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Akhilleus ( talk · contribs) has finally accepted my unsolicited offer of a nomination. I first encountered him a year ago when he answered an RFC about the recently featured article Joan of Arc with firm good sense that ended another editor's disruptive campaign. Akhilleus followed up with several months of vandal-fighting at that high profile article even though it falls outside his main specialty (he's earned the Epic Barnstar for contributions to Greek history) and provided considerable help during the mopping-up phase of the Joan of Arc vandal investigation. I've always been impressed with Akhilleus's calm diligence - he has the traits of a good sysop that can't be taught - and at 5000 total edits since November 2005 he has enough experience for the tools. Recently I've been very impressed with his work at the suspected sockpuppets board, which is in desperate need of administrative oversight. Although investigations often get overlooked as a reason for mopification I urge fellow Wikipedians to consider Brad Patrick's words. [1] We ought to make this type of work one of the main RFA priorities in the coming months. Proudly nominating with my strong support. Durova Charge! 13:28, 27 March 2007 (UTC) reply
I ran into Akhilleus when I saw him basically running WP:SSP single handedly, and contacted him by email to request his help. Akhilleus responded helpfully and thoroughly for what was a basic question, and I was impressed by his reply. I've looked through his other contributions, and found the same calm diligence in all his edits. Akhilleus' work on what is often a very neglected part of Wikipedia, and his peace-making efforts on various articles make him the perfect candidate for adminship. In addition to that, he makes patient and scholarly interventions on many contentious articles, such as Homosexuality in Ancient Greece, which as we all know has such a potential to be a great big mess, as well as being an active vandal fighter. I mean, really, what more could you want in an admin? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 07:27, 28 March 2007 (UTC) reply
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