User:Dodger67

I am...
(The above may be regarded as a declaration of my personal systemic biases)
 * South African
 * Male
 * Born in 1967
 * A white person of Afrikaner and British ancestry.
 * Fluent (L1) speaker of both English and Afrikaans.
 * I have a BA degree in Communication sciences from the University of South Africa.
 * Physically disabled, fulltime wheelchair user due to spina bifida, one of the most common birth defects in many mammal species.
 * A resident of a small town in the Northern Cape province in the semi-desert Karoo ecoregion.

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Alternative account
I have an alternative account under the username User:Dodger67-test&nonsecure. It is used for the following purposes:
 * 1) To edit Wikipedia via insecure internet connections.
 * 2) To enable me to experience the same interface and editing environment as new editors. My usual interface and editing environment has been quite extensively customised and modified over the years. This will allow me to properly assist new editors as I will see the same interface as they do.
 * 3) Any other situation where editing from an unmodified interface is preferable.

My interests

 * Amateur Radio
 * South African history
 * South African culture
 * Aircraft and Aerospace technology
 * Food and Wine
 * Disability related issues
 * Military history
 * Military technology
 * Languages and linguistics
 * Sports interests include Paralympics, Cricket and Rugby

Shortcuts, Wikilinks, Templates and other stuff I use frequently
URL special character substitution codes: This table was originally created by User:Gadget850.
 * WikiProject South Africa - Template: WikiProject South Africa
 * WikiProject Paralympics - Template: WikiProject Olympics
 * WikiProject Amateur radio - Template: WikiProject Amateur radio
 * WikiProject Disability - Template: WikiProject Disability
 * Wikipedia Library
 * My Edit count
 * Ottobib.com - for creating cites from ISBNs
 * Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books
 * Excel to Wikitable tool
 * User:Dodger67/Essays

My RFA Inquisitions

 * Requests for adminship/Dodger67 (Unsuccessful)
 * Requests for adminship/Dodger67 2

Articles I have created
• # Thunder City

• # WikiProject Disability (created together with other editors)

• # Disability in the media

• # Hand-in-cap

• # Physically integrated dance

• # Karin Muraszko

• # Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation

• # Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun

• # SAS Spear

• # Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act

• # Velvet Sky (airline)

• # Aergo Capital

• # Flagstaff, Eastern Cape

• # Denel Dynamics Umbani

• # Truvelo Armoury

• # Southern Star Airlines

• # South African National Census of 2011

• # Air Force Station Port Elizabeth

• # Paratriathlon

• # South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

• # Imperial Gift

• # Women's sport in Saudi Arabia

• # Reutech Rogue

• # Stadium (geometry)

• # Capsule (geometry)

• # Disability and disasters

• # Amici Dance Theatre Company

• # Cape Town International Jazz Festival - created with Aleksandar Bulovic'

• # The Cost of Living (2004 film)

• # John O'Hare (actor)

• # Paratriathlon at the Summer Paralympics

• # Kalahari High

• # Union Defence Force (South Africa) - changed a redirect into an article

• # National Health Laboratory Service

• # South African Medical Service - was a historically incorrect (anachronistic) redirect to South African Military Health Service

• # Paracanoe at the Summer Paralympics

• # Denel Dynamics Skua

• # Canta (vehicle)

• # South African Legion of Military Veterans

• # Link-ZA

• # Paracanoe

• # Olesya Nurgalieva

• # Elena Nurgalieva

• # Naval Base Durban

• # Salisbury Island, Durban

• # Disability in the United Kingdom

• # Disability in South Africa (with help from Nathan121212)

• # South African Defence Review 2012

• # Josef Karl Richter (translated from nl:Josef Karl Richter)

• # Para-cycling - changed a redirect into an article

• # Disability in Canada

• # Disability in Costa Rica

• # Disability in Japan

• # Disability in North Korea

• # National Rehabilitation Hospital (Dublin)

• # Disability in Peru (together with Megalibrarygirl who did most of the work)

• # Dignity of risk

• # Easiness effect

• # Disability and women's health (with Megalibrarygirl)

• # Wheelchair basketball in the United States

• # Marlene le Roux

• # German Africa Prize

• # Magda Wierzycka

• # Cape Town Blitz

• # Durban Heat

• # Jozi Stars

• # Nelson Mandela Bay Giants

• # Paarl Rocks

• # Tshwane Spartans

• # Saudi women in the arts

• # Latrodectus umbukwane

• # Disability in Samoa

• # Robert Perske

• # Disability in the State of Palestine

• # Banking in South Africa

• # Disability in Israel

• # Daniel du Plessis

• # Alison Kafer (based on a "G13" deleted draft)

• # Tetsuya Noguchi (completed to mainspace by Nihonjoe)

• # Disability in Spain

• # Disability in Angola