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Q&A Why does the title come after the body when writing a question?

I made that design decision. If it doesn't work we can of course change it, but the reasoning is pretty much what @pnuts said in another answer. On other sites I've seen a lot of bad titles, ones...

posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2020-08-02T01:58:05Z (over 4 years ago)
I made that design decision.  If it doesn't work we can of course change it, but the reasoning is pretty much what @pnuts said in another answer.  On other sites I've seen a *lot* of bad titles, ones that didn't match the question that came out at the end of the question body, and I think that's because the mere act of *writing* a question can change what you thought you were asking as you rubber-duck your problem.  I consider myself to be pretty proficient at asking questions and this still happens to me a lot.  Being conscientious, I go back and rewrite my title when this happens, but I don't assume that everybody will.

Placement after the body is only upon first posting the question.  When editing or, of course, viewing, the title is at the top.