# Could Rules Updates Be Indicated In Rules Thread Titles or With A New Post

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**Created:** [October 5, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rules-updates-be-indicated-in-rules-thread-titles-or-with-a-new-post/700443 "2014-10-05T06:43:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rules-updates-be-indicated-in-rules-thread-titles-or-with-a-new-post/700443/1 "2014-10-05T06:43:51Z")

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In Rules stickies where the rules are just one post (e.g the Games Room) could any mod who makes a change to the rules edit the thread title, perhaps, to indicate that they’ve changed this? Or better yet, make a short info post to the thread indicating they’d edited the main post (as e.g. the GQ rules sticky, where **“Wombat”** posted to indicate he’d re-ordered the sticky in 2010 (but note that Ed Zotti’s subsequent 2014 re-ordering there bears no such notice)

The reason for this is that the thread listing just indicates when the last post was made, not the last edit - So the Games Room rules sticky " \*\*\* Forum rules and FAQ: Read this first! \*\*\*" says the last post was by **fluiddruid** on 02-21-2008 12:22 AM , but actually opening it tells me:  
“Last edited by Idle Thoughts; 10-03-2014 at 10:02 PM… Reason: Updates!”  
and similarly the GQ one only indicates the **G"W"R** post as the last one - I have no idea if it was edited between **Wombat** and **Zotti**.

If I hadn’t been reading the ATMB thread about the Games Room (say, I only hung out in the GR), I wouldn’t know the rules had been updated. I generally do give the stickies a quick glance when I open a forum, and this would help convey that something has changed. I understand this isn’t really needed if e.g. the order of points is just rearranged, but other rules changes should be noted, I think.

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**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rules-updates-be-indicated-in-rules-thread-titles-or-with-a-new-post/700443/2 "2014-10-05T08:44:31Z")

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I would think making a note of the change(and what it was) in a new post would be considered good form. I’m slightly surprised that it isn’t already the case.

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rules-updates-be-indicated-in-rules-thread-titles-or-with-a-new-post/700443/3 "2014-10-05T10:48:05Z")

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I’ll update the thread title, thanks for pointing it out, I didn’t even think of it.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rules-updates-be-indicated-in-rules-thread-titles-or-with-a-new-post/700443/4 "2014-10-05T16:08:10Z")

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No problemo - thanks.