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Obtaining Historical Status

A policy is in place which outlines the method to attain historical status.

Groups must no longer actively contribute to the game.
A nomination should be made on Category talk:Historical Groups.
Voting will last for exactly two weeks following nomination. To be successful, a group must be approved by 2/3 of eligible voters to pass. A minimum of 15 votes must be cast for the vote to be valid. The only allowable votes are Yes and No.
Groups that pass will be added to the category as described below.
Groups must allow a week to pass between nominations.
Groups must allow 4 months in between when the group disbands and when they can be nominated for Historical Status. (Note: Only for Malton-based groups)

Nominations for Historical Status

When nominating a group, please add a note to Template:Wiki News and add {{HistoricalGroupVoting}} to the top of the group's page. Also, please add {{HistoricalVotingRules}} under the group's application for historical status.

New Nominations

Place new nominations for voting here.

Recent Nominations

Militant Order of Barhah

The MOB defined Barhah Fundamentalism for Malton, putting into sharp focus the philosophy of always-dead, migratory, horde-focused zombies. While the MOB reigned, zombies and death cultists everywhere had to reconsider or sheepishly justify their necro-religious beliefs. The MOB maintained multiple effective strike teams for years. For years, zombie activity in Malton consisted primarily of a deep red Ridleybank and an uncontrollable wrecking ball in the form of the MOB. It was like a nonstop, all-seasons Mall Tour or Big Bash. Survivors could not stop it, so they resorted to fleeing in terror and picking up the mess left behind. Jorm, The Prophet of Barhah, is personally notable for:

Being Mayor of Malton from 2010 to today, following the Misanthropy/Revenant administration fulfilling their campaign promise to betray the electorate by handing the keys to the city to Jorm.
Hosting the IRC server that was a longtime favorite for UD live chat.
Hosting barhah.com, the forum that was a longtime favorite for zombie groups.
Making Nexus War, which was more than a little popular. The spiritual successor, Nexus Clash, is still entirely alive.
Working for WikiMedia, where you may have seen him asking for donations.

The Prophet of Barhah himself once made the case for his horde in an arbitration case over the MOB redirect. In his trademarked steel wool and whiskey style, he addressed another group that hoped to be known as "the mob":

Your group consists of less than 20 and has done *nothing*; my group is over 70 and has *smashed suburbs*. We are the MOB; you are the "Malton Mob."

Hagnat further noted:

They are larger. They are famous. They have Zombies. They have Jorm.

I submit the MOB for your consideration. --VVV^RPMBG 07:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Yes

Yes - Author vote. --VVV^RPMBG 07:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Yes - Easily one of the most notable zombie groups to have ever shambled the streets of Malton. —Aich on— 21:00, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Yes - One of the most significant zombie groups in the game's history. -- Spiderzed ▋ 04:37, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
Yes Jorm Made me do it. Ross less ne s s^{Want a Location Image?} 18:36, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
Yes - I have played Urban Dead for almost 20 years, and have been part of MOB for almost as long (19 years, give or take). No zombie group has been as impactful as MOB, and perhaps no zombie group ever will. Liche (talk) 19:44, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
I guess so. ^ Has this game been around for nearly 20 years? Ah, well. That can't be. (Really?) -- AHLG T G THE END IS NIGH! 04:45, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
Yes DANCEDANCEREVO LUTION 07:37, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
yes - i was told there would be chum. hajen (talk) 15:39, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
Yes Clayton Carmine (talk) 15:30, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

No

With voting finished, MOB hasn't passed the minimum 15 votes to be made historical. That said, you can change historical voting policy (which doesn't have minimum vote requirements). -- AHLG T G THE END IS NIGH! 17:57, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

East Becktown Defenders

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The East Becktown Defenders officially disbanded on May 1st, 2020, which makes them eligible for Historical Group status. The EBD had been active since 2016, and included dozens of members, including both veterans and entire newbies. They maintained good relationships with survivor groups (including, but not limited to the DHPD, SoC, Knights Templar and the DEM) and zombie groups (specifically the Daubeney Resident Zombies next door, and of course our favourite frenemies in the RRF). Aside from regular survivor-style operations, they also brought a fun, no-pressure approach to the game, along with wiki-tools (like the automatic SitRep on their group page) and weird events (like the EBD StatParty). The group decided not to fade away like many others, but officially disbanded after exactly 4 years of activity.

Yes

Yes - PB&J 13:29, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - Clayton Carmine (talk) 13:38, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - MicoolTNT 13:57, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - stelar ^{Talk|MCM|EBD|Scourge} 14:00, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - Roddy Winters (talk) 17:27, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - Matt Langley (talk) 18:13, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - Tarkenton (talk) 20:33, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 23:17, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - Simcoe 07:00, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - Yo Ris (talk) 07:33, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - RaiNo 10:14, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - Frank Burn (talk) 13:46, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - DoXBr (talk) 14:19, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - Richardskull16 (talk) 09:25, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - The Malton Globetrotters turbodunk the ayes! --【ⅎooɹd ǝʌɐɥ ᴉ sʇɐoƃ sʍoʅʚ ⅎǝᴉɹɔuoɯ uǝɹɐʞ】 ☉ ☉ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 00:58, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes - Benigno ^{SSZ RCC} 16:57, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

No

I was going to go with “Who?” but apparently we’ve spoken. As they did not fix their page in the entire 4 years they spent as a group, I cannot in good conscience vote for this group to be historical. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 16:13, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
From what I see is a run-of-the-mill survivor group engaged in standard survivor play of maintaining a particular area. It was not innovative (like MCM or 404 were), it didn't have a distinctive style (like for example B.A.R. or ULC would have), nor was it involved in significant events (like Escape or c4NT were). -- Spiderzed ▋ 20:34, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
As Spiderzed. Groups that had some members, did some things, and had a central pitch of being "well liked" didn't classify as historical when Urban Dead was bigger. I don't believe that should change for groups that existed during UD's long tail. DANCEDANCEREVO LUTION 05:55, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
As Spiderzed. --Papa John Schnatter (talk) 17:25, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

With voting well and truly finished, the East Becktown Defenders have become a historical group. DANCEDANCEREVO LUTION 07:53, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

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 #Groups must no longer actively contribute to the game.
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-#Within two weeks of a nomination, the group must be approved by 2/3 of the voters, and have a minimum of 15 voters for a nomination to pass. The only allowable votes are '''Yes''' and '''No'''.
+#Voting will last for exactly two weeks following nomination. To be successful, a group must be approved by 2/3 of eligible voters to pass. A minimum of 15 votes must be cast for the vote to be valid. The only allowable votes are '''Yes''' and '''No'''.
 #Groups that pass will be added to the category as described below.
 #Groups must allow a week to pass between nominations.
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 =New Nominations=
+''Place new nominations for voting here.''
-==[[Pathetic Bill]]==
+=Recent Nominations=
-In Malton, once players go inactive, few people remember their names other than some close friends and their obscure wiki userpages.<br>
-...Unless their names were '''Pathetic Bill'''.<br>
-Pathetic Bill was a group of 7 players (give or take a few) all named Pathetic Bill. They were PKers. But you already knew that (or you're very new).<br>
-Though they got their start in Eastonwood, killing the local groups there, they soon began to travel, terrorizing Huntley Heights, Richmond Hills, and promoting [[Pk-day|PK-Day]], on 6/6/6. It was the success of PK Day that inspired D4rkness to create the [[PKA]].
-At the PKA, their closely coordinated strikes caused them to be considered the best shock troops available by other groups, and the Bills were employed as such during the [[Rolt Heights War]], various events against Fort Creedy and the CDF, and other long-term attacks like the Philosophe Knights' clearing of Richmond Hills. <br>
-The Bills were never a big group, or a particularly social group in the Metagame, but they live on in the memories of Malton's people because of their impact on the game population. They inspired successive generations of PKers (including Yours Truly) to take up PKing, at least [[SillyLillyPilly|two]] tribute [[Pathetic Bill Tribute Band|groups]], and dozens of similarly-named copy-cat killers.
-There was a time when seeing a Bill nearby would send survivors into a panic, and when having the Bills agree to show up to your PK event practically guaranteed success.<br>
-Pathetic Bill has won the [[MMA]] [[Malton_Murder_Awards_2009#Most_Notorious|Most Notorious PKer Award]] Twice and the [[Malton_Murder_Awards_2008#Biggest_Pillaging_Murderer|Biggest Pillaging Murderer Award]] once through the years of 2007, 2008, and 2009. Even now, without Historical status, Pathetic Bill is [[Suburb#Suburbs_of_Note|listed]] next to the ''Eastonwood Ferals'' as part of why Eastonwood is considered a Suburb of note.<br>
-So before you write something about how infamy alone does not lead to Historical status, or how they never brought the city to its knees, answer this: How many people will be eagerly emulating ''you'' and wearing ''your'' name when you've stopped playing this game?<br>
-''(I wrote this quickly after realizing that the Bills were never nominated for Historical. I may have missed some important events in their timeline.)''
--{{User:DT/Signature}} 00:27, 8 July 2012 (BST)
+==[[Militant Order of Barhah]]==
+The MOB defined [[Barhah#Controversy and Fundamentalis|Barhah Fundamentalism]] for Malton, putting into sharp focus the philosophy of always-dead, migratory, horde-focused zombies. While the MOB reigned, zombies and death cultists everywhere had to reconsider or sheepishly justify their necro-religious beliefs. The MOB maintained multiple effective strike teams for years. For years, zombie activity in Malton consisted primarily of a deep red Ridleybank and an uncontrollable wrecking ball in the form of the MOB. It was like a nonstop, all-seasons Mall Tour or Big Bash. Survivors could not stop it, so they resorted to [[River Tactics|fleeing in terror and picking up the mess left behind]]. Jorm, The Prophet of Barhah, is personally notable for:
+*Being [[Mayor]] of Malton from 2010 to today, following the Misanthropy/Revenant administration fulfilling their campaign promise to betray the electorate by handing the keys to the city to Jorm.
+*Hosting the IRC server that was a longtime favorite for UD live chat.
+*Hosting [[Unofficial UD Forums#Barhah.com|barhah.com]], the forum that was a longtime favorite for zombie groups.
+*Making [[:Category:Related Games#Inspired by Urban Dead|Nexus War]], which was more than a little popular. The spiritual successor, [https://www.nexusclash.com/ Nexus Clash], is still entirely alive.
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jorm Working for WikiMedia], where you may have seen him asking for donations.
+The Prophet of Barhah himself once made the case for his horde in [[UDWiki:Administration/Arbitration/Militant Order of Barhah vs Malton Mob|an arbitration case over the MOB redirect]]. In his trademarked steel wool and whiskey style, he addressed another group that hoped to be known as "the mob":
+ Your group consists of less than 20 and has done *nothing*; my group is over 70 and has *smashed suburbs*. We are the MOB; you are the "Malton Mob."
+Hagnat further noted:
+ They are larger. They are famous. They have Zombies. They have Jorm.
+I submit the MOB for your consideration. --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 07:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
-==[[Team Xtreme]]==
+=== Yes ===
-[[Team Xtreme]] - Having been a Pker for a long time and seen a lot of things in this game, I will say that as far as Bhers go, and I've seen a lot, these guys were one of the best I've encountered. They were an early adversary and served as a bit of measuring stick for ones that followed. I still remember these guys putting up a tougher challenge with less than half the players 'The Saints' had. A rare Bher group that you, as a Pker, didn't want to see much of but you respected them. A small but very effective group who often took on challenges rather than cower from them. Well organized, well lead and well known to those who stuck with the game for more than a month. --[[User:Hibernaculum|Hibernaculum]] 01:29, 4 July 2012 (BST)
+# '''Yes''' - Author vote. --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 07:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - Easily one of the most notable zombie groups to have ever shambled the streets of Malton. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 21:00, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - One of the most significant zombie groups in the game's history. --'''<span style="font-family:monospace; background-color:#222222">[[User:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime"> Spiderzed</span>]][[User talk:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime">▋</span>]]</span>''' 04:37, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' Jorm Made me do it. [[User:Rosslessness|<span style="color: MidnightBlue ">R</span><span style="color: Navy">o</span><span style="color: DarkBlue">s</span><span style="color: MediumBlue">s</span><span style="color: RoyalBlue"></span>]][[User_Talk:Rosslessness|<span style="color: RoyalBlue">l</span><span style="color: CornflowerBlue">e</span><span style="color: SkyBlue">s</span><span style="color: LightskyBlue">s</span>]][[User_Talk:Rosslessness/Quiz|<span style="color: LightBlue">n</span><span style="color: PowderBlue">e</span>]][[Monroeville Many|<span style="color: PaleTurquoise">s</span>]][[The Great Suburb Group Massacre|<span style="color: PaleTurquoise">s</span>]]<sup>[[Location Page Building Toolkit|<span style="color: DarkRed">Want a Location Image?]] </span> </sup>  18:36, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - I have played Urban Dead for almost 20 years, and have been part of MOB for almost as long (19 years, give or take).  No zombie group has been as impactful as MOB, and perhaps no zombie group ever will. [[User:Liche|Liche]] ([[User talk:Liche|talk]]) 19:44, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
+#'''I guess so.''' ^ Has this game been around for nearly 20 years? Ah, well. That can't be. (Really?) --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 04:45, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
+#'''Yes''' {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig5}} 07:37, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
+#'''yes''' - i was told there would be chum. [[User:Hajen|hajen]] ([[User talk:Hajen|talk]]) 15:39, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
+#'''Yes''' [[User:Clayton Carmine|Clayton Carmine]] ([[User talk:Clayton Carmine|talk]]) 15:30, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
-===Yes===
+=== No ===
-# Nominator Vote - [[User:Hibernaculum|Hibernaculum]] 01:39, 4 July 2012 (BST)
+With voting finished, MOB hasn't passed the minimum 15 votes to be made historical. That said, you can [[UDWiki:Administration/Policy Discussion|change historical voting policy]] (which doesn't have minimum vote requirements). --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 17:57, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
-#At least I can say I got the final shot against Josh Clark. He was a good man. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 02:12, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# Happy birthday! :D --{{User:Hashk/sig}} 02:14, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# Yes.. lol --[[User:Carrie Cutter|Carrie Cutter]] 02:17, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# Yes and not just because it's you-know-who's birthday ;)  [[User:Grogh|Grogh]] 02:23, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# RAWR. Joshy's awesome {{User:CrunchyCake/Sig}} 02:29, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# As the former leader I ask that all voters look at the History part of our page. We worked with Survivor groups such as the [[Cannonball Crew]] and [[Skynet Defense Network]]. Even though we were indeed Bounty Hunters we did a lot of pro survivor operations such as this one [[Alliance 45]] In 2 operations we fought the Zombies in Gulsonside with Operation Damage Control (July 21, 2010 - Sept 12, 2010) and Operation: Beaten to Death (July 28, 2011 - September 5, 2011) Also with Operation Uplift (October 1, 2010 - October 22, 2010) Wyke Hills goes from Red to Green with Team Xtreme, the Wulves and D.S. R&D. Operation Blindside (January 19, 2011 - January 28, 2011) Team Xtreme with Skynet Defense Network,  FPDF, AZS, KT, MR, C4NT, WULVES, MCDU, The Fortress, DSR&D, and Z.A.L.P. worked together in Whittenside against the Feral Undead just to name a few things (Not typical BHer stuff) Operation: Rock The Dead (April 11, 2011 - July 2, 2011) Was when Team Xtreme helped defend Malton against the return of the dead. Operation: Black List (September 9, 2011 - October 3, 2011) Was when Team Xtreme fought against Text Rapists and Zergs. This event won a 2011 Malton Murder Award for Best Bounty Hunting Moment, Team Xtreme is proud to have participated in the event. Team Xtreme was also Winner of the 2011 Malton Murder Awards for Best Bounty Hunter Group. And lastly October 28, 2010 is when I officially launched my blog web show The Xtreme Zone to entertain the people of Malton. The show lasted a year. And there was 4 years worth of Bounty Hunting in between all that. So my vote is yes. We have a History Page for a reason. --[[User:Josh Clark|Josh Clark]] 02:32, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-#:Historical by association isn't historical. Just because you have history doesn't mean that you're historical. Particularly when that history has almost no overlap with documented notable game events. --<small>[[User:Karek#K|Karek]]<sup><font face="Monotype Corsiva">[[User:Karek/ProjDev#Buildings_Update_Danger_Maps|maps 2.0?!]]</font></sup></small> 07:23, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-# Hell yeah!--{{User:Bad Attitude Barbie/sig}} 02:50, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# I says yep! :D --[[User:Lucy Daniels|Lucy Daniels]] 03:05, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# Absolutely, Yes! When The Cannonball Crew was fighting in Gulsonside against CTD, Josh and his crew were Indispensable! [User:Midge Owner] 03:15, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# Definitely!! TX will always be the best BHer group, in my opinion --[[User:Solodog|Solodog]] 03:20, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-#Because I was told to. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 03:42, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-#Because I'm scared of Carrie.  *hides*  --[[User:Rambo ninja spidrman|Rambo ninja spidrman]] 04:12, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# Xtremest group EVER. --[[User:Penguinpyro|Penguinpyro]] 04:15, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# Easily one of the finest BHer groups Malton has seen. Their impact on several areas of the Pking/BHing industry may still be felt. --{{User:A.schwan/sig}} <sub>Wednesday, 4 July 2012</sub>
-# Yup......nuff said --[[User:Raven Corvus|Raven Corvus]] 15:30, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# Josh's patter is hopeless and [[User:Mallrat|Hermann Munster]] always enjoyed ripping him and his Cheeto-stained buddies a new one, but TX's concerted efforts with Skynet were the only survivor push that ever threatened to shift [[Clubbed to Death]] from [[Blesley Mall]] for any length of time. The Cheeto Wars with you guys rank among the Club's most enjoyable nights out. And if that doesn't warrant a footnote in history, what does?--{{User:Mallrat/sig}} 18:33, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# Yes. It was always an event for the BAR when Team Xtreme came to town.  [[User:Jesussante|Jesus Sante]] <sup>[[CFT]]</sup> 04:27, 5 July 2012 (BST)
-#As a general thing, the niche of PKers matters very little in the big picture of UD given the default conflict (survivors vs zombies) and basic game mechanics (cost of killing vs cost of revival, significance of draining AP with meatshielding and ruining which PKers don't do). BHers, being essentially a niche within the niche, matter even less as a general thing. That being said, within its narrow niche, Team Xtreme has been highly significant. When we will look back in a few years and wonder about who has mattered within the field of bounty-hunting, TX must definitively be mentioned. For that reason, I think they should be included. --'''<span style="font-family:monospace; background-color:#222222">[[User:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime"> Spiderzed</span>]][[User talk:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime">█ </span>]]</span>''' 19:26, 5 July 2012 (BST)
-#:To specially lower the bar to "Well known presence in a subgroup community" would be to devalue what Historical Groups purpose as a category. It's purpose is to help newer users to understand how the community and culture has grown and particularly the groups which will come up in discussion time and again as being why things are done. Team Xtreme doesn't even make that list for BHers, nor PKers, much less Survivors, Zombies, or Players. And its particularly egregious when most(including these) BHers by nature play poorly(ineffectively) and are not innovative strategically(Beyond RG and some of what DARIS did) in even the limited anti-pker realm, [[COMBAT REVIVE]] was a more effective anti-pker group by the numbers than this, [[404]] and [[THEM]] are/were a functionally better example of anti-pker strategy that actually had demonstrable lasting effects on both specific conflicts and the game itself.  --<small>[[User:Karek#K|Karek]]<sup><font face="Monotype Corsiva">[[User:Karek/ProjDev#Buildings_Update_Danger_Maps|maps 2.0?!]]</font></sup></small> 07:20, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-#::Sorry, Karek, but I've got to disagree with your assessment of Historical category as a tool. If you've ever actually tried to learn about UD history based on groups in this category, you'd be pretty damn confused/frustrated. That's why projects like Zombie Renaissance, Project Timeline, UDThisMonth and others exist. These days Historical Group is nothing more than a badge. I'd argue that TX are probably more deserving of the badge than other groups wearing it, but I don't think they necessarily NEED it to be recognized as a group that contributed to UD's history.~[[Image:Vsig.png|link=User:Vapor]] <sub>18:55, 7 July 2012 (UTC)</sub>
-#:::Just want to note that both Project Timeline and UDThisMonth use Historical Group status as a criterion for inclusion, so this vote has bearing on those pages. See [[UDWiki talk:Project Timeline#Group inclusion|here]] and [[UDWiki talk:Project Timeline#So I've...|here]]. [[User:Bob Moncrief|Bob Moncrief]] 21:33, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-#::::Historical Group status is specifically not a criteria for inclusion on PT. That's why you don't see groups like [[ASS]], [[Brain Central]], [[Mockers]] or other questionably historic groups but you do see [[RRF]], [[Fortress]], [[ACC]] and others. ~[[Image:Vsig.png|link=User:Vapor]] <sub>22:24, 7 July 2012 (UTC)</sub>
-# As Spiderzed above. --[[User:Belisarius17|Belisarius17]] 03:30, 6 July 2012 (BST)
-# Worked with TX...agree with Spiderzed. {{User:Met fan/sig}} 06:13, 6 July 2012 (BST)
-# What Josh said, what Albert said, what Mallrat said. [[User:Leon Silverblood|Leon Silverblood]] 17:46, 6 July 2012 (BST)
-# As Albert, as Spiderzed --[[User:CptFastbreak|CptFastbreak]] 18:39, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-===No===
+==[[East Becktown Defenders]]==
+{{HistoricalVotingRules}}
+The East Becktown Defenders officially disbanded on [[EBD/Epitaph|May 1st, 2020]], which makes them eligible for Historical Group status.
+The EBD had been active since 2016, and included dozens of members, including both veterans and entire newbies. They maintained good relationships with survivor groups (including, but not limited to the DHPD, SoC, Knights Templar and the DEM) and zombie groups (specifically the Daubeney Resident Zombies next door, and of course our favourite frenemies in the RRF).
+Aside from regular survivor-style operations, they also brought a fun, no-pressure approach to the game, along with [[East_Becktown_Defenders/Tools|wiki-tools]] (like the automatic SitRep on their group page) and weird events (like the [[EBD_Stat_Party_2016|EBD StatParty]]).
+The group decided not to fade away like many others, but officially disbanded after exactly 4 years of activity.
-# meh and meh. they did nothing that other BH groups didn't do before. --{{User:Sexualharrison/sig}}<small>01:50, 4 July 2012 </small>
+=== Yes ===
-# Convince me. --[[User:Rosslessness|Ross]]<sup>[[User:Rosslessness/Battle of Tebbett|less]]</sup>[[User:Rosslessness|ness]]  18:22, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-#:Since you asked let me give it a shot. Admittedly, what follows is information that predates me. It is my understanding of events and if its accuracy needs to be called into question, please feel free.  How did TX change the game? Undoubtedly, there were BHers before TX. My understanding is that most of them were lone hunters or small groups of 2 to 3. They would come together at places like the RG but not in a permanent strategic way. Was there Pack BHing, yes. Organizations like the DEM were organized and engaged in BHing along with their many other functions. My understanding is that if there were purely BHer groups before the time that TX, Malton Marshals, and the Saints formed in 2008, they were transitory. They specialized and they organized for the sole purpose of hunting bounties and they were good at it, providing a counterpoint to PKing groups which had been around for some time. Helping to create organized opposition lead to BHer events like All saints day in 2008 and the organized opposition to Samhain Slaughter.  BHer groups are a feature of the game today. Now, while I might well be unaware of a notable group or two that would damage this argument, one thing I am fairly sure of is that TX was instrumental in introducing BHer arms into super groups. There were super groups before TX, but since their inception from Alliance 45 to Cannonball Crew to SDN, TX was there making their specialized services a part of how groups like this would operate. Regardless of how one feels about BHing groups or supergroups, they are a part of Malton life and TX helped make them what they are today. Long winded but I hope it helps. --{{User:A.schwan/sig}} <sub>Friday, 6 July 2012</sub>
-#::there is nothing "super" about any of the groups you just mentioned.--{{User:Sexualharrison/sig}}<small>03:08, 6 July 2012 </small>
-#:::Funny then that you are listed as leadership on [[New Malton Colossus|a group that evidently thinks otherwise]]. Might want to see to setting that straight :P --{{User:A.schwan/sig}} <sub>Friday, 6 July 2012</sub>
-#::::i can still think they are D-bags can't i? and the NMC is a collective with no real leadership. cat herding comes to mind.--{{User:Sexualharrison/sig}}<small>05:05, 6 July 2012 </small>
-#::[[Shearbank Liberation Army]], [[Dulston Defense Death Squad]], to name a few old BHer groups (or semi-BHer groups) of the old days that has Historical status, Al. Sure, they were limited to a single location and didn't use Rogue's Gallery as heavily as today's BHer groups, but they were still BHer groups. Just...correcting your facts a little there, Al. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 15:36, 6 July 2012 (BST)
-#:::They didn't use RG <u>at all</u> because it didn't exist yet. The concept of bounties didn't even exist. Back then it was just a PK List hosted on Desensitized with screenshots of last known locations. Ironicly, though, it was former members of [[DARIS]], whom the [[SLA]] were were at war with that were partially responsible for the modern bounty system. That new group was called The [[Council of Leaders (new)]], led by [[User:Katthew|Katthew]] (and others). They were the real pioneers in Bounty Hunting as are those members of [[DEM]] who founded the Rogues Gallery. Just correcting some of your facts, Axe. ~[[Image:Vsig.png|link=User:Vapor]] <sub>17:41, 6 July 2012 (UTC)</sub>
-#:::Thanks Axe, I figured I missed a few, but the fact remains, these groups were institutional or regionally strategic. I still maintain that the 08 groups brought something new to the table that was not there before and still is there today. TX to me was the most successful and recognized of the newer batch. Their influence was formative and therefore historically significant.--{{User:A.schwan/sig}} <sub>Friday, 6 July 2012</sub>
-#::::That can be seen both ways. For one, I honestly believed RG was a lot better back then before it moved to it's current home. TX deserves a spot in historical, but ''not'' for the reasons you've stated here. It's the same with CK. CK deserves to be historical too, but not for the reasons stated in both CK votes. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 01:05, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-# Why are they historical? Because they were effective? Did they change the game? Is this another popularity contest? --{{User:Paddy Dignam/sig}} 20:08, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# As above. This vote is largely irrelevant, as there is clearly a bandwagon rolling. However, I'm really not seeing this at all. They were... alright and that's about it. If a CV features only events that the applicant actually has to explain then there is not much there. If there were a category for Historical Characters (and I have long believed that there should be), then Josh Clark would make it. Team Xtreme though? Not for me. --[[User:The Hierophant|Papa Moloch]] 20:32, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-#:I'm a lot better looking than you. No hard feelings. --{{User:Paddy Dignam/sig}} 06:44, 6 July 2012 (BST)
-# never heard of you and frankly the number of votes such a none group are getting makes it obvious how much of a joke this category has become. Seriously... what did you do that made an impact, let alone changed the game? --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 22:29, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# Good at what they did, I guess. Outstandingly so? Nope. Uniquely so? Nope. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 23:37, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# No real game significance--{{User:AnimeSucks/Sig}} 23:43, 4 July 2012 (BST)
-# As Paddy and Moloch. --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 01:47, 5 July 2012 (BST)
-# {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig}} 04:55, 5 July 2012 (BST)
-# I liked Team Xtreme. They were good at what they did and weren't obnoxious about it, either. Other groups have gotten Historical due to being so good that they forced other groups to change their tactics to deal with them, but I don't think TX did that. And I really don't think TX had the sort of presence that impacted the suburbs they went through. I'm rather sad to find that they've disbanded though. Until I saw this, I thought they were still active. --{{User:DT/Signature}} 05:30, 5 July 2012 (BST)
-#:Hey, where the hell have you been? Imma stalk u now. ~[[Image:Vsig.png|link=User:Vapor]] <sub>23:04, 5 July 2012 (UTC)</sub>
-# This group has never been important or notable. Nor have they had any real impact on the game or 90% of the meta at any point in their history. If Team Xtreme had never existed not only would no one here have noticed, no one here would have cared. --<small>[[User:Karek#K|Karek]]<sup><font face="Monotype Corsiva">[[User:Karek/ProjDev#Buildings_Update_Danger_Maps|maps 2.0?!]]</font></sup></small> 11:31, 5 July 2012 (BST)
-# No.--[[User:Akbar|Akbar]] 18:21, 6 July 2012 (BST)
-# No. A highly visible and fairly well coordinated bounty hunting fixture for many years, but didn't change the game nor challenge the perimeters, nor do anything singularly more spectacular, sophisticated or successful than any other group. --{{User:RenegadeRomero/Sig}} 01:06, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-# Meh. Even if they were "highly significant" within bounty hunting (and I've seen little indication that they were, they were just very good at it, they didn't change the way people bounty hunt) it's kind of silly to say that that makes you historical. If you say being very good or even the best at a given subsection of the game is noteworthy, you get in to a weird line of argumentation. If there's a really specialised section of the game e.g. people who hunt people who hunt people who hunt zergs, if the people who do that are very good at it, are they historical? No. Because what they do represents a very small aspect of the game which is largely insignificant. If we look at the history of the game, these guys didn't change it in any way; they aren't a landmark on it. They were just very good at playing the game as it was. '''Not Historical'''. --[[User:Shortround|<span style="color:Black">Short</span>]][[User talk:Shortround|<span style="color: Black">round</span>]] }.{ [[Special:Contributions/Shortround|<span style="color:Black">My Contributions</span>]] 01:19, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-# No. There is absolutely nothing that stands out about them, historically or otherwise. -- {{User:CyanEyed/Sig}} 14:12, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-# How did this group change the way UD is played or have a significant impact on the community at large, i.e. on the whole, not just in one or two suburbs. It didn't. And I don't have to have been around a lot lately to tell from the application that this group is NOT qualfiied. --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 14:28, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-==Recent Nominations==
+# '''Yes''' -  {{User:Peralta/Signature}} 13:29, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
-*[[Category_talk:Historical_Groups/SucceededArchive#Red_Rum|Red Rum]] - '''Successful'''
+# '''Yes''' - [[User:Clayton Carmine|Clayton Carmine]] ([[User talk:Clayton Carmine|talk]]) 13:38, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - [[User:MicoolTNT|MicoolTNT]] 13:57, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - {{User:Stelar/sig}} 14:00, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - [[User:Roddy Winters|Roddy Winters]] ([[User talk:Roddy Winters|talk]]) 17:27, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - [[User:Matt Langley|Matt Langley]] ([[User talk:Matt Langley|talk]]) 18:13, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - [[User:Tarkenton|Tarkenton]] ([[User talk:Tarkenton|talk]]) 20:33, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - {{User:Bob Moncrief/Sig}} 23:17, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - [[User:Simcoe|Simcoe]] 07:00, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - [[User:Yo Ris|Yo Ris]] ([[User talk:Yo Ris|talk]]) 07:33, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - [[User:RaiNo|RaiNo]] 10:14, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - [[User:Frank Burn|Frank Burn]] ([[User talk:Frank Burn|talk]]) 13:46, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' -  [[User:DoXBr|DoXBr]] ([[User talk:DoXBr|talk]]) 14:19, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - [[User:Richardskull16|Richardskull16]] ([[User talk:Richardskull16|talk]]) 09:25, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - The Malton Globetrotters turbodunk the ayes! --{{User:Dragonshardz/dragonshardz}} {{Goonsig|Dragonshardz}} 00:58, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
+# '''Yes''' - {{User:Benigno/sig}} 16:57, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
+=== No ===
+#I was going to go with “Who?” but [[Talk:East_Becktown_Defenders#Your_page|apparently we’ve spoken]]. As they did not fix their page in the entire 4 years they spent as a group, I cannot in good conscience vote for this group to be historical. {{User:Revenant/Sig}} {{Goonsig|Revenant}} 16:13, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
+#From what I see is a run-of-the-mill survivor group engaged in standard survivor play of maintaining a particular area. It was not innovative (like MCM or 404 were), it didn't have a distinctive style (like for example B.A.R. or ULC would have), nor was it involved in significant events (like Escape or c4NT were). --'''<span style="font-family:monospace; background-color:#222222">[[User:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime"> Spiderzed</span>]][[User talk:Spiderzed|<span style="color:Lime">▋</span>]]</span>''' 20:34, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
+#As Spiderzed. Groups that had some members, did some things, and had a central pitch of being "well liked" didn't classify as historical when Urban Dead was bigger. I don't believe that should change for groups that existed during UD's [[Survivor-Zombie_Imbalance#7|long tail]]. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig5}} 05:55, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
+#As Spiderzed. --[[User:Papa John Schnatter|Papa John Schnatter]] ([[User talk:Papa John Schnatter|talk]]) 17:25, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
+With voting well and truly finished, the East Becktown Defenders have become a '''historical group'''. {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig5}} 07:53, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
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-just a question why and how did the roftwood assault force become historical?--{{User:Sexualharrison/sig}}<small>04:16, 23 June 2011 (bst)</small>
-:[[Category_talk:Historical_Groups/SucceededArchive#Roftwood_Assault_Force|here's the vote]]. -- {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sig4}} 05:45, 23 June 2011 (BST)
-::man did it squeak by. must have been when i was inactive for a few months.--{{User:Sexualharrison/sig}}<small>06:06, 23 June 2011 (bst)</small>
-==TX==
-Place your bets here. As much I think TX does deserve a spot in historical, I don't think they will make it. From what I'm seeing, this is basically half the PKer meta striking back at the BHer meta for making CK fail. Twice. This is what happens when you're biased in these things. We have ourselves a silent subconscious meta war...Who wants to bet something will blow out of proportion soon? -_-" --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 05:20, 5 July 2012 (BST)
-:Nope. I don't see how this vote is going any different than any other recent vote. You're either in the purist camp (those that cling to the vague voting criteria) or the popularity camp (voteing based on how well you personally like/dislike the group) or you're a meatpuppet. Don't see any evidence of a so-called "meta-war" or "payback" voting. ~[[Image:Vsig.png|link=User:Vapor]] <sub>22:58, 5 July 2012 (UTC)</sub>
-::Never part of the PK scene, nor did I ever BH. I have no stake in voting against your group other than a proper understanding of what it means to be Historical. Have a nice day. --[[User:WanYao|WanYao]] 14:33, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-:Get a grip, son. Look at all the PKers who voted for (To The) Four Winds and C4NT, among many other deserving groups. You're the one blowing this out of proportion. Just because you think your group should be historical doesn't mean your group is historical. And let's not forget that without those nasty, biased PKers you would never have had a group in the first place, yes? --{{User:Paddy Dignam/sig}} 16:06, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-::You're talking to someone who plays PKer alts exclusively, mate. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 17:11, 7 July 2012 (BST)
-::: [[File:MJPopcorn.gif]] {{User:Kempy/sig}} 17:20, 7 July 2012 (BST)

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