Talk:Uniform Barricading Policy/Plan Reviews

If you have comments about a plan review, please make them here.

Old review comments can be found in the archives. Thanks!

Danversbank

The 'provisional' unreviewed Danversbank plan has been in place and working for the last 2 years. I can't see Danversbank ever being UBP compliant given the split suburb, the NT access problem and the general lack of people willing to maintain a suburb so far from malls. 2+ years in the suburb have shown that the provisional plan works well. R33F3RM4N 18:38, 2 April 2009 (BST)

The provisional plan will be the plan that gets reviewed then, since that is the one that has been used most frequently. As far as people being willing to maintain a suburb without malls, that is a neglible issue. There are plenty of suburbs without easy access to a mall that work to maintain UBP levels--it's all about coordination among locals, and sometimes that just means lowering barricades yourself and tagging buildings with appropriate levels (particularly VSBs). --Maverick ^{Talk - OBR 404} 09:41, 16 October 2009 (BST)

Thanks for the lecture. It was enlightening. Let me try again in simpler terms. The locals aren't interested in UBP theory. Whilst you review we'll keep the suburb as workable as we can for breathers. Just as we have been doing for 2+ years. Getting the picture yet? --R33F3RM4N 19:40, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, and that is what I would expect. If the current plan works for locals, then forget about UBP. The review is simply there to let non-locals know that there are some deviations and to actually look at your plan to know what's going on. --Maverick ^{Talk - OBR 404} 22:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

North Blythville

The present BP is working well since 2006. Although in times of stress overcading of hospitals & PDs do still occur. The Olney Militia is working the North Blythville UBP standard and issues cade tags and tries to make available at least one of all the resource buildings through-out NB to non+FR. We also try to give actual updates of cade status in the BP discussion tab. --Jake T Weber 20:43, 21 October 2009 (BST)

Good to hear! Keep checking back as there is currently discussion on-going about overhauling some parts of the UBP. --Maverick ^{Talk - OBR 404} 06:50, 22 October 2009 (BST)

Shackleville

A small word from a Shackleville resident.

On the whole, there's not a lot of adherence to the Barricade plan, because daily life reveals its not very well thought out.

The center of the suburb, consisting of the area containing pretty much all the TRPs (Swithun, Raymond and Luckwell) are kept at EHB++ by pretty much all groups in the area. Clarkson Lane Fire Station is the commonly accepted entry point, kept at VSB++, providing direct access to the NT, police station and Dempsey Lane Fire Station, Swithun and Harkness Auto Repair are just one step further, giving all commonly needed resources safely with just one entry point. On a similar note, the Free Running corridor to Woodroffe Mall in the east is also kept at high barricade levels.

The reason for this is that Shackleville is relatively limited in resources (1 hospital, 1 NT), but on the outskirts of Greater Ridleybank, and thus home to frequent Zombie invasions. Low-level survivors would simply be better off traveling south to Kempsterbank, with its staggering six hospitals. --Grungni 08:57, 16 October 2009 (BST)

Thank you for the input! I will keep that in mind as I get to the review of Shackleville (not quite there yet, as you can see from the map. If you get the chance, could you update the barricade plan for Shackleville to reflect what you already mentioned? If people are not following the barricade plan, that means that they have come to some kind of a consensus among themselves. Which is great, but the barricade plans (as posted on the UDWiki) are meant to reflect both ideal conditions as well as a plan agreed upon by locals, so that visitors to the suburb can follow local policy. --Maverick ^{Talk - OBR 404} 09:37, 16 October 2009 (BST)

Done. I've only updated the area around the Petting Zoo, as that's what I'm most familiar with. I'll scout the rest of the area over the following days and try to update the rest. I also added my above explanation to the Shackleville Barricade Plan page. --Grungni 10:57, 16 October 2009 (BST)

With any luck, more folks from Shackleville will take note and contribute to create a barricade plan that everyone can be happy with and follow, even if it isn't UBP-compliant. --Maverick ^{Talk - OBR 404} 12:20, 17 October 2009 (BST)

Seeing how Shackleville has just fallen, and I'm pretty dead, it might be a bit longer before I get back to you with a full report. Luckily, you're not close yet :-) --Itsacon ^{(Talk | Grungni | Ikhnaton)} 09:52, 20 October 2009 (BST)

Pimbank

After reading through the archives of the UBP talk pages, I'm noticing that maybe at least one of the Auto Shops in the NE corner be set to EHB because of the high rate of finding fuel cans. There are a few factories to the east of Tynte Mall, and one to the south, so maybe it's okay. The NE corner was the hardest one for me to finish, since I wanted to weigh the need for an entry point close to the mall against the idea of having a fully EHB free running lane N from Tynte Mall. Comments? BTW I'm referring to User:Soynuts/Pimbank Barricade Plan Sandbox which I've updated from the current barricade plan. --Soynuts 20:01, 23 October 2009 (BST)

I will get a review of your plan to you as soon as possible. There is currently discussion about some major changes to UBP, so reviews of current plans is going to take longer than initially expected. Is the BP you've linked to the accepted one for the suburb, or just a personal plan that you want checked for UBP? --Maverick ^{Talk - OBR 404} 19:22, 24 October 2009 (BST)

I wouldn't say that its the "accepted" one for the suburb," but I certainly haven't seen the one currently posted on the wiki as accepted or successful. The plan I'm submitting is very similar to the current plan, and I'm submitting this one as the new plan to be posted for the suburb, welcoming any suggestions or criticism. I think Tynte Mall has decent access to free running lanes and has been neglected mostly because of its bad reputation and lack of an active survivor group in the immediate area. I hope to, with my small band of friends, try to bring the suburb to an easily maintainable level, not assuming we can withstand serious attacks, but placing an emphasis on recovery- maintaining free running lanes to surrounding resource buildings as well as trying to spread awareness in the area about entry points and fall back positions while maintaining enough transmitters to provide regular status updates and places to call neighboring groups for help. --Soynuts 18:24, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I've looked at the BP in your sandbox. I will hold off on reviewing Pimbank as a whole until your plan is accepted/rejected by others in the area, since there is little sense in reviewing the current plan if it might end up chaning anyways. Anywho, here are my comments on the BP you've put together...

Overall it's great. VSBs are well distributed around the suburb, one of the NTs is VSB, essential buildings are generally accessible. Honestly, the only changes I would make would be to make Frayne Walk Fire Station EHB (FR lane concern) and make the Lasder Building VSB (at least 2 adjacent buildings to the mall should be VSB). Other than that, it's solid. I would certainly call it compliant. --Maverick ^{Talk - OBR 404} 07:49, 4 November 2009 (UTC)