r/UnresolvedMysteries

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Advertising and self-promotion require explicit moderator permission. If allowed, posts must be on-topic, meet minimum length and sourcing requirements, and discuss mysteries at least six months old. Personal or anecdotal mysteries are not permitted.

Before you post: Explicit moderator permission is required for any form of advertising or self-promotion. Mysteries must be at least six months old, and personal/anecdotal cases are banned.

The rules, in their words

1. Stay on topic: s the name suggests, this community is dedicated to discussion of the world's unresolved mysteries. Topics covered in this subreddit include: * Unresolved Disappearances * Unresolved Murders * Strange Deaths * Historical Mysteries * Lost Artifacts * Unexplained Phenomena * Cryptids and any other Mysteries you might want to discuss provided they follow our posting guidelines. Please don't post about unrelated topics. Advertising is only allowed with explicit permission from the Moderators.
2. Posting Guidelines: [To ensure a certain standard of quality for posts on this subreddit, we require each write-up to adhere to some guidelines.](https://reddit.com/r/unresolvedmysteries/wiki/guidelines) * A sufficient summary so people can become familiar with the case & participate in discussion without having to leave reddit for info * One or more links to credible 3rd party sources. See above link for specifics. * One or more Discussion points / Questions for users * A minimum post length of 750 characters
3. Commenting Guidelines: We ask all our users to always stay respectful and civil when commenting. Direct insults will always be removed. "Pointless chaff" is at Moderator's discretion & includes (but is not limited to): * memes/reaction gifs * jokes/one-liners/troll comments (even if non-offensive) * Hateful, offensive or deliberately inflammatory remarks * Comments demonstrating blatant disregard for facts * Off Topic comments / don't contribute to the discussion * One-word responses ("This" etc) * Pointless emoji
4. Name: No murder/disappearances from the past 6 months: Out of respect for ongoing law enforcement investigations, to protect the family of the victim(s) and to discourage witchhunts, we require all cases to be at least 6 months old before self-posts discussing them are allowed. In addition, many fresh disappearance/murder mysteries resolve quickly. If you are trying to increase publicity for a missing person's case, head over to /r/RedditCrimeCommunity. If you still want to discuss more recent cases, there are monthly Megathreads.
5. Undocumented / personal / anecdotal "mysteries" are not allowed: By personal/anecdotal, we mean mysteries undocumented by the media or another credible third party. We have this rule because it's impossible to verify the facts surrounding such cases. This rule applies to undocumented internet/other media mysteries (particularly YouTube or some podcasts). Please visit r/InternetMysteries for those posts.
6. User involvement in cases: Anyone claiming to be involved in or linked to a mystery **must submit verification to the mods**. "Linked" means direct social or familial ties to someone involved in the case, whether it's you, the victim, suspect, detective, or their families. [Click here to see how to get verified.](https://tinyurl.com/y35rjkxq)
7. Personal Information & Witchhunting: * No posting/requesting personal information. * No revealing suspect names not made publicly available by the media/police or otherwise suggesting someone is a suspect. * No grandstanding - it's not okay to "challenge" reddit to solve the mystery or ask anyone with information to come forward. * No links to personal facebook pages, crowdfunding sites, or other social media. If you have information you believe to be related to an ongoing crime investigation, please contact law enforcement.
8. Updates, Meta-Threads and Reposts: **Reposts** This sub will always allow reposts. Reposts on popular cases should be high-quality and offer good content to the user. If a case has been posted in the past month it may be removed at Moderator's discretion. **Updates** Updates require a summary and a credible third party news link but no discussion point(s). **Meta-Threads** Ask-Reddit-style threads are generally allowed but please don't repost a recently discussed topic.
9. Site-wide Rules and Reddiquette: All users must follow [the site-wide content policy](https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy) and [Reddiquette](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette). * Please be nice to each other * Please tag submissions with nudity, gore, or dead bodies as NSFW * Indecent images of people under 18 years of age are against reddit rules and will be removed (deceased or nude). * Clickbait titles may lead to the post being removed * Don't repost or restore deleted comments/posts w/o mod permission
10. Moderator's Discretion and how you can help us: **Moderator's Discretion** The Moderators of this community reserve the right to remove any post or comment that they deem unfit for this community. If you think one of your posts was unrightfully removed, [you can contact us here](/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2FUnresolvedMysteries) **User involvement** If you see a post or comment that breaks our rules or that you deem unfit for this community, please use the report function to alert the Moderators. This makes our job much easier! :)
11. No advertising.: Linking to other subs in comments is okay, making a post to advertise a sub requires prior permission from the mods. If you're writing up a case and there are relevant threads in another sub, link away. Advertising any service, site, media -- anything that can be advertised -- requires prior permission from the mods.
12. Don't accuse persons cleared by LE or not officially named as suspects.: Don’t accuse persons explicitly cleared by law enforcement. No doxing. Theorizing about the case and suspects in general is allowed. For example, you can theorize about a suspect that hasn’t been cleared by law enforcement and has never been officially named a suspect. Discussion of family members or other quasi-public figures is within bounds but must remain respectful and civil.
13. Claims being made in comments should include sources where possible.: When commenting in the sub, please take care to ensure that what you are saying is factual and can be backed up with a source. Comments making claims about the facts of a case that aren't referenced in the included links or adding new information should include a reputable source where possible.
14. No Cut and Paste: All posts should be original content focused and all users are encouraged to use multiple links and images in your post as references, illustrations, or citations. Many posts use quotations, but your posts should not be a cut and paste of another person's work with a question tacked onto the end of it.