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This page lists all guilds that have inactive leaders. A leader is considered inactive when they have not logged in to Habitica (website or app) for at least six months. The players from the Pirate Cove are assessing these guilds to see what should be done with them. The options are:


 * Ask in guild chat if the guild members would like to select a new leader. This should be the option chosen in most cases.
 * Recommend to Alys that the guild be privatised - e.g., if the guild has not had any discussion for a long time. In most cases, Alys will probably prefer that the first option be chosen instead, because the process of choosing a new leader might bring a guild back to life.
 * Recommend to Alys that the guild be deleted. This might be appropriate if the guild is extremely inactive - e.g., hardly any chat messages since it was created.

Before approaching a guild, it is important that you get permission first from the Pirate Cove. This is to ensure that no other actions regarding that guild have occurred yet and that the pirate is aware of any history or special circumstances regarding the guild.

Once permission has been received, as suggested hail to the guild can be:

"Hello, everyone! Unfortunately the person who created this guild has not logged into Habitica for more than six months and the lack of an active leader has come to the attention of the Pirates of Habitica. In case you have not heard of us, I'd better explain that the pirates of Pirate Cove not only help to keep the guild list tidy by removing abandoned guilds but they also try to rescue guilds that are in difficulty and help them to flourish, or in this case assist a leadership change. So... If any of the long-term members are interested in being leader of the guild, the Admins can arrange for the leadership to be transferred to someone with the time and energy to promote the guild and run interesting challenges. If you think you can take on this guild, speak now! Post your plans here in the guild and if Habitica Admins think you've got what it takes to be guild leader, the guild is yours! The guild creator's gems will be returned to them, just in case they ever start using Habitica again. Please note it is not first come first serve, so even if someone else has put down their name feel free to speak up too as all names will be considered."

This has the following elements
 * Plain English. We are all pirates! but the landlubbers sometime have trouble understanding us
 * Explains who we are and what we do
 * That approval will be required by Habitica's Admin. It not just up to you, your facilitating the change.
 * You can't just come in and claim the guild. Need to show you been productive member of the guild before.