I read this thread on Napoleonic cavalry. First there was the post by /u/BritainOpPlsNerf. I have almost no experience with this subject, but the idea that it was the combination of cavalry and artillery that made it so effective was highly enlightening. So, hey, thread over, right? Nope. Along comes /u/DonaldFDraper that breaks down the roles cavalry played at that time and gives us examples. Awesome stuff, there! Now the thread's over for sure, right? Nope. Followup questions and quality contributions from both of the aforementioned flaired users as well as a few others, and some interesting debates.

I'm just going to go with "wow." Thank you all for contributing!

I quite enjoyed reading the answers to /u/Moak1o1's question on Why Britain's postwar economy suffered & how Thatcher's "economic liberalism" changed that because the answers focused on the main types of economic histories: "declinist" & "anti-declinist", how there's not really a right or wrong definitive historical answer to this question & it would depend greatly on whether or not you supported Thatcher's views.

/u/MagnifiedAttitude's answer to this question was good in explaining the different views & ways to look at them to form your own unbiased assumptions. To further help make your own decision on where you stand on the subject, /u/MagnifiedAttitude gives recommendations on the different views & the different factors which could have helped form these views.

Then /u/tiredstars & /u/AimHere responded to /u/MagnifiedAttitude's original answer to back it up with economic statistics showing british growth before & after Thatcher & graphs of the postwar british economy.

Even though it's not a "fully-fledged" question, I enjoyed /u/in-rainbows response to /u/sulendil regarding the 1995 Tokyo Subway-Sarin gas attack in the New-Years day thread Time to Party Like it's 1995!. /u/in-rainbows links to Zero Hour - Terror in Tokyo a documentary which explains everything leading up to the attack (through reconstructions), motives & what the link is between Aum Shinrikyo and the attack.

I also enjoyed /u/atomfullerene response to /u/holytriplem's enquiry into How the AIDS crisis changed after 1995 in the "Time to Party Like it's 1995!" Meta-thread.

Unfortunately my own enquiry into the History of Japanese crime syndicate "Yakuza" wasn't answered though. :(

I'm hoping this fits here, as it's reflection based. I know that quite a few users aren't students, or history professionals, and I was wondering where you source information from?

I am enrolled in university for the coming year, so I do have access to databases which means I usually just use Jstor to get my write-ups straight. I've noticed a few threads with Wikipedia entries cropping up, which has often been the only place I'm able to find information on something if it's not on Jstor.

So how do you decide if a source is reliable enough for this sub? And how do you find them? Because I know that I instantly reject most sources that I wouldn't use in a proper essay.