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Thread #129466 Message #2906346
Posted By: Joe Offer
13-May-10 - 05:32 PM
Thread Name: BS: US bigots attack British Company (oil spill)
Subject: RE: US bigots attack British Company
Well, now we have THREE threads on this subject:
One is titled off shore oil rig spill and more, which is a pretty good title - that one was started 1 May 2010.
Another, started 27 April, was titled Spill, Baby, Spill... A moderator retitled this Spill, Baby, Spill... (Palin & oil spills), so that readers would have some chance of knowing what the thread was about.
So today we have a new thread on the same subject, titled with the very objective title, US bigots attack British Company. I'm going to change that to BS: US bigots attack British Company (oil spill), so people can choose whether they want read yet another oil spill thread.
I think there was another oil spill thread, one questioning Obama's statement that deep-water oil drilling is failsafe these days - but I couldn't find that thread because the title didn't mention oil.
Seems to me that all of these discussions could be contained in a thread titled Louisiana Oil Spill, April, 2010 - and there would be far less duplication of comments. Maybe not, maybe there IS justification for having a number of threads on this oil spill - but I would ask for a bit of Truth In Titling. If you'r starting a thread about the oil spill, say so - don't title your thread with some sort of propaganda statement.
We've had the same thing recently in threads about the Governor of Arizona, whom some Mudcatter seems to have a sexual fixation on because of her anti-Latino actions. Instead of actually stating what the thread was about, this Mudcatter titled the threads with statements about what a fine American she is, standing up for truth, justice, and the American Way.
And then there is the pair of threads on Gay/Lesbian/Transgender folkies in the UK, and I'm still left wondering why there have to be TWO threads active on such closely related subjects in the same week.
So, friends and neighbors, when you start a new thread, please try to think about two things:
Is this thread really necessary, or is it a duplicate discussion that could easily be conducted as a continuation of an earlier thread?
Does the title of the thread reflect what is the actual topic of discussion?