Thread:Jak Himself/@comment-4142476-20140711114455/@comment-11515627-20140712000605

Hi, Yatalu. I've actually considered adopting it various times, although I know from experience it's a lot harder to revive a large wiki than build a new one. A few things I've considered:


 * I'm really only interested in Herpetoculture (keeping reptiles and amphibians), so on the Animals Wiki, I'd probably only ever write articles pertaining to herping.
 * This wiki is mostly guide-centric. This means that users can come here for specific help on specific topics. The Animals Wiki may contain information on various animals that would never be considered as pets. Additionally, animals are any living organism under the kingdom of Animalia, which includes such a vastly massive range of organisms, including humans, which is such a diverse and complex topic I don't feel I could accomplish even with other passionate editors.
 * To expand on this point, I've always had an idea of splitting wikis up into more specific topics then forming "affiliations" with related wikis: for instance, a Reptile and Amphibian Wiki (Herpetoculture Wiki), and then a wiki about keeping things such as small birds, or fish, or dogs and cats, or other common pets. This helps break down such a complex topic such as "Animals in general."
 * There are a lot of passionate people that are very knowledgeable about herps, and therefore I do believe, despite it's a specialized topic, that this wiki can thrive if I can just boost the community a bit more.
 * The massive amount of articles that are already on the wiki would make it super hard to comb through all of what needs to be deleted, rewritten, or just cleaned up. (Plus, I've noticed the wiki has quite a few cases of vandalism).

I will continue to edit the Animals Wiki and maybe one day consider adopting it if I feel like it's actually a viable and sensible thing to do considering the limited amount of time I can devote to editing wikis.

- Jace