[nmc]

There are a few guidelines about titles:

> Please don't do things to make titles stand out, like using uppercase or exclamation points, or saying how great an article is.

> If the title includes the name of the site, please take it out, because the site name will be displayed after the link.

> If you submit a video or pdf, please warn us by appending [video] or [pdf] to the title.

> If the title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to "How To Do X," and "14 Amazing Ys" to "Ys." Exception: when the number is meaningful, e.g. "The 5 Platonic Solids."

> Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[bookofjoe]

>unless it is misleading or linkbait

Ah, therein lies the rub.