272:-- For those requesting an Advocate's help, the procedure is usually as simple as talking to a friend who will listen. For the Advocate, the process is often as simple as giving good advice to a friend. For more difficult cases, an Advocate can obtain help or advice from other Advocates. New and unique problems rarely arise, and almost anything can be solved with good communication between all parties concerned.
319:: Advocates' principal duty is to serve the community. If an advocate takes a case is because he good-faithedly believes that helping that user means helping the Knowledge (XXG) community. If an advocate takes an action aimed to defend a user that is well-known disruptor, AMA Coordination will be able to ask him for an explanation and to subsequently expulse it from the AMA.
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