Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5553642-20150504231926/@comment--20150505024337

I do not believe that is acceptable in the Terms of Use, if the remaining admin is forbidding people from contributing to pages. Wikia is available for all to edit, and if the admin has no good reason from preventing edits to pages (such as heavy vandal) then I do not think that is allowed. You can certainly address that to Staff. That is their territory there.

As for making another Wiki, there are many series/topics of Wiki's that are about the same thing. You are certainly within rights to make your own about the same thing, but you can't exactly copy word-for-word from the Wiki you were looking at. It would have to be from scratch basically, and in your own words. If you are willing to start fresh, and word everything yourself, it would probably be a lot easier on your part, rather than trying to deal with bad owners. It's definitely worth the mention to Staff, if you want to invest some time into that. They can help you out the best and efficiently with what they can suggest.

And of course, you are welcome. It's always nice to get opinions from other people. Just remember, instinct is your best friend here, and if you're willing to go that extra mile, to try and figure out with what's up with that Wiki, then do so.

EDIT: Your main and original question though, you can't adopt a Wiki just because the owners are bad and not doing any good for it. Even if they were removed, you will still have to go with the guidelines of adoption, and put time into that Wiki. It's up to Staff to decide if the original founder is abusing the Terms of Use.