Maybe "OBIT" wasn't the ideal prefix to have chosen for Mudcat. But unless someone has a better idea, we're stuck with it. (Guess we can't use "DEAD" because someone might think the thread refers to the Grateful Dead!) ("GONE"?) ("LEFT"?) ("BYE"?)

By Fiolar's dictionary definition, a biography within an obit is "typical" (my dictionary says "usual"), which I take to mean "commonly done but not required." The dictionary definition does not include the expressions of grief, sorrow, outrage or other emotions often expressed in a "typical" Mudcat "OBIT" thread. There's nothing about joking, complaining, bitching or flaming in there, either!