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Adoption?
Of course I'd love to. However since I'm UTC+8 and I'm in the middle of exam, I might not respond in time. Hope you don't mind. What would you like to start with? From your signature and user page, it seems that you're pretty veteran even though you've less than 500 edits. --Deryck C. 05:13, 27 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I've changed the userbox on your user page. Hope you like it. --Deryck C. 05:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

For policies, I can't really help much besides the ones concerning articles. To be frank, I myself am often caught in the middle of policy-related disputes with me being the "criminal". So for the community policies I really can't help much. Except one: WP:AGF - Assume good faith. Assume utmost faith upon even your opponents. At most view them as devil's advocates. Don't treat them as enemies.

Concerning article policies, you can have a look at WP:N and WP:ATT. They tell you what and how to give content to Wikipedia. About the style or genre of writing, you can actually look at existing articles, especially featured ones. They serve great examples. --Deryck C. 11:01, 29 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh. How exactly did I become an admin? Well I first become fully immersed into Wikipedia around July 2005. I was involved in lots of WikiProjects, FAC, and many others. Later in October I ran for my first RFA - and failed. I got kind of depressed because of that, and though I signed up for admin coaching, I basically withdrew from Wikipedia from December 2005 to December 2006, with only occasional editing during those days. However, amidst all the misery, I managed to get an admin seat on the newly opened Cantonese Wikipedia in March 2006, and continued my editing there.


 * I didn't really return to English Wikipedia until late 2006 when I found that being an admin on the largest online encyclopedia in the world could give me some credit in applying for scholarships and other things. Moreover I understood that as Web 2.0 is roaming in, I have no chance to escape from Wikipedia even though some of my philosophy is different from that of the majority in here. So I returned and started my vigorous editing again. I focused on articles, mostly scitech or Hong Kong related ones. I resumed my admin coaching with a new, more prominent coach, Firsfron. He led me through all the preparation and I finally became admin in March 2007 under his guidance.


 * Talking about you - you're still green. But as you gain more exposure, people will know about you and guide your way up. When you become veteran enough, somebody will nominate you for adminship, usually upon your request. And a piece of advice: give some focus to article-writing. That helps, especially if you can help others bring articles to FA. Even a little effort towards an FA counts. --Deryck C. 06:33, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh. FA means Featured article. It's the highest-class article-writing honour on Wikipedia. --Deryck C. 04:30, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

The Exceptional Newcomer Award
Feel free to add this to your userpage if you like. --Deryck C. 04:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It is my utmost pleasure to bless. Any problems encountered these days? --Deryck C. 06:05, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

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Please note that Image:Status.gif which you use on your user page, has been nomianted for deletion on commons. In any case I ask that you consider not using it, as it can cause epileptic seziures in readers. Please note this WC3 draft reccomnedation and Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Avoid movement in pages. Thank you. DES (talk) 21:40, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

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