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0 pointstzs12y ago0 comments

Can't there be a sensible middle ground between slavishly copying the title from the source and editorializing?

Consider this video of Alan Kay's Turing Award lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymF94cFfzUQ&list=PLn0nrSd4xjj...

The title is "Turing Award Lecture". Is it really editorializing if it were to be submitted as "Alan Kay Delivers His Turing Award Lecture"?

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tptacek12y ago

No, it's not. But that's not how the feature would actually end up getting used, is it? If you could design a simple feature that would resist abuses, 'pg would probably consider it.

tzsOP12y ago

How about allowing the submitter to optionally add a one line explanation if he thinks the title is not clear?

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tptacek12y ago

No, it's not. But that's not how the feature would actually end up getting used, is it? If you could design a simple feature that would resist abuses, 'pg would probably consider it.

tzsOP12y ago

How about allowing the submitter to optionally add a one line explanation if he thinks the title is not clear?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse