# Are these new thread category titles permanent? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 1, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564 "2010-04-01T12:31:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/1 "2010-04-01T12:31:10Z")
Or not? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/2 "2010-04-01T12:34:45Z")
you may want to check the date. =^.^= personally I find April Fools Day to be stupid. But I’m an cranky cynic. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/3 "2010-04-01T12:35:18Z")
They have been that way for three weeks now and it was clearly stated in the beginning that they are the new permanent titles up front. There was a lot of debate going back and forth over it for almost a year. I am surprised you missed it, ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/4 "2010-04-01T12:36:15Z")
Moved from Got Cite? to 13 Conversations About One Thing. **Gfactor** Millionaire ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/5 "2010-04-01T12:45:07Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > Or not? As a moderator shouldn’t you know? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/6 "2010-04-01T12:47:50Z")
Can we please, please, \*please \*keep them? I’m begging like a squirrel, here [[cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558008)]. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/7 "2010-04-01T12:49:49Z")
… and the no delay between searches, can we keep that too? ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/8 "2010-04-01T12:51:16Z")
Personally, I’m keener on keeping the poster titles. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/9 "2010-04-01T12:51:53Z")
It would have been funnier if every nonpaying member had the word ‘BANNED’ substituted for ‘Guest’ in their user title field. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/10 "2010-04-01T12:54:19Z")
WooHoo! This place always needed a **[Gas Chromatography](http://www.gmi-inc.com/Products/HP%205989%20A%20GC%20Mass%20Spec.htm)** forum (GC). Now it has one! I can hardly wait to answer questions about the _proper_ way to [resilanize](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silanization) crapped out capillaries. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/11 "2010-04-01T14:55:55Z")
Can we keep the titles and descriptions? I think that the one for what used to be Great Debates is a hell of a lot more accurate than Great Debates. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/12 "2010-04-01T15:02:57Z")
Gwarb? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/13 "2010-04-01T15:10:02Z")
New forum titles are funny, but I must protest the Snuggly Kitten forum. That one shoulda been Snuggly Puppy instead, in memory of well, that thing that happened. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/14 "2010-04-01T15:22:35Z")
Can we please keep “Pissy Little Feuds?” Please please please please please? ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/15 "2010-04-01T15:26:04Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > As a moderator shouldn’t you know? > > 😃 God. It’s just typical of a Straight Dope moderator not to know a damn thing about the Straight Dope Message Board! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/16 "2010-04-01T15:32:37Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Can we please, please, \*please \*keep them? I’m begging like a squirrel, here [[cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558008)]. We could try [[taking hostages](http://images.paraorkut.com/img/funnypics/images/s/shooting_a_kitten-11975.jpg)] maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/17 "2010-04-01T15:37:40Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > We could try [[taking hostages](http://images.paraorkut.com/img/funnypics/images/s/shooting_a_kitten-11975.jpg)] maybe. Fear not, Little Cat. [Help](http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/) is on the way! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/18 "2010-04-01T15:38:05Z")
The new forum titles are AWESOME and should stay like this forevermore. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/19 "2010-04-01T15:46:35Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Fear not, Little Cat. [Help](http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/) is on the way! > 🆒 Or [from him](http://www.profilebrand.com/funny-pictures/category/demotivational/109_overkill-cat.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564/20 "2010-04-01T16:32:58Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Personally, I’m keener on keeping the poster titles. 😃 Wait…I might lose my moderator title also? And just when I was about to knock some sense into some of the Dopes around here… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-thread-category-titles-permanent/534564.md?page=2)