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Prior to this three preview versions of the world were put up onto the server, which allowed builders to tour, visit, and test buildings within the worlds before official work would begin as a final chance for players to provide feedback about any potential tweaks that were required for the world itself.

[[File:WH-MRT Security Agreement.png|thumb|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BP0ZE0Enlcwh_fwajorGimA8EMjhuJgZa1aKHEjmNIM/edit Official WolvHaven-MRT Security Agreement] put into place in mid-2018]]

=== NWGA Saga (Apr-Oct) ===

Interclaim alliances were beginning to be established in [[Gardellia]]. One of the first, the North-West Gardellia Alliance (NWGA) would find itself dragged into a controversy surrounding one of its members, Delfino88, owner of Dolphinplains in late-March 2018 as he was given various warnings relating to large-scale illegal terraforming, plagiarism and lying to staff.

''The following is an article from WBC News published on April 4th 2018.''

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=== NWGA dragged into drama as one of its members gets banned ===

While the WolvHaven community was busy fooling around during April Fools, little that they know that a ticking drama time bomb was about to be set off. A prominent citizen by the name of Delfino88 was banned during April Fools for a week after accumulating three active warnings.

==== Five Active Warnings ====

Delfino88 was previously warned for large scale worldediting in Gardellia which was referred to as “deswamping” by the community and repeated trespass into restricted areas within WolvHaven. The final warning came on the 1st April 2018 for lying to staff bringing the total number of active warnings to three, resulting in a ban of a week.

An additional two warnings came in later on 2 April 2018 after he failed to remove builds which he copied without permission from Tony515 by burying the building underneath instead of removing it as required. This was part of the new plagiarism act of 2018 which was passed and signed in parliament on the 24 March 2018 which gave all members a week’s grace period to remove all builds which were copied without permission from the author.

This led to him having five active warnings which upgraded his ban from a temporary one week ban to an appealable permanent ban. He will be able to appeal his ban from 9 April 2018.

==== Delfino takes a stand ====

Displeased with the one week ban initially, it was reported that Delfino88 took to the North West Gardellia Alliance (NWGA) discord to show his disapproval of the ban. This was later confirmed when SpaceInvader11 shared a meme which Delfino88 posted in the NWGA Discord.

The meme depicted a picture of Delfino wearing a banner with what looks like a crossed out WolvHaven logo and had a caption “You can’t just ban Delino on April 1st”.[[File:History Delfino Ban Apr 1 Meme.jpg|thumb|A now infamous meme made by Delfino88 regarding his ban on April Fools Day]]Upon finding out that his ban had been upgraded to a permanent ban on 2 April 2018, Delfino88 took to WolvHaven Discord to express his displeasure. Commenting in the general channel of the WolvHaven Discord, Delfino said “I may try to appeal, but I'll never step foot on WH again (Maybe)” after several members accused him of advertising in the general chat and MC_Dunc asked him to leave.

He later went on to discuss about how he was “worth unbanning” in a conversation with admin Rom5419. Rom5419 said “appealable (ban) means you can consult staff to review your ban. Only works if you're worth unbanning.” to which Delfino88 asked “Am I worth unbanning?”. Rom5419 said that he was “totally not” worth unbanning, prompting Delfino to respond, saying “I'm sorry but I think I am I got banned for so little”.

Delfino also listed out the three three initial warnings that were given out to him but argued that the additional 2 that caused his appealable permanent ban were unexplained and that he did not understand why he received the warnings.

==== SilverWolv responds ====

Unimpressed with the messages that were sent in general after the notification of the double warning was given, SilverWolv explained to Delfino the reason regarding the plagiarized builds which were just buried instead of removed. He also reminded Delfino that he had already been caught trying to use loopholes within the Gardellia rules to attempt to claim Frosty_Creeper’s Gardellia Mainline station and that staff had to remind him several times before he finally complied.

Delfino replied saying “I was at 0 warnings. Then 5”. SilverWolv later explained that people do go from being well behaving members to receiving many warnings within a short period of time. He later went on to comment about the behaviour which Delfino was exhibiting in discord. “Especially with that kind of attitude you’re displaying here right now” said SilverWolv, “What I see here is that you’re acting as if you didn't deserve your bans or warnings when you did flout the rules.”

Delfino later replied, saying that he understood that he deserved the warnings but later went on to comment that they were “too heavy”

==== North West Gardellia Alliance (NWGA) members dragged into the drama ====

WolvHaveners later proceeded to talk about the future of Dolphin Plains - Delfino’s town in Gardellia. Frosty_Creeper talked about the possibility of turning the North West Gardellia Council (NWGC) public domain and how it would depend on whether the NWGA decides on whether Dolphin Plains remains a member of the NWGA.

In response to it, Delfino said that Dolphin Plains was a founder of NWGC and that if Dolphin Plains wasn’t a member of the NWGA, the NWGC would cease to exist. This caused several NWGA members to retaliate to what his claims. “That's not true. I was also a member and so was pixel. And a lot of others.” said HurricanePanda08, a member of the NWGA. “Delfino if you're gone forever, NWGA won't cease to exist”.

After further explanations made by notable staff members SilverWolv and MatthieuTofu, many NWGA members started expressing their displeasure in the way that Delfino88 had “tainted” the reputation of the alliance. After some discussion Delfino88 was stripped off of “Member” rank in the NGWA Discord after some members criticized him for deleting messages condemning his behavior. NGWA members will vote on officially removing Delfino88 from the alliance in the near future.

An announcement was made by Mopsistudios on the behalf of the NWGA in the Gardellia channel of the WolvHaven Discord. It read “The NWGA would like to apologize to all players/staff members involved in the case involving its fellow member, Delfino88. His actions do not reflect the NWGA's standards, nor were any of his actions endorsed by council. Furthermore, I would like to apologize to Frosty_Foobar10, who owns the city Delfino attempted to claim. This was revealed to the council by him, and reasonable efforts were made to prevent them. The NWGA is happy to provide any evidence needed in this ongoing case. Thank you and we appreciate your understanding!”. Another message by NWGA member, Baymax1020 followed up stating that Delfino’s NWGA membership had been “suspended for the time being”.

==== The future of Dolphin Plains ====

WBC reached out to SilverWolv for a statement on the future of Dolphin Plains. “Dolphin Plains will be subject to the Gardellia abandoned claims act of 2017,” he said, “the only way for him to retain ownership of Dolphin Plains is to successfully appeal his ban within the timeframe before the town is classified as abandoned, afterwhich the standard protocol of either transferring its ownership, removing it or turning it into a public domain claim.”

Complications may arise in the future regarding the railway that runs through Dolphin Plains in the future. When asked about outcome of the railway in the event Dolphin Plains does get removed, SilverWolv said that special consideration will be given for the rail line and that it would most likely be retained.

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The alliance found itself once again in the spotlight in October 2018 following large scale disputes stemming from a vote being held to reinstate Delfino88 as an NWGA member.

[to be completed][[File:WH-MRT Security Agreement.png|thumb|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BP0ZE0Enlcwh_fwajorGimA8EMjhuJgZa1aKHEjmNIM/edit Official WolvHaven-MRT Security Agreement] put into place in mid-2018]]

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==== United WolvHaven disbands ~~(November?)~~ ====

===== Number_21's letter regarding toxicity =====

Number_21 published a powerful statement on June 26th 2020 calling out a toxic environment on the server highlighted by the contentious [[General Election of WolvHaven, May 2020|May 2020 General Election]] campaign season.

''The following is Number_21's letter.''

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|Dear Wolvhaven

It has been about 3 years since I joined the community, and I have to say it has been a wild ride. I have served 2 terms as MP excluding this one, started a chain of fish stores in the city, and over all I have been having fun building and goofing around with people. Over the past couple of months though, I feel like the community that I have come to love has become ever more plagued with a serious issue that I fear could destroy it. The issue I am talking about is toxicity, which has recently been the cause of the departure of one of my longtime friends on the server.

The friend that I am referring to is Autobus22, who has been a Wolvhaven player for 7 years but has left indefinitely due to toxicity.

DISCLAIMER: This letter does not exonerate autobus22's past behavior that many frowned upon

I am shocked at the fact that no one has been realizing how serious of an issue this is that someone had to leave based on not feeling safe within the community, and that no one brought the issue up after he left. Even though it was an election season and criticism and debating was quite common, some of the things said towards Auto were not acceptable by any standards. There are many instances of ad hominem attacks against him as a person rather than the policy that he was drafting. These ad hominem attacks aimed to paint him as a liar and manipulator who tricks members of other opposition parties into serving his own gain. By far the worst that happened was when he was mocked for the way he typed and edited his messages, with someone joking “Guys lets have a message editing challenge! Most edited messages over the whole campaign wins!!”, even though it was clearly intended for people to edit old messages instead of spamming new ones to keep the chat clean. It was one of the most disgraceful things that could have happened to anyone and if this was in a school this would be considered cyberbullying. I firmly asked the people who were attacking Auto to reflect on for a minute, and to see what they have been doing and to think to themselves if what they were doing was acceptable behaviour, but when they responded all they showed me was that they did not care about how they acted towards others. When Auto was called a liar, I asked them if how would they feel to be called a liar, and one responded “I would be honored to be called a lair as lairs are pretty cool”, and when I told the person who made the editing joke that it wasn’t funny and insulting he said “oh noes HGP doesn’t like les jokes”. Calling someone a liar is not a joke, it is a serious accusation meant to attack the person directly in order to degrade them; so to are the comments made on how Auto edits his messages, but they didn't treat them as serious issues, but as so called harmless jokes that ended up causing some of the greatest emotional harm to not just Auto, but to me as well. Every time I saw a comment that was attacking Auto, I felt as if I was being attacked as well, and eventually it got to the point where we were both crying in a call with each other. I felt the pain he felt, it was as if society thought he was a punching bag, something that could be hit over and over and over again without facing any concequences. Despite the guilt he had of leaving me and the rest of the Wolvhaven community behind, the toxicity on the server was too much for him, and it was only one of many times that he was driven off the server due to toxicity, with one time him contemplating suicide. It is not easy to describe what happened that night, but all I can say is that in that conversation flowed a river of tears. After the emotional conversation, Auto resigned from the HGP and left Wolvhaven indefinitley. To me this was a big deal as I had just lost a friend from the server where I met him, and the fact that the server had lost a player who contributed a lot to its development. What I was shocked to see was that there was no mass outrage over what happened, and what was even worse was the so called thank you letter from those who attacked Auto. It said <blockquote>“Thank you for your long service as a politician. We respect the difficult decision you had to make, and not many people are able to value their personal, in real life needs over a video game. While our parties may not have agreed on everything, it was clear that you had a passion and drive to work for the benefit of all WolvHaveners. Once again, thank you for your service and good luck on future endeavors”</blockquote>I thought this thank you letter for everything that Auto had done was completely insincere even more of an insult to him than it was a complement. Auto did not leave because of real life issues out of his control, he left because the community was not a safe place for him to be in anymore out of fear of harassment. They stated that he had a drive to work for the benefit of all Wolvhaveners while constantly questioning him during the debate about his activity, and that if he was really dedicated to the server. There was no apology in the letter expressing how they treated him was wrong, all they did was say “we are ‘sorry’ to be seeing you leave” in order to cover up what they really did; harass Auto to the point where he left the server just because he disagreed with them. They harassed him so much that a few days later Auto said that he was less stressed and happier overall after he left in a conversation with me.

To all those reading, you might ask why didn’t I speak up about this issue before, well that's because I was afraid, afraid of that I was to become the next target of harassment. All of us in the HGP were afraid, too afraid to tell the truth. One person did actually say what happened was wrong. He said “... Congrats… you’ve bullied Auto into quitting”. We unfortunately had to lie that he did not quit because of bullying in fear that we would cause another fight. We all were stressed out and tired from campaigning and didn’t want another one. During the live covering of the results we tried to bring up the issue of Auto’s departure from the server after Newsnet didn’t bring it up on their own, but that never caught wind.

Auto’s case is not the only instance of toxicity on this server; there are many cases of toxicity on this server that go unreported everyday. I was subject to two instances of harassment based on my party affiliation with the HGP. One started when I started joking with people with both of us calling eachother “eww” as if it had no serious meaning, but then one hopped in and said “you are eww because you are HGP”. The other one was about how insecure one’s house was, with me joking that his house was very easy to rob to which the owner replied that “I’ll just blame the HGP”. Both these instances are unacceptable by any standards but yet I didn’t respond to those attacking me in an assertive manner, because I feared being harassed further if I were to stand up for myself. In the second instance all I told the person was that he was being annoying and that I didn’t like it, nothing really assertive. In the first instance though I complained to Auto about how this was going and so he came on and argued with the person who harassed me, as he didn’t fear getting into arguments. Fear has always been the main reason why I haven’t spoken out about this, and I believe this is true for so many other people, specifically fear of being rejected by the server, and by the server, I mean a certain group of people, but how can that be?

Although Wolvhaven is a server with over two thousand unique players only a small fraction of that large number come online on a daily basis. Unfortunately many of those who come online are often those who exhibit habitual toxic behaviour which poses a massive problem to the health of the Wolvhaven community. I don’t discourage people from being active, in fact I think it is a good thing for the server usually; however when toxic people are involved it works against the server. It is much harder to speak out against those who are in your view everyday as you are constantly reminded of what will happen to you if you do speak out against the toxic behaviour. The atmosphere of the server perpetuates a fear into those who want to speak out about the toxicity, it makes them afraid that if they do speak out, those certain people will come and harass them. The reason why someone starts to become toxic at another can vary, but either way the outcome is the same. The harasser will perpetuate an environment of fear if towards those they have harassed in order to stop their victims from reporting them. The tragedy of some of our most active players being toxic is also that it forces players to make a difficult choice. This is a community server building relationships with other players is crucial to the experience, but if that experience requires holding your opinions hostage in order to save a relationship with an active person who is also toxic then we have a problem. This problem is made even worse by the fact that many of the people who are known for their toxicity also have toxic friends on the server, and many of them are in high ranking positions such as architect and staff. The toxicity being spread amongst multiple people in this server is apparent as often there are instances where a group of friends gang up on someone they don’t agree with. Not only does this make the victim fear about ever speaking out again, it gives the impression that the server does not want them to speak out, as the harassers have strength in numbers. It also worsens the friend problem above as if there are more toxic people on the community it becomes harder to find a nice person to start a relationship with, making it more possible that people have no other choice than to start relationships with toxic people and just to learn how to deal with the toxicity, or even worse, become toxic themselves. On the other hand the high rank of these players means that they have the privilege of being a role model for the community and to influence them, to which they are horrible at. They perpetuate the sense that a good Wolvhavener must believe what they believe in, and must do what they do or at least stay silent, even if that means engaging in toxic behavior against those who do not agree with the so-called group of people. One might be thinking that it might be a smart idea to go report the case to staff so that they can deal with the issue, but again, many of the people who engage in toxic behavior are staff or have friends who are staff, and thus can either ignore the claims and have nothing done about them, tell their friends about the reporting in order to harass the victim even further, or themselves to engage in toxic behavior towards the victim, saying that they need to toughen up, or get used to such behavior as it is “normal”. This causes many people who are victims of harassment to not report their cases at all, as they cannot trust staff with such information as there is no way to report harassment anonymously as if the victim is someone who disagrees with the group, they can easily be ignored, or worse targeted and attacked. Even though there has been really no case that I know of that is similar to the situation I made above, the only thing that needs to cause someone from being deterred from reporting harassment to staff is fear, fear that this hypothetical event will happen, and that they will be exposed to even more emotional trauma if they speak about themselves being harassed by others. I have experienced the same feeling whenever I was harassed, I often didn’t report it, I just let it slide by as if it was normal, or in some circumstances told Auto about it, as he was a friend that I could trust, in contrast to the staff who I couldn’t trust with handling harassment in fear that they would attack me for reporting.

Then there is the effect of complacency that the environment of fear and toxicity creates on the server. If one is exposed to toxic behaviour but is too afraid to speak up about it even once, they will become normalized to such behaviour believing that it is better to stay silent about toxicity and only be faced with minor instances of “teasing” then to speak up about how wrong it is only to be then subject to constant harassment by multiple members of the server. I don’t mean to compare the toxicity on this server nor the people perpetuating it to the hateful ideology of facism, or to brand them as fascists, but there are many shocking similarities between the complacency of the Wolvhaven community to toxicity, and to the Italian people’s complacency to the violence of the Facist blackshirts during Benito Mussolini’s rise to power and subsequent reign over Italy. During the fascist party’s rise to power in early 20th century Italy, the blackshirts were notorious for violently attacking people who disagreed with Mussolini. When people spoke out about how heinous the blackshirt’s behaviour was all they responded with “Me ne frego” or Italian for “I don’t give a $h!t”. This “I don’t give a $h!t” mentality can be found in those who exhibit toxic behaviour as like the blackshirts they don’t give a $h!t about their behaviour and will keep doing it as if it was normal. Eventually their behaviour became so common despite the criticism that people became complacent with it and started to act as if the blackshirts’ violence was normal with less people calling out their behaviour as more of the general public perceived it as normal as if it was just like eating dinner. Not only did this complacency gave the fascists a more secure hold on power it also made it harder for people to speak out against the regime as unlike before, people didn’t feel confident enough to speak out as they felt as if they did not have anyone else to support them, as more people had just accepted mass scale political violence as the new normal. Again, I do not believe that Wolvhaven toxicity is in anyway shape or form a facist movement nor do I think the people who are toxic are fascists, but I do believe that many of the things that I am seeing on the server in regards to toxicity are similar to the events that lead the fascists to take control of Italy. The toxic people are analogous to the blackshirts who harass the Wolvhaven community and when the community spoke up about it, the people who were toxic acted as if they didn’t give a $h!t. Eventually the harassment became so common that more people started to become complacent with it and acted if it was normal, and it became harder for those to speak out against the harassment as there were less people who were publicly backing their ideas and it made those who sought justice less likely to speak out as they had less confidence about coming out due to low perceived public support with them eventually remaining silent as they succumbed to their own fear.

During the most recent election, my friend Autobus22 was the only member who I saw actively standing up to those who harassed him based on his server views. I tried to stand up and I think many others wanted to as well, but we were all afraid, all afraid that what was happening to Auto could happen to us, but I think it is the time we need to stop being afraid of doing what's right. What has been going on in this server has been going on for too long. Toxicity has no place anywhere especially in a game whose purpose is to entertain people and make them have fun. It is not and should never be considered a partisan issue, it is a problem that we are all vulnerable to and will all suffer from if we do not combat it. If one is experiencing great emotional pain, or for f**ks sake thinking about suicide due to a video game we have to ask ourselves is this ok to let toxicity run freely on our beloved community, regardless of party affiliation or political beliefs one might hold on this server. I say enough is enough, we cannot let toxicity run free on this server and to stand up for what is right. I ask that every Wolhavener to express themselves freely on how toxicity is a giant problem on our server and to express it openly. If you are still afraid of speaking openly you are free to message me directly on discord expressing support, but I highly urge that you make your opinion public, all of us must do our part to help this server. We cannot make any meaningful change for the better if we stay quiet. We cannot fear speaking out our thoughts and speaking out for others who have been wronged. We must stand up to the virus of toxicity that is a pandemic on this server and is killing it. We must have courage and determination to say that what happened to Auto, and what happened to so many other people on this server was wrong. Don’t fear saying that it was wrong, as I will always support you. Don’t fear how others judge your opinion! Be your true self!

<nowiki>#</nowiki>THINK FOR YOURSELF, SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!

Sincerely,

Number_21

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==== United WolvHaven disbands ====

''Main Article: [[United WolvHaven]]''

On November 12th 2020, {{Parties/UWH}} leader and [[CM Raiders|Prime Minister CM_Raiders]] announced that they would be disbanding following the end of the term of the [[Parliament of WolvHaven/13th|13th Parliament of WolvHaven]].

''The following is the statement from the Prime Minister and the letter of cessation of activities provided by the {{Parties/UWH}}'' ''party.''

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|To the community of Wolvhaven, We humbly thank you for your ongoing support in parliament over these past years. From our beginnings as the National Conservative Party, Party for Gardellia or the Centre, to our progression as Forward WolvHaven, to our final form as United WolvHaven, we have been humbled by your ongoing support. It is now, with our deepest regrets, we inform you of our exit from formal WolvHaven politics. In our time in parliament, we have had our ups and our downs but we have enjoyed almost every moment of it.

Despite our best efforts, we have recently seen a drop off in the ability to continue serving the community. Many of our members are entering their final years of education, and as a result, have constantly decreasing time to keep up with the server. As a result, it is in the best interests of both the party and the server to withdraw from parliament. It is no point having a party whose members are not active members of the server have an active say in how the server is governed.

In addition to this, the referendum that approaches concerning the future of WolvHaven’s parliamentary system will soon be voted on, where some major accompanying changes are expected to come into effect, such as Staff not being able to run in the HoR, of which a large portion of this party and its current executive are apart of. This is even more reason for our withdrawal.

This is not, however, the end of the road for United WolvHaven. While the party itself is ceasing to run in elections, this may not be the case for some of our members. We ask that you redirect your support to our past members as they are more than capable of representing you, come what may.

While we may no longer be “excited to announce that we are excited,” we are still grateful for the opportunity that has been presented to us. For the last time, from the United WolvHaven team (and Alan), thank you. It has been a great honour!

Resigning once again on behalf of United WolvHaven,

Ezzo

Signed,

CM_Raiders, Prime Minister,

Baymax1020, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance, Trade and the Economy,

CaptainSlow_, Minister for Infrastructure and National Development,

Grass_Jelly, Minister for Home Affairs,

Hinwapoon, Leader of the House,

MatthieuTofu, Minister for Education and Culture,

_Aezo, Chief Minister of Gardellia,

Minebuilder1223, Minister for Foreign Affairs,

VincentLUMCFan, Member of Parliament,

Kangaroo567, Former MP,

Tony515, Former MP,

boomdoom_, Secretary,

Cupochan_,

_somtinwong,

TurboChan

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As a result, this has been my one and only term as Prime Minister. I must certainly say that it has been a wonderful time serving and while my real life commitments have gradually rendered my activity both in parliament and in WolvHaven to decrease, I sincerely wish the HoR and its future good luck in its future endeavours!

I think there's probably more I could say but for now I'd just like to thank everyone in UWH, formerly associated with UWH and all MPs, no matter what party you are associated with. And a big thank you to the parliament service people as well. But most of all thank you to the community that supported UWH throughout its history in WolvHaven! lol im bad at writing speeches

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[[File:2020PoliticalReforms1.png|thumb|416x416px|Infographic presenting the proposed [[November 2020 WolvHaven Political Reforms]]]]

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WolvHaveners voted in favour of the newly proposed direct-elect ministerial positions whilst continuing to favour general [[Parliament of WolvHaven/List of Members|Members of Parliament]] who would be lected under the Single Transferrable Vote system.

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Option 1 - Yes

Option 2 - No||{{PercentBar|75|75.00%}}||{{PercentBar|75|36/48}}||{{PercentBar|25|25.00%}}||{{PercentBar|25|12/48}}||YES

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|2. Under a direct-elect ministerial position system, do you want general Members of Parliament (MPs)?

Option 1 - Yes

Option 2 - No||{{PercentBar|66.67|66.67%}}||{{PercentBar|66.67|32/48}}||{{PercentBar|33.33|33.33%}}||{{PercentBar|33.33|16/48}}|| YES

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| 3. If there are general Members of Parliament, how should they be elected?

Option 1 - Using Single Transferrable Vote (STV)

Option 2 - using Party-List Proportionate system (PLP)||{{PercentBar|68.75|68.75%}}||{{PercentBar|68.75|33/48}}||{{PercentBar|31.25|31.25%}}||{{PercentBar|31.25|15/48}}|| STV

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=== WolvHaveners decide on Permanent Residency rank implementation ===

''Main Article: [[2020 Referendum on Permanent Residency (PR) Implementation]]''

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Following the [[2020 Referendum on Permanent Residency (PR) Implementation|referendum]]'s result, Visitors promoted from January 15th were promoted to the [[Ranks|PR rank]] rather than being promoted to the citizen rank. This was done on a temporary basis until [[Parliament of WolvHaven|Parliament]] confirmed the measures decided upon in the [[2020 Referendum on Permanent Residency (PR) Implementation|referendum]]. The first [[Ranks|PRs]] would only be promoted to the [[Ranks|citizen]] rank from March of the same year when the [[Ranks|Citizen]] application process was finalised.

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|1. Should the PR rank be introduced?

Option A - Yes

Option B - No||{{PercentBar|62.8|62.8%}}||{{PercentBar|62.8|49/78}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|35.9%}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|28/78}}||A

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|2. How should it be implemented?

Option A - Current Citizens shall not be demoted to PR rank

Option B - Citizens who have committed serious crimes or who have a large number of previous offenses shall be demoted to PR rank||{{PercentBar|46.1|46.1%}}||{{PercentBar|46.1|36/78}}||{{PercentBar|53.8|53.8%}}||{{PercentBar|53.8|42/78}}||B

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|3. What should be the criteria for promotion to PR?

Option A - Remove the need for an introductory letter and allow PRs with 1 warning to be promoted

Option B - No changes to the provisions of the Permanent Residency Act, 2018||{{PercentBar|67.9|67.9%}}||{{PercentBar|67.9|53/78}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|35.9%}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|25/78}}||A

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|4. What should be the criteria for demotion to PR?

Option A - Allow for inactive citizens to be demoted to PR rank

Option B - No changes to the provisions of the Permanent Residency Act, 2018 ||{{PercentBar|28.2|28.2%}}||{{PercentBar|28.2|22/78}}||{{PercentBar|71.8|71.8%}}||{{PercentBar|71.8|56/78}}||B

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|5. What should the rights and privileges be for PR?

Option A - Provide PRs with the same rights and privileges as citizens, except the right to participation in parliament and vote at elections

Option B - No changes to the provisions of the Permanent Residency Act, 2018||{{PercentBar|64.1|64.1%}}||{{PercentBar|64.1|50/78}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|35.9%}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|28/78}}||A

|}[[File:Newsnet6.png|thumb|[[User:MatthieuTofu|MatthieuTofu]] and [[User:CM Raiders|CM_Raiders]] became [[NewsNet WH|newsnet]]'s main presenting duo from March 2020 and were joined at the anchor desk in September by [[User:Perfecttrains|Perfecttrains]].]]

=== TPA for all ===

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==== August 2021 By-Election: the first and last By-Election ====

[[File:Aug2021MINDByElectionExitPoll.png|thumb|[[NewsNet WH|newsnet]]'s exit poll released at 4pm UTC following the closing of polling stations.]]

''Main Article: [[By-election of WolvHaven, August 2021]]''

The August 2021 by-election was held between August 27th 2021 and August 29th 2021 to elect a new [[Ministry for Infrastructure and National Development|Minister for Infrastructure and National Development]] as the seat was rendered vacant by the resignation of incumbent minister [[YoshiBoyAdvance]] on August 11th 2021, only a month into the term of the [[Parliament of WolvHaven/15th|15th Parliament of WolvHaven]]. It was the first ever by-election held after the [[November 2020 WolvHaven Political Reforms|November 2020 reforms]] and whole of WolvHaven history.

Turnout dropped from the [[General Election of WolvHaven, July 2021|July 2021 General Election]], with only 33 WolvHaveners casting their ballots.

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|{{Parties/IP}}||Heiopeii||{{PercentBar|90.91|90.91%}}||{{PercentBar|90.91|30/33}}||'''ELECTED'''

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|{{Parties/IP}}||LittleDragon2187 ||{{PercentBar|9.09|9.09%}}||{{PercentBar|9.09|3/33}}||

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==== Indefinite suspension of the House of Representatives ====

Following a period of unprecedented low parliamentary and server activity during the term of the [[Parliament of WolvHaven/15th|15th Parliament of WolvHaven]], no general election was called to elect House of Representative MPs for the [[Parliament of WolvHaven/16th|16th Parliament of WolvHaven]]. In effect, this resulted in the indefinite suspension of the [[House of Representatives of WolvHaven|House of Representatives]] since December 18th 2021, the last parliamentary session of the [[Parliament of WolvHaven/15th|15th Parliament of WolvHaven]].

=== Perfect Trains with a dash of Rickroll (1 Apr) ===

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In line with the routine maintenance and renewal of the [[Metro+]] ticketing system, [[Metro+]] B-Series cards were phased out from March 3rd and were completely replaced by C-Series cards from April 6th.

[[File:History New Wiki Poster.png|thumb|A poster promoting the launch of the new WolvHaven wiki]]

=== New wiki launched ===

Following the return of the server to Singapore on a dedicated machine owned and maintained by the WolvHaven server itself in June 2020, a new self-hosted server wiki was launched in June 2021.

~~=== New~~ wiki ~~launched (June) ===~~

This followed numerous complaints by server members which were heard and expressed by server leadership too regarding the previous Shoutwiki service. The outsourced wiki was plagued by numerous disruptions out of the control of staff.

=== [VIP] rank phased out, [PS] tag introduced ~~(June)~~ ===

=== [VIP] rank phased out, [PS] tag introduced ===

''Main Article: [[Ranks]]''

On June 3rd 2021, [[SilverWolv|President SilverWolv]] announced changes to the server's rank system.

The [VIP] rank was retired from the server complately following careful consideration and consultation, with all past members with the rank being demoted back to [Citizen]. The President noted that while the rank was meant to reward and recognise players who frequently patronised the server in the past, that it was time to recognise that the rank no longer served its purpose, neither did it represent the current community. He added that whilst most of the community wanted a clear-cut well defined criteria for the VIP rank should it be reintroduced, as rewarding it was previously subjective and prone to unintended bias, it was too challenging to come up with a new criteria, thus the rank would be discontinued altogether.

In tandem, a Public Servant [PS] tag, was introduced to give more recognition to non-staffers who help keep the server running. Public Servants are members on the server who either have limited enforcement powers or members who commonly work with or assist staff in server operations such as [[Train Driving|Train Examiners]] under [[Ministry for Infrastructure and National Development|MIND]], Wiki Curators under [[Ministry for Culture and Foreign Affairs|MCFA]], and members of the [[Parliament of WolvHaven|Parliamentary Service]].

=== Pride 2021 ===

''Main Article: [[WolvHaven Pride]]''

[[File:Pride21 float9.jpg|thumb|One of the many floats participating in the Pride 2021 procession]]

The 2021 edition of the parade was held on 26 June 2021, 2PM UTC, mainly organised by [[User:Littledoggy2|Littledoggy2]] and [[User:CrazySharkGaming|CrazySharkGaming]], held in the same location as the parade in 2020. Along with the parade came several infrastructure improvements, such as the removal of the original stage that was built in 2020. The stage was replaced with a smaller, more permanent structure by [[National Solutions (NS)|National Solutions Group]] which would be used for all future events held at the same venue in the future. The updated stage was smaller, but fit in with the rest of the world better in terms of scale.

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Players were treated to games such as Splegg, Paintball, and MobArena - a new addition to WolvHaven's events. However, due to unforseen technical difficulties, many did not play splegg.

A Float design competition was also announced in the 2021 edition, and 18 floats were contributed by the community.\

A Float design competition was also announced in the 2021 edition, and 18 floats were contributed by the community.

[Embed YT Video (Pride Crossing — WolvHaven Pride 2021)]

=== Server rules simplified (July) ===

[Embed YT Video (Presentation: Major changes to the server rules you need to know)]

=== Vision 2023 announced ~~(October)~~ ===

=== Vision 2023 announced ===

''Main Article: [[Vision 2023]]''

'''Vision 2023''', a strategic framework to shift the WolvHaven server from a mixed survival-roleplay creative server to a creative-focused server, was announced on October 27th 2021 with an aim for completion by 2023. Key goals included reducing the complexity of the server experience, and further accelerated development of WolvHaven City's fifth iteration - New Wolfminster. Vision 2023 marks the largest change in the server since its inception; departing from its traditional mixed survival-roleplay and creative structure. Ultimately, it was to convert the server to attract a more generic audience, in light of competition from other games such as Roblox for the server's niche transit enthusiast player base.

== 2022: Shift to a creative-focused server ==

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=== New Survival World, Avalon, launched (soon) ===

=== Removal of manual metro lines ===

==== Gradual phasing out of drivers in tandem with the closure of 4H ====

First announced as part of the [[Vision 2023]] program, the retirement of manual metro lines was confirmed by [[SilverWolv|President SilverWolv]] on May 1st 2022.

He stated that when the transition to [[New Wolfminster (5th Haven)|FifthHaven]] was officially made, that support for official manually operated metro lines would cease. This meant that operations for [[WolvHaven Metro (4th Haven)|WolvHaven Metro]] [[Metro Line 4 (4th Haven)|Lines 4]], [[Metro Line 5 (4th Haven)|5]], [[Metro Line 6 (4th Haven)|6]] and [[Metro Line 7 (4th Haven)|7]] would be suspended by 2023 and that there would not be any manually operated lines in [[New Wolfminster (5th Haven)|New Wolfminster]].

He explained his decision by stating that support for the manual lines had been getting increasingly difficult with the with the majority of [[Train Driving|train examiners]] being unavailable most of the time, making it hard to match players with examiners who are online at the same time. That a lot of administrative burden was involved in the upkeep of the system including the upkeep of driver records, and necessary custom plugins to tackle cheating in the system by players abusing exploits which were becoming increasingly burdenous on [[Staff]]. He also noted that a disproportionate amount of effort to serve a niche section of the community and that [[Staff]] had noted that the majority of the players who came on to drive trains only came online just to drive trains, and rarely interacted with other aspects of the server, or its community. This linked into his point that the gamemode was unsustainable and that players who came on just to drive metro trains eventually got bored or tired of the system and leave, whereby the only thing that would entice them to return would be an expansion of the system itself which was not sustainable.

==== Relaxation of driving restrictions ====

As promised in May 2022, on October 8th 2022, [[SilverWolv|President SilverWolv]] announced that from October 14th 2022, manual metro lines would be able to be driven by players who do not hold licenses and that players were able to access warps for the depots of these lines in the [[Department of Transport|DOT building]] in La Resistance/Dakota. All past driver blacklists were also waived.

== 2023: FifthHaven launched, increased server activity ==

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 Prior to this three preview versions of the world were put up onto the server, which allowed builders to tour, visit, and test buildings within the worlds before official work would begin as a final chance for players to provide feedback about any potential tweaks that were required for the world itself.
-[[File:WH-MRT Security Agreement.png|thumb|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BP0ZE0Enlcwh_fwajorGimA8EMjhuJgZa1aKHEjmNIM/edit Official WolvHaven-MRT Security Agreement] put into place in mid-2018]]
+=== NWGA Saga (Apr-Oct) ===
+Interclaim alliances were beginning to be established in [[Gardellia]]. One of the first, the North-West Gardellia Alliance (NWGA) would find itself dragged into a controversy surrounding one of its members, Delfino88, owner of Dolphinplains in late-March 2018 as he was given various warnings relating to large-scale illegal terraforming, plagiarism and lying to staff.
+''The following is an article from WBC News published on April 4th 2018.''
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+|
+=== NWGA dragged into drama as one of its members gets banned ===
+While the WolvHaven community was busy fooling around during April Fools, little that they know that a ticking drama time bomb was about to be set off. A prominent citizen by the name of Delfino88 was banned during April Fools for a week after accumulating three active warnings.
+==== Five Active Warnings ====
+Delfino88 was previously warned for large scale worldediting in Gardellia which was referred to as “deswamping” by the community and repeated trespass into restricted areas within WolvHaven. The final warning came on the 1st April 2018 for lying to staff bringing the total number of active warnings to three, resulting in a ban of a week.
+An additional two warnings came in later on 2 April 2018 after he failed to remove builds which he copied without permission from Tony515 by burying the building underneath instead of removing it as required. This was part of the new plagiarism act of 2018 which was passed and signed in parliament on the 24 March 2018 which gave all members a week’s grace period to remove all builds which were copied without permission from the author.
+This led to him having five active warnings which upgraded his ban from a temporary one week ban to an appealable permanent ban. He will be able to appeal his ban from 9 April 2018.
+==== Delfino takes a stand ====
+Displeased with the one week ban initially, it was reported that Delfino88 took to the North West Gardellia Alliance (NWGA) discord to show his disapproval of the ban. This was later confirmed when SpaceInvader11 shared a meme which Delfino88 posted in the NWGA Discord.
+The meme depicted a picture of Delfino wearing a banner with what looks like a crossed out WolvHaven logo and had a caption “You can’t just ban Delino on April 1st”.[[File:History Delfino Ban Apr 1 Meme.jpg|thumb|A now infamous meme made by Delfino88 regarding his ban on April Fools Day]]Upon finding out that his ban had been upgraded to a permanent ban on 2 April 2018, Delfino88 took to WolvHaven Discord to express his displeasure. Commenting in the general channel of the WolvHaven Discord, Delfino said “I may try to appeal, but I'll never step foot on WH again (Maybe)” after several members accused him of advertising in the general chat and MC_Dunc asked him to leave.
+He later went on to discuss about how he was “worth unbanning” in a conversation with admin Rom5419. Rom5419 said “appealable (ban) means you can consult staff to review your ban. Only works if you're worth unbanning.” to which Delfino88 asked “Am I worth unbanning?”. Rom5419 said that he was “totally not” worth unbanning, prompting Delfino to respond, saying “I'm sorry but I think I am I got banned for so little”.
+Delfino also listed out the three three initial warnings that were given out to him but argued that the additional 2 that caused his appealable permanent ban were unexplained and that he did not understand why he received the warnings.
+==== SilverWolv responds ====
+Unimpressed with the messages that were sent in general after the notification of the double warning was given, SilverWolv explained to Delfino the reason regarding the plagiarized builds which were just buried instead of removed. He also reminded Delfino that he had already been caught trying to use loopholes within the Gardellia rules to attempt to claim Frosty_Creeper’s Gardellia Mainline station and that staff had to remind him several times before he finally complied.
+Delfino replied saying “I was at 0 warnings. Then 5”. SilverWolv later explained that people do go from being well behaving members to receiving many warnings within a short period of time. He later went on to comment about the behaviour which Delfino was exhibiting in discord. “Especially with that kind of attitude you’re displaying here right now” said SilverWolv, “What I see here is that you’re acting as if you didn't deserve your bans or warnings when you did flout the rules.”
+Delfino later replied, saying that he understood that he deserved the warnings but later went on to comment that they were “too heavy”
+==== North West Gardellia Alliance (NWGA) members dragged into the drama ====
+WolvHaveners later proceeded to talk about the future of Dolphin Plains - Delfino’s town in Gardellia. Frosty_Creeper talked about the possibility of turning the North West Gardellia Council (NWGC) public domain and how it would depend on whether the NWGA decides on whether Dolphin Plains remains a member of the NWGA.
+In response to it, Delfino said that Dolphin Plains was a founder of NWGC and that if Dolphin Plains wasn’t a member of the NWGA, the NWGC would cease to exist. This caused several NWGA members to retaliate to what his claims. “That's not true. I was also a member and so was pixel. And a lot of others.” said HurricanePanda08, a member of the NWGA. “Delfino if you're gone forever, NWGA won't cease to exist”.
+After further explanations made by notable staff members SilverWolv and MatthieuTofu, many NWGA members started expressing their displeasure in the way that Delfino88 had “tainted” the reputation of the alliance. After some discussion Delfino88 was stripped off of “Member” rank in the NGWA Discord after some members criticized him for deleting messages condemning his behavior. NGWA members will vote on officially removing Delfino88 from the alliance in the near future.
+An announcement was made by Mopsistudios on the behalf of the NWGA in the Gardellia channel of the WolvHaven Discord. It read “The NWGA would like to apologize to all players/staff members involved in the case involving its fellow member, Delfino88. His actions do not reflect the NWGA's standards, nor were any of his actions endorsed by council. Furthermore, I would like to apologize to Frosty_Foobar10, who owns the city Delfino attempted to claim. This was revealed to the council by him, and reasonable efforts were made to prevent them. The NWGA is happy to provide any evidence needed in this ongoing case. Thank you and we appreciate your understanding!”. Another message by NWGA member, Baymax1020 followed up stating that Delfino’s NWGA membership had been “suspended for the time being”.
+==== The future of Dolphin Plains ====
+WBC reached out to SilverWolv for a statement on the future of Dolphin Plains. “Dolphin Plains will be subject to the Gardellia abandoned claims act of 2017,” he said, “the only way for him to retain ownership of Dolphin Plains is to successfully appeal his ban within the timeframe before the town is classified as abandoned, afterwhich the standard protocol of either transferring its ownership, removing it or turning it into a public domain claim.”
+Complications may arise in the future regarding the railway that runs through Dolphin Plains in the future. When asked about outcome of the railway in the event Dolphin Plains does get removed, SilverWolv said that special consideration will be given for the rail line and that it would most likely be retained.
+|}
+The alliance found itself once again in the spotlight in October 2018 following large scale disputes stemming from a vote being held to reinstate Delfino88 as an NWGA member.
+[to be completed][[File:WH-MRT Security Agreement.png|thumb|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BP0ZE0Enlcwh_fwajorGimA8EMjhuJgZa1aKHEjmNIM/edit Official WolvHaven-MRT Security Agreement] put into place in mid-2018]]
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-==== United WolvHaven disbands (November?) ====
+===== Number_21's letter regarding toxicity =====
+Number_21 published a powerful statement on June 26th 2020 calling out a toxic environment on the server highlighted by the contentious [[General Election of WolvHaven, May 2020|May 2020 General Election]] campaign season.
+''The following is Number_21's letter.''
+{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
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+|Dear Wolvhaven
+It has been about 3 years since I joined the community, and I have to say it has been a wild ride. I have served 2 terms as MP excluding this one, started a chain of fish stores in the city, and over all I have been having fun building and goofing around with people. Over the past couple of months though, I feel like the community that I have come to love has become ever more plagued with a serious issue that I fear could destroy it. The issue I am talking about is toxicity, which has recently been the cause of the departure of one of my longtime friends on the server.
+The friend that I am referring to is Autobus22, who has been a Wolvhaven player for 7 years but has left indefinitely due to toxicity.
+DISCLAIMER: This letter does not exonerate autobus22's past behavior that many frowned upon
+I am shocked at the fact that no one has been realizing how serious of an issue this is that someone had to leave based on not feeling safe within the community, and that no one brought the issue up after he left. Even though it was an election season and criticism and debating was quite common, some of the things said towards Auto were not acceptable by any standards. There are many instances of ad hominem attacks against him as a person rather than the policy that he was drafting. These ad hominem attacks aimed to paint him as a liar and manipulator who tricks members of other opposition parties into serving his own gain. By far the worst that happened was when he was mocked for the way he typed and edited his messages, with someone joking “Guys lets have a message editing challenge! Most edited messages over the whole campaign wins!!”, even though it was clearly intended for people to edit old messages instead of spamming new ones to keep the chat clean. It was one of the most disgraceful things that could have happened to anyone and if this was in a school this would be considered cyberbullying. I firmly asked the people who were attacking Auto to reflect on for a minute, and to see what they have been doing and to think to themselves if what they were doing was acceptable behaviour, but when they responded all they showed me was that they did not care about how they acted towards others. When Auto was called a liar, I asked them if how would they feel to be called a liar, and one responded “I would be honored to be called a lair as lairs are pretty cool”, and when I told the person who made the editing joke that it wasn’t funny and insulting he said “oh noes HGP doesn’t like les jokes”. Calling someone a liar is not a joke, it is a serious accusation meant to attack the person directly in order to degrade them; so to are the comments made on how Auto edits his messages, but they didn't treat them as serious issues, but as so called harmless jokes that ended up causing some of the greatest emotional harm to not just Auto, but to me as well. Every time I saw a comment that was attacking Auto, I felt as if I was being attacked as well, and eventually it got to the point where we were both crying in a call with each other. I felt the pain he felt, it was as if society thought he was a punching bag, something that could be hit over and over and over again without facing any concequences. Despite the guilt he had of leaving me and the rest of the Wolvhaven community behind, the toxicity on the server was too much for him, and it was only one of many times that he was driven off the server due to toxicity, with one time him contemplating suicide. It is not easy to describe what happened that night, but all I can say is that in that conversation flowed a river of tears. After the emotional conversation, Auto resigned from the HGP and left Wolvhaven indefinitley. To me this was a big deal as I had just lost a friend from the server where I met him, and the fact that the server had lost a player who contributed a lot to its development. What I was shocked to see was that there was no mass outrage over what happened, and what was even worse was the so called thank you letter from those who attacked Auto. It said <blockquote>“Thank you for your long service as a politician. We respect the difficult decision you had to make, and not many people are able to value their personal, in real life needs over a video game. While our parties may not have agreed on everything, it was clear that you had a passion and drive to work for the benefit of all WolvHaveners. Once again, thank you for your service and good luck on future endeavors”</blockquote>I thought this thank you letter for everything that Auto had done was completely insincere even more of an insult to him than it was a complement. Auto did not leave because of real life issues out of his control, he left because the community was not a safe place for him to be in anymore out of fear of harassment. They stated that he had a drive to work for the benefit of all Wolvhaveners while constantly questioning him during the debate about his activity, and that if he was really dedicated to the server. There was no apology in the letter expressing how they treated him was wrong, all they did was say “we are ‘sorry’ to be seeing you leave” in order to cover up what they really did; harass Auto to the point where he left the server just because he disagreed with them. They harassed him so much that a few days later Auto said that he was less stressed and happier overall after he left in a conversation with me.
+To all those reading, you might ask why didn’t I speak up about this issue before, well that's because I was afraid, afraid of that I was to become the next target of harassment. All of us in the HGP were afraid, too afraid to tell the truth. One person did actually say what happened was wrong. He said “... Congrats… you’ve bullied Auto into quitting”. We unfortunately had to lie that he did not quit because of bullying in fear that we would cause another fight. We all were stressed out and tired from campaigning and didn’t want another one. During the live covering of the results we tried to bring up the issue of Auto’s departure from the server after Newsnet didn’t bring it up on their own, but that never caught wind.
+Auto’s case is not the only instance of toxicity on this server; there are many cases of toxicity on this server that go unreported everyday. I was subject to two instances of harassment based on my party affiliation with the HGP. One started when I started joking with people with both of us calling eachother “eww” as if it had no serious meaning, but then one hopped in and said “you are eww because you are HGP”. The other one was about how insecure one’s house was, with me joking that his house was very easy to rob to which the owner replied that “I’ll just blame the HGP”. Both these instances are unacceptable by any standards but yet I didn’t respond to those attacking me in an assertive manner, because I feared being harassed further if I were to stand up for myself. In the second instance all I told the person was that he was being annoying and that I didn’t like it, nothing really assertive. In the first instance though I complained to Auto about how this was going and so he came on and argued with the person who harassed me, as he didn’t fear getting into arguments. Fear has always been the main reason why I haven’t spoken out about this, and I believe this is true for so many other people, specifically fear of being rejected by the server, and by the server, I mean a certain group of people, but how can that be?
+Although Wolvhaven is a server with over two thousand unique players only a small fraction of that large number come online on a daily basis. Unfortunately many of those who come online are often those who exhibit habitual toxic behaviour which poses a massive problem to the health of the Wolvhaven community. I don’t discourage people from being active, in fact I think it is a good thing for the server usually; however when toxic people are involved it works against the server. It is much harder to speak out against those who are in your view everyday as you are constantly reminded of what will happen to you if you do speak out against the toxic behaviour. The atmosphere of the server perpetuates a fear into those who want to speak out about the toxicity, it makes them afraid that if they do speak out, those certain people will come and harass them. The reason why someone starts to become toxic at another can vary, but either way the outcome is the same. The harasser will perpetuate an environment of fear if towards those they have harassed in order to stop their victims from reporting them. The tragedy of some of our most active players being toxic is also that it forces players to make a difficult choice. This is a community server building relationships with other players is crucial to the experience, but if that experience requires holding your opinions hostage in order to save a relationship with an active person who is also toxic then we have a problem. This problem is made even worse by the fact that many of the people who are known for their toxicity also have toxic friends on the server, and many of them are in high ranking positions such as architect and staff. The toxicity being spread amongst multiple people in this server is apparent as often there are instances where a group of friends gang up on someone they don’t agree with. Not only does this make the victim fear about ever speaking out again, it gives the impression that the server does not want them to speak out, as the harassers have strength in numbers. It also worsens the friend problem above as if there are more toxic people on the community it becomes harder to find a nice person to start a relationship with, making it more possible that people have no other choice than to start relationships with toxic people and just to learn how to deal with the toxicity, or even worse, become toxic themselves. On the other hand the high rank of these players means that they have the privilege of being a role model for the community and to influence them, to which they are horrible at. They perpetuate the sense that a good Wolvhavener must believe what they believe in, and must do what they do or at least stay silent, even if that means engaging in toxic behavior against those who do not agree with the so-called group of people.  One might be thinking that it might be a smart idea to go report the case to staff so that they can deal with the issue, but again, many of the people who engage in toxic behavior are staff or have friends who are staff, and thus can either ignore the claims and have nothing done about them, tell their friends about the reporting in order to harass the victim even further, or themselves to engage in toxic behavior towards the victim, saying that they need to toughen up, or get used to such behavior as it is “normal”. This causes many people who are victims of harassment to not report their cases at all, as they cannot trust staff with such information as there is no way to report harassment anonymously as if the victim is someone who disagrees with the group, they can easily be ignored, or worse targeted and attacked. Even though there has been really no case that I know of that is similar to the situation I made above, the only thing that needs to cause someone from being deterred from reporting harassment to staff is fear, fear that this hypothetical event will happen, and that they will be exposed to even more emotional trauma if they speak about themselves being harassed by others.  I have experienced the same feeling whenever I was harassed, I often didn’t report it, I just let it slide by as if it was normal, or in some circumstances told Auto about it, as he was a friend that I could trust, in contrast to the staff who I couldn’t trust with handling harassment in fear that they would attack me for reporting.
+Then there is the effect of complacency that the environment of fear and toxicity creates on the server. If one is exposed to toxic behaviour but is too afraid to speak up about it even once, they will become normalized to such behaviour believing that it is better to stay silent about toxicity and only be faced with minor instances of “teasing” then to speak up about how wrong it is only to be then subject to constant harassment by multiple members of the server. I don’t mean to compare the toxicity on this server nor the people perpetuating it to the hateful ideology of facism, or to brand them as fascists, but there are many shocking similarities between the complacency of the Wolvhaven community to toxicity, and to the Italian people’s complacency to the violence of the Facist blackshirts during Benito Mussolini’s rise to power and subsequent reign over Italy. During the fascist party’s rise to power in early 20th century Italy, the blackshirts were notorious for violently attacking people who disagreed with Mussolini. When people spoke out about how heinous the blackshirt’s behaviour was all they responded with “Me ne frego” or Italian for “I don’t give a $h!t”. This “I don’t give a $h!t” mentality can be found in those who exhibit toxic behaviour as like the blackshirts they don’t give a $h!t about their behaviour and will keep doing it as if it was normal. Eventually their behaviour became so common despite the criticism that people became complacent with it and started to act as if the blackshirts’ violence was normal with less people calling out their behaviour as more of the general public perceived it as normal as if it was just like eating dinner. Not only did this complacency gave the fascists a more secure hold on power it also made it harder for people to speak out against the regime as unlike before, people didn’t feel confident enough to speak out as they felt as if they did not have anyone else to support them, as more people had just accepted mass scale political violence as the new normal. Again, I do not believe that Wolvhaven toxicity is in anyway shape or form a facist movement nor do I think the people who are toxic are fascists, but I do believe that many of the things that I am seeing on the server in regards to toxicity are similar to the events that lead the fascists to take control of Italy. The toxic people are analogous to the blackshirts who harass the Wolvhaven community and when the community spoke up about it, the people who were toxic acted as if they didn’t give a $h!t. Eventually the harassment became so common that more people started to become complacent with it and acted if it was normal, and it became harder for those to speak out against the harassment as there were less people who were publicly backing their ideas and it made those who sought justice less likely to speak out as they had less confidence about coming out due to low perceived public support with them eventually remaining silent as they succumbed to their own fear.
+During the most recent election, my friend Autobus22 was the only member who I saw actively standing up to those who harassed him based on his server views. I tried to stand up and I think many others wanted to as well, but we were all afraid, all afraid that what was happening to Auto could happen to us, but I think it is the time we need to stop being afraid of doing what's right. What has been going on in this server has been going on for too long. Toxicity has no place anywhere especially in a game whose purpose is to entertain people and make them have fun. It is not and should never be considered a partisan issue, it is a problem that we are all vulnerable to and will all suffer from if we do not combat it. If one is experiencing great emotional pain, or for f**ks sake thinking about suicide due to a video game we have to ask ourselves is this ok to let toxicity run freely on our beloved community, regardless of party affiliation or political beliefs one might hold on this server. I say enough is enough, we cannot let toxicity run free on this server and  to stand up for what is right. I ask that every Wolhavener to express themselves freely on how toxicity is a giant problem on our server and to express it openly. If you are still afraid of speaking openly you are free to message me directly on discord expressing support, but I highly urge that you make your opinion public, all of us must do our part to help this server. We cannot make any meaningful change for the better if we stay quiet. We cannot fear speaking out our thoughts and speaking out for others who have been wronged. We must stand up to the virus of toxicity that is a pandemic on this server and is killing it. We must have courage and determination to say that what happened to Auto, and what happened to so many other people on this server was wrong. Don’t fear saying that it was wrong, as I will always support you. Don’t fear how others judge your opinion! Be your true self!
+<nowiki>#</nowiki>THINK FOR YOURSELF, SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!
+Sincerely,
+Number_21
+|}
+==== United WolvHaven disbands ====
 ''Main Article: [[United WolvHaven]]''
+On November 12th 2020, {{Parties/UWH}} leader and [[CM Raiders|Prime Minister CM_Raiders]] announced that they would be disbanding following the end of the term of the [[Parliament of WolvHaven/13th|13th Parliament of WolvHaven]].
+''The following is the statement from the Prime Minister and the letter of cessation of activities provided by the {{Parties/UWH}}'' ''party.''
+{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
+|+
+!{{Parties/UWH}} Cessation of Activities Letter
+!Statement by [[CM_Raiders]]
+|-
+|To the community of Wolvhaven, We humbly thank you for your ongoing support in parliament over these past years. From our beginnings as the National Conservative Party, Party for Gardellia or the Centre, to our progression as Forward WolvHaven, to our final form as United WolvHaven, we have been humbled by your ongoing support. It is now, with our deepest regrets, we inform you of our exit from formal WolvHaven politics. In our time in parliament, we have had our ups and our downs but we have enjoyed almost every moment of it.
+Despite our best efforts, we have recently seen a drop off in the ability to continue serving the community. Many of our members are entering their final years of education, and as a result, have constantly decreasing time to keep up with the server. As a result, it is in the best interests of both the party and the server to withdraw from parliament. It is no point having a party whose members are not active members of the server have an active say in how the server is governed.
+In addition to this, the referendum that approaches concerning the future of WolvHaven’s parliamentary system will soon be voted on, where some major accompanying changes are expected to come into effect, such as Staff not being able to run in the HoR, of which a large portion of this party and its current executive are apart of. This is even more reason for our withdrawal.
+This is not, however, the end of the road for United WolvHaven. While the party itself is ceasing to run in elections, this may not be the case for some of our members. We ask that you redirect your support to our past members as they are more than capable of representing you, come what may.
+While we may no longer be “excited to announce that we are excited,” we are still grateful for the opportunity that has been presented to us. For the last time, from the United WolvHaven team (and Alan), thank you. It has been a great honour!
+Resigning once again on behalf of United WolvHaven,
+Ezzo
+Signed,
+CM_Raiders, Prime Minister,
+Baymax1020, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance, Trade and the Economy,
+CaptainSlow_, Minister for Infrastructure and National Development,
+Grass_Jelly, Minister for Home Affairs,
+Hinwapoon, Leader of the House,
+MatthieuTofu, Minister for Education and Culture,
+_Aezo, Chief Minister of Gardellia,
+Minebuilder1223, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
+VincentLUMCFan, Member of Parliament,
+Kangaroo567, Former MP,
+Tony515, Former MP,
+boomdoom_, Secretary,
+Cupochan_,
+_somtinwong,
+TurboChan
+|
+As a result, this has been my one and only term as Prime Minister. I must certainly say that it has been a wonderful time serving and while my real life commitments have gradually rendered my activity both in parliament and in WolvHaven to decrease, I sincerely wish the HoR and its future good luck in its future endeavours!
+I think there's probably more I could say but for now I'd just like to thank everyone in UWH, formerly associated with UWH and all MPs, no matter what party you are associated with. And a big thank you to the parliament service people as well. But most of all thank you to the community that supported UWH throughout its history in WolvHaven! lol im bad at writing speeches
+|}
 [[File:2020PoliticalReforms1.png|thumb|416x416px|Infographic presenting the proposed [[November 2020 WolvHaven Political Reforms]]]]
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 WolvHaveners voted in favour of the newly proposed direct-elect ministerial positions whilst continuing to favour general [[Parliament of WolvHaven/List of Members|Members of Parliament]] who would be lected under the Single Transferrable Vote system.
+{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
+!Question!!% of vote for Option 1!!Number of vote for Option 1!!% of vote for Option 2!! Number of vote for Option 2!!Preferred Option
+|-
+|1. Do you support direct-elect ministerial positions (DEP)?
+Option 1 - Yes
+Option 2 - No||{{PercentBar|75|75.00%}}||{{PercentBar|75|36/48}}||{{PercentBar|25|25.00%}}||{{PercentBar|25|12/48}}||YES
+|-
+|2. Under a direct-elect ministerial position system, do you want general Members of Parliament (MPs)?
+Option 1 - Yes
+Option 2 - No||{{PercentBar|66.67|66.67%}}||{{PercentBar|66.67|32/48}}||{{PercentBar|33.33|33.33%}}||{{PercentBar|33.33|16/48}}|| YES
+|-
+| 3. If there are general Members of Parliament, how should they be elected?
+Option 1 - Using Single Transferrable Vote (STV)
+Option 2 - using Party-List Proportionate system (PLP)||{{PercentBar|68.75|68.75%}}||{{PercentBar|68.75|33/48}}||{{PercentBar|31.25|31.25%}}||{{PercentBar|31.25|15/48}}|| STV
+|}
 === WolvHaveners decide on Permanent Residency rank implementation ===
 ''Main Article: [[2020 Referendum on Permanent Residency (PR) Implementation]]''
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 Following the [[2020 Referendum on Permanent Residency (PR) Implementation|referendum]]'s result, Visitors promoted from January 15th were promoted to the [[Ranks|PR rank]] rather than being promoted to the citizen rank. This was done on a temporary basis until [[Parliament of WolvHaven|Parliament]] confirmed the measures decided upon in the [[2020 Referendum on Permanent Residency (PR) Implementation|referendum]]. The first [[Ranks|PRs]] would only be promoted to the [[Ranks|citizen]] rank from March of the same year when the [[Ranks|Citizen]] application process was finalised.
-[[File:Newsnet6.png|thumb|[[User:MatthieuTofu|MatthieuTofu]] and [[User:CM Raiders|CM_Raiders]] became [[NewsNet WH|newsnet]]'s main presenting duo from March 2020 and were joined at the anchor desk in September by [[User:Perfecttrains|Perfecttrains]].]]
+{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
+!Question!!% of vote for Option A!!Number of vote for Option A !!% of vote for Option B!!Number of vote for Option B!!Preferred Option
+|-
+|1. Should the PR rank be introduced?
+Option A - Yes
+Option B - No||{{PercentBar|62.8|62.8%}}||{{PercentBar|62.8|49/78}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|35.9%}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|28/78}}||A
+|-
+|2. How should it be implemented?
+Option A - Current Citizens shall not be demoted to PR rank
+Option B - Citizens who have committed serious crimes or who have a large number of previous offenses shall be demoted to PR rank||{{PercentBar|46.1|46.1%}}||{{PercentBar|46.1|36/78}}||{{PercentBar|53.8|53.8%}}||{{PercentBar|53.8|42/78}}||B
+|-
+|3. What should be the criteria for promotion to PR?
+Option A - Remove the need for an introductory letter and allow PRs with 1 warning to be promoted
+Option B - No changes to the provisions of the Permanent Residency Act, 2018||{{PercentBar|67.9|67.9%}}||{{PercentBar|67.9|53/78}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|35.9%}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|25/78}}||A
+|-
+|4. What should be the criteria for demotion to PR?
+Option A - Allow for inactive citizens to be demoted to PR rank
+Option B - No changes to the provisions of the Permanent Residency Act, 2018 ||{{PercentBar|28.2|28.2%}}||{{PercentBar|28.2|22/78}}||{{PercentBar|71.8|71.8%}}||{{PercentBar|71.8|56/78}}||B
+|-
+|5. What should the rights and privileges be for PR?
+Option A - Provide PRs with the same rights and privileges as citizens, except the right to participation in parliament and vote at elections
+Option B - No changes to the provisions of the Permanent Residency Act, 2018||{{PercentBar|64.1|64.1%}}||{{PercentBar|64.1|50/78}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|35.9%}}||{{PercentBar|35.9|28/78}}||A
+|}[[File:Newsnet6.png|thumb|[[User:MatthieuTofu|MatthieuTofu]] and [[User:CM Raiders|CM_Raiders]] became [[NewsNet WH|newsnet]]'s main presenting duo from March 2020 and were joined at the anchor desk in September by [[User:Perfecttrains|Perfecttrains]].]]
 === TPA for all ===
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 ==== August 2021 By-Election: the first and last By-Election ====
+[[File:Aug2021MINDByElectionExitPoll.png|thumb|[[NewsNet WH|newsnet]]'s exit poll released at 4pm UTC following the closing of polling stations.]]
 ''Main Article: [[By-election of WolvHaven, August 2021]]''
+The August 2021 by-election was held between August 27th 2021 and August 29th 2021 to elect a new [[Ministry for Infrastructure and National Development|Minister for Infrastructure and National Development]] as the seat was rendered vacant by the resignation of incumbent minister [[YoshiBoyAdvance]] on August 11th 2021, only a month into the term of the [[Parliament of WolvHaven/15th|15th Parliament of WolvHaven]]. It was the first ever by-election held after the [[November 2020 WolvHaven Political Reforms|November 2020 reforms]] and whole of WolvHaven history.
+Turnout dropped from the [[General Election of WolvHaven, July 2021|July 2021 General Election]], with only 33 WolvHaveners casting their ballots.
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+! Party!!Candidate!!Final Count %!! Final Count!!Elected
+|-
+|{{Parties/IP}}||Heiopeii||{{PercentBar|90.91|90.91%}}||{{PercentBar|90.91|30/33}}||'''ELECTED'''
+|-
+|{{Parties/IP}}||LittleDragon2187 ||{{PercentBar|9.09|9.09%}}||{{PercentBar|9.09|3/33}}||
+|-
+| -|| Spoiled Votes|| -||{{PercentBar|0|0/33}}||
+|}
+==== Indefinite suspension of the House of Representatives ====
+Following a period of unprecedented low parliamentary and server activity during the term of the [[Parliament of WolvHaven/15th|15th Parliament of WolvHaven]], no general election was called to elect House of Representative MPs for the [[Parliament of WolvHaven/16th|16th Parliament of WolvHaven]]. In effect, this resulted in the indefinite suspension of the [[House of Representatives of WolvHaven|House of Representatives]] since December 18th 2021, the last parliamentary session of the [[Parliament of WolvHaven/15th|15th Parliament of WolvHaven]].
 === Perfect Trains with a dash of Rickroll (1 Apr) ===
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 In line with the routine maintenance and renewal of the [[Metro+]] ticketing system, [[Metro+]] B-Series cards were phased out from March 3rd and were completely replaced by C-Series cards from April 6th.
+[[File:History New Wiki Poster.png|thumb|A poster promoting the launch of the new WolvHaven wiki]]
+=== New wiki launched ===
+Following the return of the server to Singapore on a dedicated machine owned and maintained by the WolvHaven server itself in June 2020, a new self-hosted server wiki was launched in June 2021.
-=== New wiki launched (June) ===
+This followed numerous complaints by server members which were heard and expressed by server leadership too regarding the previous Shoutwiki service. The outsourced wiki was plagued by numerous disruptions out of the control of staff.
-=== [VIP] rank phased out, [PS] tag introduced (June) ===
+=== [VIP] rank phased out, [PS] tag introduced ===
 ''Main Article: [[Ranks]]''
+On June 3rd 2021, [[SilverWolv|President SilverWolv]] announced changes to the server's rank system.
+The [VIP] rank was retired from the server complately following careful consideration and consultation, with all past members with the rank being demoted back to [Citizen]. The President noted that while the rank was meant to reward and recognise players who frequently patronised the server in the past, that it was time to recognise that the rank no longer served its purpose, neither did it represent the current community. He added that whilst most of the community wanted a clear-cut well defined criteria for the VIP rank should it be reintroduced, as rewarding it was previously subjective and prone to unintended bias, it was too challenging to come up with a new criteria, thus the rank would be discontinued altogether.
+In tandem, a Public Servant [PS] tag, was introduced to give more recognition to non-staffers who help keep the server running. Public Servants are members on the server who either have limited enforcement powers or members who commonly work with or assist staff in server operations such as [[Train Driving|Train Examiners]] under [[Ministry for Infrastructure and National Development|MIND]], Wiki Curators under [[Ministry for Culture and Foreign Affairs|MCFA]], and members of the [[Parliament of WolvHaven|Parliamentary Service]].
 === Pride 2021 ===
 ''Main Article: [[WolvHaven Pride]]''
+[[File:Pride21 float9.jpg|thumb|One of the many floats participating in the Pride 2021 procession]]
 The 2021 edition of the parade was held on 26 June 2021, 2PM UTC, mainly organised by [[User:Littledoggy2|Littledoggy2]] and [[User:CrazySharkGaming|CrazySharkGaming]], held in the same location as the parade in 2020. Along with the parade came several infrastructure improvements, such as the removal of the original stage that was built in 2020. The stage was replaced with a smaller, more permanent structure by [[National Solutions (NS)|National Solutions Group]] which would be used for all future events held at the same venue in the future. The updated stage was smaller, but fit in with the rest of the world better in terms of scale.
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 Players were treated to games such as Splegg, Paintball, and MobArena - a new addition to WolvHaven's events. However, due to unforseen technical difficulties, many did not play splegg.
-A Float design competition was also announced in the 2021 edition, and 18 floats were contributed by the community.\
+A Float design competition was also announced in the 2021 edition, and 18 floats were contributed by the community.
 [Embed YT Video (Pride Crossing — WolvHaven Pride 2021)]
 === Server rules simplified (July) ===
+[Embed YT Video (Presentation: Major changes to the server rules you need to know)]
-=== Vision 2023 announced (October) ===
+=== Vision 2023 announced ===
 ''Main Article: [[Vision 2023]]''
+'''Vision 2023''', a strategic framework to shift the WolvHaven server from a mixed survival-roleplay creative server to a creative-focused server, was announced on October 27th 2021 with an aim for completion by 2023. Key goals included reducing the complexity of the server experience, and further accelerated development of WolvHaven City's fifth iteration - New Wolfminster. Vision 2023 marks the largest change in the server since its inception; departing from its traditional mixed survival-roleplay and creative structure. Ultimately, it was to convert the server to attract a more generic audience, in light of competition from other games such as Roblox for the server's niche transit enthusiast player base.
 == 2022: Shift to a creative-focused server ==
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 === New Survival World, Avalon, launched (soon) ===
+=== Removal of manual metro lines ===
+==== Gradual phasing out of drivers in tandem with the closure of 4H ====
+First announced as part of the [[Vision 2023]] program, the retirement of manual metro lines was confirmed by [[SilverWolv|President SilverWolv]] on May 1st 2022.
+He stated that when the transition to [[New Wolfminster (5th Haven)|FifthHaven]] was officially made, that support for official manually operated metro lines would cease. This meant that operations for [[WolvHaven Metro (4th Haven)|WolvHaven Metro]] [[Metro Line 4 (4th Haven)|Lines 4]], [[Metro Line 5 (4th Haven)|5]], [[Metro Line 6 (4th Haven)|6]] and [[Metro Line 7 (4th Haven)|7]] would be suspended by 2023 and that there would not be any manually operated lines in [[New Wolfminster (5th Haven)|New Wolfminster]].
+He explained his decision by stating that support for the manual lines had been getting increasingly difficult with the with the majority of [[Train Driving|train examiners]] being unavailable most of the time, making it hard to match players with examiners who are online at the same time. That a lot of administrative burden was involved in the upkeep of the system including the upkeep of driver records, and necessary custom plugins to tackle cheating in the system by players abusing exploits which were becoming increasingly burdenous on [[Staff]]. He also noted that a disproportionate amount of effort to serve a niche section of the community and that [[Staff]] had noted that the majority of the players who came on to drive trains only came online just to drive trains, and rarely interacted with other aspects of the server, or its community. This linked into his point that the gamemode was unsustainable and that players who came on just to drive metro trains eventually got bored or tired of the system and leave, whereby the only thing that would entice them to return would be an expansion of the system itself which was not sustainable.
+==== Relaxation of driving restrictions ====
+As promised in May 2022, on October 8th 2022, [[SilverWolv|President SilverWolv]] announced that from October 14th 2022, manual metro lines would be able to be driven by players who do not hold licenses and that players were able to access warps for the depots of these lines in the [[Department of Transport|DOT building]] in La Resistance/Dakota. All past driver blacklists were also waived.
+== 2023: FifthHaven launched, increased server activity ==