Board Thread:Community Announcements and Events/@comment-4544033-20150426001031/@comment-1251315-20150428095906

Timeoin wrote: To be perfectly blunt - this is for those of us who contributed here who've either passed away (as in Locksmith90's circumstance), or are very severely ill with a life-threatening illness that means that they are unlikely ever to return (e.g. GramsJ's case).

This is NOT one that should ever be for active members, nor should it be for those that have left of their own free will, in my opinion. Don't get me wrong - former editor's contributions are considerable. But this is NOT for them - former editors can come back at any time. These people are highly unlikely to. (However, I hope for Grams' sake that she *is* able to - however, she is probably the exception to this rule.

As to the nomination process - that's a little trickier - as it would likely involve contact outside of the site, with family or such to let us know about this circumstance. (This said, if this goes as I hope, word will likely spread, and they WILL start to contact us via other means, because those that were significant contributors here, would, I think, like to see their family member honoured for something that they loved doing. I'm in agreement. This should be for editors who will likely never come back and are either dead or suffering a severe illness. It shouldn't even be done with an applications system, in fact the system should not even have attention drawn to it. It should be one of those things are present but nobody really makes a fuss about. Make it a hidden and unaware system, drawing attention with a page makes people more likely to believe you can apply for it.