User:Lefcentreright

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About Me

This user STANDS WITH UKRAINE and hopes for PEACE!

This user has been on Wikipedia for 7 years, 6 months, and 14 days.

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

afHierdie gebruiker se moedertaal is Afrikaans.

This user is a new page patroller.

HSThis user is in high school.

HISThis user's favourite subject is History.

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 5 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 addressThis 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.

This user thinks the copyright system infringes their human rights!

Lefcentreright likes to turn Wikipedia Green.

Beliefs

Apartheid: Wrong for South Africans; wrong for Palestinians.

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This user thinks nationalism is outdated.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 currently reside in Paarl. 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, Israeli 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 five DYKs: 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 sometimes lend a hand at the Xhosa and Zulu Wikipedias since I can speak a bit of isiXhosa and isiZulu.

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.

I'm currently a matric student so I have very limited time. I may not be able to immediately reply to you on my talk page or take a few hours to reply to a ping message. I mainly edit on the weekend and some weeknights.

Quick links

• Special:PendingChanges
• User:SDZeroBot/NPP sorting
• Creations
• CSD Log
• Draftify log
• To-do list

Main page recognition

1. Isaac Lesiba Maphotho
2. Bavelile Hlongwa
3. Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe
4. Wynand Boshoff ... that South African Member of Parliament Wynand Boshoff is the grandson of assassinated apartheid-era Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd?
5. Makoti Khawula ... that South African MP Makoti Khawula insists on speaking and being addressed in isiZulu and isiXhosa while in parliament?
6. Pumza Dyantyi
7. Mac Jack
8. Pumza Dyantyi
9. Geoff Makhubo
10. Jolidee Matongo
11. Mpho Moerane
12. Kenny Motsamai ... that before the swearing-in of convicted murderer Kenny Motsamai as an MP, South African Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng cited a constitutional requirement prohibiting felons from becoming MPs?
13. Marlene van Staden ... that South African mayor Marlene van Staden was re-elected through a coin toss?

• Joan Fubbs that the parliamentary sign-language interpreter could not make out what South African MP Joan Fubbs tried to say in her tribute to President Cyril Ramaphosa

Barnstars

	The South African Barnstar of National Merit
	I would like to thank you for the work you have done on South African political topics generally and the 2019 South African general election article in particular.--Discott (talk) 20:55, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
	this WikiAward was given to Leftcentreright by Discott (talk) 20:55, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Keep contributing. Cheers. DreamSparrow Chat 03:55, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Nice job on your work with South African politics. Keep it up! LefcentrerightCantabrucuSpecial:Contributions/Lefcentreright 17:39, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	Just looked at your user page and saw how much effort you're putting into creating content on South African politics - great work, I'm sincerely impressed. GirthSummit (blether) 20:05, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Simply for making my day!Niggle1892 (talk) 15:17, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

South African politics

Thank you for quality articles around South Africa, such as Naledi Pandor and Wynand Boshoff, for appreciation of the work of colleagues, for nominating and updating for In the news such as Bavelile Hlongwa, for "I try to be as nonpartisan as possible", - Jan-Hendrik, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2296 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

	Rainbow South African
	This award is given to incredible South Africans who have demonstrated a deep love for our country through their contributions to the South African Wikipedia portal. You are doing an incredible job and I wish to recognize you on behalf of all South Africans. Thabang Matona (talk) 02:23, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	This award is given to Lefcentreright for 15 reviews in the July NPP backlog reduction drive. Your contributions played a part in the 9895 reviews that took place during the drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:17, 3 August 2022 (UTC)