~Topic Titles~

LoneKnight · Mar 26, 2008 12:08 AM

I'm here to make an announcement to all members, new and old. Recently, I've noticed a large increase in topics with generic and arbitrary names that have nothing to do with their content.

If you make a topic about what colors you think Spyro would look good as, name it something like "Possible Spyro Colors" instead of "Color", or if you are stuck in a part of the game and need help, name it "Help in Dante's Freezer, ANB" instead of "OMG HELP". And what took the cake today for me was the topic about a member meeting the members of a football team, and he named his topic I". I'm not making that up. If you have a topic about asking questions or making comments on Cynder, don't name it "CYNDER!!!!!!!!", name it something about your question or the comment.

It gets very annoying as a general forum browser to see topics named with nondescriptive names. When making a topic, you want to name it so that the person has a good idea about what it's about BEFORE he even reads the first post. That means you need to use the Subject line properly. There is also the Description option beneath the subject. Spyrorocks didn't add that to make it look pretty, it's there for you to use.

I hope everyone reads this and remembers this when making topics. I don't want to keep reminding people or eventually I'll just start locking topics with bad titles made by members I've already warned.

DragonFireOKN · Mar 26, 2008 12:38 AM

Thank You LoneKnight. I agree 100%

Spyro · Mar 26, 2008 3:17 AM

I have noticed a glitch that may have caused his title to be merely " I' "... when I create topics with an apostrophe in them and click post...the topic title is trimmed to where the apostrophe is. For example, a topic named:

"What's going on here" ... would become ... "What' "

This is a glitch that we should address as I've noticed it myself. Other than that - people need to use their English language skills in topic titling!

bmah · Mar 26, 2008 5:05 AM

I think the two likely reasons why people use non-descript titles are:
1) Because they just can't be bothered to do so
2) They want to encourage people to look inside their thread to see what the actual topic is all about

So while reason #2 may seem like a clever way to make people read a thread, it's still rather annoying yes.

Doppelgangergang · Mar 27, 2008 9:37 PM

Spyro wrote:

I have noticed a glitch that may have caused his title to be merely " I' "... when I create topics with an apostrophe in them and click post...the topic title is trimmed to where the apostrophe is. For example, a topic named:
"What's going on here" ... would become ... "What' "
This is a glitch that we should address as I've noticed it myself. Other than that - people need to use their English language skills in topic titling!

I tested it out here:
http://www.spyroforum.com/post-89701.html#89701

Nope... It did not cut out at the comma...

Spyro · Mar 27, 2008 9:55 PM

Well all I can say is it has done it for me. It does it in the news section especially.

LoneKnight · Mar 27, 2008 11:31 PM

Nevertheless, I hope everyone heeds the message.

YellowBananas · Apr 18, 2008 7:12 AM

yes that ahs happened to me in the fan art section. i was righitn Gemstone's fan art, when i looked it up it onli sed Gemstone.

Dark Fury Dragon · May 03, 2008 2:09 AM

I would very much agree to that, but I don't want to until I know I'm not the one doing these actions ^^; Can someone check if my topics have been like this?

Spector · May 11, 2008 1:47 AM

I concur, there is too much random **** on this site that could be better organized.

DanteAndVergil · May 15, 2008 1:52 AM

Finally it was extremely annoying to find topics with titles that serve no purpose to it's actual content

flame1996 · Jun 04, 2008 6:15 PM

I know. I hate topics that are continueslly flowing now like DAAARRRGGHHH. I guess some people don't think when posting topics. I do, not continuesly going lol (X 1000).

Spynder42 · Jul 21, 2008 10:35 PM

Thats really true. I do it too also but I'll try to stop now. It is annoying when people do it. Thanks =]

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