Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25956839-20151018161812/@comment-121.222.53.76-20151018182316

I believe that (for the purpose of adoption requests) an administrator is considered to be inactive after 60 days.

A 1-2 week waiting period seems very reasonable. It would be unfair to the current administrators and other contributors if a new administrator was appointed on their wiki without their consent or knowledge. This waiting period gives staff and everyone in the community time to review the candidate's edits and voice their opinion. This includes giving any of the wiki's active administrators a chance to decide if the user requesting the promotion is the best possible candidate.