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34 questions linked to/from Why can't we use the word "problem" in titles?
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Editing a question title with the term "problem" [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Using the word “problem” in titles Let users with sufficient reputation use “problem” in titles I found this question: How do I resolve the "...
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How can the word "Problem" be used in a question title? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Using the word “problem” in titles Remove blacklist filter for problem See this question about "Problem Signatures". Of course this also applies to other ...
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Forbidding some words can make impossible to set a correct question [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Why can’t we use the word “problem” in titles? Editing the question "_Problem Loading Widget" message I have met a problem. I couldn't save the edition after adding ...
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Work Around for Legitimate uses of Blacklist Words in Title [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Using the word “problem” in titles Is there a work-around for the (apparently new?) title word ban? The following "There was a problem with reindexing ...
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The 'do not use these words in titles' issue: should you prohibit or warn? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Using the word “problem” in titles I once tried asking the question: Understanding the Drools planner examples: where is the problem state initialized? The ...
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Why is the word "problem" not allowed in the question title? [duplicate]
I created the question Excel when connected to external data: "We found a problеm with some content in [file]", trying to summarise the issue in the title. The (shortened) error message ...
897 votes
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The Many Memes of Meta
Catchphrases and concepts that spread from person to person are known as memes, which, courtesy the Internet, can now explode across the Earth like a highly contagious virus (hence "going viral&...
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The title word filter is one of the worst ideas ever implemented on SO
There are numerous (1, 2, 3) questions concerning this problem. I realize this is a borderline duplicate, but I'll re-iterate the futility of this particular filter and why it should be outright ...
203 votes
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Let users with sufficient reputation use "problem" in titles
This is partly related to: Using the word “problem” in titles – however this one here is an actual feature-request. Problem, Sir? I am trying to edit a question that contains a specific error message,...
44 votes
3 answers
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Moderators should be immune to the word filters in titles
Example: The halting porblem Seriously??
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Remove blacklist filter for `problem`
This is a feature request to remove the question title filter for problem. There are good reasons listed in this question, but mostly I'm sick of changing the word to issue. Why is problem ...
21 votes
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Add title uniqueness to the heuristics for detecting low-quality questions
This feature request is a response to Anyone want to clean up some bad titles? Two days ago, Björn suggested that we warn users when they post a new question with an identical title to an existing ...
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Saying anyone can ask a question is deceptive when you close their questions [closed]
I spent a frustrating hour trying to phrase a question that would meet the guidelines and not trigger any "title police", but was told "help" is not an acceptable word to include in the title. I may ...
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How to do my job? Or, ban the word “how” in questions
This post is strongly inspired by a blog post by Jeff Atwood. In fact, most of the words are Jeff's. I've just changed the object a bit. Any eloquence is his. The arguments — well, some are his, too. ...
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"Problem" word filter can be circumvented in a search engine compatible way
This is not about the merits of the filter. But it exists, and its implementation is so limited it is ineffective, with good, easy workarounds. I consider this to be a bug. You might feel ...