In his 40,000 edits over the last 15 months, he has demonstrated a superb grasp of the letter and spirit of our policies as well as the good judgment and temperament that will make him a terrific administrator
although his account was created back in 2014, he really didn't get into editing until it occurred to him during the insanity of the global pandemic that editing Wikipedia would be something useful to do with his time.
Looks like we got another potential Section 8 on our hands.....working in either of those areas often entails interacting with combative or distressed users, and being lied to is part of the job, which can be aggravating.....They are also areas that can sometimes trigger the frustrating thought that there is an incredible amount of abuse on this website and I will never be able to do enough. I try to stay calm and step away whenever that happens; I read the paper, go outside and take a walk, moan about it to friends, then open the laptop again and type a response. I had an extended "step away for a bit" moment with regard to UPE-related matters some time ago when I noticed that they were starting to burn me out. I didn't give up on the topic area, but I shifted my focus away from actively hunting for PR firm socks and towards bouncing ideas about potential methods for making detection and tracking of complex socking operations back and forth with awesome people like MarioGom and GeneralNotability, with some great results.
Thankfully the community doesn't see it. Sucks for him.
If he even lasts that long, it'll be interesting to see what he looks like in ten years.
And not for the first time, we have avid sock hunter and general believer in the Prime Directive (insiders in, outsiders out), who I can guarantee doesn't take much care and doesn't ever consider the possibility for joe jobs and entirely innocent users being caught up in people's power games, being presented to the community as if they were thoughtful, reflective and capable of admitting fault.
Are they lying about their man, or have they genuinely not followed his work enough to see it? Hardly matters. The effect is the same.