Adoption Center/Rules and Warnings

These are the rules and warnings to the Adoption Center and all of its counterparts. Failure to abide by any of these rules may result in punishment.

The List

 * Expand the table if you can't see who owns a pet you might like to adopt, or better yet,  DO NOT  pick pets that are marked in THIS COLOR . Claiming that you own a pet that you have not attained rightfully is not acceptable and may result in punishment.
 * If you are inactive for  TWO (2) MONTHS  or as long as it takes for the "[Inactive]" tag to appear on your userpage, your pets are liable and subject to confiscation. If you don't think you'll be active here at all, don't adopt things.
 * Alternatively, if you are going on an extensive break (over two weeks), it would be wise to warn an admin so they know not to confiscate your pets early. (This is done to "new" users who only stick around for a week and then disappear.)
 * No one can adopt their own pets, only pets created by other users. Exceptions are VERY LIMITED and EXTREMELY SITUATIONAL, occurring only a few times due to multiownership complications, affiliations with other centers, or for plot-related reasons.
 * Adoption of new pets will not be validated until the next day. Otherwise, it will be put in reserve signed by THIS COLOR.
 * People who reserve a pet get a 48 hour leeway time. If they don't get there in time, then the second person who reserved a pet, if they did, that is, gets 24 hours to claim the pet. Only two people can reserve a pet at one time, and whoever reserved it first is the one who gets the 48 hour time limit. If the second person winds up not claiming it in 24 hours, then it's up for grabs for anyone to take.
 * Pets that are locked, which will be marked in THIS COLOR, cannot be adopted unless another group of aforementioned pets are all adopted, whether by the same user or by another.
 * Pets that can be adopted multiple times due to quantity are marked with THIS COLOR . A user may only adopt one of these pets.
 * Pets that require a contest to be adopted are listed in THIS COLOR . Details tend to follow in the comments of the Adoption Center where the pet is located. After the contest is complete, the winner of the pet still has to adopt the pet, counting towards the weekly/monthly limit.
 * There HS FF0000 (is) a limit to how many pets will be adopted: HS FF0000 (SIX per week (Resets on SUNDAY) and NINE per month total).
 * As of 17:47, July 21, 2014 (UTC), Centers 7 and 8 have a DAILY LIMIT of 2 pets per day.
 * This also includes pets adopted from Adoption Center B.
 * Tip: Click the expand button on the cropped table to see full details and you can click one of the boxes in the sortable table to see what is adopted and what isn't.
 * If you harass a user for a pet he/she may own, you will receive a warning from an admin. Continue to do so, and you will get a 1 week block as well as 1 month on the Blacklist. Continue after the block expires, it becomes 1 month, etc.
 * Code 1 pets take up two spots on the weekly limit but one on the monthly limit.
 * Hoarding pets is HEAVILY, HEAVILY, HEAVILY frowned upon.
 * What is hoarding, and how do I avoid doing so??
 * Hoarding is, simply, taking a quantity of pets, while at the same time contributing next to nothing for the site in turn. This is usually evident by users simply doing inconsequential edits to their userpage, in order to prevent reaching the inactivity limit, and to keep their pets. To avoid hoarding, simply contribute to the website, and don't just edit to get rid of your inactivity. If an admin suspects a user of hoarding, the user's pets are immediately confiscated. If the user's activity resumes and they contribute, they will be returned. If the user only contributes to get the pets back and goes back to hoarding afterwards, they will be blocked and their pets will be confiscated. If they do not show improvement within a week after the first confiscation, they are not eligible to re-acquire the pets.