Thread:Sannse/@comment-23989026-20200128222604

As a Director of Community Support, can you explain the logic...

"If the topic is exceedingly obscure, and page view statistics suggest a very small audience, we'll probably deny the request."

So as you can see we are going around in circles. It is within TOU to create another low page view statistics wiki, as long you don't want to use an existing low page view statistics wiki URL.
 * 1) A way to increase page view statistics is for the wiki to gain an active Admin who can improve the wiki which could improve its SEO
 * 2) As the failed adoption request wiki does not break TOU, it will not be closed
 * 3) A new wiki on this subject which does not break TOU can be created but can't use the perfect URL, as that is being URL-squatted by a failed-adoption request wiki that can't obtain an active Admin as it has low page view statistics and the URL will not become available as the URL-squatting wiki doesn't break TOU will not be closed and can never be adopted as it has low page view statistics

And looking at the new wikis, they mostly are low page view statistics wikis like AU, OC, etc. which have short-term editing life, but won't be closed as they do not break TOU to add to the growing number of URL-squatting wikis.

It is like Fandom is trying to force editors onto WAM - the popular stay popular and the rest is the above. 