Re:The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person
by zapzupnz on Monday April 22, 2019 @06:57PM
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It makes one wonder why people feel the need to editorialise titles at all. In plenty of subreddits, for instance, the practice is banned.
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Re:The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person
by dang on Monday April 22, 2019 @09:03PM
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It's banned here too, but banning a thing doesn't eliminate it. (If only it were that easy.)
"Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Re:The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person
by Zuider on Monday April 22, 2019 @08:34PM
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Editorializing is prone to abuse, but sometimes it is necessary on various grounds, such as the original title of an article being obtuse, misleading or even offensive. A good title should convey the nature of the subject matter and why it is worth reading. Nothing else.