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About adopting
Hello. I know that you can be really busy at times, so I'll try to make my post as short as possible and if doesn't end up that way, I apologize.

Here's the thing: this is my second day being a Wikipedian, so you would expect me to be excited about being part of this community. However, I'm actually overwhelmed from problems ranging from trying to create a decent userpage to finding an article that I can actually improve and have an expertise in that particular topic. So, I was spending my day today browsing all of the "Help:" pages. Then, I found the Adopt-a-User page and found your name under the listing of adopters.

You could probably anticipate what I'm going to say, but I'll do it just because it is polite: May I be your adoptee? And can you respond back if you have the chance? Thank you. LuckyNumberThirteen (talk) 16:19, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

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Adopt
Hi,My name is Brianna, I'm seeking to get adopted,so some one could show me the ropes. I have valuable information of Indiana and some of my articles of interest and places near me but i don't know how to do much. Thanks for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deltarocks (talk • contribs) 21:46, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Adopt Me!
Please! I'm In school to! Go to my my user page to see more about me. Thanks. Robot13 (talk) 17:24, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

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Can you Adopt me?
Can you Adopt me? Please! (Redito5 (talk) 02:27, 20 May 2009 (UTC))

Will you adopt me?
I saw your name at WP:ADOPT, and I'm looking for a mentor.

I'm working on a very involved project, and I need the advice of an experienced Wikipedian.

I look forward to your reply on my talk page.

The Transhumanist 19:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you
Cool. I look forward to your advice.

Here's my situation...

I'm currently coordinating development of Wikipedia's Outline of knowledge, which has grown to around 500 pages, and I am having trouble recruiting editors to help build and improve it. I need some mentorship here.

I also need advice on the guideline draft I've been writing for the Outline of Knowledge at User:The Transhumanist/Outline of knowledge. Is it good enough? Did I miss anything important?

The WikiProject is WikiProject Outline of knowledge. How can I improve it?

My latest effort to recruit help on the outlines is a proposal for a contest between all of the country WikiProjects on Wikipedia (about 200 of them). Each country has an outline devoted to it, and so I figured these outlines fall within the scope of the corresponding WikiProjects. This will be a very big event, and I'm not sure I'm going about it in the best way.

So you see, I've taken on a lot, and I need as much advice as I can get.

Sincerely,

The Transhumanist 20:09, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

(P.S.: I look forward to your reply on my talk page).

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