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Guild leader
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A guild leader is a player character who is the head of a guild. They have administrative control of the guild's operations (via "Guild Control" button on the Guild list window), including giving ranks, privileges, adding/removing guild members, etc.
Also referred to as guild masters or GMs, which sometimes gets confused with Blizzard's Game Masters.
In order to change leadership, the person who is to be the new GM cannot be on the same account, as both members need to be logged in (no longer true in patch 4.0.6).[citation needed] The command to do this is /gleader <name>. So, to change leadership to an Alt, you must first make a "trusted" member or friend the leader. They will then have to make your Alt the leader (unless you have multiple accounts, then you can just log both characters in and do it yourself).
Characters who are Guild Leaders cannot be deleted or transferred to another server, leadership must be transferred to another character (or the guild disbanded) first.
Inactive guild leader replacement 
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The way inactive guild leader replacement works is pretty straightforward. If a guild leader’s character is inactive for 30 days, a notification will appear in the Guild News & Events feed which can only be seen by guild members who are eligible to become the new guild leader. To determine eligibility, the game will look for the highest ranked character in the guild that's logged on in the past week, and any guild member from that rank will be able to request guild leadership simply by clicking on the notification.
As with many actions in World of Warcraft, clicking on the notification will open up a confirmation window which, once accepted, will transition leadership from the inactive guild leader to the first player to request leadership. If guild leadership is changed, the old guild leader will be notified via email to his or her registered Battle.net address. While some players may need to log out and back in before their Guild tab will visually update, the change in leadership will be immediate, with all ranks and permissions remaining in-tact.
Please note that if you're an active leader of a guild, this system should not affect you or your guild. The goal of inactive guild leader replacement is simply to allow guilds which have found themselves without leadership for a long period of time to resolve the situation on their own without the need to contact our In-Game Support department.
Inactive guild leader replacement is currently live on the PTR, but keep in mind that it may be difficult to test in a PTR setting, as a guild leader will need to be inactive for a full 30 days before the option to transition leadership will become available.
Edited by Lylirra on 9/30/11 4:51 PM (PDT) See also Edit
External links Edit
WowInsider Officers' Quarters series of guild leadership related blog articles usually by Scott Andrews
WowInsider Officers' Quarters: Suffocating in a leadership vacuum by Scott Andrews Jul 11th 2011 at 1:00PM- WowInsider Officers' Quarters: The three biggest mistakes new guild leaders make by Scott Andrews Jun 20th 2011 at 4:00PM
- WowInsider Officers' Quarters: Making the most of the guild finder by Scott Andrews May 2nd 2011 at 2:00PM
- WowInsider Officers' Quarters: How to replace an absentee guild leader by Scott Andrews Apr 11th 2011 at 2:00PM
- WowInsider Officers' Quarters: 5 tips for guild recruiting in a post-Cataclysm world by Scott Andrews Mar 28th 2011 at 2:00PM
