User:Lefcentreright

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This user has visited Singapore. This user participated in Wikimania 2023 held in Singapore. This user has been on Wikipedia for 7 years, 7 months, and 13 days. en This user is a native speaker of the English language. af Hierdie gebruiker se moedertaal is Afrikaans. This user is a new page patroller. This user is a resident of South Africa. This user lives in Paarl.

Wikipedia

This user is an administrator on the Afrikaans Wikipedia. This user participates in WikiProject South Africa. This user is a reviewer at WikiProject Articles for Creation. This user is watching way too many Wikipedia articles. This user has helped promote 2 good articles on Wikipedia. This user has written or expanded 9 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user succeeds at not being a complete asshole. Mostly. Get Your Nerd On! IP address This user supports mandatory registration. This user is bold, but not reckless, in updating pages. This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues. This user is against the practice of paid editing on Wikipedia. Lib This user believes in the principles of Libertarianism. This user thinks the copyright system infringes their human rights! Lefcentreright likes to turn Wikipedia Green.

Beliefs

This user supports homeschooling and is against any bans on it. This user supports the full legalisation of cannabis and other soft drugs. This user favours a mixed economy. This user promotes efforts to counter climate change This user supports universal health care. This user finds censorship offensive. This user is interested in the history of the struggle against apartheid. This user thinks nationalism is outdated.

Don't start what you can't finish.

Hi, there. I'm Lefcentreright and welcome to my user page. My username refers to the left-right political spectrum. I love politics, much to the dismay of the people around me. I was born in Cape Town and I'm currently studying towards a Bachelor of Arts triple majoring in Media studies, Sociology, English literature at the University of Cape Town. My mother tongue or moedertaal is Afrikaans but I can also understand/speak English very well. I became a Wikipedia contributor in June 2017 with Ourcountry.ourfuture as my initial account. Due to me forgetting the password and not being able to recover it, I had to make this account.

My interests include South African politics, African politics, British politics, American politics, Canadian politics, Middle Eastern politics, Irish politics, history, philosophy, and golf. I find South African politics intriguing. Note that I am not a member of any South African political party. I want to be independent, so that my work here on Wikipedia is unbiased, truthful and not just slanted towards a specific point of view or ideology.

Here on Wikipedia, I see myself as a WikiChef. Sometimes when I am very motivated, I will try to bring an article to Good article status. As of May 2020, Alan Winde and Naledi Pandor are my two GAs. I've also created nine DYKs: Kantibhai Patel, Joshua Sacco, Mike Venaani, Kay Moonsamy, Joan Fubbs, Kenny Motsamai, Marlene van Staden, Wynand Boshoff and Makoti Khawula.

I am a new page reviewer and regularly patrol the Special:NewPagesFeed (both articles and drafts). I am also a pending changes reviewer. Now and again, I will go and !vote at an AfD. On 17 November 2019, I was named Editor of the Week. This was the description: Tireless effort on behalf of South African political articles. Writes and sources above average. A pleasure to interact with. Alwys thankful for assistance. Excellent contributions. Loves politics but remains nonpartisan when editing and contributing. Thanks Girth Summit!

I am also active on a lot of smaller wikis. I am an administrator on the Afrikaans Wikipedia, helping to patrol the recent changes and fight vandalism. It's still small enough for me to review all the edits made by IPs, vandals, etc.

I strive for WP:Neutrality and WP:Verifiability. Wikipedia has a vital role and it would be heartbreaking for it to become a promotional website filled with PR nonsense. I detest paid editing in its entirety and nothing irritates me more than when I encounter an article written to be a puff piece. Paid editors and their clients must voetsek off of Wikipedia.