PLEASE read:Can we have a tribute page for all the DUers we've lost?(xpst)

[lildreamer316]

(Cross-posted from lounge)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5669166&mesg_id=5669166

I just think it's about time....don't you?
Is there some way we could structure it so it could be added to perpetually, kinda like the research page or something?
Ideas?


Please add your support if you think this is feasable so I can direct it to Skinner & co's attn. like we do with requests for new groups-reason being there's no sense in doing this if it's just going to be a waste of server space. I want to make sure we are all going to keep it fairly active.

I'm thinking something that can be open to anyone adding thoughts to a certain person's memorial space whenever they want, a la the research forum. However, any ideas are welcomed; I'm not an expert on this.

Thanks for your time....

[Redstone]

1. How about right here? I remember nostamj, and still miss him.

Redstone

[Dem2theMax]

2. I think it's a great idea. At another web site I belong to, they

have a special forum called "we remember." Inside of it, there are specific links for each of the members who have passed away. People go in there all the time and leave posts. And the family members have a way of staying in touch as well. They come in and post about how they and their families are doing. They post when they need a hug. They just come in to know that their loved ones are being remembered by their fellow posters. I wonder all the time how the families of Andy, Scott and Jeff are doing.

So I'm kicking this one.

:kick:

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

24. That's a very nice idea

I wonder especially about MommaKeph, and I think it would be very comforting to families to see how their loved ones are still remembered here.

Many of us have real-life friends and lovers at DU. Should the unthinkable happen, what a comfort it would be to have a place to say "I still love you and miss you."

The longer DU stays open and the larger it grows, the more we need a forum like this for the community. People who touch you - even if you've never met them - deserve to be remembered.

I hope Skinner reads this thread and considers the value of the suggestion. If he puts the idea to a vote, I vote yes.

[Sydnie]

25. That is a great idea

I would support that completely.

[flvegan]

3. I'm in. A tribute page of sorts would be nice, and maybe

even a link to their Journal, keeping their memory around.

If not a tribute page, then maybe a Forum area. I understand that with Admin approval, that would only take a certain number of donors voting for it to make it so. If that's the route, count me in as one.

[asjr]

4. That is a fine idea. I really miss seeing the

posts from the ones who have gone on to better times. They are still part of DU.

[Dinger]

5. Excellent Idea - Thanks For Posting!

:grouphug:

[saracat]

6. Great Idea. K and R!

[flvegan]

7. DUer 180 just passed, per JitterbugPerfume...so, it seems that

There is NO better time for this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5669583

[NMDemDist2]

8. why not do it in the research forum? start a page called "We Remember"

and then post in the Lounge and here and let folks add

if ;you want the admin's blessing, contact the Mod of the
Research forum and ask them

copy and paste this list to add alphabetical listings

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[lildreamer316]

19. Thanks...I had no idea how to do that.

I'm gonna contact the mod and ask.

[ikojo]

9. I agree...so many people gone from

us but definitely not forgotten...

[SeattleGirl]

10. I think that's a wonderful idea. n/t

[qanda]

11. I think that's a wonderful idea

[calimary]

44. I do, too. One more for Khephra, nostamj, and Andy, too.

This is a good idea.

:thumbsup:

[upi402]

12. can we remember the disappeared too?

Or is it solely for dead DUers?

[intheflow]

38. Are you talking about people who don't post here any more?

People who have stopped posting for one reason or another? I'm not sure that's in the spirit of this proposal; many of those people may be participating in other discussion groups that are critical of DU, for instance, and who would police that?

I'm sure you can't mean tombstoned ex-DUers, although that is a kind of death. :evilgrin:

[Dead_Parrot]

13. Defiantly a good idea...

I guess it goes with the size of DU - I never "met" Alarcojon or 180, and I'm guessing there's a lot of current DUer's who have never even heard of Kephra or Birdman...

It would be nice to have a corner for our fallen.

[Crunchy Frog]

14. I think it's a good idea. Hope the admins will do something with it.

[garthranzz]

15. Agreed. There should be a forum or a section in a forum

Possibly with a "greatest posts of" section

[RamboLiberal]

16. K&R - Great Idea

[BeFree]

17. Yes, of course

We are family and we need such a forum. It would need to be in it's own place: it's owm forum so that it remains forevermore, (or at least 15 years, if I live that long.)

[Skidmore]

18. A memorial forum would be wonderful to remember some very

much missed contributors to DU.

[brook]

20. Very good idea.

I wholeheartedly endorse creating such a place.

[lildreamer316]

21. ATTN: Sent Skinner a PM ...

Listing this thread and the original. I'll post updates as they come.

Keep 'em coming....this is the best way I know to honor those we have lost today, as well as before.

[fed-up]

22. great idea k/r nt

[karlrschneider]

23. I think that is a wonderful suggestion. How about a "DU Memorial Wall"

something that might resemble the Viet Nam Wall in D.C. I have no idea how to construct a graphic representation of something like that but surely it's not all that hard for someone with programming
skills...? Just a thought...

[TahitiNut]

52. I suppose "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" but ...

... I must admit to some deep unease about how 'the wall' has become some loose paradigm for memorialization of everything from pets to coworkers. This is NOT to trivialize the death of members of this community, but I'm particularly sensitive to the enormously poignant symbolism of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (It took me over 20 years to visit it for the first time, despite many trips to Washington in the interim.)

I see it not just as a wall, but as an escarpment - the fracture in the People's Mall caused by the cataclysm of that time. Virtually invisible (unseen) from some perspectives, it takes a bit of a search in what should symbolize the soul of our country. The black reflective surface, the bare names of their birth WITHOUT rank ... it's special. Indeed, it was (many of us assumed) the sole memorial on the Mall ... carefully designed to not take away from the People their freedom of assembly in that very Mall - where, we should never forget, people gathered to hear and share Dr. King's dream. A few sacrificed all and many not at all - in keeping with the very definition of 'service.' Even in symbolizing the deep divisions in our nation of that time (even until now), it calls upon us to remember and reflect upon those divisions, hopefully in some future time when such divisions no longer exist.

[Plaid Adder]

26. It sucks that we need one, but I think it's a great idea.

I can't believe we lost two in one day. This is very sad.

The Plaid Adder

[bettyellen]

27. .

[flyarm]

28. GREAT IDEA..!! THANK YOU...SO MANY WE ALL MISS ..SO MANY

we all loved..and love..so many who touched so many lives..

and we miss them all in our own ways..

i wish we could have a memorial of some type..

thanks for such a great idea...

we have many Angels flying over and protecting us..we should always remember them!!

fly

[Dem2theMax]

29. Here is a link to the forum I posted about previously:

http://forums.jokersupdates.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat=&C=19&ShowCat=1

Just to give people an idea of what such a forum could be like.

:kick: for those we love and remember.


Edited to add: If you go to the forum and click on BJ's thread, at the top of her forum you will see pictures. BJ was an artist and she would share her drawings with the board. I love the way they put up personalized banners such as that, as a way to honor each person. I know we probably couldn't do that here, but I wanted to mention it. For BJ. She was a friend of mine on that board.

[rman]

30. yes we should

[Red Right and BLUE]

31. A great Idea. Kick. eom

[SoCalDem]

32. I have a feeling that we have lost others, but if they lived alone

and did not ask the next of kin to notify us, we will never know.
I remember Olaf_the_White who was with us when I joined in '01..He had a brain tumor and was very worried about his upcoming brain surgery.. We had an online birthday greeting for him a few days before he went to the hospital, and we never heard form him again.:cry:

I'm sure there are lots of single people, who may have more online friends than real-world friends, but if there is no person in their life to tell us, they just fade away and suddenly we realize that they are gone..yet we never know for sure..:cry:

[proud patriot]

34. yes I remember him

[TahitiNut]

51. We need a "buddy system" (in more ways than one)

No person should ever die and have the hole they leave in our human community ignored, least of all in a community that celebrates our common humanity as a core element of its very existence. I can only imagine the immeasurable despair of dying alone ... someone's child, someone's coworker, someone's student, someone's neighbor ... to die and not even have it noticed. I cannot think of a more tragic event - tragic for us and what we hold dearest.

[myrna minx]

33. I love this idea. We have lost so many wonderful people

over the years. :hug:

[Phillycat]

35. There was a woman poster, from Atlanta, I think. A college professor

I liked her very much. I can't remember her username (I am ashamed) but I remember reading that she had died and it was very sad.

[Bossy Monkey]

36. playahata1. From Florida I think, but I'll check my old PMs in a minute

to verify.

Edit: Robin Nixon, playahata1, died in November of 2004, though we didn't learn of it until the next year, here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3110879

[Phillycat]

39. That's exactly who it was.

Thank you. She was a very intelligent woman and kind.

[Bossy Monkey]

41. You're welcome. See my edit for further info n/t

[katinmn]

37. Great idea.

[intheflow]

40. I'm confused by another thread on this topic:

DU MEMORIAL WALL IS A GO. PLEASE READ.

Is that thread supposed to be the memorial wall? It seem to me that it is, but as I write this, no one has posted any names to remember, but have only responded to say it sounds like a great idea.
:shrug:

Also, it seems strange to me that a thread could serve as a "memorial wall" because it would eventually sink and be archived however good the intension. Why not do a page on the Research Forum for this?

[lildreamer316]

47. no no..

the mods are going to do a memorial wall space, whether it be a section in the research forum or something separate. They need the names in the thread you mentioned. Then they will be put on the space, whatever it is.

[intheflow]

50. Thanks for the clarification.

All the people I had in mind have already been mentioned in the other thread. This is a nice project you're doing for the community. Thank you.

[Pithy Cherub]

42. What an honorable and noble thing to do.

You live as long as people remember you. A wonderful way to pay tribute.

[flamingyouth]

43. We also lost DUer scottie72 in 2005

RIP

[lildreamer316]

48. PLEASE put this on the other thread!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2236157&mesg_id=2236157

thanks...

[flyarm]

45. ANDY STEPHENSON JULY 7, 2005 FROM PANCREATIC CANCER

i miss my friend dearly...

my tears are ever fresh...

and my heart has a piece missing..

fly

[ProdigalJunkMail]

46. this is a wonderful idea...of course I am biased

as my great grandfather's posting here was the reason for my joining this board after his passing. He LOVED this place...his name was William, AKA AllJunkMail.

ProdigalJunkMail

ORIGINAL MEMORIAL THREAD : http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=24297&forum=DCForumID59&archive=

[lildreamer316]

49. Thanks...

I'll make sure that gets included (the thread).

[SoCalDem]

53. I remember him.. miss him as well

He was a great guy.. And we are thankful to you for filling us in on his passing..and we are glad you joined up..:hi:

[DemExpat]

54. I absolutely remember your granddad!

Thanks for reminding us all and adding him to the list for the memorial wall.

DemEx