Thread:IAmNothing712/@comment-2142533-20121205103957

Hi Ian! I want to ask a question about the Tribe Absorption page:

Has there any official term used for tribes that are removed before the merge?

I noticed that Matsing, Ulong and Saboga are "Dissolved", while the 2 tribes in 4-tribe seasons that are removed before the merge are called "Disbanded". Technically, from what I read, the two terms are synonymous. I propose the term "Tribe Dissolve" be used than "Tribe Absorption" (to follow the "Tribe Switch" use of swap than swapping), while Viveros ,Bayoneta, Puka Puka and Manihiki be considered as "Disbanded", and Saboga, Ulong and Matsing considered as "Absorbed".

"Absorbed" would be used instead of "Dissolved" because the members of the dissolved tribe would be taken by the existing tribes, while the existing tribes' members never switched tribes during the absorption. "Disbanded" would be used as the tribes were forcefully removed from the game, and the existing castaways would be shuffled to two new tribes with the same name as two of the four tribes. "Tribe Absorption", "Tribe Dissolution" could be used to redirect to the page. 