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https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > If the title begins with a number or number + gratuitous a
by perlgeek 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
> If the title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to "How To Do X," and "14 Amazing Ys" to "Ys." Exception: when the number is meaningful, e.g. "The 5 Platonic Solids."
- kitd 7y agoTIL. That would explain why a recent submission had the word "How" removed from the front. Was really confused.
- mumblemumble 7y agoI dislike that guideline. This time I clicked, but, in general, I'd rather have the original title, gratuitous adjectives and all, so that I can have a clue that the link is going to lead to a listicle.
- kerkeslager 7y agoI'd like to have those flagged with [Listicle].
- asdfman123 7y agoE.g., Things I Hate About You