Our semiannual wizard review has been completed. It's no longer called a
'purge' for the following reason:

The winning wizards, instead of being removed, will instead be placed in an
'avatar' state. Basically, they get to keep their wizard-<>'s when talking on
channels, are unable to die etc. They WON'T have access to the regular wizard
commands, wiz-channels etc.

The avatars will also have the altenative of requesting their old, pre-wizzing
mortal character to be restored. So don't be surprised if you see mortals by
the name of former wizards; they are indeed the same person, should this
happen.

On the behalf of the Conclave of Archwizards,
your friendly neighbourhood Archwizard

PS. The avatars have, of course, the possibility to request reinstation if
they choose to embark on an carreer of active development again