Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User/Adopter's Area/Experiences

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Welcome to the Adopt-a-User program! This is the page where our adopters will relate their own experiences on Wikipedia and how they may have dealt with problems. Feel free to comment and ask questions on each one.

For immediate or urgent problems – please leave a message at Wikipedia Talk:Adopt-a-User.

[edit] Inactive Adoptees

I have two adoptees (friends in real life, actually) and I want to help them but there never on. Should I "drop" them? —¡Randfan! 00:45, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't think there is any hard and fast rules as yet. Personally if I had 2 relatively inactive users, I would keep them on as Adoptees, and adopt others if I wanted. I don't think it is about how many adoptions you have, but about being able to help out the adoptee out appropriately. So if you take on a high-maintenance Adoptee it would be irresponsible and unfair to take on another until that one finds it feet. If you have x mature Adoptee who only need occasional help you may feel you can take on another. Hope that helps Lethaniol 15:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

If you've adopted users that are relatively inactive then there's nothing that should impair your 'adopting ability' (trying to think of a better term, hopefully you know what I mean) with more users. CattleGirl ^{talk | e@} 02:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sockpuppetry

My first adoptee was banned for being a sockpuppet of a user who was banned for issuing death threats , my third adoptee is in the process of having a sockpuppet action gaining force against them. Will add some more detail later - but the issues around sockpuppetry has taken up a lot of time and is not for the faint hearted - see User talk:Lethaniol - Lethaniol 15:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)