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Original concept by Isleño, thanks to BMSOUZA for resurfacing

Original idea for flag and seal by Isleño, thanks to BMSOUZA for resurfacing

In this thread, I'd like to open a discussion about the future (and past) of Suvuma. There is no urgent need for action, so the default course of action will be to leave the as-is status in place; but I think it's my role as regional admin to see if there might be a rough consensus in the community for a different way forward.

Background

Suvuma, a large tropical subcontinent in the South of East Uletha, has been marked as reserved for a collaborative project for a long time. Many years ago a then-admin of OGF, Isleño, proposed a concept for a history of this continent (see on the right), created a very realistic macro forest coverage with only very few agricultural areas being carved into the dense rain forest along the coast and some rivers, and partitioned it into sub-territories. The intended mapping style was probably in the medium income range, similar to South-East Asia or rural Brazil, but I cannot reconstruct that for certain. For reasons I also cannot reconstruct, the project never really took off - perhaps because of only limited interest in the intended style of mapping among the community, perhaps for other reasons. Since then, the continent has been in hiatus.

Ways forward

As far as I can see, there are three options how to proceed. Everyone feel free to suggest additional ones:

• A: Leave as-is, with the territory staying reserved for a future collaborative project
• B: If there is demand for a collaborative territory using a mapping style (i.e. language, climate, income, culture) that currently cannot be satisfied by existing blue or purple territories and that would instead fit in well with Suvuma, we could start a process to initiate a new collab. This would entail identifying a clear target theme for Suvuma; finding a suitable collab leader and at least three collaborators; drafting a new history and mapping outline; starting the collab.
• C: If there is no sufficient demand for another collab and we are relatively certain that such demand will not arise in the foreseeable future, Suvuma could be partitioned into three to five private territories that would then enter the list of available territories for new mappers. Besides ruling out A and B, this option would also entail thinking about which target theme this new area should get.

Discussion

Please use this section to discuss which way(s) forward you prefer. If you want to discuss any one option in detail, please do so in the respective section below. Don't forget to sign your comments using 4x~. Thanks! Leowezy (talk) 09:07, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

I'm leaning towards A or B. Back on OGFC there were a couple of passing discussions, whether to make it like New Guinea or Papua (the shape is similar) or Madagascar. And the history outline quite reminded me of Sri Lanka's, because the Tamils, which once controlled British Ceylon, were forced out of power and were actively discriminated against since, which caused the civil war.

In one of the pre-2020 reorganisations, the Asperic region is also generally meant to be "Austronesian", or "Asperic". Another possibility mused was that it could have been "indianised". Given Suvuma's location, it's quite possible it could be at the confluence of various cultures between southern Uletha and Archanta. I say it's best to leave it reserved as an "open collaborative" of sorts, given it's rather strategic nature.

Anyway, for further reference, there was this archived version of Suvuma from the old wiki. But there wasn't much beyond an outline given in the lead.--Zhenkang (talk) 10:24, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Option A

Zhenkang (talk) 10:24, 28 January 2025 (UTC)