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Misleading title. First sentence of the linked article: > The street in the Romanian capital Bucharest where the Belarusian embassy is located could be renamed

Misleading title. First sentence of the linked article: > The street in the Romanian capital Bucharest where the Belarusian embassy is located could be renamed in honour of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich as a gesture of solidarity after his dramatic arrest, a district mayor has said.

rocgf 5y ago
Indeed, the title is absolutely wrong. This is not a done deal, it is just a proposal.
okamiueru 5y ago
For future reference, it's probably a good idea to also include what the title you are referring to. HN is notorious for changing the title so many times and frequently that its hard to know whether the title changed since the post was made.
- johnnycerberus 5y ago
  I'm the OP. The title was that "Bucharest mayor changes Belarus embassy's street name to Protasevich Street". Mayor of the 1st district is sending the proposal this morning to the General Mayor at the city hall, the talks are official and they are undergoing. The street name hasn't been changed yet.
- bachmeier 5y ago
  > HN is notorious for changing the title so many times and frequently That's mostly because people regularly submit with misleading/false titles.
  - Macha 5y ago
    Mods are pretty happy to change titles if they feel it makes it clearer too, and have less than a 100% success rate at that. e.g. this topic they changed "Deno 1.10" to "Deno 1.1" in the title: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27127316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27127316 Which are not the same things. Also I've seen attempts to clarify actors involved, but occasionally making it muddier. e.g. this one removes the fact that the response was from a Wireguard developer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25759477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25759477 Or once or twice, just wrong. I'm not saying this is malicious, but the criteria for getting titles changed is definitely more loose than "title is false/misleading".

rocgf 5y ago

Indeed, the title is absolutely wrong. This is not a done deal, it is just a proposal.

okamiueru 5y ago

For future reference, it's probably a good idea to also include what the title you are referring to. HN is notorious for changing the title so many times and frequently that its hard to know whether the title changed since the post was made.

johnnycerberus 5y ago
I'm the OP. The title was that "Bucharest mayor changes Belarus embassy's street name to Protasevich Street". Mayor of the 1st district is sending the proposal this morning to the General Mayor at the city hall, the talks are official and they are undergoing. The street name hasn't been changed yet.
bachmeier 5y ago
> HN is notorious for changing the title so many times and frequently That's mostly because people regularly submit with misleading/false titles.
- Macha 5y ago
  Mods are pretty happy to change titles if they feel it makes it clearer too, and have less than a 100% success rate at that. e.g. this topic they changed "Deno 1.10" to "Deno 1.1" in the title: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27127316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27127316 Which are not the same things. Also I've seen attempts to clarify actors involved, but occasionally making it muddier. e.g. this one removes the fact that the response was from a Wireguard developer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25759477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25759477 Or once or twice, just wrong. I'm not saying this is malicious, but the criteria for getting titles changed is definitely more loose than "title is false/misleading".