Not sure if this was a joke on your part, but Darren_Garrison was referring to the General Questions category which is run like a factual Q/A forum. Originally I believe GQ was a source of questions for Cecil to answer in his newspaper column, to complement letters written to the Chicago Reader. Unlike StackExchange we don’t put so much emphasis on making the question suitable for searches or being the prime source of knowledge, in my opinion we’re more about answering the specific question or problem and especially teaching people the facts. If Cecil wants to write an article let him worry about SEO.
We do have a rule about descriptive thread titles, though. It is rule #1 in GQ:
- Use descriptive thread titles. Try to give your thread a title that summarizes what you are asking about. This makes it much easier for others to determine whether they have anything to contribute to the thread or want to read its contents.
The rationale is as TriPolar explained in #43. A more specific title attracts answers from people with that specific expertise. Titles like “How did my smartphone do this?” or “Question about HTML/CSS coding” are par for the course (you can search for more examples).
Some examples of topics where moderators have stepped in to make the topic title more descriptive (they will put their change in brackets):
~Max