A lot of discussion has been had lately on obituary threads and more specifically on how crappy the initial post(s) of well known people are as posters try to take advantage of Metafilter's usual first post stays policy. Several people have proposed that Metafilter run a vetting system for obit posts or take other actions to reduce the need for multiple post deletions along with their attendant comments. One suggestion was for users to maintain a prewritten obituary pool for famous people similar to those used by news services. I've set up a proof of concept on the wiki here. [more inside]
posted by Mitheral on Jul 22, 2009 - 60 comments

Attention MeFi posters! Madonna is not on the approved cool celebrity list.
posted by Artw on Oct 15, 2008 - 125 comments

Is this adamgreenfield?
posted by four panels on Jul 23, 2007 - 66 comments

Could we please stop in-thread "celebrity" derails?
posted by drezdn on Apr 19, 2007 - 79 comments

Just for future reference, when is it interesting and when is it not to post something about a naked celebrity? People seemed fairly interested in Tony Danza. Just asking.
posted by inconsequentialist on Feb 26, 2007 - 18 comments

Seriously, though, metafilter should be better than this
posted by yonation on Nov 15, 2005 - 27 comments

This is possibly the worst post in the history of Metafilter.
posted by a thousand writers drunk at the keyboard on Jun 17, 2005 - 108 comments

I was thinking, you know, maybe a post about a celebrity giving money to charity isn't so "best of the web."
posted by orange clock on Jan 26, 2005 - 12 comments

Allright, place your bets for the next celebrity death on the front page for today. Third try's a charm, Mr. President.
posted by Keyser Soze on Sep 12, 2003 - 24 comments

hincandenza's excellent post raises a good point. Are we all sheep grazing on Matt's grass?
posted by ed on Mar 24, 2003 - 24 comments

Metafilter spotting. I was slow to post this, thinking someone would ahve already picked it up.. while I like the props for 'strikingly literate commentary', the representative link is not *really* representative. (In my opinion)...
posted by rich on Mar 18, 2003 - 25 comments

Random idea re "Celebrity guest" front page posts - perhaps invite Dvorak (or other chosen person) to become a guest for a day (or permanent member), brief him on how its all works, allow him to front page post anything he chooses, and have all the ensuing commetary with his participation. Other choices might be Colin Powell (oops this isnt MTV), Tom Friedman of the NYT (so often linked to), even Andrew Sullivan, etc etc. Just a thought.
posted by Voyageman on Feb 25, 2002 - 30 comments