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Write a good title!

I want someone to lend me their shoulder to cry on, each time I see a question with the title like:

Help me understand this command

These questions normally don't attract good feedback. Most people, when facing these titles, just don't bother reading the rest of the question. The title is the elevator pitch of your question; if you put a bad title, people will 'meh' at your question and won't click it.

There are cases where, if you get the title average and the question body wrong, people would edit it. Meanwhile, if you get the title wrong and the body too, they would just downvote/close vote.

So, please, make an effort to write descriptive and accurate titles. There are a bunch of guides of how to write a acceptable/good title. Read them.

Braiam
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