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Originally posted by: TheEvil1
you type OFFICAL in the title and have it be teh first on that subject
Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Originally posted by: TheEvil1
you type OFFICAL in the title and have it be teh first on that subject
"Offical" isn't a word (although intuitively, it could be construed to have a meaning close to "of or relating to offal", but that's neither here nor there).. Now, back in the day, the brute force method of adding ***OFFICIAL*** and ***CONFIRMED*** to the thread title was effective, but both overuse and the lack of criterion for determining whether something was ***OFFICIAL*** or ***CONFIRMED*** led to its falling into disfavor. The sheer annoyance factor and occasional Mod lock resulted in its almost complete disuse. There was also some confusion due to the proliferation of unauthorized variations, such as "***OFFICIAL*** and ***UNCONFIRMED***", along with "***UNOFFICIAL*** and ***CONFIRMED***", and the antithesis "***UNOFFICIAL*** and ***UNCONFIRMED***", which led some to question the authors' very sanity, not to mention their own.
Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Originally posted by: TheEvil1
you type OFFICAL in the title and have it be teh first on that subject
"Offical" isn't a word (although intuitively, it could be construed to have a meaning close to "of or relating to offal", but that's neither here nor there).. Now, back in the day, the brute force method of adding ***OFFICIAL*** and ***CONFIRMED*** to the thread title was effective, but both overuse and the lack of criterion for determining whether something was ***OFFICIAL*** or ***CONFIRMED*** led to its falling into disfavor. The sheer annoyance factor and occasional Mod lock resulted in its almost complete disuse. There was also some confusion due to the proliferation of unauthorized variations, such as "***OFFICIAL*** and ***UNCONFIRMED***", along with "***UNOFFICIAL*** and ***CONFIRMED***", and the antithesis "***UNOFFICIAL*** and ***UNCONFIRMED***", which led some to question the authors' very sanity, not to mention their own.