Community Central:Adoption requests

Guestbook Wiki
I'd like to adopt the Guestbook Wiki. There aren't any active admins there, and it has a problem with anons adding random numbers and letters to user namespace pages. I think that, if I was made an admin there, I could bring a lot more users to it, and revitalize it, and maybe liven up the CSS :).-- Eu ( Talk! Contribs ) 20:30, 18 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Although I see there aren't many regular users there (if any) there are some transient users, and it would be good to get them involved in this. So I suggest setting up a page for discussion of new admins, and if you need me to I can set up a sitenotice pointing to it.  Good luck -- sannse (talk) 11:33, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Xenosaga Wiki
I'd like if possible adopt the Xenosaga Wiki It is not in the adoption list, but the admin of this wiki didn't edit since a very long time, I am not sure but it may be more than a year, and there's very few edit done.. I started to edit even though I am not fluent in english and do my best for making it easier to navigate, but I cannot add the logo and change some things necessary for the wiki, I also hope that in making the wiki more appealing to eyes with the logo, etc, easier to navigate in, there's possibility it be more active with time.

Thanks you in advance! KOS-MOS Lover (Talk) 20:51, 18 August 2008 (UTC)


 * the current admin for this wiki was on-site on Sunday... it sounds like he has limited time for the wiki, so may welcome some help. Please talk to him, and hopefully he will agree to add you as an admin -- sannse (talk) 11:36, 20 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah, sorry, I didn't see him, by non active I meant I never saw him editing, but thanks, I will ask him in his talk on the Xenosaga Wiki then. KOS-MOS Lover (Talk) 12:56, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Merging the Bodybuilding and Starting Strength Wikis
I noticed that The Bodybuilding and Weight Lifting Wiki is up for adoption, and seeing as how so much of its' contents overlaps with mine, it makes sense to merge them. Especially if it is already abandoned. Maybe not though... they are two distinctive subjects; mine pertains to a specific book and training program, discussion of the lifts on my wiki is geared toward technique, and the audience is mostly beginners, and theirs is more about the sport itself and the science and application behind it (mine only deals with these themes peripherally). But, like I said, there is a lot of overlap... and it seems like a shame for all that good info accumulated on that wiki to go unused and unseen. Or perhaps there is some way to "affiliate" the two wikis. Tim Donahey 01:23, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd say merging is good, but if you prefer to "affiliate", then you could just add that to the main pages of both wikis. You would also be welcome to become an admin on the bodybuilding wiki.  But if you prefer to merge, then go for it :)  All you need to do is use Special:Export on bodybuilding to collect the articles, then use Special:Import on startingstrength to import them.  Then let me know it's done, and I'll redirect the URL.  Let me know what you want :) -- sannse (talk) 12:19, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I've imported the content from Bodybuilding Wiki, but it's not necessary to redirect the URL. I guess rather than redirecting their site to mine, I'd prefer you just take their site down altogether or even rename it (explanation follows).  Starting Strength isn't a Bodybuilding website per se, essentially because most bodybuilders are not concerned with "strength," but with "size."  It's like speed skating (performance) vs. figure skating (aesthetics).  Although those two attributes do correlate, they are not causally related.  You can be very strong and have relatively little muscle or you can be very muscular and relatively weak.  Furthermore strength training is a means to an end, that end being improvement in a sport, including bodybuilding, athleticism, overall wellness and fitness, whereas bodybuilding is an end unto itself and will not necessarily make you more athletic, fit or "well."  Bodybuilding is a sport where oiled up men with virtually zero bodyfat and orange colored tans wear bikinis and flex muscles for each other on a stage.  Ironically though, very little of the content on Bodybuilding Wiki is actually about "bodybuilding," it is information that applies universally to any sort of weight training, including (my wiki) strength training, bodybuilding, Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting and strongman.  It's actually called "The Bodybuilding and Weight Lifting Guide Wiki," but since only 1 of it's 12 articles is actually about the sport of "bodybuilding," it would more accurately be named just "Weight Training Wiki."  With that in mind, if someone wanted to take the reigns of a new "Bodybuilding Wiki" and start over on it, like for instance plastering pics of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ronnie Coleman all over it, and throwing up some articles about getting "hyooge bicepts" and the best tan, then I think they should be able to.  But if someone looking for that sort of content came to my wiki, or even the current Bodybuilding Wiki, instead, they wouldn't find it there.  Sorry for the rant, lol.  What I'm proposing is, change (not redirect) the URL of bodybuilding.wikia.com to weighttraining.wikia.com, rename it "Weight Training Wiki," make me a sysop, and I will affiliate with it.  And make the domain bodybuilding.wikia.com become available again. Thanks Sannse! Tim Donahey 17:08, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Upon closer examination I realize that everything that I have exported from "The Bodybuilding and Weight Lifting Guide Wiki," was in turn already exported from wikipedia. Considering they have no original material of their own, I see no reason to maintain the wiki in any incarnation.  Delete it.  Tim Donahey ([mailto:timdonahey@gmail.com email]) (talk) 20:21, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * In that case, I think it better just to leave it in the hope that someone will come along to adopt. Hopefully someone with that specific interest will see the wiki and want to improve and build it.  There's no problem with it waiting until then -- sannse (talk) 08:41, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Italian Juvepedia
Sorry for my English:) I am the founder of the Polish version Juvepedia. There is also Italian. On the Italian version has no editing, no one is not it occupies. I would like to deal with it, so please powers bureaucrat and an administrator. Gudyś 10:56, 19 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Looks good, I've set the rights. Good luck with the blog and don't forget there are people around to help if you get stuck.  Good luck with the project -- sannse (talk) 12:07, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Adrian Mole Wiki
http://adrianmole.wikia.com/wiki/Adrian_Mole_wiki

I've added a lot to wikia (especially the fire emblem wiki) and I have all 6 books in the Adrian Mole series, so i'm sure I can really help the wiki.

-- Semaj draehs - Talk page 11:24, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Just saw this bit:


 * 1) You've contributed to the wiki's content
 * 2) You have the support of other active members of the community
 * 3) The current admins have not contributed to the wiki for more than 60 days
 * 4) You have a welcome template, and you've welcomed all of the new contributors on Recent changes
 * 5) You have not founded, adopted or been given admin access on another wiki in the last 60 days


 * Yes
 * 1) there are none
 * 2) about 20, but he/she only edited for 4.5 hours (between 8pm and 12.30am)
 * 3) None to welcome, but I will design it anyway
 * 4) about 46 days actually...

-- Semaj draehs - Talk page 11:32, 19 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Semajdraehs. You've done some nice work on the Adrian Mole wiki in the last few days, and it's great to see you making welcome templates and taking care of things.  We would like to see that you had contributed for more than 3 days however, and that it had been at least 60 days since you started as an admin on another wiki.  More importantly, since the existing admin has been there within 20 days, I recommend you approach him/her first and ask about this with a message on his/her talkpage.  Existing admins should be given the opportunity to make this sort of change first.  If you have any questions, please feel free to leave me a message. -- Wendy  (talk ) 18:48, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Nintendo DS Wiki
Hello, I'd like to adopt the inactive Nintendo DS Wiki. There's only about 26 articles there, all stubs. Yowuza TALK 2 ME! 13:38, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I see a few other users there, so they should have a say in the adoption. Please set up a page to discuss this with them, and let me know if you need a sitenotice to catch peoples' attention.  Thanks -- sannse (talk) 11:40, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * There is, see w:c:nintendods:Forum:Adoption. -- Yowuza TALK 2 ME! 17:26, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added to that, and put up a sitenotice... let's see how that works :) -- sannse (talk) 08:39, 21 August 2008 (UTC)