# Question Begging in Thread Titles **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 21, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-begging-in-thread-titles/928555 "2020-12-21T18:07:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-begging-in-thread-titles/928555/13 "2020-12-23T15:25:32Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > So, SDMB management should ban questions as **Great Debate** topics. Not to discuss moderation here, but I actually started a thread in ATMB along similar lines a while back: > [@Great Debates Without a Debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-debates-without-a-debate/854673): > > Could the forum maybe institute a rule in Great Debates that, if someone starts a thread, they must: Take an actual side in the debate (assume a burden rather than just ask a question), so that there is someone to respond to up front. If they are going to start a thread with a claim like “some people believe” or “it’s been said,” not only must they state their position on the issue they are putting up for debate, they actually have to provide a cite to said “people” who have been “saying” … Didn’t get much support, though. Call it question begging, call it (perhaps more accurately) a loaded question. Sometimes just the way the “question” is phrased (what it implicitly seeks to limit discussion to, and to require posters to take as true, even if they don’t) is enough to turn me off to a debate, doubly so because whoever started the thread can hide behind “just asking questions.” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-begging-in-thread-titles/928555)._