Talk:Rick May

Date of Death

Where does the death date of April 8, 2020 come from? Neither the obituary from Rekindle school nor the article from PCGamer ever states such a date. All tributes and citations are as early as April 13, the same day the article was published. Deady3728 (talk) 22:04, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

@Deady3728: The Rekindle orbit was published on April 8 as shown in the page's metadata (see code block below). Right now the page is blocked by Wordfence, a deliberate action by the site admin (I thinker with WordPress, so I am familiar with WordFence's plugin options) probably due to high traffic. However, the page can still be viewed in Google Cache.

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I am pasting the metadata here because the page is not easily accessible at the moment. Unless there are structure/infra changes to the site, the metadata should hold when the site recovers.

Other news sites only picked up on this on the 13th, hence probably that's why people are mistakenly putting his date of death as such. robertsky (talk) 03:43, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

To view the Google cache version: in google.com, search for the URL https://www.classesandworkshops.com/in-memory-of-rick-may/. In the search results, there should be a down arrow next to the title of the page. Click on it and click on the 'Cached' option. robertsky (talk) 03:48, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

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Rest in peace.

We salute you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Littlecat456 (talk • contribs) 13:32, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

🫡 IAMPOLAND (talk) 01:13, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

You were good, real good, son. Maybe even the best.

Rest in peace, Rick May. Kernelblitz (talk) 05:00, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Army service

Recommend adding rank and dates of service if ascertained in reliable sources. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 12:21, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Modern tribute to May in-game

Now, in Team Fortress 2, it's considered a sign of disrespect to use the taunts in which the character laughs when in front of these statues, which often leads to said player being killed or kicked from the server. Is this worth mentioning on the article? Mrman19 (talk) 18:06, 11 April 2024 (UTC)