'Official' clans

[Baskingner]

Statistics don't show any sort of truth. Anyone could make a nice looking thread and ask all their friends to join it. What matters is that they are active in game for a decent amount of time showing at least some level of RP.

This comment raises a few questions though.
Why would anyone create a big, good looking thread, invite his friends and then become inactive just to get the official tag? No one right? And even if they do, who cares? If the clan is deemed inactive the tag can be taken away just as easily?

Your argument seems to resolve around 'protecting quality'. You can still protect the quality of good clans if you create clear guidelines on how to become an [official] clan. Like Fultz said, what does 'at least showing some level of RP'? I can list a few clans who are active, have been around for a 'decent amount of time' but are not official. 

Can we get some information in how the team or clan officers decide to make a clan official? Surely there must be some sort of guideline for them.