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Can you edit stupid thread titles?
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Sparvogamarie said on March 20, 2006 08:54:
Just a suggestion...there are some thread titles such as “the question begs” or “is it true” that don’t really tell you what the thread is about. You end up clicking on them because you don’t remember what the thread was about. I was wondering if the mods can edit them to say “Is it true that there is a Rox movie?” or something relevant to the subject?
tevensso (moderator) said on March 20, 2006 10:19:
I thought it was obvious that people SHOULD write good titles. But I know they don’t. Sometimes at least I rewrite the worst. :)
Sparvogamarie said on March 21, 2006 01:51:
It seems to me some people do it deliberately so that more people will click. It works, if I saw “What is your fave song?” I would ignore it. If I see “An important question...” or “I wonder....” I will click on it to see what it’s about. The annoying thing is that with such vague titles, I always forget which one is what. Like at the moment “The Question Begs” is about a RS tour video, and “Is it true?” is about a Rox movie. But you wouldn’t know that from the titles!
LittleSpooky said on March 24, 2006 07:10:
Sometimes, I can’t fit everything up there I wanna say. But then again... I’m just a windbag
Sparvogamarie said on March 24, 2006 23:28:
LOL Spooks. I just hate being “tricked” into reading a thread by a misleading title, and I really hate visiting the same thread over and over because I can’t remember that “Share” is a stupid topic about file exchanging. On the Star Wars forum, if you do that the thread gets locked, and you have to go to the mods and suggest a new title or it will stay locked. (They’re mega tough over there, you can’t even breathe without getting your thread locked!)
Sparvogamarie said on April 8, 2006 08:04:
Thanks to TDR staff who have been correcting stupid thread titles!
animalkingdom said on May 10, 2006 07:57:
How busy can you get?!
Is it such pain to click (and ’regret’) and simply click BACK? For me, it’s no bigger problem having different kind of (more interesting) topic names with a slightly altered content.
It would seem a bit annoying if someone rewrote my typing “better”.
Lars-Erik_Olson (moderator) said on May 29, 2006 15:03:
I also have a problem with such “blind” topics... and change them when I can.
ditroia said on June 8, 2006 10:36:
How come the user can’t edit the topic? If the mods can why can’t the orgininal poster?
How about a feature where if you mouse-over a thread title, the first few words of the topic are revealed.
Otherwise a great Forum.
Dave
Rich-UK said on March 20, 2006 09:09:
Or... seeing as that solution means extra ongoing work for the mods without that much reward, how about a message during registration suggesting that it would be helpful if thread titles give a good indication of the content? A plea in a new thread from a mod could be helpful as a quick alternative, if deemed appropriate. Just a thought. Best wishes from Rich ;-)