[Lead Moderator]

"Why does this site edit head lines"

Quite a number of years ago, I was watching the news, and there was a story about how Ted Turner had bought the rights to a whole bunch of classic movies from the days of black and white, and that he was going to colorize them and re-release them or broadcast them.

It caused a bit of a stir.

Now I do not like Ted Turner one bit. But the local news interviewed him about it, and asked him why he was doing this. His answer?

"Because I want to and I can."

We have a better reason though for why we changed your headline- namely that you changed the headline from what CNN had. This is discouraged for a few reasons. First, altered headlines result in duplicate posts. People generally search for an article before posting it (or in theory, they are supposed to do so), and if a title has been changed they won't find it. Then the discussion ends up fragmented between two or more threads. Second, it causes confusion because some come away with the mistaken impression that a site used that title to begin with.

So don't post with made up titles. If you really must editorialize in the headline, do it in parenthesis after the original title- but be aware if the parenthetical title is a grenade, we'll likely chop that off.

Thanks, LM

[TomServo]

You ever thought of being a diplomat?

[kerouacbal]

Ok from now I will do so. Thank you

[Sabertooth]

People generally search for an article before posting it

Here's a question:

Since the recent software revamp, there is no longer a "post article" link on the search results pages. If I've done a few secondary searches, I have to click back through several pages before returning to a page with a "post article" link. Can we get the link put back on the search results pages?

[Elsie]

The musical WestSideStory has changed the words in Maria's song I'm So Pretty.

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Original:
I'm so pretty, oh so pretty, so pretty and witty and gay,
(to rhyme with -->) today,

Revisional:
I'm so pretty, oh so pretty, so pretty and witty and bright,
(to rhyme with -->) tonight,

[I'll be your Huckleberry]

Perhaps it was a different interviewer, but my memory of the Ted Turner response was:

Question: Mr. Turner how do you justify your colorization of these classic black and white films? (Paraphrased)

Ted Turner: Well the last time I checked they belonged to me. (/southern drawl)

[Fledermaus]

If they had any confidence in their opinions, they'd post the original headline and then use comment.