My question is abstract, but I want to know the opinions of this subreddit on this topic. How old does an event need to be to go from the contemporary to the historical? Is the Arab Spring now considered historical? How about the beginning of the Trump Primary and his groundswell of support? Where do we as historians draw the line?
Hi, there have been some threads about this, where users have described the typical cut-off dates for their subject area... I took a quick spin through the sub, and found a few meta posts (i.e. specific to this subreddit), but there are more out there which aren't "meta" posts
Why is the restriction on current event posts set at 20 years? What makes that amount of time important? - /u/restricteddata gives an intro to the issue
Rules Roundtable #5: The Current Events/Modern Politics/"20 Year" Rule - /u/Georgy_K_Zhukov takes a deep dive into the sub policy