Okay, I've spent too much time writing newspaper obits not to agree reflexively with Quatloo - we define reliable source as someone who can produce a death certificate on demand, i.e. a hospital or funeral home, or family member authorized to act in the family's name and produce a DC. Yes, we have had (rare) recorded instances of someone trying to slip a fraudulent death notice in the paper, and fights between relations trying to edit the obit's content without authorization. Obits - it's not just a job, it's an adventure!

Trouble is, something in Quatloo's officiousness makes me want to say "You! Get off my side!" and something in Scalzi's spittle-flecked overreaction makes me want to say "You! Get back on my side!"

I think I'm kinda inclined to declare them both full of FAIL, IMO, simply for having the smackdown in the first place.