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M.A.R.
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Don't use the following words in a subject title - it connotes subjective question.

  • Best
  • Worst
  • Hardest
  • You
  • Your
  • Favorite
  • Favourite

Jeff posted the regex in uservoice (As of May 2, 2009):

Regex.IsMatch(s, @"\bbest\b|\bworst\b|\bhardest\b|\byour?\b|\bfavou?rite\b", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

It is important to note that avoiding the above words does not make your question any less subjective - "Best management tool" is inherently subjective - the warning is not there to tell you to avoid certain words, but to avoid the question altogether, or to re-word it so it can be evaluated objectively and measurably so that the answer is the same for everyone in your situation.

This has also been deployed at StackOverflow.

Pollyanna
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