I'm not if something like this exists, but if not I was wondering if people would be interested in creating one.
It occurs on this website with a fair amount of frequency that certain AH questions pop up time and time again. Questions such as : What if Islam didn't exist? What if Christianity didn't exist? What if the Americans lost their war of independence? What if the Americans won the War of 1812? The list of course goes on.
Now, everytime one of these questions gets posted, someone invariably pops up and informs them to use the search button for older threads. This is not as easy as it seems.
My idea then would be to create a FAQ of common AH questions (a FAAHQ if you will) with some of the usual answers in point form beneath them.
Take for example Americans losing the ARW: The FAAHQ could cover some of the basic concepts always mentioned during a thread. Was the war averted entirely? Was it a military defeat early on (say at Saratoga)? Or was it a military defeat later on in the war? How plausible are each of these scenarios? How might Britain react to victory (would they be magnaminous or oppressive)? How might this reaction change according to each scenario? What American grievances would need to be addressed (either before the war to avert it or after the war to mollify the Americans)?
The idea behind the FAAHQ wouldn't be to stop these questions from arising, but instead to hopefully make more informed questions (at least more detailed ones) by newcomers and longtimers alike so that discussions on these topics don't have to retread stuff mentioned many times over.
So...
does anyone here think doing something like this would be a good idea? If so, what are some common AH questions that should go on a FAAHQ? Would anyone be willing to contribute?
It occurs on this website with a fair amount of frequency that certain AH questions pop up time and time again. Questions such as : What if Islam didn't exist? What if Christianity didn't exist? What if the Americans lost their war of independence? What if the Americans won the War of 1812? The list of course goes on.
Now, everytime one of these questions gets posted, someone invariably pops up and informs them to use the search button for older threads. This is not as easy as it seems.
My idea then would be to create a FAQ of common AH questions (a FAAHQ if you will) with some of the usual answers in point form beneath them.
Take for example Americans losing the ARW: The FAAHQ could cover some of the basic concepts always mentioned during a thread. Was the war averted entirely? Was it a military defeat early on (say at Saratoga)? Or was it a military defeat later on in the war? How plausible are each of these scenarios? How might Britain react to victory (would they be magnaminous or oppressive)? How might this reaction change according to each scenario? What American grievances would need to be addressed (either before the war to avert it or after the war to mollify the Americans)?
The idea behind the FAAHQ wouldn't be to stop these questions from arising, but instead to hopefully make more informed questions (at least more detailed ones) by newcomers and longtimers alike so that discussions on these topics don't have to retread stuff mentioned many times over.
So...
does anyone here think doing something like this would be a good idea? If so, what are some common AH questions that should go on a FAAHQ? Would anyone be willing to contribute?