Minimum character requirement for topic titles

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@Fotonut

Ok, but the substance can surely be had in the body of the text?

Ideally both would be meaningful and succinct.

@Fotonut

If the subject line can be shortened by using normal convention abbreviations that lose no meaning, then why make someone waste time by writing out the full version?

That was a specific example of something you could’ve done to meet the character limit, not a rule that says “no abbreviations.”

@Fotonut

Often, a reasonably descriptive subject line could be done with way less than 15 characters. If the subject line that is under15 characters promotes enough interest, then other users will click on it.

15 characters is like 3 words in English and less than that in other languages. We’re not asking you to write a novel.

@Fotonut

I also think being confined goes against the FOSS way of doing things. I should be free to post with a subject line of less than 15 characters if I wish, no?

While we do exude the Free Software ethos, this forum does not strictly adhere to it. I think a huge part of Free Software is being a good community member, which includes writing descriptive headlines so that others may benefit from the conversations here.