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Just trying to follow the site guidelines, The Reg' makes that hard, hence the explanatory comment ...

• dredmorbius 6y ago
  There's some interpretation allowed, even encouraged. The goal seems to be to stick with something from the source rather than creating an entirely novel title. 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. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html General guidance, from dang, 2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10597136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10597136 Reg example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21277129 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21277129 Long title rewrite: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16662989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16662989
  • jjgreen 6y ago
    Ah thanks!