Came to mind when reading this question, but would be useful for more than just moved, off-topic questions (I'd especially like to see duplicate questions flagged as such in the title).
Examples:
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Sign up to join this communityCame to mind when reading this question, but would be useful for more than just moved, off-topic questions (I'd especially like to see duplicate questions flagged as such in the title).
Examples:
edit: my reason for declining this was bunk, however we did implement a different way:
Migrated questions will say [migrated]
instead of [closed]
now.
[closed]
to [moved]
or [migrated]
for migrated questions. Since a closed question and a migrated question are two very different things, I still think it might be a good idea to differentiate them. Plus, it doesn't make the titles any longer.
Jul 19, 2009 at 14:45
I think that this is a good idea.
I actually thought that this question was closed when I first saw it in the list though!
Good concept, but It would make the title too long in some cases, perhaps an abbreviation would make things sorter. It is also possible, that the [closed] change is automated and not parameterable:
[closed - not programming related] [XNP]
[closed - belongs on Serverfault] [XSF]
[closed - belongs on Meta] [XMT]
[closed - duplicate] [XD]
I disagree with this. I know what you mean, wanting to know why, but it's really only a click away.
Titles are already long as it is, and adding even more fluff to a title will just get in the way.
I feel that this is another in the line of "should tags be duplicated in titles" and I think that if we're not duplicating "feature-request" etc in titles, then we shouldn't duplicate closed state either. What's wrong with a tag to indicate closed state?