Forum:AR:Adoption request for The Tekkit Wiki

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'''What is your username? MinecraftRogue'''

Please link to the wiki here: http://thetekkit.wikia.com/wiki/The_Tekkit_Wiki The Tekkit Wiki

'''How many edits have you made on that wiki? 770'''

'''How many days/months have you been editing there? 1 week (7 days)'''

'''On the Special Pages -> Special:ListUsers when was the last time an admin edited, and who was it? July 26, 2012; Fido488'''

Any other information: The reason I am asking for admin rights is the "Candidates for deletion" page contains over 140 pages. This is too many. I realize that I have only been editing for one week; however, I believe the Wiki needs urgent modification. The last admin to edit, Fido488, does not know anything about being an admin. He even says so on his talk page: "Apparently I'm an admin. If you need help please don't ask me because I don't know how to handle griefing. Sorry." We cannot wait 60 days for this. In the past 60 days, Fido488 has made a total of 19 edits and 0 deletions. The Tekkit Wiki needs new admins now, and at least one bureaucrat. Please condsider upgrading one of us to bureaucraft status before the 60 day limit is up, as by then the wiki will be completely run down by then.

Fido488 has started deleting pages again, as a response to our Adoption Request. However, he is doing very little to help the wiki, as the Candidates for Deletion page still hovers over 140 pages. Our last bureaucrat, Mjnj521, has not edited since February. Without a bureaucrat, we can make no more new admins. Fido488 cannot be trusted with the bureaucrat status. On his page, there is still a paragraph saying he does not know why he is an admin, and he doesn't know how to deal with griefing. He has told people that the higher rank they are, the more chance they have of being an admin. That is not the right way to choose admins, as some of the people in the top spots have not edited in months. However, if what he said was true, he wouldn't be an admin, as he is rank #30. I have risen to rank #4 in a little over one week. Please upgrade one of us to bureaucrat before the 60 day limit. Many thanks, MinecraftRogue   ( talk ) ( blog ) 22:04, August 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * For a wiki to become adoptable, all admins on the wiki have to have not edited for the past 60 days at least. Because of how recently Fido has edited, it currently isn't adoptable. The soonest the Tekkit Wiki can become adoptable is September 24, given that no other admins edit until then. If the candidates for deletion are getting clogged up, perhaps you could post on Fido's talk page/message wall to notify them of it and request that they work on clearing the category. 06:33, August 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * For a wiki to become adoptable, all admins on the wiki have to have not edited for the past 60 days at least. Because of how recently Fido has edited, it currently isn't adoptable. The soonest the Tekkit Wiki can become adoptable is September 24, given that no other admins edit until then. If the candidates for deletion are getting clogged up, perhaps you could post on Fido's talk page/message wall to notify them of it and request that they work on clearing the category. 06:33, August 4, 2012 (UTC)

Request #2
What is your username? The Exterminator; (user page on wiki in question)

Please link to the wiki here: The Tekkit Wiki

How many edits have you made on that wiki? 57

How many days/months have you been editing there? 1 month (since June 7)

On the Special Pages -> Special:ListUsers when was the last time an admin edited, and who was it? July 26, 2012, Fido488 (sysop); February 23, 2012, Mjnj521 (b'crat)

Any other information: The only problem we're having with the admin, Fido488, is that his activity was already declining by the time he made his most recent edits. As you can see on contributions, the last time he was steadily active was in the beginning of April; after that, he didn't edit again until the middle of June, and then only a few edits. If you look on the log page, you'll notice he managed to delete quite a few things in short "active" time in July; however, on closer inspection, he only managed to delete 4 pages, as the rest were comments assigned to those pages or spam/vandal comments. At the bottom, you'll notice he created his account on March 7, 2012, which shows that's all the help he's done so far. Currently, as MinecraftRogue has said, the delete category has risen to over 100 pages (not including those where IPs have removed the tag/category). The next sysop, Rapture88, has not edited since the beginning of May, and our only b'crat, Mjnj521, has not edited since February. Currently, this wiki is becoming a big target for vandalism; if you'll notice on the Wiki Activity page, the most edited page is a not-so-friendly page to kids coming to research a game. We're having problems with vandals and edit warrings, as seen on these history pages:, ,. This is becoming a very serious problem as this wiki is incredibly active. I haven't even mentioned the spam/vandal comments that are flooding the RC, yet. As you can see, this wiki is in dire need. We can't really wait until September 24, as the vandalism will just continue to rise until the entire place is just a pile of trash. We really need to get someone admin status so we can clean the place up. MinecraftRogue here has made more edits on this wiki than me, and he promises to be an active user. I have been admin and b'crat on another wiki, and have been for about 2 1/2 years, so I'm pretty familiar with responsibilities and abilities. It would be better if at least one of us was able to be b'crat, that way we can promote more to admins in case we need extra help. However, if you still can't grant us permanent admin status, at least grant us temporary status, that way we can clear up the place. What I mean by temporary, is we'll remain admins until one of the official wiki admins becomes active and then we'll leave it up to them to decide whether or not we'll remain admins. If they say no, then we can desysop ourselves and let them handle it from there on out. I do urge you to heavily consider this, as this wiki really needs help. No matter what you decide, I thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, The Exterminator.


 * UPDATE: So, on August 8th, Fido488 finally returned. Good news right? Well, excited as I was, I decided to see what he managed to do: contribs, logs. I found out that he did nothing to help. He posted an image of his favourite set-up for a game's machine, and that's it. Now, it's not like he's completely oblivious that we need help; on his talk page, several days before he made his last edit on July 26, he was notified that people were griefing/vandalizing excessively and was asked for aid. On those pages they mentioned, he didn't do anything. He was even notified before August 8th that a lot of pages were needing to be deleted. However, when he does edit, he completely ignores everything we've asked him to do. Just earlier today, I had to go to VSTF because someone had uploaded a pornographic photo to the wiki. We really need help, but I'm afraid that Fido's editing today will ruin our chance of cleaning up the wiki. I beg of you to make an exemption and help us, as our admins have abandoned the place. The Exterminator (message) 03:10, August 8, 2012 (UTC)

Request #3
What is your username? Jguy

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

How many edits have you made on that wiki? Only 20 but I plan on a lot more

How many days/months have you been editing there? about 13 days

On the Special Pages -> Special:ListUsers when was the last time an admin edited, and who was it? July 26, 2012; Fido488

Any other information:

This wiki is largely unmaintained by its admins and only has a few (I count 5 people) major editors, the rest is vandalism. I'm reverting 1-2 a day, and the two folks above me are reverting and editing even more. With more blood and fresh start, we can get this wiki turned around and pointed in the right direction before it falls completely into the cesspool of vandalism. We have 125+ Articles that are Candidates for Deletion due to heavy vandalism and more being added each day. Multiple edit wars and a comment system which is out of control. I urge you to consider our pleads for someone on this page to become an admin before the 60 day limit is reached.

Again, thank you for your time. Jguy (talk) 19:05, August 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * Note: We've left some messages on Mjnj521's (our last b'crat) talk page, and he shows no signs of showing up any time soon as his last login date is May 9th. JguyTalkDone 21:46, August 9, 2012 (UTC)

Request #4
What is your username? JeterNYY

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

How many edits have you made on that wiki? 118

How many days/months have you been editing there? A week (since August 3rd)

On the Special Pages -> Special:ListUsers when was the last time an admin edited, and who was it? July 26, 2012, Fido488 (sysop)

Any other information: On our wiki (as with any other) we have a special group of people who do a lot for the wiki and try to maintain said wiki to high standards, to write new pages they can be proud of, and always adding and improving. We would also try to help the admins by putting up pages for deletion and such. This group would be all the people above, me, and some more of the editors back at the wiki. The one problem is our admins are not as active as they should be...by far. At our wiki, we get a flood of people visiting every day to research a tool or block, look up new ways of doing things, simply chat about tekkit or minecraft in general, or actually help the wiki out by making useful edits. Thats about half of the incoming population. The other half is there only to commit pure vandalism, plain and simple (nothing old for you i assume). Our group of loyal editors including myself has and always is trying control this, but it is becoming very difficult to do with no admins. We can't even delete the articles to begin with, and the "Candidates for Deletion" list has a grand total of 135 pages. Many of us have already talked it over, and it is clear we need a new admin, and one of us would be great for the job. I would be a great candidate. Although i have only started editing about five days ago, i have already created over 25 pages, done a total 118, and am already ranked #15, and im always editing on here. I highly urge you, this can not wait 60 days! The wiki will become extremely messy and cluttered if we dont act. Its become way out of control. Please consider our pleas and make one of us admin. Thank you for your time.
 * I would also like to point out that on Fido488's page, it has the text that he doesn't know why he's admin, nor does he know how to use it to its full potential (banning users, reverting pages, dealing with vandalism, etc). Jguy (talk) 19:27, August 7, 2012 (UTC)