How to not earn a delta: Anti-delta Approach.
#GENERAL AFRICANUS UPDATE#
u/DeltaBot will maintain delta counts in user flair, wiki pages for each user's delta history, record deltas in /r/DeltaLog, and update deltaboards where necessary. Whether you're the OP or not, please reply to the user(s) that change your view to any degree with a delta in your comment (instructions below), and also include an explanation of the change. Jokes, contradictions without explanation, links without context, and "written upvotes" will be removed. ▾Ĭomments should be on-topic, serious, and contain enough content to move the discussion forward. Ĭomments must contribute meaningfully to the conversation. Delta abuse includes sarcastic deltas, joke deltas, super-upvote deltas, etc. You must include an explanation of the change along with the delta so we know it's genuine. Īward a delta if you've acknowledged a change in your view. If you think they are still exhibiting poor behaviour, please message us. If you are unsure whether someone is genuine, ask clarifying questions (see: socratic method). Refrain from accusing OP or anyone else of being unwilling to change their view, or of arguing in bad faith. Your comment will be removed even if the rest of it is solid. ▾Īrguments in favor of the view OP is willing to change must be restricted to replies to other comments. ĭirect responses to a CMV post must challenge at least one aspect of OP’s stated view (however minor), or ask a clarifying question. If you haven't replied during this time, your post will be removed. Only post if you are willing to have a conversation with those who reply to you, and are available to start doing so within 3 hours of posting. No view is banned from CMV based on popularity or perceived offensiveness, but the above types of post are disallowed for practical reasons. Posts cannot express a neutral stance, suggest harm against a specific person, be self-promotional, or discuss this subreddit (visit r/ideasforcmv instead). Posts with misleading/overly-simplistic titles may be removed. Submission titles must adequately sum up your view and include "CMV:" at the beginning. Posts by throwaway accounts must be approved through modmail. You must personally hold the view and demonstrate that you are open to it changing.▾Ī post cannot be made on behalf of others, for playing devil's advocate, as any entity other than yourself, or to "soapbox". Note: if your view is about a "double standard", please see the guidelines here. More Detail Message the Moderators Submission RulesĮxplain the reasoning behind your view, not just what that view is (500+ characters required). While in Rome, he wrote the first trilingual dictionary (Latin, Arabic and Hebrew), as well as his celebrated Description of Africa, for which he is still remembered as Leo Africanus.Ĭhapter 10 The Year of the Soothsayers 93Ĭhapter 12 The Year of Harun the Ferret 107Ĭhapter 13 The Year of the Inquisitors 113Ĭhapter 15 The Year of the Raging Lions 125Ĭhapter 16 The Year of the Great Recitation 131Ĭhapter 18 The Year of the Knotted Blade of Grass 143Ĭhapter 25 The Year of the Two Palaces 195Ĭhapter 26 The Year of the lame Sharif 201Ĭhapter 30 The Year of the Circassian 233Ĭhapter 32 The Year of the Grand Turk 255Ĭhapter 42 The Year of the King of France 333Ĭhapter 43 The Year of the Black Bands 341Ĭhapter 44 The Year of the Lansquenets 349Submit a CMV post Deltas from Popular Topics Search CMV What is /r/changemyview?Ī place to post an opinion you accept may be flawed, in an effort to understand other perspectives on the issue.Įnter with a mindset for conversation, not debate. He was captured by a Sicilian pirate and taken back to Rome as a gift to Pope Leo X, who baptized him Johannes Leo. Hasan became an itinerant merchant, and made many journeys to the East, journeys rich in adventure and observation. His family fled the Inquisition and took him to the city of Fez, in North Africa. Thus wrote Leo Africanus, in his fortieth year, in this imaginary autobiography of the famous geographer, adventurer, and scholar Hasan al-Wazzan, who was born in Granada in 1488. I am the son of the road, my country is the caravan, my life the most unexpected of voyages." I am also called the Granadan, the Fassi, the Zayyati, but I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. "I, Hasan the son of Muhammad the weigh-master, I, Jean-Leon de Medici, circumcised at the hand of a barber and baptized at the hand of a pope, I am now called the African, but I am not from Africa, nor from Europe, nor from Arabia.