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lapucelle

(19,525 posts) Sun Oct 29, 2023, 09:58 AM Oct 2023

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Does a descriptive sub-headline count in the four paragraph excerpt limit? N/T (Original Post) lapucelle Oct 2023 OP

Don't know, but very good question. nt sl8 Oct 2023 #1

Probably not; sub-headlines are often written by editors, not authors, Ocelot II Oct 2023 #2

Thanks. lapucelle Oct 2023 #4

It shouldn't. Nothing through the byline should count in that limit. highplainsdem Oct 2023 #3

Thank you. lapucelle Oct 2023 #5

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1. Don't know, but very good question. nt

Sun Oct 29, 2023, 10:00 AM

Oct 2023

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2. Probably not; sub-headlines are often written by editors, not authors,

Sun Oct 29, 2023, 10:06 AM

Oct 2023

so I don't count them.

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4. Thanks.

Sun Oct 29, 2023, 10:09 AM

Oct 2023

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3. It shouldn't. Nothing through the byline should count in that limit.

Sun Oct 29, 2023, 10:07 AM

Oct 2023

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5. Thank you.

Sun Oct 29, 2023, 10:09 AM

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