Forum:Removing a Placeholder Wiki

I was planning on starting my second Wiki here, and had typed in the name and address only to find that it already exists. However, as it turns out, the existing Wiki is completely empty - a placeholder created approximately one year ago by one of the support staff here. There's no explanation on why it's there (in fact there's really nothing there at all).

I'm wondering if there's any specific procedure on petitioning for the removal of that Wiki so that I can create a new one in its place. I'd like to find out before I approach any staff members directly about it. If there's no existing procedure, what else can be done?

Thanks in advance, --Headrock 22:52, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Staff sometimes remove wikis, you'll have to in order to get an answer about a specific wiki  Random Time  22:54, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * In the meanwhile I've found the Adpotion petition page, so I guess this topic is a little redundant. Thanks for the response, nonetheless. --Headrock
 * Great job on the first wiki! I hope you do such a good job on the second.
 * If you have posted on the adoption thread then you are on the right track to get the wiki. They usually give the answer in batches to all the people that have requested an adoption in the previous few days so you will have to wait a bit for the answer.
 * But...
 * Their usual way to give a positive answer is:
 * candidate person makes a bunch of edits
 * wiki has no one else working it
 * candidate applies for administrative rights
 * Maybe it will be different because it was created by wikia but like with all work in wikia: it doesn't matter who started the wiki, it will never be yours and on the other hand the content you put there will always be there.
 * 00:25, March 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * True, but it does seem that due to being created a while back (almost exactly 1 year ago) the existing Wiki may not even contain some of the basic pages that are normally auto-created for new Wikis nowadays, so it seems to me that it would be better off to wipe the entire Wiki and just let me start anew - which is what I'm hoping they'll do in this case.
 * And yes, I've noticed that it may take a while. I hope it doesn't take too long, I'm already quite disappointed that I couldn't start working already, though I am spending the time gathering some starting screenshots for articles in the meanwhile. I'm just hoping they won't ask me to "strengthen my case" by making edits - on what is essentially an empty Wiki...
 * Also thanks for the complement - I am a bit annoyed at myself for not getting around to cleaning the Wanted Pages though, there are a couple with lots of links to them which I should get around to writing. Then again, looks like no one except you has edited - or even visited - that Wiki at all so far. Of course I wasn't expecting much turnout since really no one plays the game anymore, but 0 hits is always a downer :D --Headrock 01:01, March 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Also thanks for the complement - I am a bit annoyed at myself for not getting around to cleaning the Wanted Pages though, there are a couple with lots of links to them which I should get around to writing. Then again, looks like no one except you has edited - or even visited - that Wiki at all so far. Of course I wasn't expecting much turnout since really no one plays the game anymore, but 0 hits is always a downer :D --Headrock 01:01, March 18, 2011 (UTC)