Question: I innocently edited the title of the question, [I accidentally a whole fact table](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6364780/i-accidentally-a-whole-fact-table). Apparently, this kind of grammar with no verb is [an internet meme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-accidentally). Because I was not familiar with said meme (which I do find funny and will probably use elsewhere), it suckered me and at least two others into [revising it](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/6364780/revisions).

When I edit a post, I spend my own valuable time to contribute to the quality of the site, with no other compensation than the fact that I am indefinably helping somehow (and, I suppose, serving the complaining OCD voices in my head that don't like to see poor grammar).

Anyway, while the title may be humorous, I'm not so sure it's the best kind of humor to have here, given how it's going to keep sucking people in to try to edit the question.

I also don't think locking the question is the right answer, either, because this won't prevent people from visiting the question to *try* to fix it.

What do you think?

Answer: 
The title should be edited correctly and the post locked. The users involved should at least be looked at closely. While perhaps not intended as such, it's just internet vandalism and isn't really what this site is about.
Found some relevant discussions:

* [Stack Overflow: Where We Hate Fun](https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/01/stack-overflow-where-we-hate-fun/) - Jeff basically says *some* fun will be tolerated, as long as it's not disruptive. But **no** smiling.
* [Joke Questions: Please Refrain](https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/joke-questions-please-refrain/) - more problematic than just a joke in the title, but the issues are related
* [Should April Fools' Day questions be only asked on Meta?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/45248/should-april-fools-day-questions-be-only-asked-on-meta)
* [Why was the "How to launch a missile" question deleted?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/47929/why-was-the-how-to-launch-a-missile-question-deleted)

Personally I think if the question *body* had started with "I accidentally my whole table" it would've been just fine. And then if someone then commented "Sounds dangerous" that'd be fine to. But question titles are much more visible. In many cases they'll be people's first introduction to the site as they find questions through Google, so it's important that they are clear and accurate. In any case, getting into an edit war over any of these is just silly.

**Edit**: TheTXI makes a good point in [Should 'Hi', 'thanks', taglines, and salutations be removed from posts?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2950/should-hi-thanks-and-taglines-and-salutations-be-removed-from-posts/3021#3021). *Starting* with a joke uses up space in the question preview, making it a little harder for people to tell what it's about. I'm not sure that means you *can't* start with a joke, but it's worth considering. Even better would be to *end* the question with "I can't believe I accidentally the whole thing!".