..are those screen names protected or are the accounts deleted after awhile just like the person never existed. The org should have a memorial forum.

I'm not totally sure.
I remember somebody posting something about 4 years ago telling us 'goodbye' and that they were going to die soon.
It was a gracious thread, and I was a bit taken aback by it.
I wish I remember the name of the orger who posted that.

Well since the orger has passed on

They cannot delete their account. It will just be inactive for years.

Moving to site discussion.

Imago said:

Remember this thread?

http://prince.org/msg/100/274479

luv4u said:

They're not ever deleted. Many orgers deleted their accounts and had them stolen shortly afterwards, so when they wanted the name back they found that somebody else had taken it already, but those accounts have never made a single post or been in the chat room. Those "thefts" were obviously abandoned and done just for the hell of it, but they never expire. Personally I think that every year or so, an email should be sent out to the members' listed email addresses and if you don't reply for let's say a month or if the email bounce, then the account is deleted.

squirrelgrease said:

Wow-compliments to June7 for helping her Very sad thread-unfortunately alot of folks see suicide as an only alternative. I'm glad she was able to get help.

nurseV said:

squirrelgrease said:

vividly.

June7 was fantastic that nite, as were Rich & WGH.
thank goodness for the org

squirrelgrease said:

wow

Actually, an orger passed away not too long ago, and one of their friends or relatives signed on under her name, or something, and let us all know she had died. (cancer, i think).

You never know... typically, the account will just linger until someone deletes it.

Good question, though

June7 said:

squirrelgrease said:

Wow, that was intense. That happened right before I joined the org, so I never saw that. I guess that sometimes you just have to find support wherever it is, even if it's from a bunch of nutty Prince fans.

Does anyone ever know what happened to this person?

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

I believe she's still around here. She was very happy her virtual friends at p.org were there for her. We talked a little after... she was going through some hard times at home.