Requests for reopening wikis

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 * Archive 1 (28 August 2016 - 4 May 2017)'''

FortheEmpire (Status: Open)
Sluggish3725 (talk) 14:17, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Wiki: FortheEmpire
 * Username: Sluggish3725
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): no
 * Reason: Lost access to wiki, had to make new account
 * ✅ I reopened the wiki and from now on you can contribute to it, once you've been contributing enough time on the wiki, you can ask the stewards to grant you administrator permissions. Regards. —Alvaro Molina (✉  - ✔ ) 14:34, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Replace this with the name of the wiki you want to adopt (Status: Invalid)
Ausdis (talk) 00:42, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Wiki: Replace this with the name of the wiki you want to adopt
 * Username: Ausdis
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): Replace this with yes if you are a bureaucrat on the wiki
 * Reason:

kgb (Status: Done)
Harry26548 (talk) 13:13, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Wiki: kgb
 * Username: Harry26548
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): yes
 * Reason:
 * Hi, i have re-open your wiki, next time, do not forget that you can re-open your wiki yourself by going to Special:ManageWiki on your wiki Videojeux4 (talk) 15:50, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

The Advanced Beginner Challenge Wiki (Status: Open)
2601:602:9400:175D:2886:E9C9:A2CB:96AA 05:48, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Wiki: The Advanced Beginner Challenge Wiki
 * Username: 2601:602:9400:175D:2886:E9C9:A2CB:96AA
 * Are you a bureaucrat? (yes/no): No
 * Reason: Because I own the course (http://dainmiller.co / advancedbeginnerchallenge.com is mine) and someone posted this material here without telling me. This is all private material you have to purcahse in my course - so I would like to take down the material and manage the wiki moving forward.
 * I have reopened the wiki. Please show some active contributions (edits/logs/etc) and if you are actively contributing to the wiki, a Steward should grant administrator and bureaucrat rights. If you need a sysop task performed in the meantime, please request at Stewards' noticeboard. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 06:26, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Black Desert Online RP (Status: Open)
Darbi Rue (talk) 00:14, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Wiki: Black Desert Online RP
 * Username: Darbi Rue
 * Are you a bureaucrat? No
 * Reason: It seems that whoever created this terrific Wiki has decided to move on from the game, leaving this behind in their wake. I think it's a great place as a repository for characters and other roleplay-related things, so I don't want to see it disappear. I'd rather take responsibility for it and revive it. Thank you for your consideration.
 * Wiki is now reopened. You will need to show that you are active there before we transfer the rights. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 00:24, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Darbii: Totally understand. You can see my largest post here: https://bdorp.miraheze.org/wiki/Emlyn_Rue

Darbii: Are there any updates on this?
 * I don't see any activity from you since the wiki was reopened. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 09:14, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Darbii: That's because there hasn't been any. There have been VERY few posters on there, because it wasn't properly advertised. My goal, once I have it in my hands, is to begin the advertising of it. But truth-be-told, if this cannot be turned over to me until we have active posters, then I'm just going to let it to go to the wayside again and you guys can delete it. I don't wish to pour tons of effort into something on my own accord, if I'm not able to do what I need to do on there.

The purpose of this particular wiki is a repository for characters in a roleplay sense. My hope is to bring it back up to date with the RP community. But those who run the Black Desert Roleplay site are waiting to see if I can obtain this Wiki, before we start bringing it back to the public. They want to be sure it's worth it first, and that it's not going to just up and disappear on them again. The last guy who ran it, made it look great, but didn't give the proper people authority over it, so that is why it went to the wayside. He quit and just let it stagnate.

Please consider my appeal. I don't want to see all of these stories that people have written just disappear, but at the same time, I'm only going to fight for it to a point. If this cannot be done, we will find another option.

Thank you again, for your consideration.

P.S. Part of the problem that I see is that there is no obvious "Create a Page" links available, thus people are probably confused as to how to add any content to it in the first place.


 * No, it is not obvious under MediaWiki that you create pages by calling up a nonexistent title and clicking the link that you meant to create it. This is not a problem for Miraheze system administrators but for the Admins of your own website; hint, that means your own website needs people functioning as Admins, and you don't need Admin powers to solve this particular problem.  An example of a way to show readers how to become creators is in the bottom of the right column of the Front Page of TheMirror.  But do please stop hinting that you won't go to the wall for this wiki, as though, if you quit trying, that will be their fault too.   16:03 3-Dec-2017