Forum:Character Activity Suggestion

So me and Shimmer have been discussing an idea for a major change to how the wiki works, as it's been brought to our attention the full extent of how overpopulated the clans are. This idea will affect the activity of characters, the amount of living characters, the adoption system, and possibly RP archiving schedules.

The basic idea is that cats will have a requirement on how often they are RPed. Two paragraphs a month (amount is subject to change). Any cats who aren't RPed the required amount will be put up for adoption. Cats will have an additional month (also subject to change) to be adopted before they're officially declared dead, and marked as NPC status with an unknown residence. NPC status cats are not marked as up for adoption, but are available to be claimed and moved to an afterlife for permanent residence.

This idea is being suggested to apply to all living clans (possibly with the exception of TSF depending on your opinions on the matter), therefore not including the afterlife residences. The activity requirement will not be required for cats in any of the afterlife residences. They may one day be suggested if they prove to be a problem, but currently will not be included in this.

Cats who are willingly put up for adoption due to the owner no longer wanting it will be given an extra 2 weeks to find a new RPer. This will be kept track of through a adoption reasoning and a listing of the date the character was put up for adoption on the current adoption template.

Former owners of a cat will be allowed to readopt their cat 2 times if they choose. Afterwards they'll be forbidden from adopting them again. This will be kept track of with a past owners list on the character's talk page.

The month limit for adoptions will be applied to all currently available cats. Current afterlilfe residence cats up for adoption will be faded if not adopted by the end of the month. All afterlife residence cats who are willingly put up for adoption in the future will get the same treatment.

Roleplay pages will be archived on a set date once a month to ease keeping track of character activity. Newly created cats will not be tracked for activity till the beginning of the month after they are created. This allows for time to work out personality and relations without having to worry about your cat being put up for adoption.

Overall this will greatly improve the problem with overpopulation and ownerless characters. It will allow you to have only as many characters as you can keep active, while not limiting it to a certain number and therefore requiring you to track how many cats you have.

It's a major change, but it'd definitely be for the better. What do you guys think?