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

==== 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.

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!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.

{| 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.

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

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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=== 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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-==== United WolvHaven disbands (November?) ====
+==== 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.
-[[File:Aug2021MINDByElectionExitPoll.png|thumb|[[NewsNet WH|newsnet]]'s exit poll released at 4pm UTC following the closing of polling stations.]]
 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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 === 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 ==