# Moderators changing thread titles

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**Created:** [June 10, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-changing-thread-titles/965980 "2022-06-10T14:31:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-changing-thread-titles/965980/5 "2022-06-10T15:06:35Z")

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Here’s the thread in question (unless I missed it, you didn’t include the link):

> [@Attempted Murder {of Justice Brett Kavanaugh}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-murder-of-justice-brett-kavanaugh/965920):
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> [Nicholas Roske charged with attempting to murder Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nicholas-roske-brett-kavanaugh-attempted-murder/) A California man who was allegedly armed with a gun, knife and various tools when he was arrested in the early morning near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house in Maryland has been charged with attempted murder, federal officials said in court papers filed Wednesday. U.S. Deputy Marshals reported seeing a person dressed in black clothing and carrying a backpack and suitcase get out of a taxi that s…

The question in the OP of that thread is “I’m curious as to why **that** counts as attempted murder”; so it sounds like the question was about that specific incident.

And I agree that the original thread title was too vague.

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