[the_Watchman]

You have mentioned a SEARCH to avoid duplicate threads, but you neglected to point out that the original title should remain unaltered.

Many duplicates I see are caused by someone substituting their own title or deliberately corrupting the spelling of words in the title; i.e. Hitlery. Please, Please, Please employ the original title. If you must add to it, then offset your addition with brackets.

This not only helps prevent duplicates, it also makes the archives searchable and potentially useful for research. Respelling people's names to be cute or disrespectful reduces the ability to search the archives and also makes us all sound like babies! </flame>

There is one case where one SHOULD augment the title. This occurs when the story is regional and the state (and sometimes the city) needs to be added in order to let us know where it is from. There are dozens of newspapers called "Chronicle" or "Register", lots of cities named Glendale, and most of us do not recognize TV or Radio call letters. Give us a little help.

[Richard Kimball]

This occurs when the story is regional and the state (and sometimes the city) needs to be added in order to let us know where it is from. There are dozens of newspapers called "Chronicle" or "Register", lots of cities named Glendale, and most of us do not recognize TV or Radio call letters. Give us a little help.

Yeah, buddy.