Timeline for Are certain blacklisted words in question titles not just a bit scorched earth and unhelpful?
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| Oct 9, 2011 at 0:43 | vote | accept | Wesley | ||
| Oct 7, 2011 at 10:51 | comment | added | Bart Silverstrim | Perhaps a compromise...if you use a "banned word" and it could be part of an error message instead of a "HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM!?" it could be flagged for community attention to reword or allow? | |
| Oct 7, 2011 at 9:43 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/ServerFault/status/122245589328076800 | ||
| Oct 7, 2011 at 2:18 | comment | added | voretaq7 | @WesleyDavid "Help center won't launch - 'error frobbing the sprockets'" (to give a devil's advocate counterpoint where "Help" as the first word might be valid) | |
| Oct 7, 2011 at 2:09 | answer | added | voretaq7 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 19:54 | comment | added | Wesley |
@ShaneMadden I had considered the possibility of barring it from being the first word. Look at the search for questions with help in the title. Most of the worst offenders are first or last word usage.
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| Oct 6, 2011 at 19:27 | comment | added | Shane Madden | Maybe block them only when they are the first or last word of a title? "Problem with X" or "Not working, Help!" seem to be the major offenders. | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 17:41 | comment | added | user9517 | Problem also appears to be on the banned in a subject list. | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 17:22 | history | edited | Wesley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 6, 2011 at 7:07 | answer | added | John Gardeniers | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 5:58 | history | edited | Wesley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 6, 2011 at 5:52 | history | edited | Wesley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 6, 2011 at 5:42 | comment | added | Jeff Atwood | can you provide the exact message? Also, please to be enjoying the utter horror at this link: serverfault.com/search?q=title%3Ahelp | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 5:09 | history | asked | Wesley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |