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Here's an example:
> Doug Crockford gave a talk on his book "JavaScript: The Good Parts". This article explains what he likes, what he doesn't, and why: Doug Crockford Talk on JavaScript (news.yc, reddit)
This implies that the content is an interpretation by someone else of Crockford, and that his talk was about his book, which it wasn't (it had the same subject). Besides that, it's verbose (in my opinion), and doesn't put the most relevant info at the front of the sentence. I would have edited it to read:
> Doug Crockford Talk on JavaScript (news.yc, reddit) - Author of "JavaScript: The Good Parts" on what's good and bad about Javascript.
or better yet:
> Doug Crockford Talk on JavaScript (news.yc, reddit) - Javascript pro/cons from author of "JavaScript: The Good Parts" (transcript).
I hope this criticism is helpful.