Thread:Merrystar/@comment-4544033-20130712194940/@comment-1330470-20130712215543

Merrystar wrote: No. It is only talking about current blocks. We do not check for blocks which have expired.

This has been asked before, this particular quote was pulled from Thread:536575. The adoption guidelines are exactly that: guidelines, not 100% rules. Requests are processed on a case-by-case basis, and a 24-hour block, accidental, no less, won't stop your adoption request from going through.