People who've got a thread

[time 8,721]

If you're asking the question, the answer's more than likely 'no'.

[arghton 7,044]

Wise words from Spade in this thread:

1) Are they someone who will attract any interesting discussion? Cliff Richard probably isn't going to drop dead any time soon, but there's always lots of rumour and innuendo about him

2) Are they actually famous? Threads for the second bass player from The Bluetones probably aren't valuable

3) Are they in the public eye? Threads about hermits won't work, which is why I wouldn't start a, say, Bobbie Gentry thread. However, Jenny Ditski got a thread from me because she was very vocal on Twitter during her final months.

4) Are you post-whoring? Please don't.

 

I would add: 5) Are they ill, frail, old or even somewhat likely to die in the next 3-7 years?

 

My two cents: Unlikely to die in the next 30 years and while she might attract (uninteresting) discussion, it could all go in the Political Discussions And Ranting Thread.

 

I don't get the threads on healthy 40-, 50-somethings. There are a select few I've made threads on, and they're all either very old or ill, and a few I've thought of (the late Kenneth Cope, Violeta Chamorro and Empress Farah of Iran)

[Master Obit 880]

Perhaps we need a flowchart.

 

 

 

[Sir Creep 7,091]

On 02/11/2024 at 08:13, Master Obit said:

Perhaps we need a flowchart.

 

 

 

That’s some shite right there unless you loop the last Yes back to the top.  

[The Old Crem 3,704]

Crowdsourced candidates without a thread (or a small size group one that is appropriate for Peter Yarrow and debatably Antonia Fraser).
Sophie Kinsella 

Violeta Chamorro 

Joan Plowright 

Michael Tilson Thomas
Black Bart

Lee Merriwether 

Theo Burrell