# Why can't we edit titles?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-edit-titles/601195>\
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**Created:** [October 29, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-edit-titles/601195 "2011-10-29T16:13:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-edit-titles/601195/1 "2011-10-29T16:13:50Z")

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Sometimes I’ll have a typo in a title. Sometimes my keyboard doesn’t keep up with my typing. Of course I don’t notice this until after I post the thread. While we can edit the content of a post, we can’t edit the title.

Why?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-edit-titles/601195/2 "2011-10-29T16:26:56Z")

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I believe it’s just how vBulletin works.

Remember, you can report your own post now, so if you do mess up a thread title, just report the post and ask a mod to fix.