Wuhan death toll evidence points to 40,000+ number (official 2,563)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-families-should-be-sweeping-graves-now-but-thousands-still-havent-buried-their-dead/2020/04/03/5a6daa50-7234-11ea-ad9b-254ec99993bc_story.html

by lordmax • 6 years ago

5 5 6 years ago

washingtonpost.com

rolph3• 6 years ago

actual title:

>Chinese families should be sweeping graves now. But thousands still haven’t buried their dead.<<

lordmax• 6 years ago

I prefer to surface key data from article right upfront. WP title felt constructed to create a sense of clickbaity drama

rolph3• 6 years ago

Its not about preferences, editorializing titles is not within the rules:

" 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. "

rolph3• 6 years ago

@dang issue with title editorializing.

yorwba• 6 years ago

The correct way to contact dang on issues like this is to write email to hn@ycombinator.com

Wuhan death toll evidence points to 40,000+ number (official 2,563)

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