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Journalism/editing tip: Never start a headline with a question. And definitely never start a headline with a question that can be answered: "No" by a reasonable

• choxi 8y ago
  How did that come to be a best practice? I like titles with questions because they can frame the scope and objective of the article really well.
  • Spellman 8y ago
    In journalism, the argument is as follows: If the answer to the question is "yes," it is a stronger/more authoritative headline to simply assert instead of pose a question. Therefore, any headline that poses a question will result in the answer being "no." It doesn't apply in this case because it's a Quora question and not an editorialized piece of journalism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
    • choxi 8y ago
      Interesting, thanks
• traek 8y ago
  In this case it's not a headline, it's literally a question that was asked.
• personjerry 8y ago
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