So we're just editorializing titles now? The title of the article is "No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the ‘Lionel Messi of cliff diving’"

Rules are rules. Mark it zero.

I was going by the book there. I think you may have misunderstood the rule, which reads:

"Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)

That is, we specifically don't use the original title when it is misleading or linkbait, as the original title in this case was.

When we do edit a title, we try to use representative language from the article itself wherever possible—e.g. a subtitle, a phrase from the text, or something else where the article says neutrally what it is actually about. That's what I did in this case; the language came from the subheading.

The Messi comment wasn't trying to be snarky. Was trying to foster an actual conversation about what it means to be great and how does context matter. Sorry if it came across as insulting or uninteresting- that was not my intention.

No worries! There were a bunch of them and they were taking the thread off-topic and/or into shallower waters, as such things do.