Adoption:Geico Wiki (2)

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Please link to your username: AlexGRFan97

Please link to the wiki here: Geico Wiki

How many edits have you made on that wiki? 23

Have you edited there each day for the past seven days? Yes.
 * If not, please do not submit this request.

How many days/months have you been editing there? 7

'''On the wiki you wish to adopt, please go to Special:ListAdmins. Then, list here the last time an admin edited and who it was.''' Gavin12345 on the 8th of October, 2010.

Any other information: Apart from the efforts of an unregistered user, there has been zero real activity on the Wiki for a very long time. I wish to perform mass-cleanup of an otherwise very disorganized Wiki, and to turn it into something respectable. I have already received endorsement from a Community Central member by the name of DaChickenKing, so hopefully this will help speed proceedings along. AlexGRFan97 (talk) 00:44, March 23, 2020 (UTC)

Hi! To adopt a wiki, you should be contributing to the content pages every day for about a week, including creating at least one new article (that isn't a stub or redirects, or non-main namespace). Don't forget to keep editing while your request is processed, since adoptions are based on your current contribution history.

Also, I can't see your activity, so you should create a blog or discussion post over there letting them know you'd like to adopt the wiki. Please wait for further instructions by a Staff/Wiki Team member. Thanks! ＊Laclale＊ ( ♪ )05:35, March 23, 2020 (UTC)

Created blog post as per your recommendations and I'm not quite sure how you can't see this, tried viewing the page whilst logged out and it was the same result. AlexGRFan97 (talk) 06:56, March 23, 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm going to go ahead and close this request, since you didn't have a discussion going upon the submission of the request. While you do have one now, it doesn't appear as that you've directed much attention towards it.


 * Also the tone is a bit off. It's not meant to be a declaration, where you just say, "I'm going to adopt the wiki." Nor should you be putting such statements in your edit summaries.


 * Rather, you should think of yourself as applying for a job, where you say, "I'd really like to become the admin of the wiki, and here's why." Then you say what, specifically, you want to do and invite people to comment.  The notion is that you're building a conversation.  Then, you should go around to the user talk pages of all the people who have edited in the last 6-8 weeks and give them a link to the discussion, inviting them to join in. Yes, I do see that you've contacted two people on their user talk pages, but, again, your tone is pretty confrontational, and there are more than two active editors.


 * So, please let's take a step back and try a different approach. Remember, our guidelines specifically require you to reach out to other people on the wiki and start creating a sense of community through conversation. It's not about throwing your weight around and declaring yourself almost-admin, and saying how you're going to delete things left, right and centre. Rather, think about the positive things you want to accomplish, and invite other people to join you in that effort.


 * Once you've changed your blog post along the lines suggested above and invited all others who've recently edited to comment on it, you can file a new request, called Adoption:Geico Wiki (3) — after about a week has elapsed since making those changes.


 * Please remember to keep editing throughout, though, so you don't lose your eligibility!


 * Thanks!


 * 19:24: Wed 25 Mar 2020