# thread titles being

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-titles-being/27218>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 28, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-titles-being/27218 "2000-07-28T15:32:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-titles-being/27218/1 "2000-07-28T15:32:21Z")

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Why are my thread titles being “eaten?”

Example: If a posted a thread titled  
[li]The Mona Lisa: Is she smiling or not? What do you think?[/li]  
The board “eats” the title and makes it appear as:  
[li]The Mona Lisa \<everything in this arrow space gets eaten\>[/li]  
WHY? What the @#$! is going on?

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-titles-being/27218/2 "2000-07-28T15:54:37Z")

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I believe it has something to do with the use of quotes in the title and the use of preview. Under certain circumstances it seems that everything after " gets eaten. Check for a thread here in ATMB in the last week or so.

picmr

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-titles-being/27218/3 "2000-07-28T15:59:16Z")

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Try this thread for the explanation.  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30833](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30833)