On: Graph Theory is the s(c/l)um of Topology (?) Recently a question got asked that effectively asked for the origin of the quote "Graph theory is the scum of topolgy" indicating it might not be the exact quote but something along these lines. Indeed, the quote "Graph theory is the slums of topology" is a well known quote and soon enough this was given as answer(s). The question got/is closed, this is not really the point of this post (one might consider this question as deserving closure for some reason). But, there was some complaint in the comments (I assume but do not know, there are deleted comments in addition) regarding the word "scum" and the OP got edited to now mention "slum" instead of "scum.". Note: this edit was made by OP but there is an intermediate version with a strikethrough that came from a moderator due to complaints in comments. Is this editing necessary and/or useful?

Maybe the solution is to change the title to something like "Derogatory Quote About Graph Theory" and restore the original word scum to the body (but not the title) of the question. Quid is certainly right that the question as it currently stands makes it look like the OP didn't bother to Google, and I think it's wrong to create that impression.

I am among those who don't understand why this gave offense in the first place, so I might be missing the point entirely, and therefore won't make the edit myself. But I'm hoping that getting the word out of the title would be enough to make everyone happy.

**Edited to add:** In view of the upvotes for this answer, and particularly in view of the fact that nobody has expressed any disagreement with it, I am about to go ahead and make the edits I proposed.