Thread:Merrystar/@comment-4146635-20120630181802/@comment-11001-20120709040424

What they are saying is true; and they are quoting the spotlight page itself, where the rules for requesting spotlights are clearly stated.

Staff-selected wikis do not have to meet the spotlight criteria as they are chosen to highlight topics of current interest.

User-requested ones are a chance for people to show off the wiki they have made, which means they need to have 200 pages and meet all the other requirements, at a minimum. The criteria were included to make the requests process fair; if you can meet them you can get a spotlight, and if you can't meet them then you cannot get one through the requests page.

So yes, when I answer your request I will tell you that you need to build the wiki to meet all the spotlight criteria, including 200 non-stub pages, before you can get a spotlight. If you look up on the page you can probably find quite a few requests where I said it before to other wikis.