"==Order of dates reversed== 
 Is there any reason why the usual date order (latest shown at top) has been reversed?    

 Stupidity ) Make sure to begin each day with a semicolon only, to avoid the Table of Contents.  

 If you want to avoid the toc, then hide the toc, but please leave the headers so we have the ability to edit sections instead of having to edit the whole list at once.   

 ==Billy Hughes== 

 @Gamaliel about Lassie actor http://news.google.it/news?hl=it&q;=morto%20lassie&sa;=N&tab;=wn   

 Billy Hughes the Lassie actor died December 20th and is listed there.   

 ==Barry Cowsill== 
 There are reports that Barry Cowsill's remains were identified in Baton Rouge as one of the Katrina victims. If this is true what date will we put his death at? 

 Cowsill was last heard from on, and appears to have died on, September 1, 2005.  Sometimes we put (body identified) dates, but these are reserved for cases where date of death is very speculative.  Since Cowsill was found on a wharf, I think it is safe to save the flood killed him quickly.  

 ==They Shoot Horses, Don't They?== 

 Re Jeune: What's the threshhold for including horses in this necrology?  Seems to me there are lots and lots of ""Cup""-winning horses that could be included, but do we really want to?  Wouldn't we then have to include names of Best in Show dogs and cats?  Call me species-ist, but I think this list should be limited to humans.    

 I agree, animals don't belong here. It also seems to be a rather parochial addition as the vastly more significant Danzig also dies this week but didn't garner a mention.   

 : This question comes up with monotonous regularity, and we go thru the debate all over again every time.  It's like recreating the wheel about 6 times a year.  There really should be a clear rule about this so that everyone knows for certain whether animals are in or out.  You can't let one horse in and exclude others.    

 Personally, I think that animals should be included on the list.   

   Yeah no horses!  

 I think if it's an animal that would be known outside the niche (say like Koko the Gorilla or Dolly the Sheep), then it's a candidate for inclusion. Otherwise, forget about it.   

 Wouldn't it be a better idea just to have a seperate page for recently deceased famous animals?   

 :In previous discussion, the consensus was that there are too few of them, per month, to bother with a separate page.   

 I agree with Rai, a separate page for the animals would make more sense...   

 ==Ariel Sharon== 
 What's with people's egos lately?  Ariel Sharon is sick but still very much alive.  Twice now his name has been added and removed.  Can't people just wait till a guy is actually dead before adding him here?  Being the one to add a new name is really not that huge a deal.    
 :Apparently there were silly rumours in Israel that the government are covering up his death.    
 ::I thought doctors said he would survive under any circumstance. Has this been changed? Or was I misinformed?-   

 ==Sago Mine deaths== 

 While everyone agrees that the deaths were very sad, none of those listed were ""notable"" in the sense of this encyclopedia.  If these names are kept, then I would petition for the names of everyone who has ever died in such an accident to be added to Wikipedia.   

 ::Agreed, if it made headlines then it gets in WikiNews and possibly the current events header...but unless we have individual articles for each of the miners, showing their role in the collapse, then there's no reason for them to be on here.   (Terrorist Wikiproject)  
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