I'm the one who added "Obit" to the Ann Landers Thread. The thread titles are used to index and classify the Forum, so people can find it. So, yes, we have to have some uniformity for it to work. We used to have somb "obit" thread and some RIP - for ease of searching, we decided to add OBIT to all the RIP's. Out of respect for the departed, I usually don't add "BS" to the non-music obituaries.
-Joe-