Process for claiming Room names
Corporal_Joker
Somewhat frequently there are cases where creators want to create a Room that really needs a specific Room name, where that name is permanently occupied by never-published, barely-developed, and/or long-forgotten Rooms. Please create a process by which creators may request the right to reclaim a Room name.
This should include some clear, objective criteria like (1) time since last visit (2) time since first creator's last log-on (3) whether published or not, (4) merit credentials of the requesting creator, etc.
DrummerGeek
Something that may also help is if a room isn't published, it has a prefix on its name. This would make it so a room name isn't used until the room is published, and is available again within 30 days of a published room being unpublished again. That way people can't squat on names using unpublished rooms.
William Sutcliffe
Are you the guy whos mad because of my room, ^TheFallOfJumbotron?
Human
As long as the criteria is low, so that just abandoned rooms and not infrequently worked-on rooms are up for reclaimanation.
I don't think abandoned rooms should be deleted. Maybe just be reassigned a long random name, and when/if the person comes back they can maybe get a notification or some sign that their room has been renamed.
Corporal_Joker
Human: Agree on all points.