Adoption:Regular Cars Wiki

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'''What is your username? ''' Hullian111

Please link to the wiki here: http://regularcars.wikia.com

How many edits have you made on that wiki? None, at the minute, however, I am considering a planned move of another Regular Car Reviews wiki from MediaWiki due to a lack of administration - see AoI. 57 edits in total, as of 11/9/18.

How many days/months have you been editing there? I've only just signed up to Wikia, so unfortunately, none, but if you count account contributions made over on MediaWiki: http://regularwiki.com/Special:Contributions/Hullian111 Since the 10th of September, I've recently kicked into gear in creating pages to expand the wiki where I can. I have decided to ditch off the MediaWiki site, because of an uncontrollable spambot attack.

On the Special Pages → Special:ListAdmins when was the last time an admin edited, and who was it? Last edit was made on the 23rd of February 2015 by M517604 - only 6 pages on a wikia of 21 contributors exists.

Any other information: I am aiming to adopt regularcars.wikia because the previous Regular Car Reviews wiki - regularwiki.com - has suffered from a lack of major administration ever since it was introduced. I have mostly acted as the only contributor to the wiki, but my confidence and patience with the MediaWiki set-up is dwinding due to a lack of administrative privileges because of spambots creating pages advertising all manner of things. I have previously contacted the orignal owner of the wiki through Reddit and a PM on the site, but he has not responded - and as such, I consider that he has abandoned the wiki.

I know as a fresh user that this won't be looked on too well, but I'm hoping to make major headway with this new wiki in the form of easier-to-use tools to combat spam and moderate the wiki, and with easier means of formatting the transcripts that I will upload there. I was limited in my options to edit fine details on the Regular Wiki due to MediaWiki's difficult-to-grasp UI, administrative priveleges that I do not have, and lately, a lack of understanding of how to restart on MediaWiki from scratch.

I hope that this will be accepted. As of now, I am seriously considering throwing out my role on the Regular Wiki and starting afresh, but in that case, I would need an (almost) fresh start to go along with. Besides, regularcars.wikia is poorly formatted and lacks the significant touches that a Wikia should have, and I think that due to my previous experience in editing a wiki such as regularwiki.com, I think I am the best man for the job in that part.

EDIT: In retrospective, I know that barging in with a fresh account and claiming to be the saviour of a wiki isn't the best start for an account, but I'm hoping with the previous experience I have over on MediaWiki, that the contributions I did there will help your consideration.

The problem is you have done nothing before making the adoption request. Comply with the minimum requirements to qualify for adopting the wiki and you'll likely get it. Dell999 (talk) 07:57, May 24, 2018 (UTC)

RE Dell999: Yeah, you have a point. I'll pass on the request for now until I eventually add more infrastructure to the Wiki - I'll apply again later.

Just checked the page - unfortunately, I am unable to edit main elements of the page, including the main page, list of reviews, and characters list, due to them being locked off. I am going to start moving over transcripts now - I should have done that before submitting this, I'll admit.

11/9/18: After the aformentioned spambot attack, I feel like it is best I make a continuation of the RegularWiki here, in an environment that is both simple to use, more accessible, and most importantly, is strict on spambots. I'm now ready to commit to full-time editing of this wiki (whenever I can) - I'll try and hit the criteria when I can. All I really want is to make sure people can access a fully fleshed-out wiki that isn't ruined by spambots. Just want to keep you informed of my plans, that's all.


 * Hello. To meet the guidelines, you must be contributing to the wiki nearly every day for a week. Once you've done that, contact me on my message wall, and I'll be happy to complete your adoption. JoePlay https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/joeplayground/images/e/e5/FandomStaff.png (talk)  19:42, May 29, 2018 (UTC)