Re:Proposal: Truncating trailing '(update)' from node-titles in replies

I am sorry that you're having this issue. However -- my opinion, is that title fields are not reliable. That is to say, they're not under enough control that you should rely on them for any given purpose. Ultimately, node titles are essentially just keyword lists. They are what gets searched when one does a simple search. Anything aside from that, any rules we might try to impose (such as "OP") are just conventions and hacks. Even the "threadingness" of titles is not reliable.

I reckon we are the only monastery ever to have a dungeon staffed with 16,000 zombies.

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Re^2: Proposal: Truncating trailing '(update)' from node-titles in replies by LanX (Saint) on Mar 12, 2021 at 22:06 UTC
> Even the "threadingness" of titles is not reliable. Well, I know ... I've seen the code. > are just conventions and hacks. it has become a tradition to expect from posters to mark important updates in their titles.* IMHO will my proposal do more good than harm. Granted, it's a hack, but regexing `Re:` into `Re^2:` isn't much better. This mechanism could be used till we have a proper last-updated-field or updated-count in place, which might honestly never happen. my 2 centimes... YMMV of course! :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery} *) and that's not a keyword.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Proposal: Truncating trailing '(update)' from node-titles in replies by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 14, 2021 at 18:11 UTC
it has become a tradition to expect from posters to mark important updates in their titles.* I don't believe that's true. A tradition for you personally, maybe. Anyway, my whole point was, traditions, conventions, kludges - they're unreliable. You're asking for something which assumes, or imposes, a reliability/consistency which simply isn't there, and won't be without a significant change to our architecture.	[reply]
Re^4: Proposal: Truncating trailing '(update)' from node-titles in replies by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 14, 2021 at 18:30 UTC
I seem to recall a node explaining why this should not be done. Not a rule, more of a guideline.	[reply]
Re^5: Proposal: Truncating trailing '(update)' from node-titles in replies by LanX (Saint) on Mar 14, 2021 at 19:51 UTC
Re^6: Proposal: Truncating trailing '(update)' from node-titles in replies by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 14, 2021 at 20:02 UTC
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Re^4: Proposal: Truncating trailing '(update)' from node-titles in replies by LanX (Saint) on Mar 14, 2021 at 18:25 UTC
> I don't believe that's true Indeed does the help... How do I change/delete my post? ...not mention the title. I picked that practice from earlier monks and later monks copied me. I call that a "tradition". Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]