Rip Topic

[Prudie]

I know I (and others) have suggested more than once before that we have an RIP (or some other suitable heading) topic. Every time someone notable dies there are a selection of threads in various topics about it. Today we have 2 on Cliff Michelmore and 2 on Paul Daniels and 1 on Frank sinatra Jr. Either in News or CB. If they were musicians they'd probably also be in Music.
All in one place we could look and pay our respects (and see if anyone had already posted it) - or do we get a different class of sympathy depending on where it's posted?

[Islay]

Does it matter how many times its posted?

[retrocop]

//If they were musicians they'd probably also be in Music.//

You didn't appreciate Frank Sinatra jnr then Prudie? :-)

[ummmm]

Posters could put the name in search box to see if its been posted.

Some people in the News section rarely look in CB and vice versa..

[Prudie]

Well yes Islay to me it does, if you want to say something do you have to add it to everyone's thread to be fair?
Retrocop that made me laugh, I wasn't thinking..(was he a singer then?)

[retrocop]

Prudie
Yes he was a singer apparently. He died on a tour.
https://uk.celebrity.yahoo.com/post/141189689394/frank-sinatra-jr-dies-of-heart-attack-on-tour

[Barsel]

I think that's a good idea Prudie.

[hc4361]

I think it's a good idea, too.

[AB Editor]

Do we have enough deaths to fill section?

I know we do today, but every month?

I like the ideas of an obituary section in theory - but it would be sad for it to be empty?

[hc4361]

It would be great if it were empty, Ed. You can't wish for famous people to die just to fill a topic :D

[ummmm]

So far this year it would be quite full. It's been such a sad year so far.

[AB Editor]

Not quite what I meant.

Maybe people would use it to remember people who have died - even those the rest of us don't know?

[Prudie]

Yes I get your point Ed. What I mean is 'have you heard who's died today' but that's rather insensitive. When Bowie died there must have been about 6 or more threads all running at once.

[retrocop]

I agree with Prudie
I hate clutter and would sooner have ONE only R.I.P. thread. Saves jumping all over the site although I don't visit them much because most of the modern musicians/singers and entertainers are unknown to me any way.

[Mamyalynne]

I think the idea has merit , for a popular entertainer some tribute threads in the appropriate category could still follow the obituary.

[Gromit]

I cannot see a problem with how it is now.

Different sections on AB have different readers and contributors. I rarely go to chatter bank and would miss a current news event if it was a subsection over there.

Keep it how it is.

[Barsel]

AB Editor. Could we just try it and see how it goes. I should think there are other topics that don't get used a great deal and if it isn't successful perhaps it could be withdrawn?

[Robinia]

It's not a bad idea but there will always be duplicate posts I suppose.
Some sub-topics aren't used at all, maybe they could be removed, including these...

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