History

Charter / moderation notes

Charter for alt.history alt.history is an unmoderated newsgroup for broad historical discussion, including events, people, states, military history, social history, intellectual history, historiography, and contentious interpretations of the past. On-topic posts include source-based arguments, book discussion, lesser-known historical episodes, archival finds, comparative history, and informed amateur or professional analysis. Off-topic material includes evidence-free denialism, propaganda spam, race-bait posting with no historical substance, and repetitive slogan wars. Revision and debate are welcome when grounded in argument and evidence. Moderation policy: unmoderated, with platform anti-abuse controls for spam and harassment.