Hello all! I'm making this announcement very briefly to highlight some changes we made today.

For new member who might not know, we have a topic called the Deceased List, highlighting every character that passed away within a certain year on the site. This topic exists in order to keep tabs on which characters go inactive, to serve as a historical document for the community, to record which afterlife a character went to (StarClan or the Dark Forest), and to track death topics in the event that someone would like to read a specific character's last moments. This is also an important tool for staff when reviewing a creation topic. The Deceased List allows us to see when a character officially died/went missing so that we can know how many active characters a member has at once. All in all, it's a great tool that's been around since 2012!

In 2019, it kind of fell into inactivity. It's not really anybody's fault; it stopped being updated around a time when staff on WCC was switching hands, and as new people stepped on and old people stepped off, the Deceased List wasn't as big of a deal as things like the Allegiances and Activity Checks. It's been on the backburner...

Until now! As of today, the Deceased List is fully up to date with all character deaths that have been reported. However, we're sure there's a few deaths that haven't been reported in the threads. We wouldn't blame you if it slipped your mind. To help you out, we've done some shuffling to make the topic more visible and accessible. The Deceased List now resides in the Site Cats sub-board, where you can also find the Allegiances and Family Tree. We've also moved the threads where you can add your character to the list. From now on, you can report your deceased characters in their Clan Information Board, where you can also find the Moonstone Journey Requests. We've added Quick Nav links to each location to aid your search.

Staff asks that you take a few moments out of your day sometime soon to help us update the Deceased List. If you have any characters that passed away between August 2019 and today that are not on the list, please visit the reporting thread for each clan and fill out a form for the inactive character. If your character does not have a death topic, please let us know what year they died in so they are added to the correct section.

More important than updating past deaths is the expectation for future deaths. The intention for the Deceased List, functionally, is to keep track of people's character slots. Your character's official death form will serve as proof that they are no longer active on a specific date, allowing you to begin using a new character. In the future, staff will expect to see a post in the reporting thread to go along with your new character creation. It makes things more "permanent," I think (it's certainly good encouragement to update the thread, too!).

That's all I have for you tonight. If you have any concerns, questions, or comments about the Deceased List, drop a reply below or a message in staff's inboxes. I look forward to seeing your many, many obituaries. >:D