Okay, I have come to an idea, it's going to cause a stir, it's going to cause a big stir. Frankly it's such a controversial idea that the wisdom of keeping quiet has not escaped me.
Before I post this I must warn that I will not tolerate a flame war, if I even think I see one starting I will get a mod to delete the offending message, if you have an objection to this please post your reasons calmly and rationally.
Here goes nothing.
My suggestion is that all factions created prior to the admins taking control of the whole process, repost their faction status in the Faction Creation Forum.
Here's why, some of these factions may be a little out of date, diplomacies, ship lists, weapon lists, this would be an opportunity to give your faction a kind of 10,000 mile service, a peek under the hood as it were. I do not believe that this should comprimise the official status of these factions, unless it is seen that these factions no longer meet the minimum five active members required for a faction to be official.
Remember folks, calm and rational...
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