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Sorry for editorializing the title. It’s a direct quote from the article. The original title doesn’t describe why I’m posting this to HN!

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But I went to the article looking for info about Blender and was disappointed.

> “Flow’s” Golden Globe award is also a win for the democratization of the animation process. The film was created using Blender, a free, open-source software widely used by independent and amateur animators. This marks the first time a Blender-made production has won the Golden Globe for animated feature, proving that major success in the medium is, at least theoretically, open to all creators, not just those working in the studio system.

Yeah, there's essentially nothing in the article that isn't stated in the post title. That's the downside of a post which is about a tidbit within a longer article, rather than a post linking to an article entirely about its subject.

That doesn’t preclude the articles relevance though. It would be strange/disappointing for the first Golden Globe awarded to a Blender-animated picture to not be submitted; even in-spite of the title and lack of elaboration in the article.

I think we have different assumptions.

My hope/assumption is that somewhere there is/will be a much better article about this fact, and that should be the one that gets submitted.

Title: ‘Flow’s’ Shock Golden Globe Win Is a Long Overdue Triumph for Indie Animation

Perhaps other posters have felt constrained by this, and yet not broken guidelines?

Well, I'm happy someone did break the guidelines, as this title gives me far more information.

If the title hadn't been editorialized, I would have simply not clicked here.

If the title hadn't been editorialized, I would have probably never known.

For future readers, a backup of the HN editorialized title:

First time a Blender-made production has won the Golden Globe

I'm not sure what is a good solution here.

I think this is interesting to HN because of the blender thing, but at the same time I like that we try and keep things sober around here.

The not-breaking-guideline approach to posting this is much worse in my opinion. We often see tweets submitted that are little more than editorialized headlines and a link.

I suppose OP could have found an article that focuses more on the Blender aspect. Though, that still relies on the article to have a title relevant to HN. Personally, I am okay with what OP did.

Servile adherence to rules, even in cases where the rule isn't doing anybody any good, isn't a good quality to have.

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