It seems the forum is a bit unorganized with so many users from inside and outside of the community posted many things irrelevant to Alternate History topic. I don't meant we should limit everyone from using this forum or making it barren place with no freedoms or rights. But, since the forum is an extension of our community, just like our Discord Server, I believe rules and conventions exist on our community should be imposed too at this very forum.
What I am afraid the most is the rise of shitposting tendency here, especially with so many users seems lacking sufficient responsibilities in writing coherently whether in grammar on in common sense. Some of them really likes asking future history questions, which I believe is inappropriate both here in the forum or there in the wiki.
The change that came to our community forces us to start anew. We are currently rebuilding the ethos of our fandom community with the recent progresses we experienced. I believe we must tougher from this point on, whether the admins or moderators or even any users who want to participate in the enforcement of our rules and conventions.
At the absence of several our senior admins, we must act decisively to discipline the forum and the wiki alike. We are now facing younger users who maybe are still lacking any sense of responsibility at online presence. Thus, that is our responsibility to guide and discipline them, in the words of EoGuy, like an "old headmaster sitting in a class", not in any sense of being of a bunch of dictators.
From this point, rules and conventions should be imposed decisively on the forum and any thread irrelevant to Alternate History topic should be reported to the administrators and forum moderators.
Apparently some edits from new users on 1983: Doomsday are being reverted due to being against some sort of "protocol." It would help if an edit notice or a guideline article was created to define said protocol to new users.
This has happened to me twice in the past few hours: I've tried to replace images that I uploaded, but they never actually update. If I click on the image source and view them from my browser, they display as intended, but they still look like the old versions on the actual pages they appear on and in their thumbnail. I don't want to flood the wiki with duplicate images, so if the old files could at least be deleted that would be appreciated. (The files in question are 1885CSElectionBNM.png and 1884USElectionBNM.png)
In most general elections (UK Parliament, US mid-term etc) only a proportion of people vote, and there will be a number of spoilt papers.
In this category of scenario a #very# large number of people go to the polling stations and indicate that 'they are present but not voting' (spoilt ballot papers, improbable write in candidates) - so there are millions of spoilt papers and only a few actual votes. This is the result of a general popular protest at the politicians and the parties/someone urging them to do so.
Alternatively 'everybody' votes for the minor/'fun' candidates as a protest (assuming that most other people will vote sensibly) so the House is composed of a strange mixture of parties.
Lieutenant Harry Lumsden was forming a regiment of cavalry and infantry in Peshawar, Northern India. He thought that his men should be dressed in loose fitting clothes the colour of mud. The soldiers were often involved in skirmishes with local tribesmen, so they need a uniform which was comfortable to wear and blended into the countryside. Lumsden got the cloth for the uniforms dyed a brownish grey colour in the local bazaar. It was called 'khaki' from the Urdu word meaning dusty. Lumsden's regiment went into action for the first time in December 1849 and they were known as the 'mudlarks'.
This was not the first time men had worn cothing to try and conceal them. During the American War of Independence, many of them American colonist's fighting the British wore their fringed lined hunting shirts. The Americans could snipe at the highly visible British redcoats, then slip away unseen. Up until the invention of long range weapons, the visibility of soldiers in warfare did not matter very much. Most battles were pitched battles fought in set patterns. Elaborate and colourful uniforms were worn to distinguish the two different sides in the battle. Military finery set soldiers apart from the rest of the population, they gave men a feeling of glory, glamour and most importantly, a sense of belonging to an army.
Soon other regiment stationed in India took up the idea of dying their white linen uniforms a khaki color while on active service. Local bazaars used local dyes, so the shade of colors varied from place to place. The idea spread quickly to all British regiment in overseas postings and from 1886 there was an official announcement that all British troops serving outside the united Kingdom had to wear Khaki.
In 1899 British soldiers fighting in the Boer War in South Africa wore Khaki to make themselves less conspicuous in a war of ambush and sniping which developed in the hills and open country of the Transvaal. Back home in Britain the word Khaki was synonymous with the Boer War. People were asked to support the war by voting Khaki in the Khaki election. When World War One started in 1914, the elaborate costumes of war from the nineteenth century were well and truly gone All soldiers and officers in both sides of the war were wearing the camouflage colour of Khaki. Mud coloured like the trenches, dust coloured like the roads the soldiers march along and green like the forests they were destroying: Khaki was the colour of reality. Today soldiers all over the world dress uniformly in Khaki, the showy and flamboyant colours have gone.
Nobody does eccentricity better than the British. Whether it is their obsessive gardening, ice cream cone hats for attending a horse race, devotees of the queue and summer holidays at a rainy seaside, Christmas pudding and marmite, eccentricity is a British tradition. No one beats the British for odd or whimsical behaviour and perhaps, more than geographical location, that is what separates them from the rest of the world!
ABC of British Eccentricity:
A is for Ascot, a national institution and the centrepiece of the British social calendar.
B is for Bog Snorkelling, a sports event that takes place in Wales.
C is for Christmas pudding, only a couple of spoonfuls a year are enough!
Ascot
Royal Ascot, the horse race held in June every year, a unique event in the summer social calendar, steeped in tradition, heritage and pageantry dating back almost three hundred years. It is without doubt the greatest race meeting in the world and a celebration of everything that is uniquely British. But, if Royal Ascot is the ultimate stage for the best racehorses in the world, why on earth do the public and the media concentrate on only one thing: Women’s hats and who has the most outrageous hat on the hat wearing festival of Ladies Day.
Bog snorkelling
Bog snorkelling an annual swimming world championship first held in 1985, that takes place in Wales. It is officially a sporting event where competitors have to complete two consecutive lengths in a 55 m water filled trench cut through a peat bog, in the shortest time possible.
Competitors must wear snorkels and flippers, and complete the course without using conventional swimming strokes, relying on flipper power alone. Wet suits are not compulsory, but are usually worn. The winner is entered in the Guinness Book of Records.
Christmas Pudding Quote by Charles Dickens
"Oh! All that steam! The pudding had just been taken out of the cauldron. Oh! That smell! The same as the one which prevailed on washing day! It is that of the cloth which wraps the pudding. Now, one would imagine oneself in a restaurant and in a confectioner's at the same time, with a laundry next door.”
Christmas pudding
Christmas pudding is a British dessert traditionally served on Christmas day. The pudding's origins can be traced back to the 1420s when meat was then kept in a pastry case along with dried fruits acting as a preservative. Who but the British could transform a way of preserving meat at the end of the season into an institutional dessert?
What do the British have to say about eccentricity?
“Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.” (Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom)
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird. (Paul McCartney)
Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, bodog casino and moral courage which it contained. (John Stuart Mill)
There's something about being in the country that makes you stick out like a sore thumb – you're an anomaly. But in London there's always someone wilder and woollier. (Cornelia Parker, British artist)
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. (Bertrand Russell)
There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.(Rachel Weisz, British actress)
Independence Day is celebrated on that day when your country got Independence. Here are some heart touching slogans. Recently coursework writer wrote: Simple Slogans for Independence Day • We all love India. Vande Mataram!! Independence Day Slogens • “Satyameva Jayathe” which means Truth, which alone over comes all and win individually. • “Being independent is the birth right for every individual and we all shall have it” • “Delhi Chalo” and “Tum Mujhe Khoon Do main Tumhe Aazadi Doonga ( Give me blood, I will give you freedom )”. Where the two major dialogues for our nation. ‘Our nation is like a strong tree of which the original trunk is it’s independence and the branches are swadeshi and boycott.’ Independence Day 15th august • ‘Whatever difficulties we may have to face in the struggle, we must never forget and give up on the journey for truth, which God himself haven’t given up.’ •’The most important thing in religions is making the heart pure without any negativity. The monarchy of heaven is within us only but some can’t see, only clean heart can see the ‘king’ !’ • Independence is as important as breath for human beings of the nation. So it’s very essential for our nation. • Many religions, many countries, many people but we all unite as one as a nation. • The biggest thought you can give to your children are the roots of responsibility and the potential to have the wings of independence. • A girl who is eligible to earn her own living and can stand up on all her opportunities, has the right to stay happy and safe as any other person on this country. The satisfaction of being Independent and safety is very satisfying. • After independence, the musical rhythm of the band, the beauty of the nation, from the mountains snow to the dessert’s sand. Our country is very beautiful! • Independence day is a day to unite and make all stand all together. • Everything which is unique and inspiring for our nation, has been given by those who sacrificed their lives for us. • Life without independence is like a body without a soul. • Liberal government is for the people, by the people and of the people. Independence Day poems • Give me independence or else give me death. • No nation is born with perfection, it needs a lot if the practice to make it perfect. Responsibilty is one of the main key towards perfection. • Happy Independence Day to all whose who are living and realise their freedom and had expressed what they feel very bodly and passionately and never take it for granted. • We should be thankful to all those fighters who without even thinking of their own lives sacrificed their lives for the nation. • The strongest of all, ” Do or Die ( karo ya maro ) • “We have believed – and we do believe it now, that freedom is now permanent, that peace is permanent, that economic prosperity is permanent” just because of our freedom fighters. • True patriotism hates inequality and differentiate between people in its own land as it’s for all and it’s one.
Dr Sarah Parcak, an American Egyptologist from the University of Alabama, has claimed to have found 17 new pyramids, 2 cities and 1000 tombs in Egypt.
Using powerful infra red cameras in satellites orbiting 700km above the Earth, scientists can detect solid buildings beneath the softer sands. To this date, at least 2 of the 17 pyramids have been proven to exist by archeologists on the ground.
History of Egypt
How can this change our history?
First we must ask ourselves, “What is ancient history?”
The answer to that question is: Archeologists and scientists find “clues” at different monuments {pyramids}, tombs or buried cities. These clues are like dots, they try to join the dots to form a picture. That picture is then our history as taught in school.
OK, so how can our history change?
With the finding of these new pyramids, tombs and cities, as they are excavated scientists will find more clues [dots]. When they place these new dots along with the old dots, they will once again to write an essay online and try to draw a picture. With the extra dots a clearer picture could appear, one that is different from their old one. The picture will become our new ancient history as taught in schools.
This new history could be a lot different. It could show Egypt having links to the Americas, perhaps through the Antarctic. It could show proof of the existence of the legendary city of Atlantis or it could even prove that the ancient Egyptians had contact with aliens.
This is speculation but the facts are that there will now be enough work to keep, a whole new generation of Egyptologists busy and history books, if they don’t change, will have to at least have additions made.
Learning Chinese history is just another one of many Chinese customs for kids because they need to know what happened in the past so they do not repeat it in the future. It also makes China a better country for everybody living there, past present and future.
Researchers have found artifacts that date back to either the third or the fourth millennium B. C., which is when people first started making tools for accomplishment.
Chinese history is broken down into different periods thusly:
The Origin of the Chinese Civilization
• This period of time is from 2200 B.C. to 221 B.C.
• The people of the Shang Dynasty (1766 - 1122 B.C.) are known for their ancestor worshiping, armies that were highly organized, bronze, horse-drawn chariots and jade.
• Then when Sage Confucius (551 - 479 B.C.) came to be, everything changed in the code of ethics. It changed to where it over powered the cultures and the Chinese thought patterns for next 25 centuries.
The Early Empire Phase
• This period of time was from 221 B.C. and 589 A.D.
• This is when the Terra Cotta army and the Great Wall of China was built
Second Empire
• This period of time was from 589 - 1644 A.D.
• During this time, especially between 618 and 917, China was the most civilized and richest country in the world for that frame of time.
The Birth of Modern China
• This period of time began in 1644 and continues today.
• Between the 19th and the early part of 20th century, China was irrepressible to the verge of a collapse.
• Then in 1912, Cantonese Dr. Sun Yatsen managed a rebellion to end the Quing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), which is when the Chinese Republic was established.
There have been many different highs and lows throughout Chinese history. That is why it is important for kids to use pro essays to learn their culture's history because they will be able to learn from the mistakes that other people have made in the past, and hopefully not repeat the same horrible mistakes. While at the same time, take the triumphant times that have happened and use them in the future with modern items.
I'm interested in adopting the timeline An Absolute Turn for the Worst . I messaged the creator of the timeline, LightningLynx89 , on March 25. As more than a week has passed and the creator has not yet responded, I have moved on to step two of the adoption process.
An Absolute Turn for the Worst's current PODs are that the Marquis of Pombal is not appointed as chief minister of Portugal, and that France does much better in the Seven Years War while Britain and Prussia don't do as well as in OTL. The timeline is not very developed beyond the few pages that explain the PODs.
I plan to continue development of this timeline along the lines of what has already been written by LightningLynx89, with the "end goal" of creating a dystopian world filled with totalitarian dictatorships and catastrophic wars. (This is a very vague goal, and will be shaped by my research into the PODs.)
I plan to make this into a timeline that is both realistic and creative, both sweeping and detailed, covering all areas of the world. I'm open to ideas, help, and collaboration from other editors. If there are no objections within the 3-day period as described by the wikia adoption policy, I will officially adopt the timeline.
On January 18, 2018 I messaged Alexander of Volzhsky at 0031 regarding my intenterest in adopting the Monarchist World timeline. I have gotten no reply and as it's not a page in the Open for Adoption category and 7 days (168 hours) have passed I have moved to step two of the adoption process .
Monarchist World presently has no stated POD nor exists beyond a single page. As part two of this process is to see if anyone objects to the adoption I'll here present my ideas.
Monarchist World is a timeline where in Monarchism remains promenent, and part of this comes from (as the timeline states) certain monarchies that where disposed in our timeline not being disposed or collapsing. While Monarchism doesn't it's self imply a hereditary ruler the intention of the timeline's creator seems to be to focus on such (thus the timeline need not cater to 'Presidents for Life', 'Dictator for Life', etc.
As the Emperors of Rome where not hereditary, nor (according to some sources) was the King of Rome in it's ealry days the earliest POD I can at the moment devise lies in Oliver Cromwell- and the English Commonwealth. As the timeline states various PODs will occure but the failure of the English Commonwealth seems a good start. The French Revolution will also, fail. The Republic of Portugal will not be established. Nore the Republic of Spain, nor will the Tsar of Russia be disposed.
To further solidify the nature of a 'Monarchist World' the timeline will also attempt to transform republics into Monarchies; for example- it's unlikely the Spanish Colonies will not rebel; though just as Mexico was twice an Empire a republic can be changed. Republics will, in compliance with the Bias label of the timeline, be at a disadvantage for reasons a Monarchist would put forward such as 'interntal poltiical squablings' and 'indecisiveness' among other factors regarding general disunity.
If there are no objections this post (and I do hope I'm posting on the Portal Page as instructed) will begin the 3 day countdown.
With that said, I'm open to input and to have other editors involved in the project :) I do want to make something great out of this.
(edited by Baron Joshua)
Welcome to the community!
Alternate History (sometimes abbreviated AH) is the most frequently used term for the fictional genre which often presupposes a change of a minor historical event that produces an incredible series of changes in the world, diverging it from Our Timeline (OTL) and creating a new, alternate and parallel world.
Here you can create your own Alternate History story, timeline, or add to other existing historical settings. You can start one from the ground up, or add to our many existing variations right down to maps, timelines, and even events.
