Requests for reopening wikis

hdr.miraheze.org
Superjig (talk) 12:30, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Wiki: hdr.miraheze.org
 * Username: Superjig (CentralAuth)
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): NO
 * Reason: We have the contents of the wiki, except it's in a google docs as of right now. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qVt71ph649Ws4VbQzwLi6SsX2CksxwkGRBiKiw8zJiY/edit?usp=sharing. The bureaucrat, Teatime has sadly gone terminally offline with no trace. I'd like to gain bureaucrat status in their absence and adopt the wiki.


 * Could you explain what you mean by "Teatime has sadly gone terminally offline with no trace"? Per the Recent Changes, they promoted you to temporary bureaucrat 2 days ago. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 23:52, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * @Agent Isai they came back after a two month hiatus the day after I made the request.. I apologize for not mentioning this when I got promoted.
 * This has been resolved and can be closed. Thank you and have a pleasant day. Superjig (talk) 19:41, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Marked accordingly. --Raidarr (talk) 20:19, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

konmalehth.miraheze.org
Jusingov1 (talk) 10:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Wiki: konmalehth.miraheze.org
 * Username: Jusingov1 (CentralAuth)
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): no
 * Reason: I want to take ownership of this wiki to make it active again.


 * ✅. If you require local rights on the wiki, please open a local request for sysop/bureaucrat rights, advertise it prominently on the wiki and leave it open for at least 7 days. Once 7 days have elapsed, please notify Stewards here to evaluate the consensus. If you require any tasks requiring the user rights to be completed during this period, please contact Stewards/Global Sysops at the same location mentioned above. Thank you, John (talk) 19:58, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

humorpedia.miraheze.org
TylerMagee (talk) 19:59, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Wiki: humorpedia.miraheze.org
 * Username: TylerMagee (CentralAuth)
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): No
 * Reason: This wiki is good, and funny, so I would like to take the closed wiki to keep it up and running. (edited 8 December 2021)


 * ✅. If you require local rights on the wiki, please open a local request for sysop/bureaucrat rights, advertise it prominently on the wiki and leave it open for at least 7 days. Once 7 days have elapsed, please notify Stewards here to evaluate the consensus. If you require any tasks requiring the user rights to be completed during this period, please contact Stewards/Global Sysops at the same location mentioned above. Thank you, John (talk) 19:58, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Locally requested rights on Humorpedia. TylerMagee (talk) 17:01, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

worsttvnetworks.miraheze.org
FatBurn0000 (talk) 23:52, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Wiki: worsttvnetworks.miraheze.org
 * Username: FatBurn0000 (CentralAuth)
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): No
 * Reason: I am aware this wiki is not closed, but it was closed when I originally tried to adopt it. Dmehus later reopened it for me, but nothing was said afterwards, and it was wrongfully archived.
 * I've marked this as ❌ because if the wiki is not closed, then there is nothing for a Steward to do here and the previous adoption request is immaterial as well. All this process does is reopen the wiki. If you would like local permissions, you can get them by setting up a local election and putting the results on the Stewards' noticeboard for assessment if the reopening bureaucrat does not respond. --Raidarr (talk) 20:09, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * You can do the same as was done in this request: Requests for adoption YellowFrogger (✉ Talk  ✐ Edits ) 23:34, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

amazinggithubprojects.miraheze.org
TylerMagee (talk) 16:57, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Wiki: amazinggithubprojects.miraheze.org
 * Username: TylerMagee (CentralAuth)
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): No
 * Reason: I want to take ownership of this wiki.

nicegachatuberswiki.miraheze.org

 * Wiki: nicegachatuberswiki.miraheze.org
 * Username: FatBurn0000 (CentralAuth)
 * Are you a bureaucrat (yes/no): No
 * Reason: While I don't know anything about the subject and I don't have any interest in becoming its new owner, the wiki has every right to exist and there are some things I could improve on. FatBurn0000 (talk) 02:57, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

worldtrainwiki.miraheze.org
Y.Sugawara (talk) 09:03, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Wiki: worldtrainwiki.miraheze.org
 * Username: Y.Sugawara (CentralAuth)
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): No
 * Reason: I am interested in trains, and I have edited Worldtrainwiki, so I think I can expand this wiki. Also, there are some users who will help to make contents on this wiki.

catalinshops.miraheze.org
Nowodex (talk) 17:03, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Wiki: catalinshops.miraheze.org
 * Username: Nowodex (CentralAuth)
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): No
 * Reason: I Need To Have That Wiki!

scummybrands.miraheze.org

 * Wiki: scummybrands.miraheze.org
 * Username: DanielTheSpongeBob&DisneyChannelFan2009 (CentralAuth)
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): NO
 * Reason: I want to keep the wiki alive.

invernos.miraheze.org
Auxipox (talk) 12:36, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Wiki: invernos.miraheze.org
 * Username: Auxipox (CentralAuth)
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): No
 * Reason: The wiki was previously for a community that's now defunct. I wish to keep it around for a little longer for those who are still around.

podpedia.miraheze.org
YellowFrogger (✉ Talk  ✐ Edits ) 04:02, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Wiki: podpedia.miraheze.org
 * Username: YellowFrogger (CentralAuth)
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): No
 * Reason: Yes I know the wiki is not closed or inactive but completely abandoned with the last change being months ago (by a user who doesn't control the site, and mostly by a welcome extension bot with spambots being created on the site), you can even see them here in the recent changes. This wiki is important because it currently maintains 3K articles and doesn't deserve a deletion. With it abandoned, he runs the risk of suffering vandalism and other types of actions of bad faith and me perhaps being his administrator who would check or even contribute would be important for his continuation and would not be thrown out for once although I not edited it (or edited it a few times). And I know I have to do a local election, but I have to confirm it to you guys first here. If the owner (CooliCoister) of the site is alive, speak here, if he is alive and still accept that I control the site, I appreciate it. Also remember that I'm not robbing the site to make drastic changes to it, if it gets accepted I'll just be doing maintenance on it and contributing to more articles (although I haven't done anything there). Even if the author makes a few visits (if he is), he is unedited, that is, abandoned and done. Thanks for reading.
 * I am performing a user close of this request because the exclusive function of this page is to reopen a wiki that you cannot contribute to, and as you stated the wiki is open to contributing. You mentioned that there was an owner; while he has not contributed since well over a year ago (and nobody else appears to have substantively edited at all since July), he has been recently active on Miraheze. For full diligence you can contact him via talk page. The place has a surprising number of bureaucrats, but no recent activity of any kind. If he does not reply at all, you could perform a local election as-is since nothing in local policies (not that I found any) precludes it and the activity gap will have been sufficiently large (though the fact he founded the place, is still active and probably controls the domain are all good incentives to ensure a response). But if you contact and he offers you the rights himself, so much the better. Otherwise this is a topic strictly to be made and addressed on the Stewards' noticeboard, as it is essentially out of scope here. I do however intend to inform a particular Steward to check over recent entries here today, since a small backlog has been collected. If my observations are off I am sure he will comment so. --Raidarr (talk) 11:19, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * As discussed in private, you could probably stage an local election pursuant to global convention and be elected by acclamation should you run uncontested. As per Raidarr's comment, this ❌ under current global policy. Agent Isai  Talk to me! 17:02, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * and Thanks for the quick response, I would really love to adopt this wiki, however, can you tell how I would hold this local election? When making the election, would I wait a week or a few days? - this is my question about the time of the election, and if no have vote against and not against, would I still have a chance? And another question, I didn't do no edits on the wiki, does that take away my chances of adopting it? Although this is because I would be more happy to edit only after becoming a bureaucrat. Unfortunately, it looks like his answer for me will be a little difficult, he hasn't edited for 1 year and three months, meaning it's been a while, as he seems to be busy. The issue of the wiki being inactive, it's bad because the wiki doesn't seem to hold just bullshit and a little taste that I have for podcasts. YellowFrogger</b> (✉ Talk </b> ✐ Edits </b>)</b> 17:34, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Your chances do improve if you contribute as well as give an idea what you'd be contributing by doing so, although you don't strictly have to. It is not a formal process, indeed it's largely discretionary. It helps to be willing to edit without having powers in the first place as administration is ideally a more janitorial function and enhancer on top of what you are already doing. I wrote a piece that covers common pointers here that hopefully offers a usable gist. --Raidarr (talk) 18:58, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * It would be one more chance to contribute to the project, but my fear here is that if I edit something inactive and it turns out it's not worth it at all? Given the inactivity of the editors, I think, the enthusiasm would be better if I edited with sysop rights already, because I think it would be more "worth it" and would have a better direction. Anyway, a while ago I looked at this wiki and didn't see any changes as usual, just spambots being created on the wiki and the welcome extension. There has already been a vandalism of the main page (in February 2021), which has been reversed by a global sysop, showing the inactivity of the wiki bureaucrats. YellowFrogger</b> (✉ Talk </b> ✐ Edits </b>)</b> 19:19, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Anyway, Agent Isai asked me to talk to CoolieCoister and he told me to wait at least 1 (one) week to get an answer. If he doesn't respond, then I do the local election. Is this correct (or do you agree) given your inactivity? YellowFrogger</b> (✉ Talk </b> ✐ Edits </b>)</b> 19:22, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * 1 week is a standard length to wait for input, and 1 week is also a standard length for the local election to run. So overall, giving this 2 weeks to play out makes sense to me yes, and would provide the Stewards with something solid to review. --Raidarr (talk) 20:05, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * No thank you. I would wait fewer weeks as a result of Coolister inactivity, and since Doug is active now, he has experience to handle this case, so I'll tag him: YellowFrogger</b> (✉ Talk </b> ✐ Edits </b>)</b> 20:23, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * As mentioned initially, Coolster is available on Miraheze. He last edited within the week. Local elections presided by Stewards exist to offer a wiki administration where none is accessible. While they are not indeed present on the wiki, there has been no effort through the wiki itself (perhaps he has global notifications on and would get a message on his talk page right on the wiki?) or wider Miraheze (where he is demonstratively present) to get in contact. Being aware that they have been present in the last week and skipping straight to the election on a wiki he founded and probably is the actual domain owner for would be derelict, imo. But indeed I leave further discussion and discretion to Dmehus. --Raidarr (talk) 20:29, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

In addition to what's been said above, while a local election could be held, in cases like this with long aged wikis, I'd probably courtesy ping CoolieCoolster to assess the local election request locally, given their somewhat recent global activity and long tenure within the community. If the wiki suffers from spam, unreverted vandalism, the proper place to report this is either (a) stewards' noticeboard or, so we can take care of it. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 20:42, 19 December 2021 (UTC)


 * This time I didn't know it was active on a Miraheze wiki. Glad you quoted this wiki. So I have to wait a few days and I'll try to get in touch on one of those wikis he's recently edited. The site maintains its own domain, so it must pay for the maintenance of the site (although it doesn't even edit there). Either way, leaving me as a podpedia user with rights would be relevant so there are no edits on the site, and I would try to somehow edit it. If he doesn't want me there, then I won't be able to do anything. <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 20:44, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * He probably wouldn't accept me as a user with rights there, for the simple reason that I haven't actively contributed to the site, so chances are lower that he'll accept. If he accepts (definitely believing me) he's very nice and I'm grateful to him for giving me a chance to edit and keep the site down, in addition to my fondness for podcasts. <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 20:48, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * YellowFrogger, I would recommend contributing to the wiki in some fashion, even if it's just undoing or reverting vandalism, tagging vandalism or spam pages for deletion, and the like. As a constructive contributor to the wiki, you can request certain minor permissions (i.e.,,  , and  ) from local administrators. If local administrators are not recently active, you can request a Steward to perform this function, but do be sure to point out the wiki's local user permissions granting policies. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 20:52, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * You should have messaged me sooner; I've granted you administrator rights on Podpedia to make whichever changes you believe would improve it from its current state. I admit the lack of readership the wiki had led me to lose interest, so if you have an idea of how to improve Podpedia to make it interesting beyond the few pages that currently appear on search engines, feel free to implement changes! While I still have much to work on in regards to my current wiki, if you have any questions regarding the format of Podpedia, feel free to message me again. CoolieCoolster (talk) 21:50, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for granting administrator rights on the wiki, although I would like to be a bureaucrat (sorry for the bold question) to make changes especially on the outdated theme which makes it difficult to see the history, or the edit button which is hidden, to add some important extensions to avoid Lua module errors (and also I don't have a lot of time, but that was my request). His complaint in saying that "few pages show up in search engines" is primarily due to Miraheze's not-so-good SEO (because you build your own SEO using WikiSEO, this extension is disabled on the wiki) and according to some content is copied from Wikipedia. Search engines do not like duplicate content and always try to use original content that you create yourself. There are a lot of podcast pages that don't exist on Wikipedia - and this is a chance for us to create original content instead of duplicating Wikipedia's, because, in addition to being unoriginal, it gets in the way of search engines. Also, wiki hits aren't that bad, according to MatomoAnalytics, around 1,500 hits for an outdated site - I've seen worse. I will try to use the limited little knowledge in some podcasts to maybe create a little bit of content on this wiki and probably raise "even a little bit" it, as podcasting is the fad at the moment and English language wikis achieve something else. Of course, without copying the content from Wikipedia and activating WikiSeo for us to see something. <b style="color: #1965e0;">YellowFrogger</b> <b style="color: #069404;">(<b style="color: #069404;">✉ Talk </b> <b style="color: #069404;">✐ Edits </b>)</b> 22:23, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Made the change; you're now a bureaucrat on the wiki. CoolieCoolster (talk) 01:03, 20 December 2021 (UTC)