Guide to writing wiki requests

Hello there! I bet you're excited to request a wiki on Miraheze. Before you do, however, it's important to know how to write a wiki request. In this guide, we'll follow the process of writing a request. Before we start, however, we should review what should and shouldn't be in a wiki request.

Anatomy of a wiki request
You can request a wiki here. On that page, you'll see the following form:
 * Subdomain (subdomain.miraheze.org): A text box in which you can put your wiki's subdomain.
 * Wiki name: A text box in which you can name your wiki.
 * Language: A drop-down menu in which you select the language your wiki is in.
 * Category: A drop-down menu in which you select the category of your wiki. Make sure you choose a category that best fits your wiki. You can choose from the following categories:
 * Art & Architecture
 * Automotive
 * Business & Finance
 * Community
 * Education
 * Electronics
 * Entertainment
 * Fandom
 * Fantasy
 * Gaming
 * Geography
 * History
 * Humour/Satire
 * Language/Linguistics
 * Leisure
 * Literature/Writing
 * Media/Journalism
 * Medicine/Medical
 * Military/War
 * Music
 * Podcast
 * Politics
 * Private
 * Religion
 * Science
 * Software/Computing
 * Song Contest
 * Sports
 * Uncategorised
 * Private wiki (not readable by everyone; only readable by users given the member or sysop groups): Check this box to make your wiki accessible only by members and admins.
 * Will this wiki's main subject(s) be about living people? By checking this box, you acknowledge that people are the topic of your wiki.
 * The purpose of this wiki is... This is a drop-down menu in which you can select the purpose of your wiki to help it be found more easily in WikiDiscover search. If your wiki doesn't fit well with any of these, select "None of the above". If you select this, a wiki creator may assign one closest to the scope you present, or you may have a harder time getting the request approved.
 * Reason: This is the most important input. In this one, you describe your wiki's purpose, topic, and scope.

What a wiki request should contain
These are what wiki requests should contain:
 * A clear statement of the wiki's purpose (ex. "My wiki will be about documenting events that happened on Fandom for easy access in the future.")
 * What type of content the wiki will contain (ex. "It will contain transcripts of conversations that users involved in the events had, as well as a chronology of the series of events.")
 * Its scope (ex. "The events documented on this wiki will be important, such as a massive vandalism wave on a popular wiki.")
 * A subdomain that is related to the wiki's purpose (remember to fill out subdomain in subdomain box!) (ex. "fandomarchives.miraheze.org") Note: the domain needs to be relevant to the topic, avoid being too short/generic, and should not overlap with an existing domain.''

What wiki requests should not contain
NEVER put any of this in your wiki request:
 * Content unrelated to the wiki you are requesting (ex. "Me and my friends played Minecraft.");
 * A generic subdomain (ex. "wiki7.miraheze.org");
 * Spam requests (ex. "uthfazrsfhfjfit7dt");
 * Any content that violates the content policy.

Requesting a wiki
Now that we've reviewed the basics of wiki requests, let's follow the wiki requesting process of a user who, one day, decided to request a wiki. Here is that user's first wiki request: When the user submitted it, however, the request was declined. What was wrong with the wiki request? There were several things: The user didn't give up on the wiki, however! You can edit your wiki request to add details. The user thought about how the wiki request could be improved and made changes. Here is the user's second request: This request was approved! It had several major changes:
 * Subdomain (subdomain.miraheze.org): fandomarchives
 * Wiki name: Archives
 * Language: en - English
 * Category: History
 * Private wiki (not readable by everyone; only readable by users given the member or sysop groups): No
 * Will this wiki's main subject(s) be about living people? No
 * The purpose of this wiki is... Documentation (software) wiki
 * Reason: I want to archive fandom events
 * 1) The user did not type out the subdomain correctly. Remember, your subdomain should be in the form subdomain.miraheze.org.
 * 2) The wiki's name didn't fit well with the wiki. A name such as "Fandom Archives" would be better.
 * 3) The user chose a category that didn't fit well with the wiki's purpose. Granted, no category fits well with the wiki's purpose, so the user would've been better off selecting "Uncategorized".
 * 4) The purpose of the wiki the user chose didn't fit well with the wiki's actual purpose. The closest purpose would be "Encyclopedia (specialized) wiki", since it documents events that happened in Fandom. The user could've also chosen "None of the above".
 * 5) The user didn't give enough details about the wiki. "I want to archive fandom events" says nothing about the wiki's topic and scope. A better reason would be the following: "My wiki will be about documenting events that happened on Fandom for easy access in the future. The events documented on this wiki will be important, such as a massive vandalism wave on a popular wiki. It will contain primary sources for accuracy, such as transcripts of conversations that users involved in the events had. It will also have chronologies of series of events."
 * Subdomain (subdomain.miraheze.org): fandomarchives.miraheze.org
 * Wiki name: Fandom Archives
 * Language: en - English
 * Category: Uncategorized
 * Private wiki (not readable by everyone; only readable by users given the member or sysop groups): No
 * Will this wiki's main subject(s) be about living people? No
 * The purpose of this wiki is... Encyclopedia (specialized) wiki
 * Reason: My wiki will be about documenting events that happened on Fandom for easy access in the future. The events documented on this wiki will be important, such as a massive vandalism wave on a popular wiki. It will contain primary sources for accuracy, such as transcripts of conversations that users involved in the events had. It will also have chronologies of series of events.
 * 1) The subdomain was changed to an appropriate one.
 * 2) The user changed the category and purpose to fit better with the wiki.
 * 3) The user expanded on the reason, adding what type of content the wiki will have and its purpose.

My wiki request was declined! What should I do?
Don't panic! Think about why your request was declined (for example, your subdomain could be invalid or your reason wasn't specific enough) and edit the wiki request to improve it. When you fix the request, you can easily be approved for a wiki.

Examples of good wiki requests

 * Meower Wiki
 * Hormononomicon
 * Well-read