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Re:A Tour of Standard ML by Tomte on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @12:00PM (#22182825)
> Abbreviations without context are not suitable for HN titles

Write [email protected] and get dang to make it a rule. Until he makes that rule, I call bullshit.

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Re:A Tour of Standard ML by deckar01 on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:19PM (#22183956)
> use the original title, unless it is misleading

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

It is already part of the guidelines.

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Re:A Tour of Standard ML by mumblemumble on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:58PM (#22184459)
"misleading" and "potentially ambiguous" are not synonyms.
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Re:A Tour of Standard ML by dang on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @05:10PM (#22186430)
Standard ML is a well-known language. A title isn't misleading if it refers to that.
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Re:A Tour of Standard ML by Tomte on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:23PM (#22184018)
And nobody agrees with you.
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