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Welcome to May, Whitewater! We hope everyone is enjoying the warmer days while fighting the good fight against pollen and spring allergies. We are also rapidly approaching Whitewater's second birthday next month...wow!

➤ To fit the season, Whitewater will be undergoing some spring cleaning as we emerge from our winter dens. This will be mostly on staff's end, but we wanted to provide our current timeline of tidying!

● On May 5th, we will be removing all members that did not respond to our most recent activity check and did not reach out to staff. This includes Discord members with no on-site account and on-site accounts with no posts. If this is you, staff will be reaching out today to give another opportunity to check-in before you are deleted. For members that are removed, you are more than welcome to rejoin at any time!

● On May 15th, we will be archiving any WIP that has not been edited in 6 months. We know that real-life happens and muse can be fleeting, so please reply to this thread if there are any old WIPs that you would like to save! You are also always able to request archived bios to be moved back at any point. 

During this time, we will also be archiving bios from inactive members. We will assess inactive characters for the potential to be canon adopts, but reach out to staff if there are any particular inactive characters that you would like added!

● On May 15th, we will also be archiving any roleplay threads that have not been posted in for 6 months. Again, we know life happens, so if you and your roleplay partner would like to keep an old thread active, please reply to this thread! 

During this time, we will also be archiving threads that have inactive members.  

● Staff will also be tidying up some various things around the site, such as broken images and links, converting any missed staff posts to the new post template, and assessing any needs for new informational posts, new organizational flow, etc. 

If you see anything that needs editing or if you have a suggestion regarding the presentation of our site information and lore, please feel free to reach out to staff!

As always, we ask that you keep an eye on your plotters, trackers, adoption threads, and hubs to update as needed, and now is a great time to refresh any old information!

If you have any adoption threads or other OOC posts that you would like archived, just let staff know. 

➤ We have two new channel that will be added shortly to our Discord! 

The first is #ceremony-requests. This channel will feature a form to fill out whenever you are ready for your character to graduate from one rank to the next! 

You will have an option on the form to specify if you would like your character's graduation to be roleplayed out with your group's leader, but this is not required! 

The other new channel is #gossip. This channel will feature a form to submit rumors and secrets about your character. With so many character-driven plots in the valley, we hope this helps give an idea of what juicy info other characters may or may not know!

Once we begin compiling rumors, we will create a thread on the site to keep track of each group's info. 

➤ Lastly, we would like to wish very happy birthdays this month to our friends Spotted and Robin! We hope ya'll have a wonderful time! 


As always, thank you all for the love and support you've poured into this community. Happy writing!