
The title is often not the same as the YouTube submission, please take care.
Avoid adding opinion or commentary to submission titles & description or it will be removed.
Ensure that titles are not misleading, misrepresent the content, or use all caps words (except for acronyms).

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No Self-Promotion or YT Channel Promotion

Linking to your own YouTube channel or similar channel is not allowed, including any form of self-promotion in comments.
If you wish to share a documentary, please adhere to the 1/10th rule, which means self-promotion (and karma farming), including video links, should not exceed 10% of your content here. The remaining 90% should be active engagement through comments within the community.
Promoting the video channel in the title, comment or submission statement is prohibited.

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Submission Statements Are REQUIRED

Immediately * post a submission statement according to the following or the post may be removed:

Submission statements should be a 2+ sentences describing the video's content. Avoid sharing personal thoughts or opinions, and refrain from primarily using direct quotes or excerpts.
Users should be able to understand what to expect from your video based on this comment.
Don't name the video channel.

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No Bigotry, Dehumanization, or Discrimination

Zero tolerance for bigotry, discrimination, hate speech, promoting violence, antisemitism, islamophobia, apologia or justification of the dehumanization/suffering of others.
Do not engage in any harmful or prejudiced behavior based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic. All human beings are equal.
Bad-faith strategies such as whataboutism or obfuscation is prohibited.
Users are assessed based on their actions across all of reddit.

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No Brigading, Harassment, Trolling, Threats, False Sub Accusations, or Metadrama

Engaging in brigading, showboating, or harassment of users, moderators, or subs may lead to a ban.
Trolling, sealioning, threats, or creating a negative atmosphere, is prohibited.
Making false claims that the subreddit supports a specific ideology or group may result in a ban.
No Metadrama. MUST use np links to other subs.
If you come across an rule violating comment, please report it rather than publicly attacking them.

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Be respectful to others

Please be respectful to other users... if they're wrong, tell them why! But please, personal attacks or comments that insult or demean a specific user or group of users will be removed and result in bans.

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No Misinformation. Source with Trustworthy Links

Posts and comments spreading misinformation will be removed. Significant claims must be supported by reliable sources; however, Wikipedia links are not considered reliable. Provide links to trustworthy sources, and failure to do so upon request will result in content removal, and possibly leading to a ban.

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No File Lockers, Linkjacking, or Torrents

The linked page must contain a playable video, and shouldn't be an embedded video from another site.
No file lockers, torrents or linkjacking: site must stream video.

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Do Not Delete Popular Submissions

A popular submission contains many conversations by a wide range of users. Please don't consign their comments to the memory hole by deleting your popular submission, even if the documentary has been removed from an external site.
Banning will be imposed on users who delete popular submissions.

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No Solicitation

Requests for donations or material support is annoying and prohibited.

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No Reposts (3 month rule)

Do not repost documentaries that have been posted in the previous three months.

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Moderator Discretion and Reddit Rules

Moderators retain full discretion and autonomy to remove or lock comments/posts, issue warnings, bans, or handle ban appeals based on user actions across Reddit.
Follow Reddit's content policy, reddiquette, and Moderator Code of Conduct.
We reserve the right to modify the rules as we see fit.

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