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The tophat Template:Deceased Wikipedian is a great idea to indicate and honor a Wikipedian's passing. It also has the option to include some custom text.
I propose that in these guidelines we include the request that whenever known, the tophat note include the year that the wikipedian was deceased. This would be much more orienting to any wikipedian passing by the userpage, and it would be one more relevant detail to share in honoring deceased wikipedians. Al83tito ( talk) 23:46, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
Obviously, in the year 2500 all of us posting here today will be long dead. This means that we can and perhaps should declare all users dead after a sufficiently long time has passed since the account has been created. Old accounts should be blocked to prevent them from being hijacked. Obviously if my account were to be still active in the year 2200, then that alone would trigger some alerts here, so however one thinks about declaring people dead automatically, there should be a procedure to deal with accounts that are just too old to be linked to the original user. This issue is not something to worry about today, but it will become relevant in a few decades from now. Count Iblis ( talk) 22:34, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
I've collapsed this section. Eidtors working now may well be alive in 100 years, so its too soon to consider Count Iblis's suggestion. And while Davidwr's suggestion may have merit, this is the wrong venue. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:30, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
I appreciate the long term thinking, and I support initiatives to automatically block/protect old users/user pages that have been inactive for a long time. Thank you. Al83tito ( talk) 23:37, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
What happens if you are claimed dead by some reasons but you are still alive? May I have to send a ticket to WP:VRT to verify I am alive... In real life it has a lot of consequences. Thingofme ( talk) 09:12, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
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This page has archives. Sections older than 28 days may be automatically archived by Lowercase sigmabot III when more than 3 sections are present. |
The tophat Template:Deceased Wikipedian is a great idea to indicate and honor a Wikipedian's passing. It also has the option to include some custom text.
I propose that in these guidelines we include the request that whenever known, the tophat note include the year that the wikipedian was deceased. This would be much more orienting to any wikipedian passing by the userpage, and it would be one more relevant detail to share in honoring deceased wikipedians. Al83tito ( talk) 23:46, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
Obviously, in the year 2500 all of us posting here today will be long dead. This means that we can and perhaps should declare all users dead after a sufficiently long time has passed since the account has been created. Old accounts should be blocked to prevent them from being hijacked. Obviously if my account were to be still active in the year 2200, then that alone would trigger some alerts here, so however one thinks about declaring people dead automatically, there should be a procedure to deal with accounts that are just too old to be linked to the original user. This issue is not something to worry about today, but it will become relevant in a few decades from now. Count Iblis ( talk) 22:34, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
I've collapsed this section. Eidtors working now may well be alive in 100 years, so its too soon to consider Count Iblis's suggestion. And while Davidwr's suggestion may have merit, this is the wrong venue. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:30, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
I appreciate the long term thinking, and I support initiatives to automatically block/protect old users/user pages that have been inactive for a long time. Thank you. Al83tito ( talk) 23:37, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
What happens if you are claimed dead by some reasons but you are still alive? May I have to send a ticket to WP:VRT to verify I am alive... In real life it has a lot of consequences. Thingofme ( talk) 09:12, 6 July 2022 (UTC)