Why do you guys remove all the comments that aren't a paragraph long an? not super intellectual? If I wanna ask a question and its not a paragraph long or it's to simple it gets removed. Sometimes I don't have much to share or comment on and I just wanna know more about the subject but most of the time it gets removed, I just wanna learn. :*(</3
This is probably going to get removed but oh well,but if a mod answers this before it gets removed I'll be happy.
Hi /u/putitupmynose .
To put it simply: history is complex; there typically aren't simple, black and white answers to questions here. This sub has a mission to educate, and that takes more than a sentence or two, or even a page or two. There are many subs where people can ask questions, from /r/AskReddit to /r/AskMen or /r/AskScience. /r/AskHistorians is like the latter: in /r/AskScience and /r/AskHistorians, the expectation is that the person answering actually know what they're talking about, that is, they're not just shooting their mouth off, or joking, or passing on urban myths or something they saw in a movie: they're trying to educate. So answers that aren't serious, aren't researched, and don't inform will be removed. If you'd like to read more on comment removal, you can check out this thread.
If I wanna ask a question and its not a paragraph long or it's to simple it gets removed.
There seems to be some confusion here. Questions do not have to be in-depth, only answers: questions can be as short as a few words.
Sometimes I don't have much to share or comment on and I just wanna know more about the subject but most of the time it gets removed, I just wanna learn. :*(</3
This subreddit is specifically for education, so everyone here wants you to be able to learn too. I've taken a look through your posting history in this subreddit, and don't find a single comment - presumably you've deleted your history? - which makes it a little difficult to address your specific issue. If you are asking follow-up questions in other people's threads, there shouldn't be any problem, assuming that the question is close to the original post's subject, and isn't being rude or loaded. Maybe you can give us some examples of what you mean? Failing that, if you have issues in future, just contact us via moderator mail and we'll look into it.
This is probably going to get removed but oh well,but if a mod answers this before it gets removed I'll be happy.
Meta questions don't get removed: the only requirement is that they be civil.
The sub is highly moderated because place an emphasis on accurate and quality content. If the answer to the question is just a yes or no, or a single sentence that a person can just get from the top google result it isn't really what r/askhistorians is about. r/history and r/askhistory are much more casual if that's what your looking for, plus there is the FAQ on the sidebar which gives answers to a lot of popular questions about a ton of subjects. And yeah it can be frustrating when a mod deletes a comment you think was sufficient, its happened to me too, but take as a push work on more detailed answers or more specific and indepth questions.
I'm not entirely clear on some of your wording, so sorry if I'm misreading this.
If I wanna ask a question and its not a paragraph long or it's to simple it gets removed.
If you mean your question's (posts) get removed and you think it's because they are too stimple, there is a Short Answers for Simple Questions weekly thread, which might be a better place to ask.
If you mean that you are asking follow up questions as a comment to someone else's post, that's actually fine.
However something similar to that is giving an answer that's not actually adequate, but disguising it as asking a follow up question. I haven't looked at your comment history so I'm not saying you're doing that, but if you are that might also be the reason for removal.
Legitimate follow up questions are generally fine unless they're too far removed from the original topic, in which case we will generally ask you to just post it as it's own thread.
Does that answer your question? If not, then I think I've misunderstood and maybe you can clarify.