# A history question **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 4, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-question/166370 "2003-04-04T02:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-question/166370/1 "2003-04-04T02:48:29Z")
In which forum should I post a history question? Since I’m not sharing anything, i didn’t think it would be **MPSIMS** or **IMHO**. Would it be **Cafe Society**? Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-question/166370/2 "2003-04-04T03:00:15Z")
If it’s a history question with a factual answer, there’s no reason it can’t make a home in GQ. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-question/166370/3 "2003-04-04T03:12:26Z")
Thank you very much **Q.E.D.** ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-question/166370/4 "2003-04-04T18:05:20Z")
OTOH, a history question like “Who was the better general, Napoleon or Julius Caesar?” probably belongs in Great Debates. While “Who was the best general in history, d’you think?” belongs in IMHO. And “What the fuck was Brutus thinking of?” is probably for the Pit. Unless you meant Shakespeare’s Brutus, in which case it’s for Cafe Society. Always a clear answer to a fuzzy question.