Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adopter's Area

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Becoming an Adopter

To sign up to be an Adopter, check that you meet the criteria to the right, add your details to the list of users available for Adopting, and only then add the template {{Adopting}} to your user page.

If you wish to show participation in the program without indicating status or adoption partner, use the {{Adoption}} template on your user page. Please remove the {{Adopting}} template once you can no longer assist, or if you cease editing.

Remember that potential adoptees are not obliged to accept your offer of adoption. By the same token, just because another potential adopter has offered adoption this does not mean that you cannot also offer a choice, so you may also wish to check the category of new users who have been offered Adoption.

Mentorship

If you are an administrator or very experienced user in good standing, you may be interested in becoming a supervisory mentor. Supervisory mentors are assigned to users who are under some form of community sanctions, usually as part of the dispute resolution process or as a condition of an unblock. To offer your services as a mentor, please add the code |mentorship=yes to your Adopter Profile.

Resources

For a list of useful resources and templates to help you with your adoption, see Adopter Resources page - feel free to add anything, in or out of Wikipedia, that you feel may help others.

Criteria

The following guidelines have been drawn up:

  • Adopters should be available often to help their adoptees.
  • Adopters should have a good understanding of the encyclopedia and its policies and guidelines.
  • Adopters should have sufficient experience before they start adopting.
  • Adopters should be willing to ask questions of other adopters, should their breadth/depth of understanding mean they do not know the answer.
  • Adopters should only take on as many Adoptees as they can practically cope with.


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