Chewbacca
You're so very wrong about this kali. When posters go missing, either due to illness, name change or even their demise, other posters enquiring about their well being is because they care about them. It's a sign of how popular and well respected they were/are and that their posts were valued and are now missed. Did you take issue with the threads about our old friend Phoenix?
I didn't realise a thread had been deleted and I wonder why.
No, it's surely not wrong to wonder where a poster is, especially one who started a thread every day with news from Down Under.
Bluesky and others - me too. I get regular news from Down Under but Rufus's news gave a different perspective on what was happening.
If he'd wanted other posters to be informed as to his welfare or demise, he would have surely instructed a family member/friend to make an announcement
I don't think I would.
I wonder how many would do that?