I've recently posted a few questions and they've been edited to include the game name in the question title.
It was my understanding that this was not required as the game is in the tag.
These have had the game name added
This one has not
Is there a reason for this? Or is there a policy on this?
The moderator who edited the titles into your questions left this reason
If the title is enough to understand what game is being asked about, then it doesn't need the game. If the title is broad enough, adding the game means the same question can be asked about a different game, and it's easier to know which game the question is applied to in any case where only the title is shown. For example, in the "related questions" sidebar, or the "similar questions" that appear when composing a question.
However, the general established norm is not to add titles to the name of a question, because tags are already picked up by google searches, used to help filter related questions when asking a new question, and I believe used to populate the related questions tab. So the only real benefit would be if the question goes to HNQ people can see which game it is about without navigating to it. Given those reasons, it is pretty redundant to add the name of the game to the title, and just adds clutter.
Also, regarding your third question listed, it is completely possible for other games to have the ability to kill sharks while underwater. In fact other games in the Assassin's Creed series have that (Black Flag). So by the logic that was given to add it to the first two questions, the third should have been edited as well. The logic could also be applied to most of the questions on our site, but we have tags for a reason, so use them instead of adding the game name to the title.
It would seem to be a judgement call.
@MadScientist said in the related question
In cases like this, where the question itself is completely generic and applies to many games, adding the title perfectly acceptable
Seems to sum it up. I also appreciate the points raised by @Wrigglenite
If the title is enough to understand what game is being asked about, then it doesn't need the game. If the title is broad enough, adding the game means the same question can be asked about a different game, and it's easier to know which game the question is applied to in any case where only the title is shown. For example, in the "related questions" sidebar, or the "similar questions" that appear when composing a question.
So it might even be worth some time searching for similar question titles which already exist to see if the question feels generic enough to include a game name.
I'll bear these points in mind for the future. Thanks!
As I've mentioned in a comment
If the title is enough to understand what game is being asked about, then it doesn't need the game. If the title is broad enough, adding the game means the same question can be asked about a different game, and it's easier to know which game the question is applied to in any case where only the title is shown. For example, in the "related questions" sidebar, or the "similar questions" that appear when composing a question.
When browsing the Arqade homepage or several other lists of questions, the titles are shown with all associated tags below. But when asking a question, the user is shown a list of titles without tags, which can be very confusing if no context is given, as shown here. The "Linked questions", "Related questions" and Hot Network Questions lists all show titles by themselves, so purposefully removing context from these questions is doing a disservice to the community whenever a question appears on one of these lists.
As for the third question? Personally, I didn't notice. But that's the nice thing about Arqade, everyone can and is incouraged improve posts whenever they see something that could be fixed.
So, if I'm asking about which shouts to use against Alduin, that doesn't need the game in the title. But if I'm asking about the best way to hide a body? Yeah, it's helpful.
