I don't know the formal way to request this, so I am putting it up here--

What with all the deaths lately, and all the related discussion threads, I think we ought to have a prefix such as OBIT-- for the discussion, reminisces, obsequies, and a posting of the real obituary from whatever paper or news service--it would be nice if it were a thread that could stay up for a week or so, so that we wouldn't have the situation that occurred with John Lee Hooker, namely that there was a thread, it disappeared after a day or so, and then someone who had heard about his death had to post a question--

People think it is morbid, I know, to make a fuss about obituaries, but they are a really important way to note important lives--here, with musicians, songwriters, and performers, they also tend to be personally very influential lives to many of us--