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

by SamCG (Hermit)
on Nov 04, 2005 at 15:58 UTC ( [id://505751]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Consider this: What makes a good node title?

I can't imagine prejudicing the title against those who spell correctly is a good thing. I also have to believe that statistically, more people will spell a word correctly (or at least realize their mistake) than use any particular misspelling.

A title like "How do you reggex PERL" does tell you something about the poster, but certainly you would learn everything it tells you on reading the post itself. I don't see that as valuable information, and it's more likely to prejudice readers against the poster before they've even read the question.

Personally, I'd probably completely ignore a post with a title like "Program Line". Since most posts are responded to quite quickly, I think the more explicative title will cause it to draw more attention. I think it's also likely to make later searches easier rather than harder for most.
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