Q1: I'm not sure if someone is dead, how should I inquire?
A1: Their name + a "?" in the header. Ex: Don Adams?
Q2: Someone is dead, how should I post?
A2: Their name in the header. Ex: Barry Goldwater
Q3: That was easy. Anything else?
A3: Source information would be nice. "Aunt Bessie in Cleveland called
and told me" doesn't quite cut it.
Q4: What are some good sources of information about living and dead
people that I can check before embarrassing myself on this
newsgroup?
A4: http://www.cnn.com/ CNN Interactive
http://dpsinfo.com/ Dead People Server
http://www.dejanews.com/ DejaNews - Searchable Usenet Archive
http://us.imdb.com/search Internet Movie Database
http://whosaliveandwhosdead.com Who's Alive and Who's Dead
http://www.youreouttahere.com/ You're Outta Here!
Q5: Some moron posted an apparent death notice for someone who is alive.
What should I do?
A5: Do whatever the hell you want, but think about changing the header
to reflect the correct status.
Q6: I think someone is going to die real, I mean real real soon like
and I'm sitting here with my bowl of Wheaties, my TV set and my
computer just itchin' to post. Should I just in case?
A6: NO.
Q6a: But I wanna be first.
A6a: That's not a question. The Q in FAQ stands for question, nimrod.
Q6b: May I please be first?
A6b: NO. Sitting around waiting for someone to die is an odd way of
passing time. Perhaps if it's someone rich and you know you're
mentioned first in the will, and.....
Q6c: You can't really stop me.
A6c: No, but we can auto-subscribe you to Louis's alt.talk.royalty
postings.
Q6d: Okay, *one* source says that that someone died. Is it okay then?
A6d: NO. Verify it through another reliable source. Chat rooms, gossip
newsgroups, National Enquirer and your drinking buddy's friend of a
friend of a distance relative of the person don't really count.
Q7: Is there a lot of etiquette stuff?
A7: No. Just try to abide by the above and knock yourself out.
Q8: Did ya hear the one about Pop 'n' Fresh meeting his maker?
A8: Uh, yes.
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