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Mindless Monday, 27 May 2024

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Mindless Monday, 27 May 2024

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

Saturday Symposium Post for May, 2024

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Saturday Symposium Post for May, 2024

Monthly post for all your debunk or debate requests. Top level comments need to be either a debunk request or start a discussion.

Please note that R2 still applies to debunk/debate comments and include:

A summary of or preferably a link to the specific material you wish to have debated or debunked.
An explanation of what you think is mistaken about this and why you would like a second opinion.

Do not request entire books, shows, or films to be debunked. Use specific examples (e.g. a chapter of a book, the armour design on a show) or your comment will be removed.

Free for All Friday, 24 May, 2024

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Free for All Friday, 24 May, 2024

It's Friday everyone, and with that comes the newest latest Free for All Friday Thread! What books have you been reading? What is your favourite video game? See any movies? Start talking!

Have any weekend plans? Found something interesting this week that you want to share? This is the thread to do it! This thread, like the Mindless Monday thread, is free-for-all. Just remember to np link all links to Reddit if you link to something from a different sub, lest we feed your comment to the AutoModerator. No violating R4!

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Rule 1: Posting Requirements

Standard rebuttal posts should follow the basic outline of:

A summary of or link to the material your post discusses.
A comprehensive rebuttal to the material.
A basic bibliography of sources for your rebuttal.

Do not post direct links to non-archived, unlocked threads on Reddit. If you wish to rebut such a post, take screenshots or quote the offending post.

Posts must cite the material they discuss or they will be removed. "Many people are saying this" is not an acceptable citation.

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Rule 2: No Questions or Debunk/Debate Request

Questions are not allowed as posts in this sub. Please direct these to AskHistorians or History, or you can ask them in the free for all posts on Monday and Friday, or the monthly Saturday Symposium post.

Debunk / Debate requests are no longer allowed as posts. We do have a special weekly Saturday Symposium post for these. Please ensure you comment there complies with the debunk/debate rules.

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Rule 3: Debunk/Debate Response Requirements

In serious (i.e. non-joke, non-question) top-level responses to debunk/debate posts, you should make a serious attempt to provide a genuine explanation of what you think is wrong about the work. We do not expect you to make the same effort as a standalone post, but single-sentence rebuttals and statements do not add to the discussion.

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Rule 4: Civility & Bigotry

The use of slurs of any type is prohibited.
Sundry bigotry--racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.--is strictly unacceptable.
Do not insult other users.
Genocide denial and apologism is strictly forbidden.
Do not call for violence against others.

Violation of any of these rules will result in a summary removal and in most cases a temporary or permanent ban.

If you make a post, you're expected to engage with reasonable criticism and questions about it.

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Rule 5: Modern Politics

We recognize that history is in many ways inherently political. However, to maintain an atmosphere of chill composure, we request that users attempt to keep their posts and comments a sincere attempt to engage with the historical record, and avoid making overt attempts to advocate for a personal agenda. As a general rule, if it feels like you're "talking politics", you probably are. No posts about politics from the last 20 years.

Keep politics for bi-weekly free-for-all meta threads.

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Rule 6: Anti-Pedantry

r/BadHistory is a strictly Pro-Pedantry subreddit, and as such posts failing to meet the following criteria will be summarily removed:

Do not complain that someone's critique is too pedantic.
Do not argue that a work, as fiction, is beyond historical criticism.

Though many of our posts are serious discussions of historical failings, we are traditionally fond of minute critiques of mistakes in fiction. It is our lifeblood and our cherished past.

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Rule 7: Citing Wikipedia

Beyond extremely basic material, like spellings of names, questions of general geography, or (in most cases) the date of an event, Wikipedia is considered an unreliable source and is generally not an acceptable source of information.

The things that Wikipedia cites are fair game, as is use of material from Wikimedia Commons, but Wikipedia itself is not.

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R1a: No new account posts

We don't allow posts from new accounts (3 months or younger) and/or from accounts with no posting history on this sub. Comments aren't affected by this rule. If your are a regular on the sub, but want to post under an alias, please contact the mods first to explain why so we can approve your post.

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Links to Russian sites are forcibly removed by Reddit. Removing the link and resubmitting your comment or post is not going to fix this, the post/comment has been earmarked by the backend as bad and will be automatically removed again even if we approve it.

Please resubmit the post/comment without the link(s).

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