TheScot,

You have a very valid point. The intent was not to become some politically correct forum.

It was that most of the vanity titles were put there by one person with no input from anyone else. Sort of a "oh, this might be cute" sort of thing. They were not voted on and some of them were frankly stupid. Did we really need a title "Wife of XXX". Did anyone know that there was such a title? The person had only posted once, so probably not.

And while they did, as you say, add a "schmaltzy silliness" to the forum, how many times have you seen a new person come on and ask, "Hey, what's with all the titles? What do they mean?". The titles did not mean anything. They were just there.
"Kilted this" and "kilted that".

If we, and I mean the whole forum, decide to award a title then it will be done because the person actually earned it. It will be voted on. And a formal announcement made with the reason the title was awarded. Just as when a soldier receives a medal or a valued employee is given recognition they read the proclamation out loud for all to hear.

Take a look at Retro Red's profile. It says "In Remembrance". And as soon as I can get one designed, and uploaded, it will have the same background as the Forum Moderators. Now that's a title that means something to all of us. It also tells anyone who looks, that Craig will never be forgotten.