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Dawn Angelheart · Nov 19, 2008, 07:10 PM // 19:10

Anyone Any Idea Why There Hasnt Been An Updated Guild Of The Week In Half a Year?

Shayne Hawke · Nov 19, 2008, 08:15 PM // 20:15

I believe it was mentioned by Gaile or Regina that it wasn't attracting enough attention for the work that was being put into it, so it was canceled. The same reasons were why we don't see the Scribe anymore.

BabyJ · Nov 19, 2008, 08:16 PM // 20:16

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I'm curious to know if there is a link between Gaile and Guild of The Week. The last Guild of The Week was published March 25th, and Gaile posted her plans to leave on March 31st. Is this a coincidence or does this explain why there hasn't been a GoTW since? Slayer essence 02:35, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

It's strange to see me referred to in the third person on my page, but I know you were just starting a discussion for everyone, rather than asking me directly, so that's fine.

Yes, the Guild of the Week series was something I conceived and managed; I liked the feature very much. Most of the time I was only lightly involved in the week-to-week production and publication of the features; various folks wrote the articles over the years.
At this point, I don't think the series has concluded, but I really don't know. The people who would know about that are members of the current community team. They may have plans to continue the series, modify it, or drop it altogether. I'm sure any of the team members would welcome your inquiry, so do feel free to drop one of them a note, if you wish to do so. -- Gaile 03:48, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Source: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_...ld_of_The_Week

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Hi Regina! I have been working on the guild page policies here lately, and we just made a change to how Notable guilds are tagged. We are referencing this page and using it for a basis for determining Notable status, but it does not contain all the guilds chosen for GotW. I have also noticed there has been no GotW since March 25th. Has that project been shelved?-- Wynthyst 08:24, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

It most likely has been shelved becuase I sent in three seperate applications for my guild and never heard back.--67.241.10.75 17:23, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Guild of the Week is under discussion. The traffic/readership statistics for GotW have been very low for a long time -- long before I came on board. There are questions as to how much of our efforts to edit and publish these interviews on the website are worth it, given the lack of traffic. Part of the reason for the lack of traffic is that the format/structure of the interviews have become stale and repetitive. Another reason that the stats are a lot lower is that GW1 is a three-year old game at the tail end of its lifecycle, so there isn't a lot of interest from players in reading these interviews. If you've got any ideas on how to improve the program or refresh it, let me know, so I can justify to others here whether to continue it in its existing format or change it entirely. --Regina Buenaobra 17:39, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Source: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_...on_the_website

Nov 19, 2008, 07:10 PM // 19:10	#1
Dawn Angelheart Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Mar 2008 Guild: We Bought Plan C On [Ebay] Profession: W/E	Guild Of The Week. Anyone Any Idea Why There Hasnt Been An Updated Guild Of The Week In Half a Year?

Nov 19, 2008, 08:15 PM // 20:15	#2
Shayne Hawke Departed from Tyria Join Date: May 2007 Guild: Clan Dethryche [dth] Profession: R/	I believe it was mentioned by Gaile or Regina that it wasn't attracting enough attention for the work that was being put into it, so it was canceled. The same reasons were why we don't see the Scribe anymore.