I know "meta-commentary" is generally frowned upon on HN, but a quick question to people considering flagging: why is this flaggable, but Terry Jones' obituary

I know "meta-commentary" is generally frowned upon on HN, but a quick question to people considering flagging: why is this flaggable, but Terry Jones' obituary from last week [1] is not? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22117044 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22117044