Yeah, I guess most names are safe... I mean, there's still enough people out there who aren't total crap sacks who just want to piss people off by stealing their guild names.
I believe last time I checked, Guild Names will be preserved from the Beta Weekend Events into the release version of Guild Wars. No need for a petition, we got ya covered.
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And about guild leaders getting inactive and just leave the game without giving leader status to someone else. My whole guild got inactive last BWE except me, and I was a member, but I got the status guild leader after a few hours.