Social Groups to delete

This is a long list, and not all of them. I don't trust the tools :) Doing a search for groups that have not been posted in since July of LAST YEAR and that have less than 1 post gives me this list. I can clearly see that there are a few that can go, shops that are closed, groups for events from years ago...but a couple of them I am not so sure about. Have a look and if you see a group that you are an active member of (or one you want to bring back to life) let me know - or confirm the ones that you KNOW can go.

If I don't see that there are any on this list in error then I will begin to trust the search tools and tackle the Uncategorized groups next!


Sci-fi Chicks
Group Created by Bat_Girl
For all you ladies who love Sci-Fi

I {heart} My Kindle
Group Created by simplyme
Social Group for Kindle owners to share tips and discuss books.


Pagan Friends
Group Created by Witchy J
This is an open group for anyone who wants to chat and craft about their pagan interests. People from all paths are welcomed in friendship.


Twilight Addicts
Group Created by 3peaches
for fans of the twilight saga (and other vamp themed films/books/progs)


Ordinary Treasures
Group Created by Nabview
Like capturing the everyday moment? Thrill at using a 'found' item in your scrapping? Get unnaturally excited in haberdashery and stationery departments? Come on in then...you'll be right at home!

Scrapping with cancer
Group Created by theresa b
A group for those of us diagnosed with cancer - either recently or in the past...
Where we can support each, ask questions and generally chat...

CENTRAL BELTIES
Group Created by steppsscrapper
A bunch of papercrafting people from the central belt of scotland west to east coast, who enjoy all things paper. Meeting up at Glasgow Fort on February 18th at 10am to exchange plesantries and enjoy tea and coffee with like-minded paper strokers!
Anyone from the central belt is welcome to join this thread and chat away - cheers


Faithless
Group Created by culpepper
A group for those who are Humanist, Secular, Atheist

Stewarton Dollies Crop
Group Created by April Rose

EK Crop & Craft
Group Created by Suzycad
Social group for the East Kilbride Crop and Craft Group. Crop will be held on the Third Saturday of each month.

Edinburgh Croppers
Group Created by Kat
Chat thread for UKS Edinburgh MONTHLY SATURDAY Crop members due to "new" rules. No new chat thread will be created.

Derby Dollies
Group Created by welshscrapqueen
A new group - meeting at Elvaston village hall near Derby !


Get ready for the Glitz and Glamour of our 2013 Eastbourne retreat!
Group Created by debbiem
This is a place for those coming along to the Eastbourne retreat to chat and keep up to date with all the fun we have planned.

Exeter & East Devon
Group Created by dappyscrapper

craftygrafters
Group Created by sue.rodgers
Experienced and newbie, Scrapbookers , Card makers and papercrafters of all kinds.
Learn new skills, swap ideas, general chat, view new products through our contact with 'Craft Island.' A friendly group based in Leicestershire in the East Midlands. Crop sessions in Barrow on Soar. Not into points at the moment. Love to hear from you. Sue

Chepstow Pink Scrappers
Group Created by cariad_1
We are a group of Scrappers that will be meeting on a Saturday each monthly at Chepstow Rugby Club.

Nuneaton Crop and Stamp
Group Created by Acidburnrosie
Nuneaton Crop and Stamp. Meets every 3rd Sunday at Grove Farm Community Centre, Kingswood Road, Nuneaton, CV10 8QH 10 till 4....

Bromsgrove Crop Chat
Group Created by LibertyChance
Friendly crop running one saturday daytime and one thursday evening each month.

Leanie's Lovelies @ St Helens Crop
Group Created by leanie

North West Whittle Scrappers
Group Created by liz414

Didsbury Dabblers
Group Created by Mrs Cheshire
A place to sign up for crops and chat!

Sarah's Cards Scrapbooking Retreats
Group Created by Lianne
A group to discuss upcoming Sarah's Cards retreats.

Wilton/Salisbury Crop
Group Created by bagofscraps

Ipswich Scrapbook Crop(Bramford)
Group Created by hot potato
We are a crop that meets every month, usually the first Saturday of each month 9am-5pm. We are mainly scrapbookers but now have several card makers who come along too.

Abingdon Funcrops
Group Created by Shirley June
A group of friends who get together and have FUN cropping and card making.

Eastbourne Retreat 2012
Group Created by debbiem
Place to chat for everyone coming to the Eastbourne retreat 2012

Bolton and bury crop
Group Created by citaborca
Crop held at harwood Methodist church, longsight, Bolton.

Deepcut Crop - aka Clair's Crop!! lol
Group Created by Rainbowfairy
A place for Deepcut Croppers to chat.... :)

Moxley Massive UKS (West Midlands) Crop
Group Created by ellejay
Fantastically wacky, amazingly noisy, brilliantly creative, and tremendously friendly monthly crop held on the first Saturday of every month.

Bristol Scrappers
Group Created by Scrapping Parrot
Group chat for all those who attend or would like to attend Bristol Scrapppers monthly crops

Twilight Crop and Craft At Olveston School
Group Created by rainbow_poppy
New evening crop set up in Bristol Olveston School, open every third Wednesday in the month from 6.30 to 10.30pm.

Twilight Crop and Craft
Group Created by rainbow_poppy

NE Scotland Croppers
Group Created by kara
the chat thread for the Aberdeen Papermill crop

Creative heART and soul retreats
Group Created by mumof4boys
Creative Heart and Soul brings you the ULTIMATE in crafting weekend retreats.

kaleida-krops Uddingston Glasgow
Group Created by steppsscrapper
Happy bunch of scrapbook obsessed kroppers who meet in the Nazarene Hall in Uddingston first Saturday of the month.

POP IN 4 CRAFT
Group Created by allypally11
We are a really welcoming craft group that is predominantly scrapbooking and papercraft but has recently linked with two local sewing groups and looking to add to the crafting experience

Scrapstars
Group Created by LesleySh

Southoe cROP
Group Created by bumblebee
fOR THE LADIES WHO attend the SOUTHOE CROP

PaperArts On Tour 2012
Group Created by Sue2013
Chat about the new retreat

Hampton Scrappers
Group Created by CarolineJC
Come along and join us at our crop 2nd Saturday of each month. We meet at Hampton Vale Community Centre 1 til 5. New scrappers welcome.

Colchester Croppers
Group Created by Modie-may
A place for the Scrapbookers of Colchester to come and take some well deserved time out for ourselves. Cuppa and chat offered as well as a scrap space.

BG Scrapbook Group. Maidenhead
Group Created by sleepyguider
A monthly crop meeting mainly on Saturdays from 10am to 4.30pm. At St Marks Methodist Church.
Run by Guide Leaders from 1st Bray Guides.
Crop costs £8.
Please leave a message if you are interested in joining us.
Places must be booked in advance.
Then you can simply come along and just crop, or take part in optional challenges and classes as you choose.
Beginners get a free class to start them off.

Just Tracys Crafts - South West Scrappers
Group Created by mrs.memo
This is a group for all who wish to talk about, our Classes, Crops, Kits and hopefully retreats (we hope to start these in 2012)

'Fabulous Fifties' Eastbourne retreat 17-20 November 2011
Group Created by gayepaula
Chat thread for those attending the annual November Eastbourne retreat in the York House hotel organised by Gaye Williams.

St Marys Scrappers Crop Chat
Group Created by scm2
A group for everyone who is interested in attending the new St Marys Scrappers Crops.

Wirral Crop Chat
Group Created by suejn
We are a group of very friendly ladies that live in the Wirral and Liverpool area that enjoy getting together twice a month. for scrapbooking and cardmaking

Exhall Coventry crop chat
Group Created by weetabix

ANGLESEY CROPPERS
Group Created by nwti nwt
CROP CHAT FOR ANGLESEY CROPPERS

Barncrafters Worcs Crop
Group Created by JakkiiG
Friendly crafting group in Worcestershire, everyone welcome.

Skrapztacular 2010
Group Created by scrapchick
Fun, Friendly and Creative retreats held in the heart of Shropshire. Currently preparing for Skrapztacular 5 to be held June 18 - 20 at The Holiday Inn in Telford. Come Along - you deserve to be pampered

Howwood Crafty Crop, Renfrewshire
Group Created by natnieb
Crafty crop held in the Howwood Village Hall, Renfrewshire, once a month, on a Monday night, from 7pm until 9pm.

Card Making Workshop, Olveston nr Bristol, Sat 24th April
Group Created by Giselle
A group to chat about the card making workshops.

**Solihull Craft Club**
Group Created by cropkat
Solihull Craft club meet on 3rd Sunday of the month at Cheswick Green Village Hall, just 5 minutes from junction 4 of M42.

BRISTOL Mod Scraps Crop Chat
Group Created by Ellie@ModScraps
Sorry, there will no longer be any crops run by Mod Scraps.

GoGoCrop
Group Created by Janice
Monthly ScrapaGoGo Crop held at Wyverstone Village Hall in Suffolk.

Welsh Borders Crop
Group Created by hunib
A chat group for the Welsh Borders Crop

Littlegreen Crop Circle, ne Chichester
Group Created by MiniOwner
For all Littlegreen Croppers, past, present and prospective.

Aberdeen Craft Group Chat
Group Created by Smelly
This is a place for the Sunday Crafter's to come and chat about upcoming crops, events, all day crops and mini retreats.

Leeds Paper Dolls
Group Created by Kirsty262
For members of the Leeds Paper Dolls Crops

Derby dollies can go and I expect you know Paperarts has closed

Creative Heart and Soul and Bolton & Bury Crop no longer exist.

I do know about many crops and shops that have closed but not all of them :) And I thought it possible that a shop group might have carried on as a group (in which case I would rename rather than delete a group.

At least no one is jumping up and saying that I have a wrong 'un in there :) My worry was the search wasn't working correctly and there was an active group in the list.

I am also going to delete any SG that has only one member, Just a heads up...

Hi MaryAnne. The Blooming Pages team disbanded long ago. The previous team leader handed over to me. I clicked on the delete button but get a message saying I can't. I stepped down as leader of the Inky Minxes at the end of last year. There was some talk of another teamie taking over, but the group has been silent since February so that could probably go too. Again I am unable to delete.

OK I think I've given enough time for people to look, so I am deleting all the ones from the posted list, and all with just one member, then I will have a look at the Uncategorized groups and the other one, who's name I forget....

I am HAPPY to create more categories, so if there should be one for any grouping of like groups (Organizing? Parenting? Craft selling??) then I will create it.

the Twilight Addicts can be deleted as I've posted on the main chat thread that the group will be going soon. I just want to give to the ladies in the group A Big Thank You for all the fun and laughter we've created and still are on fb. Thanks to you too Mary Anne for letting us have a small spot on UKS too :D

scrappydoodles have not been together for ages so that can go.

The Rocking Ribbon Raiders SG closed in October 2012 so it can go.

OK, the massive clean-up of unused SGs is kicking into high gear :)

If the last post in ANY Social Group has been prior to 1 July 2014 (over a year) then the group is going.

I should mention that a few groups seem to have a lot of info in them, especially those created for tools, like the BIA and SCAL. For now I am keeping them

All the listed groups have been deleted.
All groups with less that 2 members have been deleted
All groups with a last post earlier than 1 January 2014 have been deleted

If there are any groups that you are in charge of that can be deleted, let me know. I THINK I got all the ones mentioned in the post or sent via PM but if I missed one or two, just tell me again!

The only other thing to look at is getting your group in the right category. There are a ton of UNCATEGORIZED groups :) Groups are useful of people can find and join them. So have a look at the group categories and consider assigning one to your group, either existing group or newly created one.


2 groups Altered Art/ATCs
1 groups Community/Social Topics For social topics, not scrap related
9 groups Crops and Crop Chat Groups for recurring crops (including big yearly events)
0 groups Stampers/Cardmakers
4 groups Tools including software like SCAL and electronic or manual machines
19 groups Uncategorised

December Daily was uncategorised so I have just changed it to Community/Social topics as that is the only category it seems to fit into, unless you can think of a better (or new) category? the DD social group mainly gets used from about September to Jan/Feb but it is a yearly thing :)

Maybe I'll have a look at the groups and see if they divide naturally into categories we don't have yet. I'd like to make them easier to use, and to identify. But pruning the dead wood will have helped a lot, I'm sure.