67a55d No.3147[Last 50 Posts]
RULES AND GUIDELINES
1. Obey global rules
2. Keep things related to history and its study
3. If lewd images must be posted, do so on spoilers. Consider if it wouldn't be better posted elsewhere.
3-a. If you're in doubt whether it's lewd enough to spoiler, err on the side of caution and do it.
GUIDELINES- not quite rules, but good to follow for good posting
1. Check the catalog before posting to see if a thread may already be available for your discussion.
1a. Avoid making threads expecting people to just do your homework for you. Show some work yourself in starting the discussion instead of just "guys what was the main reason for the fall of Sebastianism in the 19th century"
2. Be prepared to present good sources for anything you claim, especially if you come here to posit opinions you know are controversial.
3. Upon discussion, no consensus was reached as to what should be considered the limit of "history". I'd advise avoiding discussing things beyond the fall of the Soviet Union- seems to me a good cutoff- but provided you don't attempt to make it a /pol/ thread in disguise, you should be able to get away with threads about events until some 10 years before the present year.
4. If you have any problem with the moderation here, or suggestions, please post them here instead of making a thread for it (not really historical-related) or making one in /meta/ (no guarantee I'll see it).
In other words, don't be a dumbass. This board's been generally working fine along on self-moderation, lurk around and have fun.
(want to post banners, do so here too)
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67a55d No.3148
Other relevant bits and bobs
>Banners must be < 500KB and have image dimensions 300px x 100px.
>A maximum of twenty custom banners per board is enforced.
We want to eventually have a resources sticky with links and suggestions of good books, podcasts, etc
383b01 No.3160
I made the one /byz/ banner, was the 300×102 size an issue?
> too lazy to keep hitting refresh to see if it comes up
944fe9 No.3164
>>3160yes, I just cropped two pixels from the bottom
383b01 No.3169
6c55d1 No.3405
Is it proper to post historical photo sets ie; War image dumps Civil war, Vietnam, WWII etc. Also I have many other historical photo sets.Imperial Russia, Am. Indian, late 19th century America etc, etc.
If the answer is yes what are the res limits for posting images.
27b31f No.3476
>>3405>>3405Don't see why not, though I'd try and incite discussion during the dump, like with, say, a /co/ storytime where it oftenf alls into the trap of no-one talking at all making the thread seem empty when there's 30 anons just reading at the same time silently. If it's really huge dumps consider maybe linking instead to a Mediafire or Mega download and just dumping choice ones? I'm talking if you're doing like hundreds of pics though, and am just suggesting, not making it a rule here.
Image resolution rules would just be 8chan's, not sure what they are right now but you can quickly ask on /meta/ or thef ront page IRC in case of doubt. I think the limit of images per post is currently 3, maybe 5, regardless to post multiple images you'll need to use the form atop the page and not the quick reply window.
27b31f No.3478
>>3405>>3476Oh and obviously, any lewd or gory images are to be please spoiler tagged, just simple courtsey.
Incidentally, any ideas for personalized spoiler tags? Just keep in mind for when that option's available
27b31f No.3481
You've disappointed me here, people.
>>3479
Come on. You know for now this board's mostly on self-moderation. I'm alone and have sleep times, times I need to go out the house, times I'm drawing or watching movies. We need the report button. It's there for a reason, I try to at least once an hour log in and check if there's any reports. Otherwise the odds of me catching shit up get very smaller- for an example, I just happened to catch the thread now stickied because I woke up, normally I'd be asleep by now.
Work with me, guys. The board works perfectly fine 90% alone, not hard to help me on the remain 10%.
EDIT: Anon who's regretfully sent me a report now apologizing, you're obviously apologized. I love you all man, just please remember to use the report button. You've no idea how important the bloody button is, it's great.
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3e7525 No.3505
>>3481I would only report if it looks like spam, unspoilered NSFW, or illegal content.
I could say you've disappointed me, banning a thread for being "bait". There's nothing wrong with a few bait threads. Anyone can correct the faulty assumptions while saging, and everyone else can move on. Hell, bait threads can become interesting when the community is good. This sets a precedent for banning more and more on topic threads that happen to start the wrong way or discuss the wrong thing. I hope you'll be more patient in the future.
I still love you 582ad0 No.3522
>>3505I fully disagree
Leave open just one troll thread and eventually some idiot'll actually get mad and then the troll's hooked on the board, and won't go away until idiots stop being mad, which is never, and he'd probably tell people on other boards how easy it is to troll here
Eventually the whole front page will just be bait thread after bait thread.
Did you see what happened to hotpocketchan /lit/ this year? It was a fairly decent board last year then /pol/ and some trolls got attracted to it and the whole thing devolved to "x philosopher is a fedora hurr" by like April
3e7525 No.3535
>>3522I somewhat disagree that /lit/ was a good board last year.
/his/ will not be so easy to troll. /lit/ got what was coming to it after it had filled with charlatans desperate to prove they fit in. /lit/ got what was coming to it because the mods fostered a culture where the majority of users didn't need to deal with unwanted opinions. /lit/ got what was coming to it
despite (or perhaps because of) heavy mod interference for years. It was only a matter of time until the echo-chamber was loud enough to attract dedicated shitposters, who the new community had never learned to ignore.
Please trust the community enough to self moderate. Allow for broad discussion, not limited disagreements only over certain acceptable topics. Let people point out errors, instead of removing erroneous ideas. Let people joke around. Censorship makes people think there was a point worth silencing.
27b31f No.3540
>>3505>>3522>>3535I can unerstand what you mean, and I've even let a couple of bait or offtopic threads open before since discussion had steered nicely.
However, and this is perfectly a double standard but one I think we need so far, the partiicular themathic of this bait thread (gender wars, racial wars) makes me very wary considering 8chan is still in its deteething steps, so I treated the same way I'd treat a thread about how Hitler did nothing wrong. You're right that maybe I should trust this community a bit more- we're not exactly /v/ here, but I think everyone's a bit jumpy with that kind of stuff (considering two of the responses amounted to "don't reply to bait").
I was also lacking sleep so I apologize for the angrier tone. If anyone wants to genuinely start a thread about how much the europeans killed around the world or gender politics in history chronicling, be my guest- may I suggest starting with excerpts from Fernão Mendes Pinto's Perenigration, where the portuguese repeatedly rape Japanese girls they find and bomb villages in Africa that won't negotiate with them? (actually not sure if this last bit is in Peregrination or elsewhere)
Pardon the rambling tone of this post, if before I was grumpy from lack of sleep now I'm still groggy from waking up.
582ad0 No.3701
>>3535>>3540Could we at least all agree that "if you like military history you're an autist" isn't the right way to start a thread?
I really just don't want to see this board devolve to empty, meaningless shitflinging and calling each other edgy fedoras the way it seems to happen on every other imageboard dedicated to discussing anything worthwhile
67a55d No.3728
>>3701yes, you said what I was sleepyly trying to say in a simpler manner
the tone of the opening post clearly indicated no intention to have actual discussion and considering the climate on this site yet it wasn't likely it was going to go anywhere good
1465fd No.4027
WE BOARD OF THE WEEK NOW
fb349a No.4553
701231 No.4876
>>4553And it's gone. Fun while it lasted. And hey, it's another board I go to regularly that's there now, /m/
fb349a No.5636
>>4876Don't worry, HW will add board tags and make the topbar not shit very soon.
2889fb No.5787
>not a board about lanky kong
why did i even fucking bother
dbedc6 No.5820
/his/ is a bad name, I thought this was some disgusting gay porn board before coming here.
3e7525 No.5843
>>5820That says more about you than anything.
>>5787>>>/he/ 4cd7b5 No.5922
Reminder since I don't remember if I've done it or not, but if you ever catch me taking contradictory actions on themselves, come here and call me on it, please.
Point here: There's a thread where OP's clearly asking for homework where I let him be, but I feel there was a similar one where I banned him, and if so the second one was probably just due to forgetting the standard set.
4cd7b5 No.5923
the fuck is hotwheels doing to the code that my post didn't go as admin post
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a366f9 No.5957
>>4876And we're featured.
27855a No.5993
>>5957And we're not.
Things change so quickly ;_;
e98ab0 No.6339
>>5922Maybe I'm just becoming retarded and lost all abilities related to reading comprehension, so please tell me: are homework questions/threads allowed or not?
Personally I think they should be.
>inb4 people thinking it's because I want help with my own homeworkIt isn't''''
5f2806 No.6398
>>6339Depends on how it's started. The thread will always be left, but if the opening is literally copypasting the assignment "tell me about the first portuguese king and how he fought his mother I need this for homework" you risk a couple hours ban with a notice of "we're not here to make your homework, take this couple of hours to go do it"
tl;dr- they are but you might get a very short ban if the thread clearly has no intent of discussion, just hopes we'll be wikipedia
582ad0 No.6400
>>6339>>6398I don't like homework threads or any real superfluous stuff because they'd make the board move too fast and we'd lose quality threads that oughtta stay around in favor of doodoo ass threads that's mad shitty, niggih
5f2806 No.6402
>>6400On the other hand, they actively induce discussion, so they really shouldn't be erased (at least not for now- for all the concerns of going too fast we still have threads from when we started around, plus we're archiving)
f64bca No.7475
For the sake of our eyes, please change the board style to one with dark background.
Thanks
3ef2a2 No.7496
>>7475Is this not something you can choose on your end, instead of me enforcing on everyone?
22fddb No.7653
3ef2a2 No.7694
>>7653lower right corner of the screen
22fddb No.7703
81fff0 No.8182
I'm absolutely for unforgiving rules. What's against the rules is against the rules, and should warrant a warning, deletion, or ban, depending on severity. Letting something go once but punishing it the next time is no good. That's not to say that everything should be against the rules, just that the rules should always be enforced. Otherwise we're on a slippery slope straight into our own anuses.
87008d No.8601
To the guy who keeps reporting "« 零 » !Ry9.FWKNDY "- he isn't breaking any rules I can see- being a silly person with an annoying shtick and a trip isn't breaking rules.
eb89b5 No.8605
>>8601HELLO.I APPRECIATE & RESPECT YOUR ETHICAL SELFCONSISTENCY. a0b081 No.8608
>>8601>a trip isn't breaking rulesWhat the fuck. He has no reason to trip, nor to post in the manner he does. If he was
actually contributing to the board then I wouldn't be so butthurt about this, but the fact is that he is shitposting to a degree I haven't seen in a long time.
Reminds me of pic related actually.
6001eb No.8609
>>8608I can easily see him become /his/'s version of Jim Profit.
a0b081 No.8617
>>8609I hope so, the sooner the better.
883296 No.8709
>>8608Again, tripfagging isn't against the rules, while being an idiot isn't either and it falls to you guys to either not take the bait or find a way to shut him up.
From what I've seen so far he's condescendingly talking about history, doing not a good job of it but still. So unless you'd like me to instate forced anon or something
(which I'm not saying sarcastically- I'm offering you guys the choice, should we have forced anon)
, he leaves of his own accord or not at all.
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c8bf89 No.8862
board tagging has just been implemented. what tags should /his/ go under?
Obvious ones are Discussion, History, Politics (this will get you grouped with /pol/ and such though)
c8bf89 No.8863
22fddb No.8985
>>8863Nothin wrong with names
883296 No.8994
>>8985They're a bit useless here as we have thread IDs. Let's give forced anon a try for a week or two.
f1f931 No.9221
>>8862I'd say those tags you've listed should work fairly well.
22fddb No.9232
>>8994I prefer names but whatever you say m8. So long as this board is running I'm happy
1bdb52 No.9238
>>8994It's not about whether they're useless, but about having the option; about having the feature available.
I don't see what's the practical use of forced anonymity; it doesn't preclude shitposting, it doesn't make you more anonymous. The only use I can think of is accommodating irrational dislike for anyone using a name or tripcode.
81fff0 No.9246
>>9238I'm all for limiting an attention whore's options, which is really all that trips are good for.
9d3972 No.9437
>>9238The more that other people notice a particular tripfag being retarded, the more they'll jump on that particular tripfag regardless of his opinion. And then you get the usual cycle of a tripfag victimizing himself, which just makes people hate them more, etc.
Personally I think 80% of the problem with tripcodes is the people who lose their shit about anyone who uses one, but those people are enough that I'd really rather not have them at all.
5722ec No.9442
can we please not have forced anon?
pretty please?
a81bca No.9517
>>8862>>8862>>8862board owner, why hasn't this happened yet?
abc64b No.9522
>>9517Apologize- been away on family business.
History, Politics, World, Culture, World-History, World-Culture, Economics. That sound a good bunch of keywords?
a81bca No.9587
>>9522Well you're limited to five. Replace World and World History with
###international###. Also, culture is very vague and not helpful.
850730 No.9790
>>8601We banned him from /pol/ and let me tell you, it takes a lot to be banned from /pol/
aa9d79 No.9904
We've had forced anon for a while. Didn't notice any change beyond Aion-kun-fag not posting anymore.
http://strawpoll.me/3148607Let's have a vote on whether too keep forced anon or not. Just so I have a vague idea where you guys stand.
5b5df4 No.10421
>>9904Aion-kun-fag
who dat
474c62 No.12103
we topboard again
22fddb No.12121
>>12103We always topboard
90566f No.13766
Ok guys, I've been too lazy lately to do more than lurk and check reports. While things seem to be going off well enough like this, I'm opening applications for volunteers on the board.
Post here if you want the job so I can check your post history, or make a good appeal over at doesitforfree@gmail.com
107516 No.13797
>>13766Anything in particular you want from a janitor? I'll tentatively throw my hat into the ring, since I really do like this board.
5f5d9e No.13802
>>13766I've nothing better to do. I sent an email but I probably did it wrong.
I like this board so I'd definitely be happy to help.
90566f No.13895
>>13802>>13802>>13797Janitors, as far as I'm aware, are limited to working without the "settings page", so in the end all I'll need from them is to keep some semblance of order. Take care of reports, deal with posts breaking the rules that you might find even if not reported, etc.
Lately it's really not been needed, but for an example in December there was a time where I was without internet and the few times I managed to log in there were plenty of reports, so it's more to prepare for that kind of eventuality.
I did get the e-mail, by the way.
9d3972 No.13903
>/bane/ has three times our userbase
>a board about like two lines in a single scene of a single movie
Why does society hate history this much?
b37a2c No.13920
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>>13903>complaining that plebs are contained elsewhereCountryman, please.
If there were more folks here, that'd be gosh darn swell, but right now the best aspect of this board isn't that it attracts like-minded individuals, it's that it doesn't attract shitlords while doing so.
f42f63 No.14022
>>13895Yeah, I'd be cool with that; seems simple enough. If you don't need me that's fine too. Whatever keeps this board in top shape
Alright good, I was a bit worried I fucked up somehow.
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a18c8c No.14155
I'm wanting to start a recurring thread for history education and the discussion of the historiographical meta. I want to escape the horrible lack of grammar, spelling, and literacy that has recently taken over the old haven. However, I want to remain accessible to new blood, and help answer questions. Is there a way for the average poster to police post quality and get rid of shitposters, /pol/ types and underage people? Would I need to be a mod or something like that, or should I start a side-board for this project?
7cdfff No.14221
Two volunteers added.
Christ.
can't be arsed to log in
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f42f63 No.14331
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107516 No.14525
>>14331This is kind of embarassing, but how do you know if you've been added as a janitor or not?
927f2c No.14527
>>14525I received an email with the username and password after sending a shit-tier application during an english lecture and posting in this thread.
by the way, sorry for the retarded questions ownerNot sure how it works for people who didn't send an email though, I suggest just sending one if you haven't. I think this is a test run of sorts as well.
Edit: Just realized you're the person who applied in-thread before me, unless guy #1 is someone else you got the job. Owner pls help?
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107516 No.14530
>>14527Yeah, I didn't send an email. I might do that now, then.
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f42f63 No.14532
>>14530Good
someone needs to write 8chan moderating for dummies because I had no idea what some of the letters meant on mobile and that was a horrific experience ee0b39 No.14805
All mod positions fulfilled.
5f5d9e No.14813
>>14805How lenient should I be? Do I leave threads that I think are a grey-area to you or make an executive decision? Just making sure I don't overstep my boundaries.
3d4e6a No.14923
>>14813Err on the side of lenience. Always check how discussion has progressed in a thread, as well as the OP's posting history- if the OP's shit but the thread has been going on fine, just ban the OP instead of deleting it all. As for how long, judge by their history- are they doing a decent contribution to the board or just shitting around and this time round you happened to catch them?
9feac4 No.14944
>>14923What is it with your childish need to ban people over nothing? Not even halfChan mods issue such pointless bans. Heck, there are even v-bulletin forums with more mature moderation.
If you can`t appreciate the hands-off approach to moderation that chan culture values then you should give up board ownership to somebody who does.
f42f63 No.14945
>>14944I think most of the bans that I've seen recently have been reasonable, and not for any stupid reason.
I'll make sure to listen to any complaints I see and do what I can to improve. Just keep them constructive so I know what to change instead of "mods r fags"
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9feac4 No.14950
>>14945>>>14825Ban because there was a thread over a month old on page 10 about the same topic. That's not stupid to you? Then you're stupid.
107516 No.14951
>>14950I do not know if I should actually be responding to you, because this breaks the anonymity I'm pretty sure janitors are supposed to have, but you've been going at this for a few days now.
Okay, look, that wasn't the board owner, that was me. I was going on a previous ban for similar reasons, especially since you had posted the same video as the one in the thread in the catalog. It was a short ban, for only a little while.
I will take your complaint seriously, of course, or maybe not, maybe this gets me booted, but you need to calm down.
9feac4 No.14954
>>14951>I was going on a previous ban for similar reasonsThat is the problem. I don't care very much about my personal ban- I wasn't even around for it- so much as the pattern of micro-bans for pointless reasons. It started with banning a guy who made an Indian history thread for absolutely no reason. The same sort of thing has been repeated in several threads since then.
/his/ moderators seem to want to
force "quality" discussion. That isn't possible to do, and it isn't a moderator's job anyway. Beyond responding to raids you shouldn't be doing much of anything.
5d0eff No.14958
I can only speak for myself as of now- normally, when I micro-ban, it's more because it's just about the only way I can make sure the anon being banned can receive whatever admoestation is happening- hence the recent ones often being "this would be better placed at another board" with a duration of hours or a day at most. That said, yes, I did go nuts before every once in a while, as with that Indian thread where I was obnoxious with it. It's why I've since decided to stop doing public bans most of the time, to make sure if I'm banning it's just between me and the anon instead of making a public display out of it.
All that said, and I don't think I've ever hidden this, I am a complete novice at this kind of shit. This board was going to die on the first week as the original creator never appeared, I mailed Hotwheels on the very day it was going to be autodeleted, and I was sent the username and password. So I'm sorry, I'll make mistakes and I admit to it, and can only hope you guys can bear with me- especially since this board pretty much runs itself.
The reason why I got the mods is more in case something happens to me. As I believe I mentioned, during half of December I was without internet and this board was basically going Wild West- and that's what I want to avoid. If you guys however think the mods are being overbearing, I'll ask them to chill a bit.
tl;dr- I'm a noob faggot, you're pretty good, I'll ask the mods to chill
f42f63 No.14961
why do you care about the Indian history guy? The first 20 some odd posts were people yelling at him about how this is not Wikipedia.
5d0eff No.14965
>>14961Because it's something where even at the time I was feeling a bit douchy about it, but went "nah this'll be top kek". Wasn't a bright moment for me, I feel.
34c998 No.15341
Hey Board Owner/Mods
I have recently seen that /his/ has lost a bit of traffic.
I couldn't do anything about it so I just didn't do anything. Then when I was browsing /boards/ for the first time in months I saw this thread
http://8ch.net/boards/res/2624.htmlIt says about how low traffic boards should advertise their boards on that thread and our boards, I believe we should contribute and perhaps attempt to get bigger boards involved (/k/,/tg/ and so forth), so I request making a stickyed thread that list all these boards and going on them requesting to have our name on their boards. I browse some low populated boards but they never really get anything new for a while, so I propose that the Admins of /his/ help jump start this.
In the end we will (hopefully) get more users and help other low populated boards with their user base.
dc53f2 No.15343
>>15341While this is better than straight up shilling on other boards, it still confuses me. It's like people don't even bother to search for things they like on
http://8ch.net/boards.html 985c9e No.15756
>>15341I think /his/ is losing traffic because the mods are banning people for being "toxic" and shitting up threads with their attentionwhoring.
f9d5d8 No.15758
>>15756I'm assuming you're also talking about the nigger civ thread when you say attention whoring. i feel like that didn't really matter much. It's a shit b8 thread anyways. If people want to actually talk about africa there's an African civ (granted pre-imperialism) thread anyways
ef9ae3 No.15764
I'd really prefer if board staff would take a lighter touch. I don't want to tell you how to run your shit, but I have watched so many boards and channels and projects fall apart because of overbearing leaders/moderators being a constant presence. People naturally treat you differently when they know you're in charge, and people who know that everyone knows they're in charge naturally act differently. Not in a good way.
I'd shy away from Leper's Colon-esque SICK BURN ban messages, for example. That shit is the kind of mod circlejerking that made me leave SA and 4chan in the first place. Slowly but surely the only people left will be MODS = GODS fags who want to lap your balls.
I do agree that substanceless shit threads should be frowned upon. No one wants to see the board clogged with "NIGGERS HAD NO EMPIRES LOL!!" or "WHY IS WHITEY SO RAD???", and I say that as a /pol/fag myself. But the userbase here seems fairly good at redirecting those threads into actual discussion on its own so far.
f42f63 No.15791
>>15764I appreciate the honest and calm criticism/request/whatever.
Actually, PLEASE tell me how to run my shit. Don't know about the other guys but I have no prior experience being a mod, I'm just a faggot with a drinking problem who likes history.
I try not to go into threads much as mod and I've been pulling back on how much I post as normie (I still post a lot as regular though). From now on I'll make sure to shy away from posting as mod unless I'm in this thread (can't be bothered to log in right now).
opinion: should I post less altogether, or just post less as mod?"I'd shy away from Leper's Colon-esque SICK BURN ban messages, for example" I assume you mean the crucified thing. Those were me. "2/10 made me reply" as well. I've stopped doing the whole crucified thing and I couldn't take the nig civ thread seriously enough to give a serious ban. I promise I won't make that kind of ban a regular thing.
The userbase seems to do well for the most part but I feel like it can take attention away from the actual threads.
Another thing I'd like the people's opinion on: I was talking with 3
The guy who hasn't said anything since becoming a mod is 1, I'm 2, and there's 3 a few days ago about the "X did nothing wrong" threads. We were wondering whether or not those count as off topic shitposting or something. Some of the threads I get a kek out of, but it can be annoying to see them pop up all the time when I check recent posts.
Delete them? Short ban? Both? None? For now I'm choosing to just leave them be unless there's a strong consensus otherwise.
107516 No.15794
>>15764I'm going to go ahead and second what 2 said. People should feel free to offer criticism. I also understand what you mean about the lighter touch - I try and remain anon as much as possible.
I think what should be emphasised is that at least three of us, myself (3), 2, and the admin are definite newbies to this, so your criticism are what allow us to refine this process, so if any of you guys do want problems, do feel free to raise them - I can guarantee it'll only make this place better for all involved.
daa21e No.15856
>>15791>>We were wondering whether or not those count as off topic shitposting or something.Whilst you're right about them being mildly irritating, you're probably right to stick with the lighter touch because even if they do have the legs to keep funposting (which most don't seem to), what
>>15764 was saying about the community itself rings true: they'll be actively beat out by "source or gtfo", or just ignored, and shit will sink to page 15 as it deserves.
f42f63 No.15926
>>15856Yeah I tend to just ignore/sage those threads
940396 No.16165
>>3147So is this the right place to mention I started a Historical Games General on /tg/?
Next time we need a new thread for this, would it be better served here on /his/? Or is it too /tg/ for /his/?
http://8ch.net/tg/res/73548.html d18762 No.16605
60e8a8 No.16627
>>16605Why Vinland flag have no cross?
1cc38e No.17568
Reminder to please use this thread to post complaints/criticisms/ideas for improvement.
3 and I will make sure to read them and respond. I know I at least have some room for improvement.
51918c No.17634
Where the fuck is musashi and why hasnt he been mentioned
98893c No.17635
>>17634Because this is the meta thread, baka gaijin, not one of the umpteen "badass" threads.
107516 No.17677
>>17635Haha, I think this guy might have misinterpreted me when I said "we have a thread for this stuff" in a thread complaining about all the "badasses of history" threads. I feel like he thought I was saying the meta was for these badass threads, but what I really meant is that these threads are for board complaints.
4700d2 No.17689
>>17677I dunno I like to think he's just retarded.
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107516 No.17954
>>17952
Seriously, dude? Look, I'm discussing the ban with the other mods, but contain your goddamn autism.
50a34d No.17977
2 here.
Learning is all well and good. Doing someone's homework for them isn't. I wasn't the guy who banned the other person so I'm unsure, but there've been a few threads in my experience that basically were "do my homework". Maybe this one was maybe it wasn't. I'm more than happy to give a little help and I'm sure others are too, but I'm sure as hell not gonna do someone's homework.
Also, I've seen dumber bans.
50a34d No.17981
I've learned plenty of interesting things from non-"pls help with me homework threads" but even still I'm wondering if we should let most of them pass. I'll ask admin if he can start a vote if people would like to take it that direction.
9d3972 No.18073
>>18071
Stop being so fucking butthurt anon. I don't know what they did to you, but by how astoundingly autistic you're acting I'm willing to bet you had it coming.
107516 No.18075
>>18073He's not actually doing this for any real reason, he just wanted an excuse.
107516 No.18081
>>18080
Alright, chief, done. Congrats.
98c884 No.18082
Holy shit what's this edgelord nonsense going on around here
man don't you have some wrists to go slit man what the fuck
Anyways, the reason the homework ban was here at the start was threads appearing going basically "do my homework for me". If people think that it's not useful anymore, we can remove it.
107516 No.18088
>>18086
He probably didn't read the thread, dude. I'll fix this.
Admin, I'm sorry to go unban this guy, but he's got the right combination of autism, loneliness and determination to make this fairly annoying.
Look, actually, it's up to you, but this guy has fucked up other boards before with the sheer volume of shitposting. I figure it's best to pick our battles.
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7e8304 No.18089
>>18088damn fucking straight
98c884 No.18090
>>18088He's shitting the board, he gets banned. Simple.
107516 No.18091
>>18090Alright, fair enough. You might wanna be prepared to make some filters.
38b905 No.18152
Couple of banners I made.
129e7d No.18727
>>18152
>the banner with teddy , wilson and taft
I didn't know why i didn't come to this board sooner
000000 No.18919
>/his/ almost in the top boards
50a34d No.18921
>>18919
We can topboard in our minds
50a042 No.18930
Don't forget to join the IRC, knaves. I'm on and it's really lonely in here.
#/his/ on Rizon. We can all just idle the day away and remind me of times when IRC was still popular.
000000 No.18963
>>18921
Fuck that nigga let's make it happen
20f55f No.19163
hey /b/. Here's something I did that's having some success on /b/, but I did for you guys- Red Anon reaction pics, no outfit, so you can draw in the historical outfits you want
20f55f No.19165
incidentally, 7 months afterwards, is it worth thinking of a board-tan?
20f55f No.19166
I mean, I honestly see the board more as a bunch of shitposting red anon cosplayers
20f55f No.19167
I'm incidentally regretting the 3 image limit per post but havent managed to change it, stuff must be down
20f55f No.19171
this, incidentally, was the first design I did for /his/ anons.
000000 No.19174
50a34d No.19176
That's a lot of "incidentally"s
2eca2e No.19226
Requesting Iron Chancellor anon
0552da No.19228
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You are the board owner!?
You make awesome OC and created this kick ass board!
You are my new favorite person.
20f55f No.19231
It's long gone by this point, but there was a thread explaining I'm not actually the board creator, just its D. Sebastião- the admin had never logged in and it was about to be auto-deleted, so I stepped in as the messianic king and took control to save it
and proceeded to be a disaster at it
0552da No.19236
>>19231
You're ok in my book! :3
6342f2 No.19260
>>19231
Shit, I actually forgot about that. He basically just made the board and never came back. That was a stressful couple of days near the end of that week where there was no sign of him and the board might have been deleted.
f95319 No.19261
Posting a banner I made.
I have no idea why I like this image so much
6342f2 No.19390
What's the deal with the roleplayers lately? I'm not really bothered since they're only in the non-serious threads right now, but they sprang up pretty suddenly.
91d627 No.19392
>>19390
New markets, new customers, more revenue
5f8780 No.19502
>>19390
What do you mean roleplayers?
5f8780 No.19503
>>19390
The entire 1st page is pretty normal, not all serious (vidya, how'd you find history, etc.).
There's the kinda odd merchant but I'm not entirely sure what it is.
6342f2 No.19507
>>19502
The guy literally one post above you, to be precise. I don't really care about it, just curious. He doesn't shitpost in serious threads, and seems more like a character act rather than just being an attentionwhore namefag.
a6c1ba No.19512
>>19507
>>19503
I kinda like him, he seems to bring a bit of character to the board
50a34d No.19526
>>19507
Holy fuck I didn't notice. Checked his posts. Seems alright.
747f3b No.20633
>>14221
>Post last edited at 01/28/15 (Wed) 18:45:52
nigga be editing his post like the victor edit the history
05d277 No.21097
>>8605
oh fuck, are you the goon from half/lit/?
>>9790
>it takes a lot to be banned from /pol/
>mfw
18cb44 No.21333
>>13766
Can I be a janitor senpai
b0ae74 No.21342
>>13766
I Guess there's no harm in me applying.
>>21333
trips = instant do it for free
f4ac29 No.21372
>>13766
I'd definitely be up for being a janitor, if you need me
50a34d No.21469
>>21333
>>21342
>>21372
Not owner but with a board that has <50 people I feel like 2 (we had 3 but one never did shit, the other I haven't seen for a while, and honestly I haven't seen admin around much either. I'll check ban list) is more than enough.
I come on here every day throughout the day. Not much happens here. There are some shitposting yhreads that I've cleaned up but I really haven't had that much to janitorize.
I'd really appreciate it if you guys would report people you think deserve bans though. Makes my easy as all hell job easier.
50a34d No.21470
Appeals make my fucking day sometimes.
Good job 3
1cf135 No.21471
So what happened to forced anonymity?
Seeing tripfags attention whoring tingles muh autism. I'm not gonna feed them by acknowledging it, but I would like to know what happened to that.
276a52 No.21476
>>21469
I'm around. Also, RE: that first appeal. I'll write it down on my calendar.
b0ae74 No.21477
>>21471
this, however they're probably just gonna namefag using the Email or subject field.
50a34d No.21486
>>21471
I personally want it back.
I've only noticed 2
Illyrio or whatever and Meaningless Tripfag
I do like being able just to put my number in for my name instead of having to always log in.
1cf135 No.21616
>>21477
I cannot understand why one would frequent an anonymous imageboard so they can use names. Whatever. We can always hide their posts.
6342f2 No.21682
Well the guy got banned for being a useless namefag, and then came back and became a useless tripfag. Meaningless Tripfag would probably drop it if the situation was resolved with the other ones. The mongol guy seems to have left. I think forced anonymity would only help the board and prevent further faggotry from attentionwhores.
50a34d No.21706
>>21616
Some of them are idiots but honestly if a namefag/Tripfag makes a quality post why would you want to miss that?
With a board this small you can't really just say "eh I don't want to see these" since you'll see even less of our miniscule amount of posts.
Also I post as admin with the name 2 since that's who I am.
I reccomend against not seeing my posts (or other admin's)
6342f2 No.21715
>>21706
So attentionwhores should be tolerated because they might once in a while post something decent? Doesn't sound worth it to me. The entire point of these boards is so people can freely make any comments they want, that can be shitposting or quality, and do it as anonymous users that aren't tied down to past posts or association with the name. Being a namefag/tripfag just screams 'look at me!'
Besides, if you guys insist on keeping thread IDs, that completely defeats the purpose of namefagging. You can make one post in this thread with the capcode on, and then we know it's you the rest of the thread due to the capcode.
1cf135 No.21750
>>21715
Exactly. I'm for thread ID's, but not for attention whoring. If you're doing a multi thread deal, where you're a historian doing a Q&A or something, then I could understand having a trip to verify it's you (again, across threads). Otherwise, there's just no point other than being an attention whore.
9e3f65 No.21754
>>21682
Indeed, This is a board about history, trips are pretty useless.
50a34d No.21773
>>21715
Eh it was just a suggestion. Me, I have to leave them on in case they do no-no things.
No, I get you. I agree. I personally don't think we should have tripfags. I don't hate it but I'd prefer no.
I'm 99% sure the guy named Meaningless Tripfag is doing it ironically or something.
590406 No.21974
Since there are active forces trying to destroy 8chan, and anyway naturaliterque quod procedere non potest, recedit, where are we going to gather after the end?
I like this board, and the fact that it could vanish without warning troubles me. Are there other imageboards that allow the kind of freedom we have here?
50a34d No.21984
>>21974
I'm not sure honestly. It's a shame cause I've been meaning to get around to reading all of those super long quality looking posts. i could never get into those history boards as much. Only if I wanted to do specific research on something. This combined the shit/funposting of an anonymous image board with history and God dammit it's brilliant.
In the event that Rome falls, I'm gonna miss posting amongst/moderating for you glorious bastards. Hopefully the Imperium Romanum will pull through and repel the barbarians.
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f4ac29 No.22026
>>3148
not sure if we already have this but heres a banner
276a52 No.22085
>>21974
In the event of the fall of 8chan, I've created a temporary forum on zetaboards (with guest posting allowed, to keep the anon spirit alive). I know zetaboards is hardly ideal, and I'm not super attached to the idea, but it could serve as a temporary refuge for a week or two until we either found a new imageboard, or someone made something with the infinity software.
Of course, we have other means of communication. We have an irc (#/his/ on Rizon), a steam group, I'm in contact with a few people through various means (Tox, Steam)… Uh, I have a skype, I imagine others do too. So, in the case of everything going South, there are ways to keep in contact.
50a34d No.22589
By the way guys, make sure you report people n shit if they're doin naughty things. If there's a thread that's ban/delete worthy I'll probably see it, but I tend to not meticulously search each thread (normally I go to threads that are more likely to have trolls/shills/etc. in them, but I don't go through each).
Keep /his/ relatively shit free.
-2
1cf135 No.22995
So I made a thread seeking some documents, and now find myself in need of a translation. But an idea just dawned on me.
We have a resource thread, but what about a document translation/primary source request sticky? There's lots of interesting regional research people can't reach because of language barrier, or lack of a book. For instance, I was also trying to find some research on the Christiana Islets, a small chain to the northwest of Crete. The largest of these island was once inhabited at the same time as the Minoans, with pottery completely unique to it. You'd expect there to be some good literature on this, right? Well, there probably is, but google got me nothing, likely because all the research is in Greek.
Some of you might remember a thread a few months ago where an anon, upon request, transcribed his copy of Helmskringla by Snorri Sturluson, recounting the Battle of Stamford Bridge (marking the end of the viking age). Said anon was me. English is the lingua franca, so while people like me can't translate, we can give back by providing what useful documents we have. For instance, I have translation of On War dated to the 1940's, and the preface had some really interesting commentary on WW2 and the Axis vs Allied interpretation of Clausewitz's famous work. I think more stuff like that would be great, and it would give us something to do and make the board a bit more active. It doesn't necessarily have to be a sticky, even, but it's an idea worth exploring.
44d4e1 No.23006
>>22995
>We have a resource thread, but what about a document translation/primary source request sticky?
I like my first page sticky-free, seeing them every time I refresh the page gets stale. One or two are okay, but a sticky for everything? I vote nay. Also this is a pretty slow board, your thread will float for a long while, with some bumps.
The idea itself is good though, I'm sure there's lots of bi(+)lingual posters here who are willing to help with translations. I can't help with German, but I'm an Italian- and Latinfag, so if you need a sonnet or a papal bull I'll do my best.
ce240c No.23109
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>>23006
This: it's a rad idea, and if all the documentation and translation work is kept to one thread, it won't be hard to keep afloat.
We are, after all, slower than the adult diaper fetishist board.
44d4e1 No.23111
>>23109
>We are, after all, slower than the adult diaper fetishist board.
T-this is a hyperbole right?
95f405 No.23131
>>23006
I won't sticky it. If there's interest it'll stay afloat. It can also just be bumped every now and again. The three we have are fine.
b6898c No.23140
>>23111
I really wish it was.
95f405 No.23145
>>23140
>>23111
I see…
Well I think I've seen enough of this life then.
ef8ba8 No.23286
ef8ba8 No.23287
Gonna eventually finish it.
dacea2 No.23647
I'm updating all the flags we already have to fit the new standards, since I've been absent with flag uploading- so may as well do something useful.
This leads me to something though. I mostly lurk. I'm really not a very good admin in terms of involvment.
You guys fine with that, or would you rather I give one of the mods the keys to the house?
>>23286
>>23287
Thanks. I eventually realised it was just promoting avatarfagging, so eh. Not as proud of those as I was that night.
0659b4 No.23651
>>23647
>I mostly lurk. I'm really not a very good admin in terms of involvment.
>You guys fine with that, or would you rather I give one of the mods the keys to the house?
u wot m8
I don't expect to see mods at all, unless they're badly needed (spam etc.). If it ain't broke…
c2c84f No.23675
>>23651
Seconded.
We don't cop anywhere near the same level of shit as other boards, so you're not going to have as much running around to do.
3212f9 No.23726
>>23675
Plus he has 2 other admin guys to help him.
3212f9 No.23727
>>23647
I think the keys are good where they are m8. You're doing fine. I don't know how do flags and I'm fine with just repeatedly banning the brownpill guy. I like things how they are now.
I'm sure that 3 doesn't want them either.
e8b87d No.24928
At first glance this board looks bretty good and the controversial threads seem fairly balanced with more than one camp coming out to play. For now it's comfy, but I'm sure as it grows it will go to shit and become a pol or leftypol hugbox.
0659b4 No.24943
>>24928
I think most "controversial threads" shouldn't even be here: no amount of proof can convince partisans, and recent historiography is full of bias -> they belong in /pol/. Therefore I hide them and only check them sometimes for the giggles. At least they inflate the PPH count.
Hide and filter, people.
000000 No.25052
>>23647
Hey portubro, have you uploaded Capitão Falcão yet?
0552da No.25053
>>23287
Anon you are a good among men. I want to give you money.
a69d38 No.25588
>>25052
They still haven't fucking released it in DVD. Not even a peep about it. Hell, not even a digital release.
595193 No.25837
595193 No.25838
>>24943
I disagree. Controversial threads bump the board and give you oppurotunities to enlighten anon. We just need established standards for citation and citation evaluation
99d16b No.25844
>>25838
No such thing as bad press. I've said it before, this is the best board on 8chan, and the only thing I can see that needs improvement is traffic.
And as for my two cents about moderation, the only reason we'd need active policing is if we start getting spammed. Anything pants-on-head retarded can be hidden, as long as it isn't intrusive.
000000 No.25905
70e8c6 No.25906
Can I discuss prehistory on /his/? If not, there's always /prehis/
bf96ba No.25908
>>25052
>>25588
This is of interest to me as well. Would be a fitting movie for cytu.be/r/khantube streaming.
adf3f0 No.25911
>>25906
I vote for Anschluss, there's room enough for /prehis/ discussion here.
No point in splitting a potential community without reason.
>>25908
>cytu.be/r/khantube streaming
Is that still a thing? Feel free to shill on the /his/ movie night thread if you want
bf96ba No.25935
>>25911
Might return to being a thing in the future. If people are interested, sure, why not.
I won't be able to do it for a couple of weeks more though.
a69d38 No.26071
>>25837
Maybe I dunno how to moeblobify enough, but eh? I feel the best board-tans are simpler in design, but also striking and a bit absurd. Joan of Arc is a woman in an armour, dunno if that sells that well.
When we had a quick discussion of this a year ago, I think I suggested a history professor, and someone suggested historical Jesus. Just to catch up on suggestions.
a69d38 No.26072
>>26071
so did I just suddenly forget how to post as board owner or
adf3f0 No.26103
>>26071
Hella cute, she can save my kingdom any day,
Needs a better sword and a banner though
faccf4 No.26110
>>26071
I might give this a whirl. As for best mascot, a history professor (or the ever-poor research associate trying to impress her professor-sensei) is the best fit for /his/. Joan of Arc is more than a woman in armor, she's a very particular symbol for a unique time and place that doesn't translate well outside of it. She wouldn't fit Classics, Eastern European or Middle Eastern topics, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, or early modern Europe.
Plus our Joan would inevitably be competing with other moeJoans out there, an uphill battle to be sure.
45d9e7 No.26147
962456 No.26177
962456 No.26187
I plagiarized this sticky a bit for an endeavour. Hope you can forgive me, board owner.
a69d38 No.26190
>>26187
Well, show me what you did with it so my curiosity can be sated and I'll be happy
>>26110
Hadn't even considered things like Saber and all, those're problems.
How about a history professor who cosplays into historical suits? That'd give us some variety. Maybe decide a specific palette for her for recognizability, like how if you have a redhead with green and purple you can identify her as Vivian even if she's not in the sweater.
faccf4 No.26244
>>26190
Yeah, that's the best way in the end. Like halfchan /co/'s Colette.
6f2b52 No.26245
>all major boards are shit
>the only solid reason I still browse 8chan it /his/
t-thanks.
95a04c No.26320
I'm would like to nominate Yang Wen-li, an amateur historian, as mascot for history.
97ed74 No.26372
adf3f0 No.26385
Hey aut/his/ts, when's /his/' birthday?
It should be soon, since the oldest extant post, >>129 , is from 09/20/14.
b6d913 No.26405
>>26320
> other people into LoGH on /his/
It's official this is my favourite board
f5479c No.26408
>>26405
M8, LoGH is one of the most beloved (in some cases the only) animu on /v/, /pol/ and probably other boards.
Same was true on 4cuck /vg/ long ago
2a08ec No.26413
>>26385
19th of September, IIRC. The original creator made it, never logged back, and one week later I mailed Hotwheels. The mail's dated to the 25th, so going one week back (which we knew since there was a lot of panic the board'd be removed as it'd been a week without signs of the admin), it'd be the 18th or 19th.
>>26320
Fuck, I really don't like outright using existing characters, but on the other hand, it fits like a glove
faccf4 No.26421
>>26416
>>26413
He's just so fitting, really. A guy who loves history and just wants to study it, but isn't a professional historian. A guy who's surrounded by a politically charged and divisive environment, but generally wants to be left alone and not drawn into that argument besides picking out historical ironies or inaccuracies that get thrown around. A guy whose ambition amounts to growing old writing history books.
Yeah, Yang Wen-Li is Mr. /his/
adf3f0 No.26422
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>26421
>Yang Wen-Li is Mr. /his/
I'll elaborate on why I don't want him as a mascot:
1) I've never heard of him :^)
2) In general I strongly dislike animemes and consider them alien and plebeian. I hope I'm not the only one (^:
3) Having an anime character as a mascot would be like having, for instance, a Nazi. No matter how justified, it screams "weeb board", (or "/pol/ satellite" for the Nazi).
4) Having a Japanese novel character as a mascot, when (I bet) no one here is Japanese or has read the novels is just like a 36th century "galactic hero" named Reinhard von Müsel—unfitting and untasteful.
Of course if he's so perfect in every other aspect than he surely will fit in this board's culture and shit, but as the official /his/ face? Pls don't.
73aeac No.26423
>>26422
But do you have a good reason though
adf3f0 No.26429
2a08ec No.26432
>>26422
Are you the same guy who hated the fact the board owner's a weeb
'cause I'm still a weeb
On a more serious note I dislike the idea too simply on merit of not wanting it to be explicitly another character. That said, using Wen-Li as a basis from whom, maybe merging other traits of the board (a small /pol/ rib?), in a similar way to how, say, Tomoko - So much social despair + caucasian + redhead + older + daily dose sweater = Vivian, we could start in order to end up with a /his/tan, might not be such a stupid idea.
adf3f0 No.26433
>>26432
>Are you the same guy who hated the fact the board owner's a weeb
I didn't know you were, I'm relatively new here.
I am disappoint, though, and expect you to quit your insane perversion as soon as possible.
faccf4 No.26435
>>26432
He should probably be on a few banners, but otherwise an OC with a few similar traits is the better route to take.
bf96ba No.26487
>>26422
>we're looking for a board-tan
>2) In general I strongly dislike animemes and consider them alien and plebeian.
>-tan
>not nipponese drawn personification
adf3f0 No.26489
>>26487
>muh anime imageboard
>implying Yang Ching Chong can be a board-tan anyway
922ea0 No.26490
Why not make Bor/his/ Skossyreff the board-tan?
>maximum qt
>failed napoleon/ceaser type
>no fucks given ever
>invented chunks of his own life for the history books
0552da No.26570
>>23287
Please, Please make a Kaiser Wilhelm II red anon
7c4d24 No.26727
quick merger of bits and bobs from Skossyeff and Yang Wen-Li. I suppose an alcoholic amateur historian'd fit us well?
0b9008 No.26746
>>26727
I like it. Could do with more wenli and less skossyreff though.
>>26422
I disliked anime until I watched LoGH. If you're into history I'll wager you'd be into LoGH.