i honestly don't know where it got changed to munch the custom titles, but it's been a 'feature' that has come up many times already

Yes it has and I won't go on a soapbox about it as I've done before but an upgrade of a database in an Enterprise that mangled or moved data around like that would not be on the market very long.

I think Rick does a fantastic job overall but would like to see improvements on that sort of thing.

Indeed it's ugly, and data loss.