Guide to writing wiki requests

This guide is currently a work-in-progress.

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

 * 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. 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 this wiki. If your wiki doesn't fit well with any of these, select "None of the above". Note: If you select this option, you may have a harder time getting your request approved. You can do it, though!

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")

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")

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.