User:Lefcentreright



 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 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.

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?
 * 14) 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?
 * 15) Kay Moonsamy ... that fifteen years after South African anti-apartheid activist Kay Moonsamy went into exile, he saw his wife and children again?
 * 16) Tina Joemat-Pettersson
 * 17) Marlene van Staden
 * 18) Mike Venaani  ... that Mike Venaani serves alongside his son in the Namibian National Assembly?
 * 19) Joshua Sacco  ... that Zimbabwean musician Joshua Sacco and his band used to perform songs at ZANU–PF election rallies before he became a party member?
 * 20) Kantibhai Patel  ... that Kantibhai Patel is a National Hero of Zimbabwe?

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