Thread:Merrystar/@comment-6339252-20141128142612/@comment-11001-20141129053628

ok. let's try this again. I'm sorry - I looked at the wrong request earlier.

I agree that the founder is effectively inactive, but she has left an admin on the wikia (you). I do not know why she chose to only give you admin rights, but we cannot promote another bureaucrat until she has been inactive for 60 days, and we can only promote another admin after 30 days. I know this can be frustrating when you want to build a wikia right now, but it would be even more frustrating if you went on vacation for two weeks and came back to find your wikia had new admins. The balance chosen between the two extremes is not always perfect, but these are the rules we follow.

If the wikia grows a lot and you find you really do need additional help with admin duties, then start a community discussion about promoting another user; if everyone agrees and an additional message to the founder does not get any response we can promote one more admin after december 9th.

To answer your other question, which I realize got lost on your adoption request, you might like to look at Help:Building a community and some of the links on that page. There is also a webinar on growing your wikia that might have some ideas for you.