User blog:EarthlingnAkumi/Wiki Adoption QnA

Hello all! I haven't wrote a good blog post in a while, have I? Today's blogpost is about, drumroll please--

--Wiki Adoption!

Without further ado, let's begin with the first question!

What the HECK is wiki adopting, anyway?
Adopting a wiki is gaining administrative and bureaucratic rights on a wiki with no active bureaucrats on it via staff members. This can also be for just bureaucrat rights as well, depending on whether you're an admin or not.

How does adopting work?
To adopt a wiki, you can fill out the requirements page at Adoption:Requests. Note that you must first meet all the requirements. Then, simply fill out the form. Skipping information will lessen your success rate with your adoption. After that, wait and while you're at it, follow the page. You should get a response within at least one week.

What are the requirements for adopting?
The requirements for adopting are as follows:
 * The wiki has no sustained editing by other users. (If this is the case, then you have to create a blog post or some other form of communication stating that you'd like to adopt the wiki. This must be up for one week.)
 * Admins have been inactive for at least 60 days or longer.
 * You have not adopted in the last month
 * You are currently not blocked on another FANDOM project, however there are exceptions to this. Staff will look into your block on said wiki and if they deem it to be unfair, they will allow you to adopt the wiki.
 * You have edited content pages for at least 1 week. This does not include commenting, user pages, etc.
 * You have created at least one page.
 * You are currently editing. This is what makes a lot of people ineligible, so be careful. You could've edited for a year but not edited in the past week and your adoption request will be rejected, so you must make sure that you have been editing every single day (if you miss a day, that's alright) until your adoption request is answered.
 * You make an effort to talk to other users - this is only necessary if there are other users.
 * Keeping the wiki well tended and up to date (news sections, etc) - once again, do this one as best as possible, if these pages are sysop protected, then there's not much you can do.

Can I adopt my own wiki?
No, after founding a wiki, you automatically have sysop and bureaucratic rights.

Who typically answers adoption requests?
Anyone can answer adoption requests unofficially, but they are officially answered by Wendy & Joe.

Lightning Round: Other mini questions answered

 * What if another user wants to adopt the same wiki as me?
 * You'll have to discuss with them and come to the consensus of who is going to adopt.


 * An admin on my community suddenly went active in the process of me adopting!
 * This is a matter of asking them for rights. If they don't see that you're fit for the role of admin, then there's nothing you can do.


 * Why do people write unofficial replies to adoption requests?
 * So that way, they can alert the user of what they need to do, hopefully in advanced before staff gets to it, helping the user become successful. Also because for me, they're fun to do

Conclusion
Now, you know all about the basics of adopting! I hope you enjoyed this blog post! If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to comment, and thanks for reading :D