Suggestions: Inappropriate Thread Titles And Renamed Ones

[Oxymoron]

Hi there one of the most common pitfalls faced while browsing thro' the forum is the required information being hidden in an innocuous looking thread with rather inappropriate title. So to make navigation easier and make the resident
SEARCH function throw up appropriate threads we need to revamp the thread titles. And a well titled thread goes a long way in eliciting the response from the right persons

So what are you required to do?

In your browsing in this forum if you come across any thread whose title you think could be revamped to catch more eyeballs and more succintly capture the essence of the posts and the direction of the discussion flow do make a point to post the link here (and ,if you want, a suggestion as to what you think it should be renamed to)

How would that help?

** Firstly it would help to collate the parallel threads running on the same topic or a identify threads which could be merged so as to keep the discussion in one logical cohesion.
** Secondly it would reduce the clutter which could become a major hindrance with the increase in number of threads.
** Thirdly a thread inappropriately named might contain information about something we might be interested in but we let it pass as it is impossible to go thro' every post.
** It might help in merging old threads which contain some brilliant posts but for all intents and purposes now have been lost into oblivion.

Why a separate thread for this? why not pm a mod when one comes across such a thread?

Touche! But the intent was to make this thread serve as a repository for the renamed threads along with their old names so junta logging in after a long time would be able to identify their thread.

So what constitutes an inappropriately named thread?

Anything which doesnt give an idea abt the contents of the thread and is generalized in nature but the discussion was intended to be specific to a topic.
For eg following thread names were changed today..

"Need Some Suggestions" ---> MBA Options For 20+ Years Work Experience (MBA Options For 20+ Years Work Experience)
someting I cannot recollect now --> Life@GBO-SRCC (Delhi) (Life@GBO-SRCC (Delhi))
"Who is to blame?" ---> Terrorism :Who is to blame?


Well you get the drift right?

Lets make navigating the forum in search of that elusive info that much easier....for ourselves.. Any suggestions are obviously welcome....even the one on changing the title of this very thread!

Girish...!

[MachiaVelli]

hi there, im new to PG .. i just noticed something ...

some background abt me .. so tht u get my error str8 .. im an IMS student... took Act 5 classroom mock cat for CAT 2005 ... and came here thinking there'll be a thread discussing this mock ...

i found a few threads discussing the IMS Act 5 ... sad part is .. it is last years info ... all about last year's Act 5 ... i actually read the 1st 10 messages before i could figure it out ... can u see that such data which is extraneous and way beyond any use is deleted , so that we dont face this problem ?
thank you.

[uRmad]

Originally Posted by MachiaVelli

i found a few threads discussing the IMS Act 5 ... sad part is .. it is last years info ... all about last year's Act 5 ... i actually read the 1st 10 messages before i could figure it out ... can u see that such data which is extraneous and way beyond any use is deleted , so that we dont face this problem ?
thank you.

One of the beauties of a discussion forum is the ability to browse thro' past posts....Yes, it might appear redundant if you look at it in isolation.....Try checking up the progress of people inside top b-schools...How they've fared in the run-up to the CAT...Try co-relating that with the strategies that they might have followed and see if you can pick up anything....Or maybe you found something interesting that they practised....pm them if they give ya more info on it.....you get the drift right....There's LOTS more that one can do if they put in that much more effort in understanding the dynamics of a discussion board.....All da best

Cheers

ps: yes, there will be time-barred threads...Just take a look the date of the postings before you go on a reading spree