Oh, just what we need on this sub: more moderation.

Seriously though, I've been following the answers of these three as flairs in the Sunday Digest, and if the quality of their moderation efforts match their dedication in their answers, I for one welcome our new mod overlords.

I’m no longer the new guy! It’s like that Recess episode. I get my name back, the hazing ends, I don’t need to be Zhukov’s stool or fetch coffees, or any of the other things I was told are traditional.

So, did ancient Greek soldiers get PTSD?

You're going for a "medieval herald" style, while a more appropriate one would be a terse but terrifying "soviet bulletin"

This is the best subreddit. For real, I love the work you guys do.

Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!

Nonetheless. Cogratulations.

SUCKERS

Mods for the mod god! Blood and souls for Clio!

And now your watch begins. Good luck, ya'll. Reddit is dark and full of terrors.

Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes!

Oh, everyone likes the new mods so much?

Name 3 of their albums!

New Mods be like.

This is great! We can finally get to the bottom behind the causes of WWI!

Do you have a source for that?

O great tyrants, protectors of the subreddit and bane of the sourceless!

I must inquire: Where should we deposit our tribute?

May your beards grow like shadows under the evening sun and the smell of candles and blood ever fill your stone halls!

I feel lame posting this but thank you mods for this subreddit and your work. It is consistently great and fair. It's the only sub I actually report comments lol.

Finally we might get someone qualified to answer what Caesar thought of Hitler’s mustache.

Huzzah, welcome! Honestly, the moderation is one of the main things that makes this sub awesome. "Yes, yes I would like to get quality answers without wading through 98 posts of random [REDACTED]"

What happened to the old ones? Ritual suicide?

Question: does this mean that the weekly or monthly sacrifices must increase? How about the solstice ones?

I thought I'd spotted a couple of new faces wearily telling people off for being idiots - congratulations!

An askhistorian thread where we can talk???

Assuming that’s the case, hats off to this sub and it’s moderators for running a tight ship. Atta boy to the old, and gl to the new crew.

I never comment here because I'm one of the many who know nothing and come to learn, but on behalf of the silent ones: welcome!

One day we must go,
one night we will descend into the region of mystery.
Only here we come to know ourselves; only in passing are we on earth.
In peace and pleasure let us spend our lives;
come, let us enjoy ourselves.
Let not the angry do so; the earth is vast indeed.
If only one lived forever;
If only one were not to die !

• Transl. of a poem from the cantares mexicanos, 16th century.

Congrats!

New mods, I come to you as flair and as ally. I give ye no vow, for my oath is pledged to the name that I bear. I give ye my obedience, as flair, and I hold myself bound by your word, so long as my typing fingers rest on the lands of subreddit AskHistorians.

Now, is there a double handled bowl of whiskey or mulled wine or something that I'm supposed to down?

I am a lurker and really appreciate the quality of this sub. Thank you all moderators old and new for your hard work, and to the contributors with your quality questions and answers. This sub is a 3* Michelin restaurant in a food court of junk food.

And now I too am living proof of this: Sic Semper Tyrannis.

Ha, suckers.

Sweet. The more moderation on this sub the better. Love this place.

welcome to the thunderdome

Welcome mods to Reddit's best content.

Woohoo, an askhistorians thread i'm qualified to post in.

I love this sub even if it’s the biggest cocktease sub on Reddit. Even more than the subs about teasing cocks.

The mods here have made r/AskHistorians one of the best locations on the internet. My hats off to the new mods and the current ones.

I came to see how many comments were removed and was disappointed that it was only 3 of the 90. None of these comments are thoroughly researched enough mods!! XD

(All hail new mods!)

An Ask Historians comments section with comments? What is this?

I cannot even imagine the training process haha. Welcome jackbooted authoritarian thugs new mods! (I KID!) We love you already.

I invite you, new overlords, to take my food and enlist my husband and sons for the next war! By the way, are any newly crownded head lacking a wife? I have plenty of daugthers, there must be one that you'll like

You're not my supervisor!

Man I can't tell you how great it is to know that there's a better source for history on reddit than r/history.

Should we bend the knee, or duck & cover?

Thanks for doing this dudes. I love this sub. And a big part of my love is the acid edged moderating that cuts the un-sourced off before it can even be seen by most. I love your viciousness with regards to fact/opinion, and I thank you.

/u/EnclavedMicrostate is a Straight G! Answered a question I'd never think I'd get the answer to. Congratulations, Mod! I'll follow your contributions closely 😋

I think the mods should delete all non dog related questions

Ok I already posted with a stupid meta joke, but I wanted to slightly more seriously say as a silent lurker in the shadows that I love that this place exists. All hail the mods!

Tantae molis erat Redditium condere gentem!

Homage? Boo! Feudalism does not exist!

In all seriousness though, congratulations!

Love love love this sub! To the old Gods and the new: thank you for your dedication and your exceptional efforts to keep the Reddit gadflies in line.

My mother (who got into reddit just recently) laughs at posts where there are 10 removed post and some weird moderator answer.

I shall not betray those who stand higher in the hierarchy than I, and shall respect the lords words

This is definitely the only chance I'm going to have to comment on this sub, so I'm gonna savor it.

Welcome new mods!

Hail and well met! May you leave many comment graveyards in your wake.

Welcome, welcome, welcome, new mods!

I would also like to thank those mods who are retiring for keeping us in line.

Congrats and good luck.

All Hail Moderatus Aurelius.

I would bow, but you know... my back.

I was honestly hoping to see [removed on every post here, just for the memes.

I give homage to Scotland!

I'm suddenly inspired to go play Civ V

Congratulations, that's awesome guys.

Also, congratulations to me! I think my only post in this sub that Won't be Removed!

Go Team!

I just wanted to post something on this sub for once :D

Love all the effort the mods and contributiors put it!

I'm only posting here as it's about the only time I'll be able to make a top level comment in this sub. Which is why I stay subscribed.

Welp time to bend the knee!

Top moderatio est top sub.

(This sub is the best.)

Julius Caesar, King of Italy, circa 180 BC

Down with the Monarchs!!!

Remember, remember!
    The fifth of November,
    The Gunpowder treason and plot;
    I know of no reason
    Why the Gunpowder treason
    Should ever be forgot!

hail

Congrats to you all!

I, for one, welcome our new modic overlords.

I am far too dumb to ever comment in here, but I appreciate everything you do!

THANK YOU LOYAL CITIZENS. NOW PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR HOMES. CURFEW IS IN EFFECT.

Thank you.

Congrats! And truly, the mods make this the best sub around. Long may our Overlords reign!

Mods of the fearsome divine powers, clad in terror, riding on the great divine powers, Mods, made complete by the strength of the holy ankar weapon, drenched in blood, rushing around in great battles, with shield resting on the ground, covered in storm and flood, great Mods, knowing well how to plan conflicts, you destroy mighty lands with arrow and strength and overpower lands.^1

So, where's the line to stone the old mods, now ?

Or is this one of those we've always been modded by EastAsia things ?

This is the greatest mod post I've ever seen.

Thank you to whoever gave Automod the "History of Robotics" flair. It's cute.

Thank you both existing and new mods for all the work you do. It must be exhausting.

Gentlemen! Now is the time to rise up against the overmods and take back the sub! It is time for the working-class posters to throw off the shackles of their oppression and seize the means of posting!

Hail Caesar(s)!

I’ve never seen so many comments on his sub.

One of the best moderated subs on Reddit on top of having quality content

As an American I think of Mods as serving the community, not "reigning".

...well I guess there’s only one way to go from down here. Welcome.

Probably my only chance to have anything of mine posted here, so carry on mods - we need you!

Love you mods <3

Thanks moderation team for all your great work.

Just taking advantage of being able to post a top level comment that isn't 9 paragraphs with 12 references. Welcome new mods! I never bend the knee, but I raise my flagon in your honor...

My first approved comment on AskHistorians!

Let future generations romanticize these glorious times, when I was allowed this low effort comment on a shitpost in AskHistorians.

Praise the Emperor new mods!

I, for one, welcome our new flairy overlords.

All hail, new mods. Your serfs (begrudgingly) welcome thee!!

HAIL!

Ave Modicum! Hail the new mods!

Welcome New Mods! AskHistorians continues to be the best place on the internet. Will you now introduce a policy of getting the sub quarantined? It seems to be very fashionable these days.

I honor the sacrifice of the Mods. Long may they serve in Authoritarian Protection from misinformation and off topic jaunts. May they rest in peace at the end of their service.

I would like to acknowledge the proud and unbroken legacy of the AskHistorians people, and pay my respects to moderators past, present and future.

If you replace human lives lost at the Somme with shitposts that's an idea of the scale of terrible comments you will be hacking down. (This one included, huzzah!)

Praise be our new overseers

Hazzah!

Homage, but never tribute!

Oh do you know what you have gotten into? In 20 years there will be a thread asking, "whatever happened to those mods introduced on August 7th 2019?"

Jokes aside, goodluck :)

Ave moderatores, morituri te salutant

Congratulations, and good luck to all three!

LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH

We're doomed.

Obvious those who are true historians get fancy flairs, but can we have shit-tier flairs for fun?

Where my mods at

y'all is a contraction between you and all so the apostrophe should be before the all, not randomly in the middle of it

We are so, so boned.

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let's do it

and a crash course in the horribleness of reddit literally everywhere.

I see you haven't been to /r/wholesomememes

praise

Mods = Gods

And now your watch begins.

May our naive curiosities shine under your light of rightfulness All-mighty moderators!

Welcome new overlords mods.

Founder = flounder?

I appreciate you all, old and new, for keeping this sub so high quality!!!

I look forward to having my side splittingly funny and relevant posts removed by you all.

I'll show up on Sept 5th, that is my speciality. Also hi new overlords.

You know, I welcome our new Moderator Overlords.

Kneels, bows so my head hits the floor three times, stands, kneels, bows so my head hits the floor three times, stands, kneels, bows so my head hits the floor three times. Holds head down waiting for permission to stand.

Welcome!

Thank you new overlords!

Fine, I'll get my chapstick and kneepads.

JUST JOKING! I love you all. This is one of the best-moderated subs in Redditland!

a crash course in the horribleness of reddit literally everywhere.

Thank you for staring into the abyss so we don't have to!!

Gonna just hijack the top of this thread to remind people that we're running our super-duper awesome Summer 2019 Floating Feature series right now.

The ones that have already happened have some great content to read, and we have a half-dozen still to come. This is especially timely to mention in a META thread like this, as it is always great to see lurkers come out of the woodwork and participate in the community even if they might normally not feel able to answer questions, because Floating Features are modded very lightly! We want to see contributions both bit and small.

Full schedule of past and future:

• Monday, July 22nd – History of North America
• Saturday, July 27th – Art History
• Thursday, August 1st – History of the Middle East
• Tuesday, August 6th – History of Asia
• Sunday, August 11th – Military History
• Friday, August 16th – History of Oceania
• Wednesday, August 21st – History of Religion and Philosophy
• Monday, August 26th - History of Africa
• Saturday, August 31st – History of Science and Technology
• Thursday, September 5th – History of Middle and South America
• Tuesday, September 10th – Archaeology
• Sunday, September 15th – History of Europe

Im Im sorry sorry

hope yall actually let some answers through!

I'm uncomfortable with the normalization of authoritarian language and tropes. :(

Yeah no,this is America