History of Board 261

261 Politics was created on September 8, 2005. War on Terrorism (WOT), or board 408, is 261's sister board. WOT is a more social board as it lacks topicality, whereas the topicality of Politics is strictly enforced by the mods. This would lead to a conflict between the board and the moderators when 261 decided to host mock elections in 2008.

Hurricane Burgess
Perhaps the most significant event in Politics history. Around January 20th, 2009, Gamefaqs Moderator Burgess began moderating all topics related to the 261 mock elections, claiming they were off topic. His justification was that the elections were no more than "cute popularity contests" and were too social to be allowed on board 261. (even though mock elections are completely about politics). The mock election community, to continue the mock elections, moved to a GFAQs board with no topicality, creating a social board for 261.

The mods have stated that there is an ongoing process to reduce the strictness of the off topic rule.