MicroWaveDec 11, 2023

Man arrested in slaying of 16-year-old cheerleader found dead in bathtub of Texas apartment

https://lemmy.world/post/9457510

Man arrested in slaying of 16-year-old cheerleader found dead in bathtub of Texas apartment - Lemmy.World

Police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a 16-year-old cheerleader who was found dead by her mother in her bathtub earlier this week in Edna, Texas. The Edna Police Department located the suspect, identified as Rafael Romero, on Saturday in Schulenburg, Texas. The Texas Rangers, who investigate major violent crime as part of the state’s Department of Public Safety, arrested Romero for capital murder — which makes the suspect eligible for the death penalty if convicted — and took him to the Jackson County Jail.

Show threadstownDec 11, 2023
OP, I know it’s not your fault (probably) but that title makes it seem like the killer was found dead. If you had reformatted like: “Man arrested in connection with slain cheerleader foud dead in her mother’s bathtub” it could have been made a little more clear. It isn’t actually important to the story that the cheerleader was found in the bathtub and the title would have been much easier to understand without that bit of trivial information.
Show threadschmidtsterDec 11, 2023
Yeah titles weird, but can’t be changing it to post it even if it’s to make more sense. Everyone would be claiming that to sensationalize every post.
Show threadABCDEDec 12, 2023
Of course you can change it
Show threadstopthatgirl7Dec 12, 2023

Not according to the community rules:

Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.___ Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post. ___

Show threadABCDEDec 12, 2023
“should”, so no. It is only deleted if it misrepresents. Editing the title here makes sense and is allowed.
Show threadschmidtsterDec 12, 2023

If you allow an edit here, than I can argue my edit is a correction as well even though it’s misleading and biased.

It’s a slippery slope and there’s a reason it’s a rule in most places that want proper news discussions.

Show threadABCDE
The rule says it can be edited as long as it doesn’t misrepresent the article. Arguably it should be changed as the original title is misleading clickbait.
Dec 12, 2023 at 5:29amWeb
Show threadschmidtsterDec 12, 2023

Rules get broken and bent, it won’t be long until this rule changes to no edits to be in line with every other news discussion place.

You don’t edit article titles, sorry you’re just wrong here. Go bark up somewhere else and stop following me into other posts since I called you out.

Show threadABCDEDec 13, 2023

This is not a breaking of the rules as was posted. It just has to represent the story, which it would (with an edit) better than the original.

I haven’t followed you. What are you talking about? You can edit titles according to what you posted. Why are you so insistent?

“Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed”

WON’T being the important word here.

Show threadschmidtsterDec 13, 2023

The second you edit it won’t match the source and would break the rule.

Not a hard concept to follow.

This is the fourth post you’ve responded to my comments in. Don’t play dumb.

Show threadABCDEDec 13, 2023

Am I allowed to respond to your posts here? I haven’t followed anyone.

The rule is the rule. Why are you still debating this? News articles are biased also, as they were written by humans.

Show threadschmidtsterDec 13, 2023

Because you’re defended an inherently flawed rule and won’t accept you are wrong, this is no the 4th exchange in as many days.

I’m now blocking you, clearly you don’t understand that concept of good faith discussions, which is incredibly ironic given some of your comments about how mean Lemmy can be.

If you see an asshole in the morning, you saw an asshole, if you see assholes all day. You’re the asshole.

In case that’s not obvious tool you, you’re the latter, not the former. You keep seeing assholes since you are the asshole.

Show threadABCDEDec 13, 2023

Feel free, you have seen the rule says they can be edited yet you’re still responding and cannot admit you’re wrong. No interest whatsoever. I don’t know what comment you’re talking about. Lemmy seems like a nicer Reddit, which I have said before.

Great you’ve been counting the exchanges, I don’t pay attention to usernames and remember what they have said because that’s just a bit odd.