How to improve activity on Zelaron (vote, discuss and ideate)

I'd be down on the History forum, as it was my favorite subject back in highschool. May be more practical than the Science forum?

Why not both. I actually like some of the threads MJ is posting. Not ALL of them, but some.

I'm trying. I only paraphrase, or copy and paste the articles I find most interesting. I could probably post many more, but I don't think they would generate any conversation really. I doubt anyone wants to hear about the spatial structure of an accretion disk.

I'm trying. I only paraphrase, or copy and paste the articles I find most interesting. I could probably post many more, but I don't think they would generate any conversation really. I doubt anyone wants to hear about the spatial structure of an accretion disk.

The thing with a Science forum versus a History forum is that the Science forum has the ability for us to speculate and discuss the unknown or things currently being developed/experimented with.

A History forum has a lot less freedom with it, at least on the surface. Most subjects would be posted and read, with a few comments. There aren't a whole lot of events that could be debated, I would imagine.

I could be wrong though.

Apart from a few thousand years of History that can be debated...

Basically, you'd debate about which key events led up to a specific moment, or which were the most important. For example:

- Did Serbian nationalism play the biggest role in causing World War I?
- During his reign, did Tsar Alexander II do more to secure Tsarism and autocracy, or more to damage it?
- To what extent was money from big business the key factor in the Nazi rise to power, 1919 - 1933?

Alright, good points. I was thinking too broadly.

Other than debates and what-not, one can produce threads that could teach others about historical moments.

For example, I haven't the faintest idea about American History, so could learn something from you folks, and I'm sure that most of you won't have a clue on some of the more specialised points of European History, or English History.

I don't see the point in the "Today in science" thread. It doesn't really spark conversation... but keep it up, MJ. You're doin a good job. Titus wants History.. MJ likes Science.. I'm gonna take over the Sports forum