Board Thread:Community Announcements and Events/@comment-4544033-20150426001031/@comment-26269116-20150428161044

Atvelonis wrote:

"An Honored Editor is a title given to a past editor whose achievements have greatly impacted the wiki, but who was forced to leave due to unfortunate real-life events and is unlikely to ever return." Just to continue with what I helped focus:

IMO "unfortunate real-life events is ambiguous, at best - no offense.  It is going to be absolutely vital to word the statement as clear and consice as possible as it will be the initial authoritative word on how the honor is attainable. Being forced to leave due to a home fire would be an unfortunate real-life event.  It can force someone to leave, even if only temporarily.  Then later life can get in the way so that the editor never comes back because they've moved on to other things.  It is better to stop a lot of potential strife due to ambiguity.

Maybe:

"An Honored Editor is a special title given to a past editor whose achievements have greatly impacted the wiki, but who was forced to leave due to unforeseeable and detrimental circumstances and is unlikely to ever return."

Additionally, underlining "special title" helps emphasize it is rarely given out. Underlining "past editor" helps emphasize that it is a title given postumously, much like metals of honor in the military.