Community Central:Adopt a wiki

Adopt this wiki is a process for inactive Wikia to be given new life by a new founder.

To Adopt
Choose a wiki to adopt at Category:Adopt this wiki or find your own wiki in need of adoption from the complete list of Wikia.

Begin editing it. (It is not necessary to have a founder present for people to contribute to a Wikia.)

After a week or more of editing it, you may request the adoption from a Wikia staff member. Assuming the staff person agrees, your ID is added to the Wikia description page as the adopter, and your permissions on the Wikia would be adjusted.

To Put Up for Adoption
Wikis that have been inactive for a significant period but still have potential for future growth will have a message like this placed on their main page:

This will show as:

The wiki's founder should be informed about this on their user talk page at the inactive wiki.

Wikis that are up for adoption will be advertised on the Main Page. Wikians attempt to pay special attention to these wikis to ensure they are not spammed or vandalized, since the original founders may not be watching them.