Use the original title: Submit the actual title from the source page unless it is misleading or linkbait.And this can be said to be misleading in my opinion
It's regularly the case that they are simply too long to fit, so editorializing is necessary. Either cutting them slightly short, removing descriptors, excess verbs etc, is better than chopping a word in half.
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And this can be said to be misleading in my opinion
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