Wikipedia:WikiProject on Adminship/Mentorship

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In essence, the mentorship approach involves existing admins taking responsibility for the actions of people they nominate for a period of time.

See Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship/Archive_57

Also the Esparanza program at WP:ESP/AC