User:PurpleRain/Adopt-a-User/How to be adopted

If you would like to be adopted, please read What adoption is all about first. If you think adoption fits for you, follow these simple steps:


 * 1) Go to your user page, click on the edit tab at the top of the page, and add the text   anywhere on the page.  Then click the Save button to save your changes.
 * 2) Wait for someone to contact you about adoption. This will normally happen within a couple of days.  If you haven't received a message on your talk page after a week, edit your user page as above, but this time add   , and someone will contact you shortly.
 * 3) Once someone offers adoption, you are free to accept or decline the invitation. Please respond to each offer you receive on the talk page of the user who offers, whether you are accepting the offer or not.
 * 4) *If you have not responded to an invitation after a week, it will be assumed that you are absent from Wikipedia, and you may be removed from the list of adoptees. If you return to Wikipedia and discover that you have been removed from the list, please feel free to reapply by following the directions on this page again.
 * 5) If you decline the invitation, wait for someone else to contact you, and then respond to that person.
 * 6) If you accept the invitation, you have joined the Adopt-a-User program! Congratulations!
 * 7) *Change your user page to remove the "waiting for adoption" message, and add   instead, to indicate who has adopted you.  Be sure to type your adopter's name exactly, including uppercase and lowercase, as it appears at the top of their user page.  Do not include the angle brackets.
 * 8) *Start asking questions! Some adopters will provide you with things to read right off the bat, while others will wait for you to ask.  If you have anything you'd like to ask about Wikipedia, leave them a message.  That's why this program exists.

When you get to the point where you think you no longer need an adoptee, let them know. If they think you are ready, they will graduate you, and send you off to wikify. That doesn't mean you can never ask another question, though. Even after you've graduated, if something stumps you, you can always ask.