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* [[As You Know]]: This overly obvious mode of infodump [[Defied Trope|tends to be frowned upon]] by the AH community as bad form, but can't always be avoided. |
* [[As You Know]]: This overly obvious mode of infodump [[Defied Trope|tends to be frowned upon]] by the AH community as bad form, but can't always be avoided. |
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* [[Ban on Politics]]: Averted. [[American Gun Politics]] was a recurring topic of heated debates, though by mid-2009 it had tended to be superseded by same-sex marriage and especially universal health care. |
* [[Ban on Politics]]: Averted. [[American Gun Politics]] was a recurring topic of heated debates, though by mid-2009 it had tended to be superseded by same-sex marriage and especially universal health care. |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: The entire forum has a (memetic) tendency to get riled when people start talking about [[wikipedia:Operation Sea Lion|Operation Sealion]] (Hitler's plan to invade Britain) because discussion has long since been played out and there [http://gateway.alternatehistory.com/essays/Sealion.html is a universal consensus] that the plan was [http://www.historykb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/world-war-ii/3106/Question-Why-do-people-think-Operation-Sealion-was-impossible so badly conceived] that its success was essentially impossible. |
* [[Berserk Button]]: The entire forum has a (memetic) tendency to get riled when people start talking about [[wikipedia:Operation Sea Lion|Operation Sealion]] (Hitler's plan to invade Britain) because discussion has long since been played out and there [https://web.archive.org/web/20060614123745/http://gateway.alternatehistory.com/essays/Sealion.html is a universal consensus] that the plan was [http://www.historykb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/world-war-ii/3106/Question-Why-do-people-think-Operation-Sealion-was-impossible so badly conceived] that its success was essentially impossible. |
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** Over at the Chat sections, God help you if you a.) mention "[http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/offtopic/teh_evol_muslims#muslim-immigrant_caliphate TEH EVOL MUSLIMS WILL TAKE OVER DA WORLD]" and/or b.) troll extremist or [[Conspiracy Theorist]] drivel. |
** Over at the Chat sections, God help you if you a.) mention "[http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/offtopic/teh_evol_muslims#muslim-immigrant_caliphate TEH EVOL MUSLIMS WILL TAKE OVER DA WORLD]" and/or b.) troll extremist or [[Conspiracy Theorist]] drivel. |
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** Kindly avoid making ''[[Monty Python]]'' references. Yes, everyone ''[[Overused Running Gag|does]]'' expect the Spanish Inquisition by now. |
** Kindly avoid making ''[[Monty Python]]'' references. Yes, everyone ''[[Overused Running Gag|does]]'' expect the Spanish Inquisition by now. |
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