Community Central:Adoption requests

This page is where you can request administrator and/or bureaucrat rights on communities without an active admin and/or bureaucrat team. Before you post your request, please make sure you are active on the wiki and that you meet the guidelines listed below.

Following a successful adoption, you will receive administrator rights for 30 days. After this period, please reapply for permanent administrator and bureaucrat user rights with the "extend permissions" forum. A Wiki Representative will review your request, which will be determined based on activity and rights usage.

Please allow up to one week (7 business days) for a response to your adoption request. Requests are generally — but not always — reviewed in the order they were received.

We look forward to having you adopt one of our communities!

Guidelines

You can adopt a wiki if...

The admins/bureaucrats have been inactive (not editing or engaging with the wiki) for at least 60 days. You haven't gained rights or created another wiki in the past 60 days. You are not blocked in another Fandom wiki. You are contributing to the wiki regularly, and your interest in it is both current and active. This includes: Editing content pages on the wiki each day for at least a consecutive week prior to the time that your application is submitted. (Editing images, categories, or Discussion posts may not count, as we need to see that you have some command of the subject of the wiki.) You have created at least one new page in the main namespace (the more the better). Your edits are in good faith, and using the correct language for the wiki (i.e.: English for English wikis). You make an effort to talk to other users, such as leaving friendly and encouraging messages on user talk pages and responding to questions on article talk pages, forums, or blogs. You keep the wiki looking well-tended and up to date -- updating news sections, add new pictures and videos related to the topic, etc. The wiki is not considered as a duplicate (a wiki about the exact same topic already covered by another, usually larger and more active wiki).

You cannot adopt a wiki if...

There are admins actively editing the wiki. You became an admin or created a new wiki in the past 60 days. You are blocked in another Fandom wiki. You haven't been contributing to the wiki's content pages for at least a consecutive week. The community is considered as a duplicate of a larger and more active wiki. The wiki is not eligible for adoption for another reason. This includes, but is not limited to: Fandom-branded wikis (such as Community Central, SOAP Wiki, etc.) Personal or sandbox wikis. Wikis with a topic that is exceedingly obscure, and page view statistics suggest a very small audience. As explained in our Community Creation Policy, we may even fully close such wikis.

Other cases and notes

Before you submit a request If the wiki has a Wiki Representative, you should contact them regarding elevated rights instead of proceeding with an adoption request. (Wiki Reps are listed in the wiki's Special:Community page.) You may apply to adopt a wiki bearing the Official Wiki logo, but adoption of these wikis is done at Fandom's sole discretion and may not follow the rules set forth here. You are allowed to submit only one adoption request per 24 hour period. Please keep this in mind. Active communities If there are no admins, but other users are very active, you would need to reach out to the users (if it's one or two) or to the whole community with a public discussion to ask if they agree with your adoption. You should provide a link to this discussion in your request. The discussion needs to be in the wiki (a discussion or blog post, not Discord or another site). Polls are not accepted as a way of voting. Users must have at least one week to respond. Requests typically are successful if the response is positive, or if no one answers. If you're already an admin and want to request the bureaucrat role, all you need is approval from the other active admins. Existing admin/bureaucrat rights may only be directly removed if the users have been inactive for more than one year. Blocks If you are blocked in another wiki, you could try to appeal and have the block lifted to be able to request an adoption. However, if you think the block is completely unfair (such as in cases of abuse of admin rights), you could mention this in your request. We also recommend checking how blocks should be appealed for advice. Applying for permanent rights After applying for temporary adoption, users may apply for permanent administrator and bureaucrat rights here. For the next 30 days, please make sure you are consistently active and appropriately using your new user rights. Failure to do so will result in your request for permanent rights to be declined. The 60 day limit for adoptions only applies to your initial temporary adoption. The clock will not reset when you receive permanent rights.

Wiggles Wiki

This request has been moved to Forum:AR:Wiggles Wiki

Partyicracy Wiki

This request has been moved to Forum:AR:Partyicracy Wiki

Alien Fanon Wiki adoption

This request has been moved to Forum:AR:Alien Fanon Wiki

Telletubbies Wiki

This request has been moved to Forum:AR:Telletubbies Wiki

Greek Mythology Wiki

This request has been moved to Forum:AR:Greek Mythology Wiki

Roald Dahl Wiki

This request has been moved to Forum:AR:Roald Dahl Wiki

Dragon age answers

This request has been moved to Forum:AR:Dragon Age Answers

My Super Psycho Sweet 16 Wiki

This request has been moved to Forum:AR:My Super Psycho Sweet 16 Wiki

KFC Wiki

This request has been moved to Forum:AR:KFC Wiki

Animaniacs Wiki (on hold)

The Animaniacs Wiki has not been maintained lately, and could definitely use a bit of touching up. Can I adopt it? I've been fixing up several of the episode pages already (also, there's the problem of spammers). TenCents (talk to me!) 22:22, March 5, 2012 (UTC)

• Hi. It looks like a few other users have edited in the last few days. Can you post a discussion on the wiki so they also have a chance to give their input about who the next admin should be? Thanks! - Brandon Rhea^(talk) 22:30, March 5, 2012 (UTC)

Chicago Blackhawks Wiki (on hold)

Hello. The Chicago Blackhawks wiki hasn't been edited in months, and I would like to adopt it. I am a loyal Blackhawks fan and I am very knowledgable of the team's history, logos, ect.

Www.ihadadream.yolasite.com 22:32, March 5, 2012 (UTC)IHAD

• Hi. I don't see a link to this wiki in your global contributions. Can you provide me with the URL? Thanks! - Brandon Rhea^(talk) 22:35, March 5, 2012 (UTC)

Warcommander (on hold)

I'm about the only one working on the [Commander Wiki] and I need admin rights in order to do my job properly. I am begining to get people working on it now but I need to be able to lock some pages down becuse of graffiti. —This unsigned comment is by Thomas Gunn (talk • contribs) 12:57, 6 March 2012. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

• Hi. Your contributions look great so far. Can you also ask SEAL TEAM LEADER and Nyen for their thoughts on this? They've been active lately and should have a chance to help decide the next admin. Thanks! - Brandon Rhea^(talk) 18:21, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

adoption

Hello, I'd like to adopt the Kannazuki no Miko wikia, which has been abandonated. —This unsigned comment is by Efflorescence (wall • contribs). Please sign your comments by adding "~~~~" in the source editor.