ORB: Here's a graphic example of the hassle that'd arise if we do what you want. Let's say that someone posts that Bob Drury has kicked the bucket. I know who he is, but does Bob Clancy (for instance)? Your registration doesn't have your "real" name and not everyone under the sun - or even all of the racers out there in internet-land - know there's a connection between Drury and ORB. Glen Barrett -- yes, we know wo he is -- he uses his plain English name, but what about Stan Back? And so on. I'd like to think that everyone on the planet knows just who SSS really is -- but I expect that, for instance, Andy Green has found other things to occupy his mind.
So says Bob C -- who, as "Web Elf" -- might go un-memorialsed until his wife or son lets us know that he's taken that last long ride. In fact -- here's perzackly what he said:
"I see there's a new topic about this. Seems to me the big hangup is knowing who's who. I can put a deceased tag up there somewhere, but the person's real name isn't captured when they sign up. There may be discussion of the passing using their real name, but we need to know what screen name they went by. People know, but I don't....
Bob"
Make sure that we know your name, or tell us specifically in your obit, who you really are and what moniker you use on the Forum.