Death Impends 7,963 Posted September 7, 2007 Luciano Pavarotti is dead. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6981032.stm Congratulations to those who picked him. What they said. Adding to that is the fact I've updated the site to reflect that. I noticed a mistake: You forgot to award points to the theme team "Godot's Fatties". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 7, 2007 Luciano Pavarotti is dead. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6981032.stm Congratulations to those who picked him. What they said. Adding to that is the fact I've updated the site to reflect that. I noticed a mistake: You forgot to award points to the theme team "Godot's Fatties". Indeed you are correct, thank you for pointing that out! The problem has now been rectified. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 8, 2007 Site updated to reflect the death of Sir John Compton. Congratulations to Windsor, who now holds first place in the Theme Team category. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 9, 2007 Site updated to reflect the death of Tasker Watkins. Congratulations to 2FAAS, who now shares top billing in the Theme Team category with W. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 11, 2007 Site updated to reflect the death of Jane Wyman and my questioning of SITD's recent whereabouts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted September 11, 2007 Site updated to reflect the death of Jane Wyman and my questioning of SITD's recent whereabouts. Here. At my PC. You can't stick me with these 3 deaths. Got nothing to do with me! Honest Gov'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted September 11, 2007 Ian Porterfield is dead. Congratulations to mr. Odstock for picking him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 12, 2007 Site updated (grudgingly) to reflect the death of Ian Porterfield. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,187 Posted September 12, 2007 Ian Porterfield is dead. Congratulations to mr. Odstock for picking him. Er.. Ta Well done to Godot & To Die For as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 16, 2007 Since people have been polite enough not to die lately, I actually managed to get some work on the site done. The literal ABCs of the CPDP are up now, so if you have a candidate whose last name begins with A, B or C (which I think is everyone), please have a quick glance and make sure that I haven't made a mess of your candidate's page (copy and pasting has many a flaw). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,963 Posted September 16, 2007 Since people have been polite enough not to die lately, I actually managed to get some work on the site done. The literal ABCs of the CPDP are up now, so if you have a candidate whose last name begins with A, B or C (which I think is everyone), please have a quick glance and make sure that I haven't made a mess of your candidate's page (copy and pasting has many a flaw). I see a flaw on Kenojuak Ashevak's page: She is said to be born June 18, 1955, but she's actually actually born on October 3, 1927. (EDIT again: I see you fixed it now) EDIT: For Bin Laden's page, you say he's an obscure Halibut theorist. Do you mean terrorist? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 16, 2007 Since people have been polite enough not to die lately, I actually managed to get some work on the site done. The literal ABCs of the CPDP are up now, so if you have a candidate whose last name begins with A, B or C (which I think is everyone), please have a quick glance and make sure that I haven't made a mess of your candidate's page (copy and pasting has many a flaw). I see a flaw on Kenojuak Ashevak's page: She is said to be born June 18, 1955, but she's actually actually born on October 3, 1927. (EDIT again: I see you fixed it now) EDIT: For Bin Laden's page, you say he's an obscure Halibut theorist. Do you mean terrorist? Ah, thank you. I knew that I'd do that at least once with all the copying and pasting - I did fix it after reading your message. Are you implying that bin Laden is an obscure Halibut terrorist? He's certainly not obscure as a terrorist. Anyhow, letters D, E and Y are up (well, and Z as well I guess), which is enough until at least Tuesday as far as I'm concerned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,963 Posted September 16, 2007 Since people have been polite enough not to die lately, I actually managed to get some work on the site done. The literal ABCs of the CPDP are up now, so if you have a candidate whose last name begins with A, B or C (which I think is everyone), please have a quick glance and make sure that I haven't made a mess of your candidate's page (copy and pasting has many a flaw). I see a flaw on Kenojuak Ashevak's page: She is said to be born June 18, 1955, but she's actually actually born on October 3, 1927. (EDIT again: I see you fixed it now) EDIT: For Bin Laden's page, you say he's an obscure Halibut theorist. Do you mean terrorist? Ah, thank you. I knew that I'd do that at least once with all the copying and pasting - I did fix it after reading your message. Are you implying that bin Laden is an obscure Halibut terrorist? He's certainly not obscure as a terrorist. Anyhow, letters D, E and Y are up (well, and Z as well I guess), which is enough until at least Tuesday as far as I'm concerned. Aah, I guess the wording was just a bit weird for me on bin Laden then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted September 17, 2007 Well done on the hard work. Just a query? I know famous for famous is subjective but I would argue that Sandy Allen and my own choices of the Dionnes should be deducted points for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,187 Posted September 17, 2007 Well done on the hard work. Just a query? I know famous for famous is subjective but I would argue that Sandy Allen and my own choices of the Dionnes should be deducted points for that. I disagree vehemently. Sandy Allen has been well known for some 20 years as the tallest (or one of the tallest) people in the world & on countless TV programmes & magazine articles. Ahem.. that she is my pick in no way clouds my judgement on the matter... no siree... not a jot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted September 17, 2007 I don't see how being famous for being tall is different from being famous for being old or famous for being related to someone or being a quintuplet. People have only heard of her because she's tall and now she's in poor health, she's only made these appearence because she's tall and not for any other reason. She's not an athlete she not an actress she's known because of a quirk of her birth and that makes her no different from the Dionnes in my view. I'm not getting at you. I mentioned two of my candidates that would lose points too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 17, 2007 Well done on the hard work. Just a query? I know famous for famous is subjective but I would argue that Sandy Allen and my own choices of the Dionnes should be deducted points for that. I thought about that for all of them, to be honest, but I took into account the spirit of the famous for being famous rule. The reason I instituted it was to discourage picks that are uncreative and were simply chosen on their high likelihood of dying. Sandy Allen and the Dionnes fit the spirit of "interesting picks" with the CPDP and I think punishing people for those kinds of picks defeats the purpose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted September 17, 2007 Well done on the hard work. Just a query? I know famous for famous is subjective but I would argue that Sandy Allen and my own choices of the Dionnes should be deducted points for that. I thought about that for all of them, to be honest, but I took into account the spirit of the famous for being famous rule. The reason I instituted it was to discourage picks that are uncreative and were simply chosen on their high likelihood of dying. Sandy Allen and the Dionnes fit the spirit of "interesting picks" with the CPDP and I think punishing people for those kinds of picks defeats the purpose. Ok fair comment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 24, 2007 Update time and issues abound. So when I got to "H" I realized that I had included a "W. Houston" (probably Whitney Houston) despite the fact that no one had picked her. So I had to go back and delete her reference from ALL of the candidates that I had done up to that point. Took some time, but I got it done. Then today, I got to "K" and realized that there was an "H. Karzai" (I'm assuming Hamid) that no one had picked. Further inspection showed that I can included Edward Upward as well, but thank God I realized it before I got to the Us. So now I have to excise Karzai and Upward from all the candidates that I've done thusfar and then place Upward in the Hall of Ghosts and all of the "ghost" candidates from last year. Deciding that the latter would be easier, I went ahead and did that, so hopefully that's all sorted. So I guess the whole point of it is this: A-J are now up, along with anyone who's died, Mikhal Kalishnikov, Weird Al Yankovic and Rabbi Oviada Yousef. Out of all those, however, the A-J all have slight errors that I now have to go back and fix, which will cause further delays in getting the Hall of Candidates up. Other than venting, the point of me telling you this is to ask you to please take a quick look and see if there's anything else that will require mass changes like this, so I don't end up in the late Ts and have to go back and redo everyone's page. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,963 Posted September 24, 2007 For Matayoshi Jesus's page, it mentions: SELECTED BY: Six's Pick-sies (Year 1)Six's Pick-sies Looks like you forgot to add a "(Year 2)". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 27, 2007 For Matayoshi Jesus's page, it mentions: SELECTED BY: Six's Pick-sies (Year 1)Six's Pick-sies Looks like you forgot to add a "(Year 2)". Thanks. Fixed. So I screwed up again (forgot to add Jeff Healey) so there's going to be a new format. Starting soon, the current candidates will have their own frame on the CPDP, therefore meaning that I only have to update one list the next time I screw up. Thanks to NAP for the brilliant idea. The Hall of Ghosts candidates, however, will still have their own table. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted September 30, 2007 Updated to reflect the death of Lois Maxwell and my new format for the Hall of Candidates. Hopefully this will make the Hall of Candidates go up much faster (unlikely, but possible). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted October 8, 2007 on the Ian Porterfield page, it mentions: Ocotopus of Odstock It's supposed to say Octopus of Odstock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted October 13, 2007 Canadian Obit for Mehmed Uzun. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/AL...rjiYszyHed9w9TA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted October 14, 2007 Canadian Obit for Mehmed Uzun. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/AL...rjiYszyHed9w9TA Thanks, site updated. Also fixed the Porterfield page mistake. Also, I got an error message when trying to deliver the last email update to one of the participants. If you didn't get the last email, please send me an email to the pool address and I'll sort it out. Meanwhile, I should be having more time, so I'll try and work on the Hall of Candidates soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
