Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35616940-20190104170938

Hi,

I've been speaking to wiki staff and was advised to seek further help on the wiki forums. I didn't really want to create this post, since I don't want to create any unnecessary drama, but I'm not sure what else I can do.

I'm a contributor at an abandoned wiki, and I've been a contributor there since 18 May 2018. As of August 2018, I have been the only active contributor. We have 7 admin/bureaucrats all of whom are on indefinite leave apart from one semi-active admin, who is never on there and may as well be on indefinite leave.

The problem with the semi-active admin, is that being the only admin, he is required to maintain the site, however he doesn't delete anything in the deletion queue. We have roughly 10+ pages and over 240 images that require deletion. I have asked him several times, only to be ignored, he only updates the chapter navigation, after I ask him to (usually several days after the official release, making our wiki look out of date). The pages awaiting deletion need to be cleared since they're showing up as official pages, when they have no info on them. I keep having to look at these pages, every single day, however, since the semi-active admin is never on there, it doesn't bother him and therefore isn't an urgent task.

I can't adopt the site (even though this was the first suggestion made by staff), since everyone is on indefinite leave, there won't be a discussion prior to my adopting the site, and since the semi-active admin updated the chapter navigation on 1st January 2019, it's not eligible for adoption. If I go ahead with adoption anyway, it'll cause more problems between me and the semi-active admin (he berated me harshly on another user's wall, when I raised the subject of adoption), and most likely the other admins/bureaucrats if they one day choose to return.

I don't want to look for a new wiki, since I've made far too many changes to the wiki and unless I can delete everything I've done before moving on, I'm unlikely to find another site anytime soon.

Thank you for reading this post, any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, Sebastian

NB: I would prefer it if people didn't search out the wiki, or talk to the semi-active admin about this post, since I'd rather not have to deal with further problems. 