Is there anyway that we could make this page a table such as the one for Adopters? I would do it myself but I do not know how. Alex Barrow 19:22, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I am also seeking to be adopted. Why isnt my username here?-- Idontknow610 12:30, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, me too! So, uh, can SOMEONE do it? - WarriorFIRESTAR ( talk) 00:30, 22 October 2008 (UTC), thanks.
I'm going through this list and doing a few things:
“ | Since you've been inactive for over 2 months, I removed the {{tl|adoptme}} template from your userpage. If you are still interested in being adopted, you can re-add the adoptme template by typing this code on your userpage: '''<nowiki>{{subst:dated adoptme}}</nowiki>'''. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, ~~~~ | ” |
Hopefully this should make it easier for new adopters to find someone who really needs adopted. It would be very helpful if we stress to adopters the importance of changing the adoptee's "adoptme" to "adoptoffer" and "adopted" when appropriate. xenocidic ( talk) 16:13, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
I've completed the above housekeeping tasks trimming the category from around 120 to about 55, but that's still an unacceptable backlog, in my opinion. These users are looking for guidance, and if we aren't there to provide it, we could lose people who may one day be valuable contributors to Wikipedia. I'm going to try and stir up some activity by leaving messages for adopters who don't currently have any adoptees.
xenocidic (
talk) 19:08, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
==Backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user==
There is currently a backlog of XYZ users at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user. Please consider offering adoption to one or more of these users. Don't forget to change their {{adoptme}} template to {{adoptoffer|Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user}}. Thank you for your continued participating in Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User. xenocidic ( talk) 19:23, 1 May 2008 (UTC) |
I've created a userbox that will alert members to backlog:
{{ Adoption backlog}} results in:
and if the number of users seeking to be adopted exceeds 15 it will change to this:
cheers, xenocidic ( talk ¿ review ) 19:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello! I'm just considering asking to be adopted, and out of curiosity was looking through the userpages of adopters and those who are asking to be adopted. The introduction at the top of the "seeking adoption" page says that, as the list is in chronological order, one should start at the top in order to see the "new adoptees." Well, having wasted a lot of time looking at pretty much all the inactive users who placed the tag over a month ago, I finally realised that the new ones are at the end of the list! Is this an error in the introduction, or something that I don't understand about how lists work in Wikipedia? It is all too likely to be the latter, but I don't mind if you tell me so! :)))) Thanks, Maedin ( talk) 21:26, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I was having a look at who was requesting adoption (and fixing anywhere that adoptme wasn't changed to adoptoffer) and I noticed an indef blocked user was requesting adoption. Should I simply remove the userbox and leave a note for them to readd it if they are ever unblocked or should I leave it just in case some kind-hearted user wants to take this on to help get them unblocked? It appears it was blocked as a vandalism only account so I doubt it will get unblocked but I feel like it shouldn't just hang in limbo waiting to be adopted for eternity and adding onto the backlog. Is there a rule of thumb for this sort of thing? Star dust 8212 21:13, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to have more offers from adopters before I pick one (or more, as discussed here [1]), but I don't want to chronically clog the "seeking" page. Suggestions? SaaHc2B ( talk) 03:03, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Another editor looking for adoption has placed the {{ adoptme}} template on my user talk page, which is why I am included in this category. I am not looking for adoption, as I have already graduated from Nick Moyes's informal adoption program. I would like to avoid editing another editor's comments on my talk page, but if there's no other way to remove myself from this category, would something like this fall under WP:OWNTALK? Clovermoss (talk) 03:50, 9 January 2020 (UTC) a signature for the ping Clovermoss (talk) 03:53, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
Is there anyway that we could make this page a table such as the one for Adopters? I would do it myself but I do not know how. Alex Barrow 19:22, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I am also seeking to be adopted. Why isnt my username here?-- Idontknow610 12:30, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, me too! So, uh, can SOMEONE do it? - WarriorFIRESTAR ( talk) 00:30, 22 October 2008 (UTC), thanks.
I'm going through this list and doing a few things:
“ | Since you've been inactive for over 2 months, I removed the {{tl|adoptme}} template from your userpage. If you are still interested in being adopted, you can re-add the adoptme template by typing this code on your userpage: '''<nowiki>{{subst:dated adoptme}}</nowiki>'''. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, ~~~~ | ” |
Hopefully this should make it easier for new adopters to find someone who really needs adopted. It would be very helpful if we stress to adopters the importance of changing the adoptee's "adoptme" to "adoptoffer" and "adopted" when appropriate. xenocidic ( talk) 16:13, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
I've completed the above housekeeping tasks trimming the category from around 120 to about 55, but that's still an unacceptable backlog, in my opinion. These users are looking for guidance, and if we aren't there to provide it, we could lose people who may one day be valuable contributors to Wikipedia. I'm going to try and stir up some activity by leaving messages for adopters who don't currently have any adoptees.
xenocidic (
talk) 19:08, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
==Backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user==
There is currently a backlog of XYZ users at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user. Please consider offering adoption to one or more of these users. Don't forget to change their {{adoptme}} template to {{adoptoffer|Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user}}. Thank you for your continued participating in Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User. xenocidic ( talk) 19:23, 1 May 2008 (UTC) |
I've created a userbox that will alert members to backlog:
{{ Adoption backlog}} results in:
and if the number of users seeking to be adopted exceeds 15 it will change to this:
cheers, xenocidic ( talk ¿ review ) 19:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello! I'm just considering asking to be adopted, and out of curiosity was looking through the userpages of adopters and those who are asking to be adopted. The introduction at the top of the "seeking adoption" page says that, as the list is in chronological order, one should start at the top in order to see the "new adoptees." Well, having wasted a lot of time looking at pretty much all the inactive users who placed the tag over a month ago, I finally realised that the new ones are at the end of the list! Is this an error in the introduction, or something that I don't understand about how lists work in Wikipedia? It is all too likely to be the latter, but I don't mind if you tell me so! :)))) Thanks, Maedin ( talk) 21:26, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I was having a look at who was requesting adoption (and fixing anywhere that adoptme wasn't changed to adoptoffer) and I noticed an indef blocked user was requesting adoption. Should I simply remove the userbox and leave a note for them to readd it if they are ever unblocked or should I leave it just in case some kind-hearted user wants to take this on to help get them unblocked? It appears it was blocked as a vandalism only account so I doubt it will get unblocked but I feel like it shouldn't just hang in limbo waiting to be adopted for eternity and adding onto the backlog. Is there a rule of thumb for this sort of thing? Star dust 8212 21:13, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to have more offers from adopters before I pick one (or more, as discussed here [1]), but I don't want to chronically clog the "seeking" page. Suggestions? SaaHc2B ( talk) 03:03, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Another editor looking for adoption has placed the {{ adoptme}} template on my user talk page, which is why I am included in this category. I am not looking for adoption, as I have already graduated from Nick Moyes's informal adoption program. I would like to avoid editing another editor's comments on my talk page, but if there's no other way to remove myself from this category, would something like this fall under WP:OWNTALK? Clovermoss (talk) 03:50, 9 January 2020 (UTC) a signature for the ping Clovermoss (talk) 03:53, 9 January 2020 (UTC)