HN Guideline Reminder: Please remove numbers from post titles

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17 years ago

Just a gentle reminder that we are encouraged to remove non-meaningful numbers from post titles before submission. I thought this reminder was necessary because of a decent-size group of front-page submissions including top [X] lists, see:

http://skitch.com/sant0sk1/bssdm/hn-lists

From the guidelines page:

'If the original 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."'

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