# How long may a thread title be?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-may-a-thread-title-be/64143>\
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**Created:** [May 2, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-may-a-thread-title-be/64143 "2001-05-02T23:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-may-a-thread-title-be/64143/1 "2001-05-02T23:04:00Z")

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What is the limit? How many characters and spaces can be put in that little rectangle up there? (Not that I’m planning on creating a long-ass title; I’m just curious.)

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-may-a-thread-title-be/64143/2 "2001-05-03T01:24:44Z")

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I don’t know, but if you promise to keep it to one thread, and if you promise to put spaces in it every 15 characters or so (horizontal scroll bar of death!!), you can give it a go right here in ATMB. Just this ONCE 😉  
Should it mess up the list or anything, we can always edit the thread title, and you’ll have your answer.

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**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-may-a-thread-title-be/64143/3 "2001-05-03T07:14:00Z")

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Mr Coldfire, is that once **each**?

[sub]runs for life, hehehehe[/sub]

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**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-may-a-thread-title-be/64143/4 "2001-05-03T11:27:01Z")

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Hmm…I’ve been a member here for quite a while now, and I have never thought about this. I’ve never seen it brought up before, either. Now I’m really curious.

_waiting patiently_🙂

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-may-a-thread-title-be/64143/5 "2001-05-03T12:43:37Z")

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Heh… Of course **Coldfire** says to do it here; it’s not his forum! I wonder how magnanimous he’d be if we conducted that experiment in **MPSIMS**!

😉

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-may-a-thread-title-be/64143/6 "2001-05-03T12:46:17Z")

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As tested by me-84 characters and spaces.

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-may-a-thread-title-be/64143/7 "2001-05-03T12:49:47Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \*  
> \*\*As tested by me-84 characters and spaces. \*\*

Nuh-uh! You’re short-changing yourself; it’s 85 (according to MS Word… )!