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by SideburnsOfDoom 1500 days ago
> Please don't do things to make titles stand out, like using uppercase or exclamation point

This is the "use-mention distinction" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinctio... as applied to the "!" in "The WOW! signal"

This distinction is more common online when talking about bad speech (e.g. profanity and racism); content filters simply can't tell if you are using a bad word in anger, or just mentioning its use by others; they merely match the presence of the bad word.

IMHO, the "!" should not be removed as the submission is not "doing things" (i.e. using a "!" to pep up the title ), they are mentioning the well-known existing name of the thing.