Grim Reaper 186 Posted September 28, 2003 Welcome to the new Deathlist forumHere you can post comments about the DeathList, ask questions about DeathList, suggest candidates for next year's list or leave abusive messages (which will of course be deleted - unless they are entertaining enough!).DeathList Committee 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Reaper 186 Posted June 16, 2004 OK Ranters - in trying to keep some order to the DeathList forum we clearly need some guidelines for ranting. Here they are... Allowable rants are as follows: Ones they contain at least one decent argument Failing that... they must at least have some amusement factor Banned rants are as follows: Purely abusive rants Insane rants It would be nice not to have to put a ban on unregistered guests posting (of course I dont mean the newly registered "Unregistered Guest" - youre just trying to be difficult ) or to have to warn registered ranters. Special mentions for: Weatherman90 - I dont care how old you are - youve made some good postings but a few wild ones as well - try to stick to the rules above Karl-Erik Wadin Wesslén - Few of your posts adhere to the above guidelines so far so try a little harder please - and stop trying to provoke Weatherman90! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted June 17, 2004 Allowable rants are as follows:Ones they contain at least one decent argument Failing that... they must at least have some amusement factor Banned rants are as follows: Purely abusive rants Insane rants Well that me out on all but one point. You b*stards. Damn... Better make that all counts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stayin Alive 26 Posted June 19, 2004 Please remember: if your post is about a name on THIS YEAR'S list, please visit the 2005 Names Forum and post your message there. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Yeti 14 Posted June 23, 2004 The 2004 List In Full : (Ranking, Name, Age, Famousness Test) 1 Pope John Paul II 84 Popet DEAD 08/08/04 2 Fay Wray 97 King Kong's Squeeze 3 Max Schmeling 99 Hitler's Boxer 4 Ronnie Biggs 75 Ambassador DEAD 05/06/04 5 Ronald Reagan 93 (former) Idiot 6 Simon Wiesenthal 96 Nazi Hunter 7 Michael Foot 91 Tramp 8 Ernest Gallo 95 Wine maker DEAD 30/12/04 9 Artie Shaw 94 Big Band leader DEAD 05/10/04 10 Rodney Dangerfield 82 Comedian DEAD 29/10/04 11 Princess Alice 102 Queen Mum's sister-in-law 12 Albert Hofmann 98 Creator of LSD 13 John Mills 96 Actor DEAD 02/08/04 14 Henri Cartier-Bresson 96 Photographer DEAD 24/04/08 15 Estée Lauder 98 Fashion leader 16 Claude Levi-Strauss 96 Scientist DEAD 28/03/04 17 Peter Ustinov 83 Writer, Actor & Raconteur DEAD 29/03/04 18 Alistair Cooke 96 Broadcaster 19 Frankie Laine 91 Singer DEAD 20/03/04 20 Queen Juliana 95 ex Queen of Netherlands 21 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 93 Guru DEAD 09/12/04 22 Lord Scarman 93 Judge 23 Joseph Barbera 93 Cartoonist (Hanna-Barbera) 24 Gretchen Franklin 93 Eastender (Ethel) 25 Lord James Callaghan 92 ex UK PM 26 Byron Nelson 92 Golfer 27 Charles Haughey 79 ex Irish PM 28 Edward Heath 88 ex UK PM 29 Gerald Ford 91 ex US President 30 Alexander Solzhenitsyn 86 Author 31 Ian Brady 66 All round Mr Nice Guy 32 Bill Deedes 89 Journalist 33 Karl Malden 90 Actor 34 Yitzhak Shamir 89 ex PM Israel 35 General Pervez Musharraf 62 Pakistani President / Moving target DEAD 07/08/04 36 Red Adair 89 Fire Fighter 37 General Pinochet 89 Dictator 38 Eli Wallach 89 Actor 39 Arthur Miller 89 Playwright / Mr. Marilyn Monroe 40 PW Botha 88 Dictator (Deposed) 41 Dom Mintoff 88 ex Malta PM 42 Kirk Douglas 88 Actor 43 Vincent O'Brien 93 Horse Trainer 44 Herbert Lom 87 Actor 45 Arthur C Clarke 87 Scientist / Author 46 Kurt Waldheim 86 Nazi 47 Cliff Michelmore 85 TV Presenter 48 Mickey Rooney 84 Actor 49 Robert Mugabe 80 Dictator 50 Clive Dunn 82 Death List Favourite Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Yeti 14 Posted October 12, 2004 Before you start a new thread on a celebrity use the Search function at the top of the page FIRST to see if there is already a thread in existence ! (the one with the magnifying glass under the Search Deathlist box (which doesn't work)) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Yeti 14 Posted January 2, 2005 The 2005 List In Full : (Ranking, Name, Age, Famousness Test) 1 Dead 2/4/05 Pope John Paul II 84 Poped his clogs 2 Ronnie Biggs 76 Ambassador 3 Dead 3/2/05 Max Schmeling 100 Hitler's Boxer (Maybe) 4 Dead 20/9/05 Simon Wiesenthal 97 Nazi Hunter 5 Patrick Moore 82 Star Astronomer 6 Brooke Astor 103 Philanthropist 7 Dead 4/9/05 William Rehnquist 81 US Chief Of Justice 8 Albert Hofmann 99 Creator Of LSD 9 Oscar Niemeyer 98 Architect 10 Dead 13/2/05 Sister Lucia 98 Fatima Visionary 11 Dead 17/7/05 Edward Heath 89 ex UK PM 12 Claude Levi-Strauss 97 Scientist 13 John Kenneth Galbraith 97 Economist 14 Dead 23/4/05 John Mills 97 Actor 15 Ernest Gallo 96 Wine Maker 16 Norman Wisdom 90 Comedian 17 Al Lewis 95 Munster Grandpa 18 Dead 12/7/05 Gretchen Franklin 94 Eastender Ethel 19 Elizabeth Taylor 73 Wife^x 20 Joseph Barbera 94 Cartoonist (Hanna-Barbera) 21 Alexander Solzhenitsyn 87 Author 22 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 94 Guru 23 Claire Raynor 75 Agony / Agony Aunt 24 Byron Nelson 93 Golfer 25 Dead 26/3/05 James Callaghan 93 ex UK PM 26 Dead 10/12/05 Richard Pryor 65 Comedian 27 Milton Friedman 93 Economist 28 Dead 25/10/05 Rosa Parks 92 US Civil Rights Figure 29 Hamed Karzai 48 Temporary Afghan President 30 Bill Deedes 90 Journalist 31 Diego Maradona 45 Hand Of God / Nose Of Idiot 32 Frankie Laine 92 Singer 33 Gerald Ford 92 ex US President 34 Jake Lamotta 84 Boxer 35 Michael Foot 92 Failed Politician 36 Tony Martin 92 Crooner 37 Jane Wyman 91 Actress 38 Dead 20/7/05 James Doohan 85 Trekkie Engineer 39 Eli Wallach 90 The Ugly Actor 40 General Pinochet 90 Dictator 41 Les Paul 90 Guitar Maker 42 Olivia De Havilland 89 Actress 43 P W Botha 89 ex Dictator 44 Walter Cronkite 89 Journalist 45 Herbert Lom 88 Actor 46 Betty Ford 89 Clinician 47 Kurt Waldheim 87 Nazi 48 Peter O'Sullevan 87 Talkie Horsey 49 Fidel Castro 79 Anti-American 50 Jerry Lewis 79 Comedian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Yeti 14 Posted August 11, 2005 Recognise anyone ... ? Yourself maybe ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted January 19, 2006 Please bear in mind that all rants will be assessed by Mr. Magere Heins magnificent 'Deathlist Rant Index' RFC 616 - The DeathList Rant Index DeathList Technical Working Group Request for Comments: 616 Version: 1.03 Date: 24 October 2005 A Standard for the rating of rants, posted on DeathList Forum Status of this Memo This memo describes a method for the rating of rants on DeathList Forum and its subfora. Readers' comments are invited, either by posting them, or by PM'ing the author. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Overview Rants, defined here as posts written with the purpose of venting anger, are regularly posted on DeathList Forum and its subfora. The quality of those rants varies greatly. The DeathList Rant Index (DLRI) is proposed as a tool for rating a rant. General principles To be a rant, a post must communicate anger about posts published on DeathList Forum or Deathlist as a whole. A post containing just random characters cannot be a rant. On the other hand, a well-reasoned criticism, written in immaculate English, can be, even if it is not recognised immediately. Normally, a rant will be written in anger, a mood in which the writer easily makes mistakes. These mistakes come in the following categories: Content Language and formatting Stupidity Scoring Scoring starts at 0. For each of the listed elements a post is awarded one point if it is present in the post. All points are added and the total divided by the number of elements listed and multiplied by 100 and finally rounded to the nearest whole number. When an element is present more than once, this will not result in more points. All possible DLRI values lie between 0 and 100. To count as a rant an index value of at least 10 is needed. For scoring purposes the name of the ranter, the topic and the topic description are considered part of the post. Signatures are not considered part of the post. Scoring elements Here follows a list of DLRI scoring elements. Content The post states that the members of DeathList.net are sick. This includes any presumed diagnosis of physical or mental disease. The post states that a relative or friend of the writer died recently. The post states that a living relative or friend of the writer suffers from cancer or some other terminal disease. If the post is written in a topic about a person, living or dead, the post states or infers that the subject is above criticism. The post states or infers that the poster is morally or intellectually superior to the members of DeathList.net. The post contains one or more obscenities. The post states or infers a wish of a painful or imminent death on the members of DeathList.net. The post states or infers a wish that the members of DeathList.net go to hell. Language and formatting Bad grammar, spelling, interpuction or formatting do not automatically form a DLRI scoring element. Posts in languages other than English cannot be scored for these elements. The post contains five or more misspelt words. Obvious typos do not count as spelling mistakes, nor do accepted spelling variants. The post contains two or more grammatical errors. The post contains one or more instances of misuse of "there / their / they're / there're". The post contains one or more instances of misuse of "your / you're". The post contains one or more instances of "alot" instead of "a lot". The post contains one or more instances of the pronoun "I" in lower case. The post contains five or more instances of bad interpunction and capitalisation. The post contains three or more instances of a multisyllabic word written in ALL CAPS. The post is written in one case only (lower case or capital). The post contains one or more instances of consecutive question marks (??) or exclamation marks (!!). The post contains l33t5PE@K or AOLese. The posts speaks about the poster in the third person Stupidity While all rants are stupid, not all stupid posts are rants. The post contains one or more direct contradictions. The post contains one or more statements that are widely agreed on to be false. The post tries to rebut a statement that was not made in a previous post in the topic. The post contains one or more email addresses. The post contains one or more threats of physical violence. As an example, let's take a recent post: QUOTE you people are sick!! Miep Gies is a brave women who risked her life to protect the Frank family!! even thinking about her dying is probably the sickest thing i have ever heard! imagine if someone was wondering if you were going to die!!! i bet you wouldn't like it! i recently had a death in my family and it wasn't the best thing in the world. we all knew he was going to die but did we ever talk about it or even cry infront of him?! NO!! I by accident came across this site and i am digusted! i had a family member who lived to 100 so saying someone isold so they will die soon is totally wrong! Miep Gies seems like she was put on this earth for a reason, to save Anne Frank's diary. just because she did her duty doesn't mean a f*****g thing! Go To Hell All Of You! >:0 [1] The post states that the members of DeathList.net are sick. [1] The post states that a relative or friend of the writer died recently. [0] The post states that a living relative or friend of the writer suffers from cancer or some other terminal disease. [1] If the post is written in a topic about a person, living or dead, the post states or infers that the subject is above criticism. [0] The post states or infers that the poster is morally or intellectually superior to the members of DeathList.net. [1] The post contains one or more obscenities. [0] The post states or infers a wish of a painful or imminent death on the members of DeathList.net. [1] The post states or infers a wish that the members of DeathList.net to go to hell. [1] The post contains five or more misspelt words. Obvious typos do not count as spelling mistakes, nor do accepted spelling variants. [0] The post contains two or more grammatical errors. [0] The post contains one or more instances of misuse of "there / their / they're / there're". [0] The post contains one or more instances of misuse of "your/ you're". [0] The post contains one or more instances of "alot" instead of "a lot". [1] The post contains one or more instances of the pronoun "I" in lower case. [1] The post contains five or more instances of bad interpunction and capitalisation. [0] The post contains three or more instances of a multisyllabic word written in ALL CAPS. [0] The post is written in one case only (lower case or capital). [1] The post contains one or more instances of consecutive question marks (??) or exclamation marks (!!). [0] The post contains l33t5PE@K or AOLese. [0] The posts speaks about the poster in the third person [1] The post contains one or more direct contradictions. [1] The post contains one or more statements that are widely agreed on to be false. [0] The post tries to rebut a statement that was not made in a previous post in the topic. [0] The post contains one or more email addresses. [0] The post contains one or more threats of physical violence. Warnings are considered threats. The DLRI of this post is (11/25)*100 = 44. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Yeti 14 Posted January 22, 2006 The 2006 List In Full : (Ranking, Name, Age, Famousness Test) 1 Dead 6/01/06 Lou Rawls 71 Soul Singer (now just soul) 2 Alfredo Di Stefano 80 Football Legend 3 Ronnie Biggs 77 Brazilian Ambassador 4 Brooke Astor 104 Philanthropist 5 Charles Lane 106 Actor 6 Dead 15/05/06 Stanley Kunitz 101 Poet Laureate USA 7 Albert Hofmann 100 Creator Of LSD 8 Oscar Niemeyer 99 Architect 9 Claude Levi-Strauss 98 Scientist (Not Jeans) 10 Harold Pinter 76 Playwright 11 Haji Soeharto 86 Ex-President Indonesia 12 Ernest Gallo 97 Wine Maker 13 Dead 4/02/06 Al Lewis 96 Munster Grandpa 14 Patrick Moore 83 Star Astronomer 15 Joseph Barbera 95 Cartoonist (Hanna & ...) 16 Claudia 'Lady Bird' Johnson 94 Ex-First Lady USA 17 Milton Friedman 94 Economist 18 Byron Nelson 94 Golfer 19 Gerald Ford 93 Ex-President USA 20 Michael Foot 93 Failed Politician 21 Jane Wyman 92 Ex-Mrs. Ronald Reagan 22 Eli Wallach 91 The Ugly Actor 23 Dead 10/03/06 John Profumo 91 Indiscreet Politician 24 Norman Wisdom 91 Gump 25 Kirk Douglas 90 Actor 26 Pieter Willem Botha 90 Ex-President South Africa 27 Dom Mintoff 90 Ex-Prime Minister Malta 28 Dead 28/03/06 Casper Weinberger 89 Politician USA 29 Vera Lynn 89 Dover Lover 30 Abdelaziz Bouteflika 69 President Algeria 31 Kurt Waldheim 88 Nazi Ex-Secretary-General UN 32 Alexander Solzhenitsyn 88 Author 33 Billy Graham 88 God Botherer 34 Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay 64 Floating Like A Butterfly 35 Ingmar Bergman 88 Film Director 36 Margaret Thatcher 81 Rusting Iron Lady 37 Agostino 'Dino' De Laurentiis 88 Film Producer 38 Jerome David Salinger 87 Author 39 Claire Raynor 76 Agony / Agony Aunt 40 Jake Lamotta 85 Boxer 41 Mickey Rooney 86 Actor 42 Charlton Heston 82 Michael Moore's Best Friend 43 Augusto Pinochet Ugarte 91 Ex-Dictator Chile 44 Tony Curtis 81 Actor 45 Nelson Mandela 88 Free ! 46 Dead 13/06/06 Charles Haughey 91 Ex-Prime Minister Ireland 47 George Melly 80 Jazz, Man 48 Dead 24/06/06 Aaron Spelling 78 TV Producer 49 Elizabeth Taylor 74 Serial Wife 50 Clive Dunn 84 Don't Panic ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted September 6, 2016 Just wondering, is posting in this topic any use at all anymore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted September 6, 2016 Just wondering, is posting in this topic any use at all anymore Stop being such a dick. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 28, 2017 Did some fucking admin ACTUALLY go in and edit my signature???????????????????There is zero level of audacity around here. Sir C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted January 28, 2017 Did some fucking admin ACTUALLY go in and edit my signature??????????????????? There is zero level of audacity around here. Sir C Must have been one of those pesky mods. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted January 28, 2017 Did some fucking admin ACTUALLY go in and edit my signature??????????????????? There is zero level of audacity around here. Sir C I don't think you even put a signature down there if that's what your talking about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boudicca 702 Posted May 9, 2018 On 28/01/2017 at 08:48, Paul Bearer said: Must have been one of those pesky mods. Don't you start to blame me I had no idea this sort of fun was happening and condoned from On High because I'd have been very much involved. I think I've just contradicted myself there Sorry, anyway Sir C. The Admin Gods messing with people's signatures really is a deathlist tradition and a badge of honour. They did it to me plenty. A LOT. Practically constantly. You've arrived Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted May 10, 2018 23 hours ago, Boudicca said: Don't you start to blame me I had no idea this sort of fun was happening and condoned from On High because I'd have been very much involved. I think I've just contradicted myself there Sorry, anyway Sir C. The Admin Gods messing with people's signatures really is a deathlist tradition and a badge of honour. They did it to me plenty. A LOT. Practically constantly. You've arrived Do you not read dates on posts? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boudicca 702 Posted May 10, 2018 Lol at rogue date. Apparently not, Deathray And thank you for pointing it out so politely I am totally losing it. I'll give you, and MK, and Zorders, my mod login. Time for the younger and stronger members to start doing things properly. I'm fairly sure Paul DDT and DI will be absolutely fine with that and the usual "nothing could go wrong" disclaimer will apply. It'll be fantastic. Or terrible. We made Banshees Scream a mod once. It was both. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted May 10, 2018 Admin charon, mod Deathray, you know it makes sense. Also mod Cat for when things actually need fixed. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CarolAnn 926 Posted May 19, 2018 I will shank you all. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted May 19, 2018 10 hours ago, CarolAnn said: I will shank you all. For those dyslexic guests looking in. That is not what it says. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted May 20, 2018 Didn't bother updating the ranting rules while you were buried in the GDPR? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 24, 2018 Rant goes here. It's become apparent that a fair number of you don't give a rat's ass about your privacy, etc etc. The number of links I click on that take me to sources that 'install cookies if you agree' are annoying. I know.... you just click 'agree agree agree' so that you can read this all important article/obit. Well I don't agree. Yes I've actually taken the time on a few occasions to click on the check boxes saying NO to all cookies etc being planted. But that's a PITA. Can we do better when providing links? SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted October 24, 2018 No, because cookies are used by every single QO, every other major news contributor, social media, this forum, etc etc etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
