# World Cup thread title etiquette

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-thread-title-etiquette/359530>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 5, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-thread-title-etiquette/359530 "2006-06-05T20:32:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-thread-title-etiquette/359530/1 "2006-06-05T20:32:28Z")

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Last world cup we had a sticky thread in Cafe Society requesting that people not spoil World Cup game results in thread titles, as people in the US were frequently watching the games on tape delay. This time around, the games are being broadcast live, but some number of people with jobs (for instance, me) will probably be DVRing the games and watching them after work. Can we again have a policy (and a sticky thread explaining this policy) that thread titles be “England vs. Paraguay - discuss” as opposed to “England 5 Paraguay 0 OMG!”?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-thread-title-etiquette/359530/2 "2006-06-05T21:38:04Z")

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Let me move this over to Cafe Society so the mods there will be sure to see it and take action accordingly.

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**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-thread-title-etiquette/359530/3 "2006-06-05T21:49:03Z")

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I totally agree!

PS: Like your sample score… is that a prediction? 😃

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-thread-title-etiquette/359530/4 "2006-06-05T21:50:37Z")

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I agree completely.

(Unless England wins anything.)

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**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-thread-title-etiquette/359530/5 "2006-06-06T22:51:42Z")

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> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> Let me move this over to Cafe Society so the mods there will be sure to see it and take action accordingly.

Just giving this thread a bit of a leg up to get it on the front page again, since the mods seem to have missed it.

I suppose though that it’s possible they don’t think it’s worthy of sticky status.

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**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-thread-title-etiquette/359530/6 "2006-06-06T22:58:23Z")

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> [@MaxTheVool](#):
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> as opposed to “England 5 Paraguay 0 OMG!”?

Thanks for jinxing it! 🙂