Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-123347-20141211165009/@comment-452-20141214162250

I checked with Wikia Staff, apparently they have no access to any additional information, and because there is no founder specified, they have no idea who created it.

I'm not familiar with how wiki creation worked in 2007, but I have found wikis older than that who have a founder set correctly.

Achievements were first announced in October 2010, but it wasn't until August 2011 that the creator badge was added for wikis created before achievements existed.

Unfortunately, because you were promoted, and are not registered as the founder, you were not automatically assigned the creator badge.

Since: You should:
 * You are sure you actually created the wiki
 * Wikia Staff have taken steps in the past to ensure that old wikis still got creator badges assigned
 * Contact Wikia Staff and provide them with any evidence you have that you created the wiki, and ask that they set you as founder.

If what was said in that Tech Update is accurate, disabling the achievements before you are set as founder, then re-enabling them after you are set as founder should trigger the achievement. You should mention that to Wikia Staff, and ask them to toggle the achievements off/on when they set you as founder.

edit: I've confirmed on a wiki created in 2009 that "The Creator" badge is still assigned to Founders when Achievements are activated for the first time. However, this may only be triggered on the first time achievements are activated and not any time achievements are activated, so this still might not work for you. I'm going to take a look at the source code and see if I can find out.

edit: I found the creator badge being awarded in 3 files, and none of those have a check to see if the achievements are being enabled for the first time. So, it looks like you won't even need to turn the Achievements off beforehand - once you're made founder, you should be able to just turn it off and then back on again.