WereSpielChequers wrote:
But kudos for raising the issue, one thing I realised during the recent BLP deletion spree and its aftermath is that either having a wikipedia article dramatically increases your life expectancy, or we are not very good at sourcing the deaths of people who retire and don't die whilst they are in the public spotlight (I suspect a statistical analysis of Wikipedia articles would give solid evidence for the "and they all lived happily ever after" nursery story ending ).
Perhaps that should read "and they all lived happily *forever* after" ;-)
Ec