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Who's idea was it to automatically remove leading numbers in titles? And why?
by dvh 2y ago
Who's idea was it to automatically remove leading numbers in titles? And why?
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoI assume it's an attempt to automate this: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > If the title contains a gratuitous number or number + 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."