FYI: New Thread Prefix for OBITs

Subject: RE: FYI: New Thread Prefix for OBITs
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Jul 01 - 02:12 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: FYI: New Thread Prefix for OBITs
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 22 Jul 01 - 07:18 AM

If used consistently it'll stop that business when yiu see a name in a heading, and open the thread fearing the worst, and it turns out something nice has happened to them.

Or of course the other way round, when you assume it's some new bit of good news, and it turns out they've died unexpectedly.

Subject: RE: FYI: New Thread Prefix for OBITs
From: mousethief
Date: 22 Jul 01 - 01:13 AM

Good point, Lepus Rex!

I hate writing "Good point." Grrrr.

Alex

Subject: RE: FYI: New Thread Prefix for OBITs
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 22 Jul 01 - 01:08 AM

Good idea...

I hate just writing things like "Good idea..." or "I agree..." Oh well. :)

---Lepus Rex

Subject: FYI: New Thread Prefix for OBITs
From: wysiwyg
Date: 22 Jul 01 - 12:10 AM

Thanks to Pene Azul for creating a new prefix for Mudcat thread titles-- OBIT, for Obituaries. Sad to see so many losses of late, but wonderful to be able to read about the greats of folk music and people's memories of their gifts and talents.

There was a thread describing the need that led up to this; I understand from Joe Offer that OBIT was chosen so that it could be most easily searched without turning up too many inaccurate results-- unlike the often-used RIP, which is a syllable appearing so often in words in threads that it was felt it would make for confusing searches.

~Susan