Re^3: Consider this: What makes a good node title?

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Let me qualify a bit what I said. I didn't really think it was unarguable, but I fell into the temptation of borrowing the wording from your original post. :-) Sorry about that.

I also guessed what the node might be about, so I'll agree that it wasn't impossibly obscure. But I found it a bit ambiguous, and subject to improvement.

The fact that I think it is a poor node title doesn't indicate an absolute quality about the title? Of course, I agree with that. That's exactly why we can vote on considerations: if enough people vote to "keep" the original title, it doesn't need to be changed. That way several viewpoints are taken into account.

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Re^4: Consider this: What makes a good node title? by sauoq (Abbot) on Nov 04, 2005 at 19:01 UTC
That's exactly why we can vote on considerations: if enough people vote to "keep" the original title, it doesn't need to be changed. True. And really, those are exactly the people whom I am addressing with this post. Many considerations are voted on without... well... without a whole lot of consideration. In the end, I'm just trying to raise consciousness about it. I think that, the more thought people put into it, the less enthusiastic they will be about retitling. And, I believe that's a good thing (after having put in quite a bit of thought on the subject myself.) -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";	[reply]

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Re^4: Consider this: What makes a good node title?
by sauoq (Abbot) on Nov 04, 2005 at 19:01 UTC

That's exactly why we can vote on considerations: if enough people vote to "keep" the original title, it doesn't need to be changed.

True. And really, those are exactly the people whom I am addressing with this post. Many considerations are voted on without... well... without a whole lot of consideration. In the end, I'm just trying to raise consciousness about it. I think that, the more thought people put into it, the less enthusiastic they will be about retitling. And, I believe that's a good thing (after having put in quite a bit of thought on the subject myself.)

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

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