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

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This page is going to be used for listing Resources for Adopters that may help them in helping their Adoptees:

Contents 1 Templates including modified welcome template 2 Reference Sources 3 Negotiation 4 When things go wrong

[edit] Templates including modified welcome template

• {{ subst:Adopt-a-User Welcome }} used by anyone but especially New Pages and Recent Changes patrollers.
• {{ subst:Adoptmessage|Adopter's Username }} or {{ subst:AdoptCongrats!|Adopter's Username }} for welcoming your new adoptee.
  
  
• {{Adoptme}} used by new user who wants to become an Adoptee.

This user is seeking to be adopted by an experienced editor.

• {{Adopting}}

This experienced editor is seeking to adopt new users. (Users requesting adoption)

• {{Adoptee|Adopter's Username}} used on Adoptee's userpage once adopted.

This user has been adopted by ExampleUser.

• {{Adopter|Adoptee's Username}} used on Adopter's userpage once adopted.

This user has adopted ExampleUser.

[edit] Reference Sources

Your adoptee has asked you a question and you do not have a clue where to begin. Some of these links may help:

1. Help:Contents contains many useful links, which you may want to bring to your adoptee's attention to help get them started.
2. A good place to start is the Help desk and its FAQ on how to use Wikipedia and the Reference desk for general knowledge questions.
3. Help:Contents/Policies and guidelines
4. Impress your adoptee with some fancy tools.
5. And if all else fails ask a question at Adopt-a-User, Help desk or by using the helpme template.

[edit] Negotiation

Sometimes adoptees may get into conflict with other users. The links below many help you gain the skills or services to help manage them:

1. The following category lists groups, policies and pages that maybe able to help you Category:Wikipedia dispute resolution
2. See this page to learn some negotiation skills.

[edit] When things go wrong

Hopefully you will never need to access the links below, but if an adoptee does something inappropriate they may be useful:

1. Wikipedia:Requests for administrator attention or Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.
2. Wikipedia:Sock puppetry and if IP check might help Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser.
3. To query a block see Wikipedia:Appealing a block.