Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Call for Flair Goes Out Across the Subreddit! • the /r/AskHistorians Flair Application Thread XXIII

by Georgy_K_Zhukov

Welcome flair applicants! This is the place to apply for a flair – the colored text you will have seen next to some user's names indicating their specialization. We are always looking for new flaired users, and if you think you have what it takes to join the panel of historians, you're in the right place!

For examples of previous applications, and our current panel of historians, you can find the previous application thread here, and there is a list of active flaired users on our wiki.

Requirements for a flair

A flair in /r/AskHistorians indicates extensive, in-depth knowledge about an area of history and a proven track record of providing great answers in the subreddit. In applying for a flair, you are claiming to have:

  • Expertise in an area of history, typically from either degree-level academic experience or an equivalent amount of self-study. For more exploration of this, check out this thread.

  • The ability to cite sources from specialist literature for any claims you make within your area.

  • The ability to provide high quality answers in the subreddit in accordance with our rules.

For a more in-depth look at how applications are analyzed, consult this helpful guide on our wiki explaining what an answer that demonstrates the above looks like.

How to apply

To apply for a flair, simply post in this thread. Your post needs to include:

  • Links to 3 to 5 answers which show a sustained involvement in the community, including at least one within the past month.

  • These answers should all relate to the topic area in which you are seeking flair. They should demonstrate your claim to knowledge and expertise on that topic, as well as your ability to write about that topic comprehensively and in-depth. Outside credentials or works can provide secondary support, but cannot replace these requirements.

  • The text of your flair and which category it belongs in (see the sidebar). Be as specific as possible as we prefer flair to reflect the exact area of your expertise as near as possible, but be aware there is a limit of 64 characters.

  • If you are a former, now inactive flair, an application with one recent flair-quality answer, plus additional evidence of renewed community involvement, is required.

One of the moderators will then either confirm your flair or, if the application doesn't adequately show you meet the requirements, explain what's missing. If you get rejected, don't despair! We're happy to give you advice and pointers on how to improve your portfolio for a future application. Plenty of panelists weren't approved the first time.

If there's a backlog this may take a few days but we will try to get around to everyone as quickly as possible.

Updated Procedures

Note that we have made some slight changes to the requirements of the past. Previous applications required all answers to be within the past six months. But we realize that this can sometimes be tough if you write about uncommon topics. We have changed the temporal requirement to be one answer that was written in the past month. The answers as a whole will be evaluated holistically with an eye towards a regular pace of contributions. i.e. 3 answers each spaced 3 months apart would be accepted now, but we would likely ask for more recent contributions if an application was one recent answer and the rest over a year old. Flair reflects not only expertise, but involvement in the AskHistorians community.

"I'm an Expert About Something But Never Have a Chance to Write About It!"

Some topics only come up once in a blue moon, but that doesn't mean you can't still get flair in it! There are a number of avenues to follow, many of which are dealt with in greater detail at the last section of this thread.

Expected Behavior

We invest a large amount of trust in the flaired members of /r/askhistorians, as they represent the subreddit when answering questions, participating in AMAs, and even in their participation across reddit as a whole. As such, we do take into account an applicant's user history reddit-wide when reviewing an application, and will reject applicants whose post history demonstrate bigotry, racism, or sexism. Such behavior is not tolerated in /r/askhistorians, and we do not tolerate it from our panelists in any capacity. We additionally reserve the right to revoke flair based on evidence of such behavior after the application process has been completed. /r/AskHistorians is a safe space for everyone, and those attitudes have no place here.

Quality Contributors

If you see an unflaired user consistently giving excellent answers, they can be nominated for a "Quality Contributor" flair. Just message the mods their username and some example comments which you believe meet the above criteria.

FAQ Finder

To apply for FAQ finder, we require demonstration of a consistent history of community involvement and linking to previous responses and the FAQ. We expect to see potential FAQ Finders be discerning in what they link to, ensuring that it is to threads which represent the current standards of the subreddit, and they do so in a polite and courteous manner, both to the 'Asker', and also by including a username ping of the original 'Answerer'.

Revoking Flair

Having a flair brings with it a greater expectation to abide by the subreddit's rules and maintain the high standard of discussion we all like to see here. The mods will revoke the flair of anybody who continually breaks the rules, fails to meet the standard for answers in their area of expertise, or violates the above mentioned expectations. Happily, we almost never have to do this.

Additional Resources

Before applying for flair, we encourage you to check out these resources to help you with the application process:

DanKensington

Right, it's time. Applying for a flair of Water In The Middle Ages.

Answers:

thestoryteller69

I applied in the old thread literally the day before it got archived, so I'm moving my application here.

Hi, I would like to attempt a flair application under the category of Asian History, with specific area of specialisation being “Medieval and Colonial Maritime Southeast Asia”. Here are some recent questions I have answered (tried to make text links and failed =( ):

How come Christian missionary work was unsuccessful in Indonesia?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/no28mf/how_come_christian_missionary_work_was/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Did Asia experience any “Golden Age of Piracy”?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/n2bja5/did_asia_experience_any_golden_age_of_piracy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

What's the History of Overseas Chinese in Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/muw6s8/whats_the_history_of_overseas_chinese_in_thailand/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Why did the Khmer Empire collect human gallbladders?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nd6v5q/why_did_the_khmer_empire_collect_human/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)

Why was the Khmer Empire and the Kingdom of Champa influenced by Indian culture despite being much closer to China?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nh1625/why_was_the_khmer_empire_and_the_kingdom_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)

Did South East Asia (both Mainland and Maritime) ever use metal armor? How would metal armor be used in hot, humid climates?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/n5oiyh/did_south_east_asia_both_mainland_and_maritime/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Thanks!

mikitacurve

Well, since you insist, and exposure therapy is often a very good way to get over insecurities anyways, I'd like to apply for flair.

The thing is, I don't know what to apply for precisely. "Soviet Moscow", tentatively? "Soviet Urban Culture"? Maybe "Soviet Moscow and Subalterns", if you don't mind me pushing my luck a little. If you can think of a better way to unite that into one flair, though, I'll gladly do that, because I'm not comfortable applying for a double flair yet.

Answers I've written and am not totally embarrassed by include:

Why did the USSR build such grandiose designs and ornate decorations in the Moscow Metro stations as opposed to the usual bland brutalism of Soviet architecture?

Why did the Soviets care so much about the style and form of the art produced in their country?

I'm an average middle-class man living in Moscow with my family in 1922. How will my life change after the country becomes communist?

What exactly would I be learning or doing in Moscow in the '30s if I were a Spanish Communist party member?

Did the USSR actually like the aesthetic of their architecture or was it a form of subliminal propaganda?

How was the legacy of the Decemberist Revolt treated during the Soviet era?

And although these answers are now more than six months old, I'm kind of proud of them:

I'm an African man who was invited to go to school in the Soviet Union. What's my daily life like? How am I treated? Am I touted around like a piece of propaganda?

What was the role and hierarchy of women within the USSR, and did the color of your skin had any factor in your social advancement?

Thanks for you consideration, and I blame the corgi.

anthropology_nerd

Flair Expansion Pack Request:

I'm answering more questions on Native American slavery. I was thinking something like "New World Demography | Disease | Indigenous Slavery" for the new flair. Open to suggestions if that is too long/not appropriate by standard flair conventions.

Did The 1537 Papal Bull outlawing indigenous slavery do anything? was the most recent answer.

Using a case study on the slave trade and disease in the Southeast to show how disease spread after contact depended on context

Ethnogenesis in the New World in response to the devastation of disease, warfare, and the indigenous slave trade

tinyblondeduckling
warneagle

Hey y'all, finally getting around to doing this. The categories I'm applying for are Modern Romania, The Holocaust, and Axis War Crimes. As far as credentials, I have a Ph.D. in Modern European History, currently work as a researcher at a topically-relevant museum where my primary areas of research and publication are the Holocaust and Axis War Crimes, and published a book about Romania and the Holocaust last year (I'd be happy to give proof of these privately, I just don't want to post them publicly so I don't dox myself, because my combination of narrow fields would make me very easy to identify.)

Modern Romania:

On the collapse and aftermath of Communism in Romania

On Allied bombing of Romania and its effects during WWII

On Béla Lugosi and Romanian-Hungarian ethnic identity in Transylvania

Holocaust:

On the killing of Sonderkommando workers during the Holocaust

On guards in extermination camps

On the murder of Jews during the Holocaust

Axis War Crimes:

On debunking the Clean Wehrmacht myth

On the role of German generals in planning and executing war crimes

On the mistreatment of Western Allied POWs late in the war

Tabularius

This pains me to write, but I would like to have my flair removed if that is possible.

Sadly, I have not had enough time nor energy, for various reasons, to write and research answers on this incredible subreddit. Being a flaired user comes with certain expectations and, I feel, a duty to remain an active contributor in this community. As I am unable to fulfill this duty, it seems fitting to remove my flair. If in future my life changes and I get more time to devote to reading and writing about the late Roman military (nothing would make me happier) then I will gladly resume my contributions to this awesome community. Unfortunately, that does not seem very likely at the moment.

Mods, thanks for showing me the recognition and trust a flair entails. I will continue lurking on this subreddit as I always have but from now on hopefully with less of a guilty conscience :)

YourlocalTitanicguy
ColloquialAnachron
Cedric_Hampton

Hello,

I’d like to apply for the flair “Architecture & Design After 1750” under the History of Art category.

Here are links to four five recent answers related specifically to this topic:

[History of Flat-Packs and the modernization of the Shipping Industry] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/oi0nt2/history_of_flatpacks_and_the_modernization_of_the/h4txy90)

[Food and Alcohol on the Midwestern Frontier (1830-1880s Iowa)] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/oifyem/comment/h4x4pln/)

I found a short film of people in the 1930s constructing a skyscraper. Nobody is wearing a safety harness of any kind. Were tall buildings actually built this way?

[Where did office workers in the 19th Century go to the bathroom?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/op8s2m/comment/h66ybt4/)

[Why wasn’t the Crystal Palace rebuilt?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/otah0x/why_wasnt_the_crystal_palace_rebuilt/h784bow/)

Thanks!

Sankon
A_Dissident_Is_Here

Hi all: I've been meaning to apply for a bit, but wanted to make sure I was able to be active in the community before doing so.

I'm hoping to apply for a flair title, but Im also interested in any input about a flair label from the moderation team. My work is primarily on the Troubles and Northern Ireland, but my answers have often spilled more into terrorism in general and - even more often - the Long 1960s. Im also worried about the political implications of terms like terrorism for some of these movements.

My newest answer is below, followed by others which I hope meet the standard.

[What political impact did the the student protests of 1968 have in Europe](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nni713/what_political_impact_did_the_student_protests_of/)

[How on earth did the Unabomber evade capture for nearly 20 years, despite the costliest investigation in history?](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/aeiq6y/how_on_earth_did_the_unabomber_evade_capture_for/)

[Were Women Allowed in the IRA in the 1990s](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/j7e9ay/were_women_allowed_in_the_ira_in_the_1990s/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=post_title)

[Bombings, hijackings, and domestic terrorism in general were far more common in the late 60s and 70s in the US than they have been at any point subsequently; are there any theories as to why this is, or why it stopped?](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/aim0ab/bombings_hijackings_and_domestic_terrorism_in/)

[ETA, a Basque separatist movement, committed numerous terrorist attacks to support their demand for independence. In comparison, the Catalan independence movement seems to have limited itself to peaceful means. Have they ever considered taking a violent road? Why or why not?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/bimhtv/eta_a_basque_separatist_movement_committed/)

Kelpie-Cat
Anekdota-Press

I would like to apply for the flair 'Qing Maritime networks' or 'Late-Imperial Chinese Maritime History'

citing:

This response on racism among Chinese Water Bandits

This response on Silver and the Opium trade

This discussion of Zheng Yi Sao

Because the two piracy questions cover some of the same ground, I'll also append these two answers which directly address the 'great divergence' but mostly use examples and details related to maritime history.

This response on the relative importance of merchants

This response on Ming Standards of Living

TulliaCruellia
chaos_jj_3

Sup dudes,

I would like to apply for, quite simply:

Urban and Social History

I hold a BA in Ancient History and MA in Urban History, so my interests range from pretty much anything between the Persian Wars to the present day, but I am especially interested in ancient Roman civilisation, early-medieval urbanisation in Europe, 20th century Britain and the works of Lewis Mumford.

Some recent posts:

Why do medieval cities always seem to end at the walls? Because cartographers were lazy

Was Britain in the 1970s a 'hell on earth'? Only if you liked having money in the bank and energy to power your home

Why did so few people die in the Great Fire of London? Well, if you can imagine the steamroller scene from Austin Powers…

Who were the 'good guys' in history? Let me tell you about this one religion that produces a helluva lotta philanthropists (not my usual kinda territory but it wasn't a great question)

A short (and recent) answer as to why one person can't trust what a drunk frat bro told them about the accuracy of ancient history

Another short answer concerning how to archive websites (debatable in its quality, but has worked for me in the past)

Thank you for your consideration.

amayo20

Hello,

I figured I might as well toss in a flair app!

For the text of the flair, I was thinking possibly "Indo-European Historical Linguistics | etymology", but I'm happy with something more specific /different & am open to suggestions. My knowledge is more or less centered on the Germanic, Hellenic, Italic and Celtic branches of the family, and really lags on the "Indo" part of Indo-European, but Indo-European seemed like the most succinct way of saying it. I think that would be in either the "European" or the "other" category.

My three on-topic comments:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nqvr3c/how_did_the_word_barbaric_come_to_mean_something/h0dps2n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Recent flair's-choice winner: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nog87h/yan_tan_tethera_pethera_pimp_why_did_english/h00zqse?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mx48p5/in_aethelberts_laws_in_anglosaxon_england_73_says/gvmfw0i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Thank you for your consideration, and looking forward to hearing!

Holy_Shit_HeckHounds
Broke22

I would want to apply for the FAQ Finder flair as well

From the last two months:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pwsx8o/is_the_american_attitude_to_drinking_in_modern/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pwu5oc/how_likely_was_it_that_a_roman_legionary_would/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pvdqmm/was_there_an_antivaccine_movement_before_andrew/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pvpk9h/did_columbus_sell_children_as_sex_slaves/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ppf1hm/rumis_poems_are_full_of_wine_drinking_and_taverns/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pgv0dc/both_george_v_of_the_uk_and_nicholas_ii_received/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/phrjj6/in_the_manga_kurosagi_corpse_delivery_service_an/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ojg6kf/why_did_indian_powers_fail_to_keep_pace_with/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/oi7nmx/why_isnt_the_czech_republic_known_as_bohemia_as/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/oh7tqt/if_hitler_didnt_commit_suicide_what_would_have/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/of98iv/just_started_watching_downton_abbey_can_someone/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/obdz0n/where_did_the_myth_that_colombus_discovered_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/o4ea1j/what_factors_lead_to_development_of_extensive/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nyk0bm/did_the_us_have_any_plans_to_nuke_germany_while/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nwheo5/in_the_travels_of_marco_polo_marco_polo_claims/

I can dig more if necesary, i have been doing this for years. (And yet i didn't knew there was a FAQ Flair until today )

Lubyak

May I request that my flair color be changed from European Blue to Asian Tan? I feel like most of what I do is East Asia related, so I would want my flair to reflect that.

Flanwaw
rememberthatyoudie
Broke22

I'd like to apply for the FAQ Finder flair again.

(I asked for it two months ago but i didn't got any reply)

From the last two months:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/qw0kqo/why_did_haiti_pay_reparations_to_france/hl0cz3j/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/qqm3r1/we_hear_a_lot_of_the_united_states_treatment_of/hk1viyy/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/qko7ht/in_back_to_the_future_why_would_doc_brown_go_to/hizuilx/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/qj1qhd/most_of_japans_former_colonies_still_resent_their/hinkuid/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/qhcg4r/the_united_nations_is_famous_for_gridlock_and/hiddxpm/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/qfv02j/roma_has_been_continuosly_inhabited_since_roman/hi3ocoo/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/q6wvua/some_ancient_roman_and_greek_statues_portray_men/hggjgdj/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/q1tgk9/how_did_romania_remain_a_latin_country_despite/hfi427t/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/q15oid/no_taxation_without_representation/hfdd53g/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/q16mmj/why_is_feldmarschall_walter_model_so_unknown/hfd7aph/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/q0mm5m/in_american_slavery_was_there_a_limit_to_which_a/hf9x9hn/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pwsx8o/is_the_american_attitude_to_drinking_in_modern/heko95q/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pwu5oc/how_likely_was_it_that_a_roman_legionary_would/hek3bqq/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pvdqmm/was_there_an_antivaccine_movement_before_andrew/hecwli3/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pvpk9h/did_columbus_sell_children_as_sex_slaves/hecbcgx/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ppf1hm/rumis_poems_are_full_of_wine_drinking_and_taverns/hd47b6z/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pktqal/did_the_medieval_times_regress_in_terms_of/hc6g6z9/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/pgv0dc/both_george_v_of_the_uk_and_nicholas_ii_received/hbfcqxs/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/phrjj6/in_the_manga_kurosagi_corpse_delivery_service_an/hbn3crm/

From the last six months:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ojg6kf/why_did_indian_powers_fail_to_keep_pace_with/h527v0p/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/oi7nmx/why_isnt_the_czech_republic_known_as_bohemia_as/h4urc09/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/oh7tqt/if_hitler_didnt_commit_suicide_what_would_have/h4nko1x/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/of98iv/just_started_watching_downton_abbey_can_someone/h4c9k01/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/obdz0n/where_did_the_myth_that_colombus_discovered_the/h3oebxk/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/o4ea1j/what_factors_lead_to_development_of_extensive/h2izpu2/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nyk0bm/did_the_us_have_any_plans_to_nuke_germany_while/h1lhbro/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nwheo5/in_the_travels_of_marco_polo_marco_polo_claims/h19wk7h/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nssi8s/in_the_movie_downfall_which_i_presume_is_based_on/h0os9w1/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ns3h2w/did_nixon_really_sabotage_efforts_to_end_the/h0k91ss/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nhtazk/how_could_a_slave_ever_purchase_their_freedom_in/gyy8tog/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/neaopy/the_business_plot_also_called_the_wall_street/gyg5h6a/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mw6jte/during_the_period_of_the_slave_trade_did_the/gvgq73x/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mv38td/how_did_the_name_tyrone_become_so_commonly/gvbe0y1/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mtzo7d/what_were_some_reactions_from_the_european/gv3ews5/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mte7il/what_could_you_buy_with_30_pieces_of_silver_in/guz7m8c/

From the last year:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mmtolk/how_likely_would_a_roman_legionary_in_the_early/gtut1mj/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ml8pw7/what_did_the_american_founding_fathers_think_of/gtm19sl/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mkps6h/how_accurate_is_the_concept_of_wanted_dead_or/gtlfnt9/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mj2wnn/how_little_african_ancestry_could_a_person_have/gt89gdi/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mg3rr6/what_even_was_the_german_plan_to_defeat_america/gssg98u/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mbf3f3/did_churchill_cause_the_bengal_famine/gryrtiz/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mb80ip/how_did_people_in_the_past_imagine_the_future_was/grwt2xj/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/m9sxao/in_1939_why_didnt_britain_and_france_also_declare/grp0imd/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/lw36by/from_the_nuremberg_trials_onward_many_former/gpfze6e/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k79i6n/in_hilary_mantels_new_novel_there_is_a_scene/gepjexx/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/j8tbz6/a_common_trope_in_media_is_people_finding_pirate/g8erdhe/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/iehzgr/i_read_on_reddit_a_few_days_ago_that_the_300/g2i0nsm/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/hi10vk/do_we_know_how_gavrilo_princip_felt_about_ww1/fwdt7ma/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/hd7jqa/womens_rights_were_restricted_in_ancient_athens/fvk5qbh/

thewrestlingnord

I would like to apply for the flair: American Advertising.

I have posted in three "Saturday Showcase" threads. All of the answers were from questions previously asked in this sub within the past 6 months that I did not see. I understand that this is abnormal for a flair application, but I thought I would apply anyway, if only to get some helpful feedback on my answers.

Were slave markets advertised? If so, how was it done?

Many old print advertisements, especially those in the early-to-mid 20th century, prominently make statements like "Easy to Digest!" or "Digestible!" when selling food. Why was this practice common? Why was this something an advertiser felt they needed to convey? (Two part answer with follow-up responses).

When did free newspapers/advertisers become financially viable?

Here's a tangentially relevant answer related to comparative economics of slavery:

Why was the American slave population self-sustaining while it wasn't in the Caribbean?

N7_ZeroDawn

App for flair: Public Historian

MA in Public History

Curator of a WWII Museum

Strong background in Public History studies; Guilded Age America; WWII; and Ancient History (Focus on Greeks and Roman histories). Most of my answers on the subreddit are on Roman and Greek questions due to the fact that I deal with the other studies at work. Overall, I consider myself as a public historian.

Roman: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/o61cpg/comment/h2rmr3q

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nid52t/comment/gz2y45t

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/kdzq9h/comment/gfzn5fe

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/jg1319/comment/g9nvcp9

mustaphamondo

I'd like to apply for flair: Film History | Modern Japan. I've got a PhD in Film & Media Studies/East Asian Studies. Would be happy to provide links to peer-reviewed articles.

Recent post on the Hay's Code

Recent post on singing styles in 1930s

Older post on "whiteness" in Japanese culture

Older post on development of the Hollywood Blockbuster

Older post on the postwar vilification of Japan

BingBlessAmerica
bbplayer10
onthefailboat

I'd like to request a flair change, please. My research focus has moved a bit. My area of expertise now is the US South and Caribbean. 18th and 19th centuries. Thanks for all the hard work you do!

PhiloSpo

Slovene history | Legal history

Some of the comments might overlap, insofar as they utilise Slovene legal history, since naturally, questions about Slovene history generally are exceedingly rare, so understandably, the double might be refused. ( If it perhaps lacks a single long detailed comment for a particular issue, may I write a post or ask & answer my question on a particular issue, like the developments of the Office of Praetorship, for example ) Thanks.

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edit; As some of those might be outside the requied time;

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ow9xv8/cities_in_medieval_europe_were_often_run_by_their/h7euvqp/?context=3

edit2:

In the Early Middle Ages (400-1000), what was 30 gold solidi worth in Italy?Response to now-removed comment and by extension to the OP.

AlexNGU1
Georgy_K_Zhukov

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