Courtesy in headline writing

There's been some discussion of this lately, and I wanted to ask everyone to think of your fellow members when you post a new topic.

For example, we have a headline right now that says "school." That's it. It could be anything school-related, and doesn't help people decide whether they're interested in the post.

Think about what the site would look like if all headlines were written this way. The scroll on the right would look like:

"Bloody Hell"

"It Happened Again"

"Unbelievable"

"Desk"

(Okay, we'd all assume that last one was something Victor made ...)

I don't even mind the headline "non halal and syrian refugees." At least that tells me what I'm in for. Writing a headline is journalism in a nutshell -- the reader's first encounter with the story -- and often the only part of the story that will actually be read.

Absolutely. I've bypassed threads before for this very reason!

I'm going to find a story called "Desk" now.....or maybe. Cheesing Fuckballs?

eddie wrote:Absolutely. I've bypassed threads before for this very reason!

I'm going to find a story called "Desk" now.....or maybe. Cheesing Fuckballs?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

Okay so there's no news story about desks, they seem to behave themselves mostly and do, well, nothing?

But this is a start
http://www.newsfixboard.com/t11634-desks-what-would-yours-say-about-you

Ben_Reilly wrote:There's been some discussion of this lately, and I wanted to ask everyone to think of your fellow members when you post a new topic.

For example, we have a headline right now that says "school." That's it. It could be anything school-related, and doesn't help people decide whether they're interested in the post.

Think about what the site would look like if all headlines were written this way. The scroll on the right would look like:

"Bloody Hell"

"It Happened Again"

"Unbelievable"

"Desk"

(Okay, we'd all assume that last one was something Victor made ...)

I don't even mind the headline "non halal and syrian refugees." At least that tells me what I'm in for. Writing a headline is journalism in a nutshell -- the reader's first encounter with the story -- and often the only part of the story that will actually be read.

Ben you can make a headline for that thread i posted 'school' i didn't know what to call it as i wasn't sure where the school was it was rather vague i agree but rather than label it wrong i chose school

Vicar Of Dibley wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:There's been some discussion of this lately, and I wanted to ask everyone to think of your fellow members when you post a new topic.

For example, we have a headline right now that says "school." That's it. It could be anything school-related, and doesn't help people decide whether they're interested in the post.

Think about what the site would look like if all headlines were written this way. The scroll on the right would look like:

"Bloody Hell"

"It Happened Again"

"Unbelievable"

"Desk"

(Okay, we'd all assume that last one was something Victor made ...)

I don't even mind the headline "non halal and syrian refugees." At least that tells me what I'm in for. Writing a headline is journalism in a nutshell -- the reader's first encounter with the story -- and often the only part of the story that will actually be read.

Ben you can make a headline for that thread i posted 'school' i didn't know what to call it as i wasn't sure where the school was it was rather vague i agree but rather than label it wrong i chose school

That makes sense -- no harm done. I'll try to come up with something.

Use the caption on YouTube? I think that's pretty much what Didge does, for instance, if he posts a video?