I've added OBIT to all the "RIP" threads, because the RIP's were relatively easy to find. Now, Jon and you other techie people, might you be able to come up with a category filter we can add to the Site Map - PermaThread page? [Ideally, the OBIT filter should filter out "Jacobite" ;-) ]
There is a lot of valuable information that has been posted on Mudcat over the years. I've been working on cross-indexing threads when I can. Take a look at what I did just now with John Hartford (click). It was a relatively easy task. Pene designed a thread renaming utility that lets me rename threads quite efficiently, so I renamed all the RIP threads in short order.
In editing the thread names, I noticed that several people posted links to newspaper obituaries, and some of these links have expired. If at all possible, post both a link and the text of newspaper information (and be sure to include line breaks). I have deleted the "BS" designation from all the obituary threads I found - I think that's appropriate. My understanding of BS is that it should be for threads that are just shooting the breeze, idle chatter.
-Joe Offer-