User blog:Endercat TM/Adpot a wiki FAQS and suggestions!

"Hmmmm.... I like this wiki. I wanna help out! But what should I do...?"

Well I got the thing for you! Adopt a wiki! But WOAH! What is adopt a wiki? I'll explain what it is!

Intro and stuff
What is "adopt this wiki" stuff? Well it isn't "oooooh, I wanna be the founder (or bureaucrat), I shall adopt this wiki!"

It doesn't work like that

Sure, you might get bureaucrat rights. But it's more of helping the wiki. You could become an Admin instead. Or a Mod. But adopt a wiki is when you get a chance to have a special title and help the wiki. Have only 1 or 0 Admins on duty? Your founder/bureaucrat personel has gone missing? Suggest adopting a wiki! Now, now, don't go and jump to that page. I will give you steps and stuff about adoptiong a wiki and if you are up to the task..

Mission Admin: becoming and furfill
Now, let's see. You are on a wiki. You have been on it for let's say, 2 years. You have been editing and helping out the Admins and community. You know a lot about the subject of the wiki. Let's see, a subject. Ah ha! Let's pick the Minecraft wiki for example. Yes, I'm biased. So you have been editing on the Minecraft wiki for a while now. All the Admins, bureaucrats and/or Mods have disappeared for months now. You and the community are the only ones there. You have seen some misbehavior or this wiki needs help. What do you do? Adopt the wiki. Now you might not get bureaucrat rights but you might get Admin rights which will be enough if you want to put people in line. You can be the "subsitute" while the rest are on vacation or something. Think about it: you can help people on this wiki.

Another example. I am going to pick a personal favorite for this one. Namely, Jorvikpedia. Jorvikpedia is a vide game wikia so not everyone will know it. But this has happened. There was already a Swedish version of this wikia. A user decided to make an English version. Then he pretty much went off-the-grid. Meaning: he was no longer on and he wasn't able to be contacted. So the founder of the Swedish Jorvikpedia decided to adopt the wiki since it was pretty much dead. Problem: the founder was of the grid. So the Fandom staff gave the adopter bureaucrat rights. Meaning she adopted the wiki. This has happened.

Oh yass, I'm in-ter-est-ed! But how do I adopt the wiki?
Well, it is not sure you will be able to get a title. But you will put your username out there to see. How do we put our name out there? Go to the search engine and search "adopottion" or "adoption:request". Then click on the first site that pops up. Scroll down then you should see a little box that says "enter a wiki name here". Enter the name of a wiki you want to adopt. Click the "add a new request". Fill out a form and KA-BAM! Publish and wait. You might not get to adopt the wiki but at least you tried!

Wait so why would I consider adopting this wiki?
Oh, that is a good question. Well to help the community of course! What if there is a puppet? Or someone running around cussing and insulting others? Well, adopt this wiki! This is, if there isn't an active Admin. Then maybe.

But of course, there are some requirements. What are they? I will state a few but if you want some more detail, click here.

Ahem, as I was saying, here are some requirements to adopting a wiki. The "click here" thing should cover more.
 * Make sure to always be active: if you are an Admin, you should be active (I can't say it is the same for everyone), so when people are in need, you are there for them.
 * You have made some edits: you at least should have made some useful editing. Like putting or retracting some stuff.
 * You help the community: you have at least have nice conversations with people (I have not furfilled this, I have had some beef with an Admin)
 * You at least added one page: make sure to add a page. I have added a few on the wiki I am currently focused on.

I have sent a form, now what do I do?
You wait. I know, that sounds b-o-r-i-n-g but, maybe the other active Admin on the wiki disagrees. Who knows. Normally, a Fandom staff member or someone will contact you and be like "oh yass, we loved your form!" or "nah, we disagree" (minus the sass). Maybe send another form if they decline. But also, the bureaucrat or Admin on the wikia may be like "uh, sorry, I ain't givin' up now". They might want to keep the title or not give you any rights. This is OK. Just explain and try and reason with them. If they still say no, try and wait a bit longer. Linger around. Help the wikia more. Stay up late, drinking Mountain Dew, editing, adding and deleting informatin on sites. Add useful pages and much more. Be helpful! Show the community and your active personel that you can handle the job. Maybe report some misbehaving players. Delete useless pages. Try and keep a clean record. Try and be helpful. Wait a bit then go and ask. Make another form, by yourself, with reasons why you want to have a special title. Send it to the working personel. Then wait. Now they might be a bit more, interested. They might say "hmmm... (example), Endercat TM has done a lot on this wikia. Maybe we should make ECTM an Admin!". If they say no, don' give up and keep going. But be careful. Know the limits. If they really say no, stop. Wait. Then try again. Or just send a Adoption form and we'll see. Know the limits but don't give up to soon! You might get something. Not big. But something. Like rollback!

Wait, don't go!
Yeah guys, I think that raps it for today. You interested. Click here and send your lovely form. Then wait and see! You might get Admin rights. Or even rollback rights. If you are lucky maybe bureaucrat rights. Or mod rights, if you want. Make sure to be convincing and then wait for the rest to unfold. Hope this blog post helped! Thanks again for reading and have a great, adoption day! C:

If you have any questions, please ask them in the comment section below.