Thread titles

[Pellaken]

Curious if there are any guidelines about this. Most of the time, most thread titles are good. Example:

Obama speech upsets Republicans
New unit types and balance
Dev question: Conscription, necessarily necessary?
Bug? Clicking on button causes computer to electrocute me


There are however 'bad' thread titles. Example:

Obama gone and done it again
WHY MY UNITS?!
A question I had for the development team of this game
Electronic Palpatine?


When there are bad titles I find that sometimes you end up with a dual thread. For example, many users reporting their computers are now electrocuting them and their cats after downloading the latest patch.

Most often, but not always, the bad title thread starts first. And most often, but not always, the good title thread has more posts. And most often, but not always, people come in to the good title thread to tell them to go to the bad title thread as it was first.



Hence, I am curious if there are written or unwritten guidelines on thread titles; what they should be, should not be, and when they should be changed, if at at all.


PS
Please don't shock my cat. I like him.

 

[Had a dad]

I found some useful thread information for you. It looks like there are 12 thread titles

 

[Teurlinx]

Had a Dad's great fantasy epic: A Tale of Threads and Nuts.

 

[Had a dad]

 

[Castellon]

From the Rules

"You will use descriptive subject titles when posting new threads"

5.{Post On Topic} You will only post messages that are within the particular forum’s scope or topic. You will use descriptive subject titles when posting new threads. You will not hijack threads for your own purpose but, rather, will begin a new thread with the new subject. Except for the specially designated "other language" forums all posts are to be in English as that is the common language of the Moderators.

 

[Pellaken]

I forgot about this thread.

Okay a good example of what I am asking is Where in the World is Anita Sarkeesian?

It is descriptive of the event that sparked a larger event. It was never hijacked, as the event evolved. There is no 'new' subject, as, again, the event evolved. However, the title now is no longer descriptive.

 

[Pellaken]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...2-Is-it-time-for-a-cybernetic-eye-replacement
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?838852-What-is-the-verdict-here-on-The-Dress.

I would argue my thread follows the title rules.



edited to add

Most often, but not always, the bad title thread starts first. And most often, but not always, the good title thread has more posts. And most often, but not always, people come in to the good title thread to tell them to go to the bad title thread as it was first.

I did not know of the other thread. I had seen it, but the title lead me to believe it was something I was uninterested in.

 

[Pellaken]

These two threads were merged under the latter's title.

I accept this as precedent. Thank you.