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==What's going on?==
If you're curious what's going on, the Great Suburb Group Massacre (GSGM) is a periodic maintenance task here on the wiki. Because the game is always changing and not everyone remembers to keep the wiki updated, the group lists (e.g. [[Template:Pitneybank_Groups|Pitneybank's list]], which appears on the right side of the [[Pitneybank]] page) get cluttered with names of groups who aren't there any longer, either because they've moved on or have become inactive. The wiki is a resource that we need to work to keep up-to-date, so we're cleaning the lists up, and we could use your help.
If you've been linked here from somewhere else on the wiki and are curious what's going on, the GSGM is a periodic maintenance where a group of volunteers works together to clear outdated, inactive, or relocated groups from the listings in each suburb. All you need to do is go check the talk page for your group. On it, you should see a friendly request that you list all suburbs in which your group is currently active. '''You'll have two weeks to reply''', after which, if no reply has been received, your group will be removed from all of the suburbs in which it is currently listed. These volunteers ''only'' clean up the listing that is on the right side of the suburb page, and not any text in the main part of the suburb page.


'''If your group has been removed from the listings, you are encouraged to re-add yourself.''' We try our hardest to reach out to all of the groups whenever we perform this maintenance, and we posted notices about the cleanup in the news sections of every suburb, on the talk pages of every suburb, and on the talk pages of every single listed group. Unfortunately, some groups never see our notices, and our volunteer staff is not large enough to find people that don't check the wiki. As you can imagine, tracking down group members in-game for hundreds of groups (assuming the groups even exist) or registering on and contacting every single group via a message board (assuming they even have them) is simply not feasible with only 5-10 volunteers. All that we can do is contact groups on the wiki and give them time to respond, so if we removed your group and you're still active, we apologize, but we would also advise that you take better care to check your own pages more often in the future.
We're in the process of contacting every single group that's added itself to the lists on the suburb pages. Unfortunately, our volunteer staff is very small and the number of groups is very large, so we're not able to hunt down forums for every group, let alone track down group members in-game for every group and ask them for a list of where their group operates. Please be sure to check your group's talk page for a message from us!
 
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<s>Planning</s>
 
<s>Organizing volunteers</s>
 
<s>Collating lists of groups to contact</s>
 
<s>Contacting all listed groups</s>
 
<s>Waiting for responses from groups</s>
 
<s>Cleaning suburb lists</s>
 
<span style="color: #000;">Completed</span></center></div>
 
==How do I reply to the GSGM post on our talk page?==
If a GSGM volunteer just posted on your talk page, all you need to do is respond with a '''''list'' of all of the suburbs in which your group is currently active''' (please note: we're only cleaning up outdated entries, so you'll still be responsible for adding your group to suburb pages where you wanted to be listed). If your group is also registered as having a [[Radio#Known_Frequencies|radio frequency]] here on the wiki, we'll ask you to '''name the frequency that you are using'''. If we haven't heard back from you after '''one month''', we'll change the message to indicate that you appear to be inactive from what we can see, and will clean up the suburb pages that mention you on the wiki. See the next section for what to do if that happens to you.
 
==You guys said we were inactive and de-listed us==
No worries! You're not in any trouble, and we're very sorry for the inconvenience we've caused you. Your group has been temporarily de-listed, but '''you are strongly encouraged to add yourself back''' to any suburbs in which you're active and/or to the [[Radio#Known_Frequencies|radio frequency list]] if your group uses a particular frequency. We expanded our efforts to make groups aware of the GSGM this time around, as well as giving people more time to respond, but there will always be mistakes made in operations this large, so, once again, we're sorry for the inconvenience we've caused you.
 
==What if I want to help out?==
Awesome! We are seeking volunteers to help out on our [[The Great Suburb Group Massacre/2013/Volunteer Organization|Volunteer Page]]. We're currently waiting for groups to respond to us after we contacted all of them, so if you want to help out, we could definitely use it. If you're up for it, head over to our page and follow the instructions there.
 
==What if I have other questions?==
If you have a question that was not answered above, head over to our [[The Great Suburb Group Massacre/2013/Questions|Questions page]] and a volunteer will get back to you as soon as we can!

Latest revision as of 05:22, 6 October 2015

The Great Suburb Group Massacre

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If you're curious what's going on, the Great Suburb Group Massacre (GSGM) is a periodic maintenance task here on the wiki. Because the game is always changing and not everyone remembers to keep the wiki updated, the group lists (e.g. Pitneybank's list, which appears on the right side of the Pitneybank page) get cluttered with names of groups who aren't there any longer, either because they've moved on or have become inactive. The wiki is a resource that we need to work to keep up-to-date, so we're cleaning the lists up, and we could use your help.

We're in the process of contacting every single group that's added itself to the lists on the suburb pages. Unfortunately, our volunteer staff is very small and the number of groups is very large, so we're not able to hunt down forums for every group, let alone track down group members in-game for every group and ask them for a list of where their group operates. Please be sure to check your group's talk page for a message from us!

Current Status

Planning

Organizing volunteers

Collating lists of groups to contact

Contacting all listed groups

Waiting for responses from groups

Cleaning suburb lists

Completed

How do I reply to the GSGM post on our talk page?

If a GSGM volunteer just posted on your talk page, all you need to do is respond with a list of all of the suburbs in which your group is currently active (please note: we're only cleaning up outdated entries, so you'll still be responsible for adding your group to suburb pages where you wanted to be listed). If your group is also registered as having a radio frequency here on the wiki, we'll ask you to name the frequency that you are using. If we haven't heard back from you after one month, we'll change the message to indicate that you appear to be inactive from what we can see, and will clean up the suburb pages that mention you on the wiki. See the next section for what to do if that happens to you.

You guys said we were inactive and de-listed us

No worries! You're not in any trouble, and we're very sorry for the inconvenience we've caused you. Your group has been temporarily de-listed, but you are strongly encouraged to add yourself back to any suburbs in which you're active and/or to the radio frequency list if your group uses a particular frequency. We expanded our efforts to make groups aware of the GSGM this time around, as well as giving people more time to respond, but there will always be mistakes made in operations this large, so, once again, we're sorry for the inconvenience we've caused you.

What if I want to help out?

Awesome! We are seeking volunteers to help out on our Volunteer Page. We're currently waiting for groups to respond to us after we contacted all of them, so if you want to help out, we could definitely use it. If you're up for it, head over to our page and follow the instructions there.

What if I have other questions?

If you have a question that was not answered above, head over to our Questions page and a volunteer will get back to you as soon as we can!