In wanting to prevent the mods from assisting (as they currently do) by using the extra characters (which he agrees are useful) until he can use them too.

Jon - perhaps your view could be thought to be a bit 'arse-backwards'?

The only reason our 'moderators' do currently feel they need to impose their own thread titles on the ones chosen by the thread's originators - is because posters do have a more limited number of characters available to them.

If or when posters do have the same number of characters available - they will not need any assistance - but I suspect the attempt will still be made to judge and have this judement imposed, whether the titles chosen by the originator really need it or not.

The reason I ask that the originator's views and permission always be asked now, and before any changes are anonymously imposed - is to try and get the 'horse back in front of the 'cart' on our forum. Assistance is perfectly fine but let us not pretend that any poster is being 'assisted' by having any change imposed without their knowledge or permission to their chosen thread title.

And no matter how many characters posters may or may not have available in the future - perhaps it can be accepted that there will always be a limit to the amount of information that can be fitted in to a title?

And as there can be many judgements made about what information should be in a title - perhaps it can finally be accepted that the only judgement that really and finally matters in this regard - is not that of the current Chief of the Mudcat Editing Team, their known or anonymous helpers - but that of the thread's originator? And they should always be consulted if any change to their thread title is judged to be required.