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Soleil

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Soleil (talk · contribs) - The other day I was checking out the admin coaching page looking for somebody who I thought might make a decent admin. I investigated several potential candidate, but one stood head and shoulders above all of the others. Soleil has been active with Misplaced Pages since April 2007, during which time he has made about 5,000 edits. One of the things that impressed me was the breadth of his contributions--particularly in the Misplaced Pages and Misplaced Pages Talk spaces (400/200 edits respectively.) He has voted in ArbCom (after asking some candidates questions.) He has received 4 barnstars from fellow wikipedians, 2 for anti-vandalism activities and 2 for inter-personal behavior. A few weeks ago, Anonymous Dissident referred to Soleil as "my fellow Wikipedian and hopefully one day admin, seem to know policy to the enth degree." This comment coming from Anonymous Dissident spoke volumes of Soleil's technical knowledge. I also reviewed a number of his edits and other comments, and my respect for him as an editor continued to grow. Soleil used to be known as User:I but recently changed his name. One of the things that I respect was that when some controversy arose related to single letter users, he listened to the criticism and modified his stance.

Generally, when a 17 year old seeks adminship, I am reluctant to support. But Soleil has shown a great deal of maturity especially when it comes to the tools. Soleil initially visited the AdminCoach page on August 13th, but nobody accepted him as a student. Rather than nominate himself or ask somebody who worked with him to nominate him, he waited patiently and developed his wiki knowledge. On December 1, he restated his desire to go through admin coaching. I offered to become his coach. I felt as if his willingness to wait was a clear sign of his maturity. Rather than rush the process, he wanted to wait until somebody else felt he was prepared for the tools. In the few days that I've worked with him he has done that. As his coach I asked him to EWS23's deletion excercises Soleil gave me some of the best answers I've seen. So I asked him 17 policy based questions ranging from topics such as Speedy Deletion, to name changes, to legal threats, to protection, and blocking. He gave me very well thought out and complete answers! Still not 100% convinced by his great answers, I reviewed 200+ of his edits, and those convinced me.

Having grilled coached him, I have zero doubt that he knows the policies (or at least how to find them) and will make an excellent admin! So I introduce you to Soleil.Balloonman (talk) 07:54, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

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