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>terran Could we please not alter headlines to replace real words with made-up scifi words? The original headline uses "terrestrial," which is correct. Also e

>terran Could we please not alter headlines to replace real words with made-up scifi words? The original headline uses "terrestrial," which is correct. Also even in the context of scifi, "terrestrial" has a completely different meaning ("of the land surface", vs "of the planet Earth"). Inb4 'all words are made up' etc etc boring thread Mods, can we get a fix? EDIT: Thanks!

grzm 5y ago
The article title is "Remote sensing reveals Antarctic green snow algae as important terrestrial carbon sink", which is over the 80-character limit for titles. The submitter likely made the edit to make the title fit. If you have better alternative, feel free to suggest one. Edit to add: the best way to get a title fixed is to (quietly) email the mods using the contact link in the footer.
- burnished 5y ago
  Drop the word 'green', its an interesting descriptor but accuracy wouldn't be lost in the same way (I believe).
  - dang 5y ago
    That's a good idea. I dropped 'terrestrial' instead, because I'm not sure where else the carbon sink would be. (Submitted title was "Remote sensing shows Antarctic green snow algae is important terran carbon sink".)
    - burnished 5y ago
      Oh, honestly that's way better for the reason you specified. Nice.
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shrimp_emoji 5y ago
>Inb4 'all words are made up' etc etc boring thread You admit your point is baseless but haven't internalized it emotionally, I guess. "Terra" is "Earth" in Latin, and "teren" is Romanian for "ground". Can't "terran" be a shorthand for "terrESTRIAL" in English just because it's the name of a faction in StarCraft?