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Longest Threads
This is intended to be a list of all threads longer than 1000 posts (50 pages on the default settings) long on the discussion forums of www.alternatehistory.com. That is, threads in the Administration (of which none qualify) and Off-Topic forums are not listed here. Neither are those in Shared Worlds.
WARNING : As of June 2013, this list hasn't been updated in ages. It will need to undergo refurbishment, so please take the information provided on this page with a grain of salt. Most of it might be outdated now.
In summer 2018, this article is currently undergoing a big update. Be patient until we finish it.
Longest threads by longevity (in years)
A new cross time scooper - Lasted since January 2004 until October 2014 (!), well over 10 years (the last five were less active, though).
Photos from Alternate Worlds - Started on the 4 June 2005. One of a number of “alternate media” threads started in 2005 and 2006, that pioneered the popularity of AH artwork on AH.com. The real unprecedented record-setter on AH.com, lasting for over 13 years, before coming to a close and receiving a successor in July 2018.
Alternate World Propaganda - Started on the 16 July 2005, still going. One of a number of “alternate media” threads started in 2005 and 2006, that pioneered the popularity of AH artwork on AH.com.
A Blank Map Thread - Started on the 22 December 2005, still going.
The ASB Map Thread - Started on the 18 June 2006, still going.
Alternate Weapons of War thread... - Started on the 26 July 2006, still going. One of a number of “alternate media” threads started in 2005 and 2006, that pioneered the popularity of AH artwork on AH.com.
top tv shows NEVER MADE... - Started on the 30 November 2006, still going. Many, many creative and funny entries based on the simple premise.
| No. | Title and link | Longevity* | Number of years active* | Notes |
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| 1. | Photos from Alternate Worlds | 4 June 2005 - 10 July 2018 | 13 years, 1 month, 7 days (4785 days) | |
| 2. | Alternate World Propaganda | 16 July 2005 - present | over 13 years and counting | |
| 3. | A Blank Map Thread | 22 December 2005 - present | over 12 years and counting | |
| 4. | The ASB Map Thread | 18 June 2006 - present | over 12 years and counting | |
| 5. | Alternate Weapons of War thread... | 26 July 2006 - present | over 12 years and counting | |
| 6. | top tv shows NEVER MADE... | 30 November 2006 - present | over 11 years and counting | |
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| 10. | A new cross time scooper | 5 January 2004 - 1 October 2014 | 10 years, 8 months, 27 days (3923 days) | |
| 11. | TL-191: Filling the Gaps | 13 February 2010 - present | over 8 years and counting | |
| 12. | ASB settings | 16 June 2010 - present | over 8 years and counting | |
| 13. | Photos from Featherston's Confederacy/ TL-191 | 24 February 2011 - present | over 7 years and counting | |
| 14. | An Examination of Extra-Universal Systems of Government | 20 May 2011 - present | over 7 years and counting |
Longest threads by page count
Star Trek: A New Beginning - This collaborative timeline and worldbuilding project (the storyline beginning with an ISOT) is one of a handful of threads that ever reached or exceeded 1000 pages on AH.com. Per semi-official policy, AH.com discussion threads close when they reach 500 pages (and can be continued afterward with sequel threads). For whatever combination of factors (including the eagerness of posters), this thread exceeded 1000 pages in a relatively short time.
An Age of Miracles: The Revival of Rhomanion - Currently the longest thread in the Before 1900 forum, with 524 pages and 10464 posts.
The Whale has Wings - Currently the longest thread in the After 1900 forum, with 785 pages and 15699 posts.
Longest threads by specific forum
These are listed in the order which they appear in on the front page of the discussion board, from top to bottom. Each forum list features the TOP 10, or TOP 15 or TOP 20 threads. All entries listed here are as up to date as possible for July 2018.
Alternate History Discussion: Before 1900
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The Navatlacas: Heirs to Hernan and Montezuma link
Union and Liberty: An American TL link
Remnants of Rome link
Grant at Gettysburg link
Another preview of one of my timelines link
Canada Wank (YACW) link
The Union Forever: A TL link
Alternate History Discussion: After 1900
| No. | Title and link | Number of posts* | Number of pages* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Whale has Wings (also here) | 15699 | 785 |
| 2. | A Shift in Priorities (also here) | 13598 | 680 |
| 3. | American Magic: A Different History of Disney | 10282 | 515 |
| 4. | List alternate PMs or Presidents | 9995 | 500 |
| 5. | A Blunted Sickle (also here) | 9984 | 500 |
| 6. | Keynes' Cruisers | 9044 | 453 |
| 7. | The Anglo/American - Nazi War (also here) | 8974 | 449 |
| 8. | Stupid Luck and Happenstance | 8847 | 443 |
| 9. | List of US Presidents, 1960 to 2020 | 7773 | 389 |
| 10. | Massively Multiplayer: Gaming In The New Millennium | 7351 | 368 |
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XXth C: Discussion Thread link
List of US Presidents, 1960 to 2020 link
Protect and Survive: A Timeline link
Europe After The Peace Talks link
Famous People in Alternate Realities link
AH Challenge: The Weimar Republic Survives TL link
German HSF Sortie March 1918 ~ V.III ~ link
100 Years: The World Changes link
A World Of Laughter, A World Of Tears link
50 years link
World War III in May 1946 link
Canadian Power: The Canadian Forces as a Major Power link
Holding Out for a Hero: Gustav Stresemann Survives link
Fear, Loathing, and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72 link
The Cuban Missile War Timeline link
Das Dritte Reich: Deutschland's Letzte Gelegenheit link
List of U.K. Prime Ministers 1945-2020 link
No Spanish Civil War in 1936 (my new Timeline) link
Alternate History Books and Media
| No. | Title and link | Number of posts* | Number of pages* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2010 Presidential Election | 10185 | 510 |
| 2. | Things that look like alternate history, but aren't | 10002 | 501 |
| 3. | Crusader Kings II - Paradox Entertainment (02/12) | 8542 | 428 |
| 4. | Victoria II | 6926 | 347 |
| 5. | Europa Universalis III | 6051 | 303 |
| 6. | Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun | 3447 | 173 |
| 7. | TL-191: Filling the Gaps (also here) | 2914 | 146 |
| 8. | Photos from Featherston's Confederacy / TL-191 | 2797 | 140 |
| 9. | Photos of the Kaiserreich | 2229 | 112 |
| 10. | The Campaign Trail Game Has Returned | 2218 | 111 |
| 11. | Peshawar Lancers Redux: Kingdom of Hawaii | 2157 | 108 |
| 12. | Retrospective US Presidential Election Results Thread | 2136 | 107 |
| 13. | TL-191:After the End (also here) | 2036 | 102 |
| 14. | President Forever and other 270soft games Megathread | 1794 | 90 |
| 15. | Peshawar Lancers Redux: North America | 1782 | 90 |
| 16. | An Examination of Extra-Universal Systems of Government | 1601 | 81 |
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Alternate History Maps and Graphics
| No. | Title and link | Number of posts* | Number of pages* |
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| 1. | Map Thread VI | 10875 | 544 |
| 2. | A Flag Thread | 10670 | 534 |
| 3. | Flag Thread II | 10037 | 502 |
| 4. | Map Thread VII | 10032 | 502 |
| 5. | Map Thread V | 10019 | 501 |
| 6. | Map Thread X | 10014 | 501 |
| 7. | Base Maps from 550 BC to Modern Day, all in UCS! | 10006 | 501 |
| 8. | Alternate Electoral Maps | 10003 | 501 |
| 9. | Map Thread XI | 9995 | 500 |
| 10. | Map Thread IX | 9990 | 500 |
| 11. | Flag Thread III | 9989 | 500 |
| 12. | Map Thread XIV | 9985 | 500 |
| 13. | Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes II | 9981 | 500 |
| 14. | Map Thread XV | 9968 | 499 |
| 15. | Map Thread VII | 9964 | 499 |
| 16. | Map Thread XIII | 9964 | 497 |
| 17. | Map Thread XII | 9964 | 499 |
| 18. | Photos from Alternate Worlds | 9795 | 490 |
| 19. | Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes IV (Do not post Current Politics Here) | 9065 | 454 |
| 20. | Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes | 8899 | 445 |
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Map Thread VIII link
Map Thread IV (locked) link
Map Thread III (locked) link
A Map Thread (locked) link
Map Thread II (locked) link
Map of the Fortnight: Topic thread link
Alternate History Writer's Forum
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Future History
| No. | Title and link | Number of posts* | Number of pages* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | A Collaborative Future of the World | 9995 | 500 |
| 2. | FBWI: well it appears the second american civil war is in full swing | 3225 | 162 |
| 3. | Progress, Decline, and Hope: A Collaborative Timeline (also here) | 2749 | 138 |
| 4. | Decision 2024: America's Future | 2370 | 119 |
| 5. | How It Came to This: The Global Crisis of 2017-2025 | 2202 | 111 |
| 6. | The Road to 2020: America's Political Future | 2132 | 107 |
| 7. | FBWI:20th year of Great Interstellar War. Any stories? (also here) | ||
| 8. | A Collaborative Future of the World, Part II | 1926 | 97 |
| 9. | The Great Century of History - A 21th Century Collaborative Timeline | 1885 | 95 |
| 10. | Future Map Thread | 1801 | 91 |
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Challenge: Future newspaper headlines and quotes link
Alien Space Bats and Other Magic
| No. | Title and link | Number of posts* | Number of pages* |
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| 1. | Arose from out the Azure Main: A British ISOT | 21108 | 1056 |
| 2. | United American Flight 817 2.0 | 11858 | 593 |
| 3. | Ship Shape and Bristol Fashion | 100064 | 504 |
| 4. | As One Star Sets, Another Rises - 2015 Japan to 1939 | 10010 | 501 |
| 5. | Frivolous ASB Ideas Thread | 10006 | 501 |
| 6. | Arose from the Azure Main - Thread II | 9997 | 500 |
| 7. | Oneshot Scenarios | 9986 | 500 |
| 8. | But I don't speak German! - An ISOT | 7590 | 380 |
| 9. | Corrupt a Wank Game | 7576 | 379 |
| 10. | The I.S.O.T.ed house: One Woman goes from 2012 to 1952. | 7114 | 356 |
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Fandom AH
| No. | Title and link | Number of posts* | Number of pages* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Star Trek: A New Beginning | 21059 | 1053 |
| 2. | Robb Returns | 10069 | 504 |
| 3. | Miscellaneous ASOIAF Thread | 10045 | 503 |
| 4. | Miscellaneous ASOIAF Thread IV | 9991 | 500 |
| 5. | Miscellaneous ASOIAF Thread V | 9947 | 498 |
| 6. | Miscellaneous ASOIAF Thread III | 9845 | 493 |
| 7. | Miscellaneous ASOIAF Thread! II | 9826 | 492 |
| 8. | An ISOT in Grimdark - Germany 2012 sent to the Warhammer World | 7396 | 370 |
| 9. | EVENT HORIZON: The Storm Of Magic (crossover: multiple fantasy planets in the same system) | 7269 | 364 |
| 10. | So Soars the Young Falcon: An ASOIAF TL | 5056 | 253 |
| 11. | The Bastard of Highgarden (SI) | 5049 | 253 |
| 12. | The Eugenics Wars - A Brief History | 4919 | 246 |
| 13. | A British Stargate | 4738 | 237 |
| 14. | The Many Sons of Winter - An ASOIAF Story! | 4505 | 226 |
| 15. | Purple Days (ASOIAF) (AU) | 4172 | 209 |
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Hogwarts Exposed Timeline link
Corrupt a Wank Game link
The United States of Ameriwank link
Frivolous ASB Ideas Thread link
Swarm on the Somme: A TL link
American Airlines Flight 817 link
United American Airlines Flight 817 2.0 link
1815 Mk2 :: A Map Game link
Dystopic Return of Magic link
ASB End of Dystopia Map Game link
The Britwank Empire link
One Century :: A Map Game link
Reveal the secret history! Conspiracy nuts apply! link
In Defense of Humanity: Canadian Power Meets Doomsday link
Damsels and Dirigibles: An Illustrated TL link
Gorbachev Mk 2 link
Worldwar: Out of Balance link
Green Antarctica - The Last Continent link
A British Stargate link
The Age of Empries: A Refreshed Map Game link
2009 Germany ISoT'd to 1918 link
Zion Lies West link
Ad Astra per Aspera: A Modern History link
Nation disappearing map game link
Isle of Man ISOTed to 1065 link
A new cross time scooper link
For All the Marbles link
Unite and Suceed III link
Rise of the Star Empires (III) link
Two Empires, One Purpose: A Star Wars/40k crossover link
Snakepit - A Stargate Draka crossover link
ASB County Map Game- US Edition link
1776 (mapgame) link
Shared Worlds
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Media and Fandom
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Non-political Chat
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| 11. | Ban The Person Above You 2017 | 10036 | |
| 12. | The Official Random Funny Comic Strip Thread II | 10023 | 502 |
| 13. | Turquoise Blue's Social Thread | 10019 | 501 |
| 14. | Things that look like alternate history but aren't IIa | 10015 | 501 |
| 15. | All purpose Anime and Manga discussion thread | 10006 | 501 |
| 16. | Valena's Social Thread | 10003 | 501 |
| 17. | State your honest opinion of the poster above you | 10002 | 501 |
| 18. | Kaiser K's Social Thread II | 10001 | 501 |
| 19. | Alternate History Armoured Fighting Vehicles | 9986 | 500 |
| 20. | Official AH.com NFL thread | 9985 | 500 |
| 21. | Unpopular opinions we have (NOT POLITICAL) | 9985 | 500 |
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