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Sorry for taking so long to reply, I'll try to cover all the points made throughout the thread. I do admit that my judgment may have been somewhat clouded due to me finding those threads to be annoying, so I may have added some bias in making the thread.
Posted by: CTN 0452 9
While I guess you could abuse the idea of changing a thread title, there are so many good things that come from being able to change a thread title: Posting current information, counts, even correcting a typo (it happens). The OP should be able to change a thread title.
Posted by: evilcam
Of course we should be able to edit thread titles. Threads change, thus titles need to be able to be changed. Everyone makes typos, etc. Think about Duardo's multitude of FAQs. If he couldn't edit them, they would probably not be nearly as successful and helpful as they are now.
Some people will abuse it....but so what? Some people abuse EVERYTHING. People who abuse the feature will be dealt with, as they always are.You two make great points, threads do change over time, the titles may have to change to accommodate for further discussion in the thread. Also, we all are human, we will make mistakes and I would like to be able to correct my mistakes as well.
Posted by: Zealot Tony
Yes. It erraneously difficult to get away with inappropriate name changes; and the original post tends to get reported and sent to the moderator queue. It's also worth mentioning that if the title is changed after page one, the first page displays what the initial title was, while the second page displays the new title (you'll note in the thread you provided that the title was "How many days do you clop to rarety?" followed by the second page reading "How many times a day do you brush your teeth?"). So you'll tend to get the idea if someone is constantly toying with the OP.
Even if you circum to the editing of titles, who cares?I already knew of the title changing back to the original when you look at the next pages, I've always wonder why they did that as well, is there a reason? Also, it is not as much as me falling for the thread that angers me as it is how it diminishes for discussion value. It just angers me for some reason.
Posted by: spawn031
Yes.
Minor instances like the one you linked is well.. minor. People usually do that to get attention for about 1 minute, the thread is locked and OP is banned shortly after. I usually rename my threads when the conversation has gone into a different direction.
People that create very useful FAQ's often rename their threads during creation. Mods have a banhammer for a reason. Don't fix what ain't broke!
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Of course they should be allowed to. Cases like this are in such a small minority that it's almost laughable that you're using something like this as an argument. You guys are also correct, those kind of threads are usually minor. I'm not sure why as to why I was blowing this out of proportion. Those types of threads usually anger me and I've must have been too hasty in creating this thread.
To further add to the discussion of the thread. What rules do you think should be implemented when it comes to changing thread titles. Should it be a one time only change, should there a limit be based off of a set amount trust or based on your title bars, or should there a unlimited amount of changes available and just deal with those that abuse it?