Memorial thread as a title for the column doesn't fit unless they've all passed away, which won't be the case as this grows. I'd suggest "Legacy" or something to that tune.. people don't want to just read the memorial thread and feel sad right away.. link them to the highlights, the passion, the actual reason WHY these people are in the hall of fame.
I see you've started this with your appendice for Bruno but I'd shift your focus to getting the reader to view their legacy rather than focus on our goodbyes to them.
I totally agree with you. English is not my mother tongue so you help me with the advice. Sometimes, we need to express our ideas and purposes correctly. I began the thread to help others know about, and learn from lessons (somewhat ~ legacy) of outstanding users. I still think of which threads will be listed in the table, and which ones will be listed in Appendices, not only for Bruno. Reason is mostly we know about outstanding users from memorial threads for them, and such threads are places we can read and discover their past contributions. Still think of it.
OP is not the original version (that did not have the part of Appendices) and details for each user will be flipped between table and appendices, if needed.
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I don't think we have a fixed inclusive criteria and this thread is not a campaign. No one has to fight each other to be here. It serves as a place to show community recognitions on what they contributed to the forum, till the days they left the forum or they passed away.
I don't think we need to have community vote for anyone to be here. Never should have such stuff to avoid any arguments. I don't know those users you mentioned but I will check with limited slots. I don't intend to expand the list too much.
In OP, I stated that what I listed are from what I knew.
For theymos, we all know who he is, what he contributed but he has not yet published any thread about himself. While I am not in the position to write about him. Your question makes me think further, the thread should be for outstanding users who passed away or left the forum (inactively for too long). Something like the same in football (soccer), when we called one great player as a legend after his retirement or his death. We tend to better recognise what others did after they are no longer besides us, and easier to forgive their mistakes.
Having alive and actively users in the list might cause some troubles such as drama on why user A is listed in the Hall of Fame with negative trust and other reasons. I don't want the thread will become a start of any drama.
