Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User/Adoptee's Area
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| Getting Adopted |
Joining the Adoption program is easy, and there are two ways of getting adopted.
Let an adopter find you: just edit your user page and add {{subst:dated adoptme}}. Save the page, and before too long an experienced user should come by and offer to adopt you. If you like, you can also add a little information about yourself to your user page so potential adopters will know your interests.
Find your own adopter: look at the list of Adopters who are actively seeking new Adoptees; this list has a little information about the interests and abilities of the adopters, so if you find one you like, contact them on their talk page and ask to be adopted.
If you've been adopted and you don't think that your adopter is a good fit for you, just let them know and then follow this process again to get a new adopter.
If you have any immediate or urgent queries, or if you are having problems with your adopter, please leave a message on the main Adopt-a-User talk page and other editors will do what they can to help you.
Adoption is:
- A mentorship, where the Adopter answers questions and offers friendly advice and support.
- For help with technical difficulties, policy interpretation and conflict management.
Adoption is not:
- Forever. Once experienced, an Adoptee will be able to graduate, though likely to stay in touch with their Adopter.
- A social club. Though fun, Adoption is there to help users use and improve Wikipedia.
- Just for the newest of users. Is also for users with limited experience who want to expand their involvement.
For a list of useful resources to help you start out in Wikipedia see the Adoptee Resources page - feel free to add anything, in or out of Wikipedia, that you think other new users will find helpful.
Want to see the various experiences that Adoptees have had or want to add your own? See the Adoptees' experiences page.
For immediate or urgent queries please leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Adopt-a-User.
