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Wuhan death toll evidence points to 40,000+ number (official 2,563)

• rolph 7y ago
  actual title: >>Chinese families should be sweeping graves now. But thousands still haven’t buried their dead.<<
  • lordmax 7y ago
    I prefer to surface key data from article right upfront. WP title felt constructed to create a sense of clickbaity drama
    • rolph 7y ago
      Its not about preferences, editorializing titles is not within the rules: " 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." Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. "
      • deleted 7y ago
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  • rolph 7y ago
    @dang issue with title editorializing.
    • yorwba 7y ago
      The correct way to contact dang on issues like this is to write email to hn@ycombinator.com