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Please remove the s/!/?/ title filter from Metaǃ

I posted a question on meta exchange and I had an exclamation mark at the end. The '!' was switched to a '?'. I thought I mistyped it, so I retried and it did it again. WT..

I hate apps which modify things under your feet without a warning or suggestion. Thumbs down for this feature.

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    Are you asking for the behaviour to be changed? Just expressing your dislike? What are you hoping to get out of this post?
    – Adam Lear StaffMod
    Commented Oct 6, 2011 at 21:19
  • Like I said, give a warning when the site is going to change something I typed. I almost missed it and I was never aware of this feature.
    – Tony_Henrich
    Commented Oct 6, 2011 at 22:16

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This probably happened because it's usually expected that the titles should be in the form of a question. Using ! designates an exclamation, not a question.

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  • There's are tens of thousands of questions on SO and SE sites which are not pure questions and end with a question mark!
    – Tony_Henrich
    Commented Oct 6, 2011 at 22:21
  • That doesn't make it the right thing to do, @Tony_Henrich. Just means we need to edit and/or downvote and/or close and/or delete tens of thousands of "questions."
    – Pops
    Commented Oct 7, 2011 at 14:30

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