I would be a crap newspaper headline writer.

[Lobsang]

Or... Who has control (if anyone) over the maximum length of a thread title?


In writing thread titles I endeavour to make them as informative about the content/intent of the thread within. A good headline writer can do that with a small number of words, but I can't. Invariably run out of space.


So do any mods or admins have control over the length of thread titles?

[Lobsang]

This thread had a reply. Now it's gone....

Can people delete their own posts now???

[Frank]

Originally Posted by Lobsang

This thread had a reply. Now it's gone....

Can people delete their own posts now???

Lobsang, how long have you been around? It was a sock; it's gone; management prefers that these questions be asked via email or PM; yadda yadda yadda.

[Frank]

Originally Posted by Lobsang

So do any mods or admins have control over the length of thread titles?

If I did, I'd shorten it, so that the entire title would show on the "Last Post" column of the front page.

[Lobsang]

Originally Posted by Frank

Lobsang, how long have you been around? It was a sock; it's gone; management prefers that these questions be asked via email or PM; yadda yadda yadda.

I didn't ask "Where did X go" which is what I understand to be the type of question that should be asked directly to a mod.

I asked "Where did that post go" which in hindsight I regret doing, because I don't like the tone of your reply.

[Frank]

Originally Posted by Lobsang

I didn't ask "Where did X go" which is what I understand to be the type of question that should be asked directly to a mod.

Where did X go?

Where did X's post go?

Where did X's thread go?

[Lobsang]

None of the above.

"Where did that post go"


Edit: I posted in surprise that a post was there, and now it's gone. That it could have been a sock didn't occur to me until after I'd pressed submit.

But I guess that's my fault so I'll know better for next time.

[C K Dexter Haven]

Calm down, no harm, no foul. However, better to email when there's something that's vanished.

I'm not sure whether we can expand the maximum title length, but I'm disinclined to do so even if we have the power. It's usually possible to describe what a thread is about (write a headline) that's close enough for practical purposes... and, if you later get an inspiration and better title, ask a Mod to edit your original title.

[Lobsang]

No problem. It'll encourage me to get better at writing thread titles.