I tried to find some info about this on central wikia but found very little. Presumably merging or integrating inactive wikia into others is an option as an alternative to adopting? If so what would it involve? Is it difficult? Are there ways of getting help with something like this?

What do people think about this kind of thing? What are people's views about say, selective merging? Is there a need for a case somewhere in the bits for when people are considering starting a wiki to promote more the option of joining existing ones - to help more wikia achieve a critical (and sustainable) mass of active users and fewer 'flash in the pan' ones?

More specific: sca21: might be interested in merging from (if OK, not unOK, with those concerned)

• w:c:permaculture 150 articles, just a few edits last 30 days - email sent to most recent 'founder' but no reply.
• w:c:oneworld - 16 pages
• w:c:conflicresolution 1 page

(and maybe others)

some kind of notice, for say a week or so, on some suggesting this option? Philralph 10:53, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

From what I've seen, merging is done very rarely, although it has been done: Gameinfo for example was merged from two wikia. Basically what would be involved is: Exporting the pages from the smaller wikia and Importing them into the larger one. As these are on Wikia, the user database is shared making attribution accurate (it would appear as if the edits took place on that wiki). I suggest contacting the founder or active sysops (or if that fails, major contributors) of the wikis in question. If they say yes, or if there is no reply within two to four weeks, then contact a staff member about copying the files and locking the database on the target wiki until such time as it can be archived (removed). --Splarka (talk) 23:28, 17 November 2006 (UTC)