Thread:Merrystar/@comment-4839682-20120701010400/@comment-11001-20120701033945

Hi. Yes, that is the rule for the staff-assisted adoptions; I don't believe it is the case for auto-adoptions. And of course if the person gains the rights on-wiki then there is no rule about it at all.

However, there is some grey area to that rule; we tend to check why the person was blocked and take that into account. A silly "spite" block on a wiki they've never edited will not prevent a person from adopting for example.

From the tone of your question, I'm guessing we may have missed seeing a block on a person who recently adopted?