Users are eligible for their Brown Belt after reaching 8000 points on Mahalo, but before a user can reap the rewards that come with the Brown Belt the Mahalo elders will look at the users activity closely and decide whether or not the user can move forward. Today we test @buddawiggi:

Lon Harris: Pass

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I can confidently say that @Buddawiggi is among the most dedicated users on all of Mahalo. I just saw him this morning at our Page Management training session, he contacts me frequently on the site to ask probing questions or clarify issues, and he's a frequent contributor of advice and suggestions to other users. This is in addition to successfully managing a variety of pages and consistently providing great answers. I'm pleased to recommend him for his Brown Belt today.

Leslie Cole: Pass

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Buddawiggi is quickly becoming a valued member of Mahalo answers community. He is very helpful at doing the little things like marking questions interesting or not. Even voting and trying to answer the older questions. Would like to see him ask a few more questions within the community some of the ones he has asked have been really good. I think he is ready for his brown belt!

Jeff Hoard: Pass

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Buddawiggi joined Mahalo early in the spring and has quickly become one of the great foundation stones of the community. He is always engaged in the community oriented questions and always providing the well sourced helpful answers we expect from our greatest members here on Mahalo. @buddawiggi has also started dipping his feet into the page creation process, even winning an episode of Topic Archive of the Week with his Nashua NH page. I look forward to his future contributions.

Danielle Evenson: Pass

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Buddawiggi is an enthusiastic member of the Mahalo Answers family. His answers are always creative, helpful and come from a place of personal experience. Whether he is recommending videos, songs, restaurants or posting thought provoking questions, Buddawigg adds his own personality to the community. He is a stand-out when it comes to helping new members, leaving supportive comments on others' work and maintaining a fun experience for our group. On his way to a black belt, I would recommend expanding his role, dive into page creation even more and utilize the Mahalo widget to promote his great work. Buddawiggi is a tremendous member of our community and I can't wait to see more of his participation.

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