| Thread Titles and the lack of clarity.
Posted: 4/15/2007 9:22:39 AM | A fully qualified psychologist (Nottingham University, 2:1 Hons) speaks:
Anal Retentive is actually a scientifically defined state of psychosis engendered by a state of thread envy, whereby those with very short threads feel threatened and hit out by voting to delete others' threads. Also manifests in various other forms such as sarky comments and extensive use of quotes boxes!
Si
(And yes for the first 4 years of my working life I was actually employed as a psychologist) | |
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| Thread Titles and the lack of clarity.
Posted: 4/16/2007 2:27:45 PM | MSG 43
Unless you are going to have a thread clarity mod that goes around telling people off and renaming all the threads to suit absolutely everyone then you will get accidental duplications now and then.
We already HAVE a forum rule which states that titles should contain key-words.
OT It isn't rocket science, ffs. If you wish to discuss a topic, put as many keywords as you can in the title.
For instance;
"I would like a little help with dealing with a toxic ex" - is perfectly acceptable, as a search of 'toxic ex' will reveal this thread.
However;
"I would like a little help" - would be no fcking use to anyone who wishes to search 'toxic ex'.
I know that the newbies use these pathetic titles, but when experienced posters (like my buddy in the extreme north-west xx) post such titles, I want to scream. | |
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-Hams-
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Joined: 10/30/2006
Msg: 52 | |
| Thread Titles and the lack of clarity.
Posted: 7/29/2007 2:47:29 AM | I thought I would bring this back again as quite a few
threads have had titles that have not made any sense recently...
arrrrrgghhh.....I feel better now.....
Please read Msg 51 above on how to create a thread with a proper title.... | |
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| Thread Titles and the lack of clarity.
Posted: 7/29/2007 4:13:44 AM | Yeah I'm with you on that at the moment.
It's impossible to check whether a topic has already been done without a clear title.
If a title isn't clear and stays on the forums then your new thread with a clear title could well turn out to be a redundant subject even though you've done a search. | |
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-Hams-
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Joined: 10/30/2006
Msg: 54 | |
| Thread Titles and the lack of clarity.
Posted: 11/7/2007 7:59:43 AM | just thought I would bring this back again as there have been some good topics
to debate on here recently but the thread titles have had no relevance to the subject....
Please read msg 51 again which has been well written by vin4star.... | |
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| Thread Titles and the lack of clarity.
Posted: 11/7/2007 8:02:29 AM | | Good call Hams, I keep forgetting what some topics are about as the title gives nothing away in the content which is a shame as some of them are pretty good topics. | |
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| Thread Titles and the lack of clarity.
Posted: 8/15/2008 2:24:36 AM | I thought I would bring back this old thread again just to remind folk....
Some of the thread titles on the forum lately have been pretty crap to say the least..
Please can everyone try there best if you start a new thread to make sure
that the title of your thread is relevant to the topic you would like us to discuss....
This will also encourage new people to post on the forum which is important to us all. | |
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| Thread Titles and the lack of clarity.
Posted: 10/28/2008 4:04:09 PM | Given some of the useless titles for recent threads, perhaps is a good time to resurrect this thread?
Some of you are making thread searches quite difficult for those of us who bother to use them by having crap, rule-breaking titles.
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