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"Editorialize" is a very different word than, for example, "modify". What the current guidelines actually say is: "Otherwise please use the original title, unl
by jellicle 13y ago
"Editorialize" is a very different word than, for example, "modify".
What the current guidelines actually say is: "Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait."
What they SHOULD say is something like "Don't editorialize the titles".
- gmac 13y agoI'm not sure that just this one word 'editorialize' is clear or specific enough, particularly given that a person much more readily identifies an 'editorialized' headline if it's one s/he disagrees with. Perhaps we should add an information criterion? E.g. "Otherwise please use the original title — unless it is linkbait, or misleading (or uninformative) about the content of the article."