User:Schwede66



I'm Axel Downard-Wilke. I'm a civil engineer by training and work as a traffic engineer and transport planner. Prior to university, I was an advocate for sustainable transport and I've turned that interest into my profession. I lived in Christchurch for 25 years and have lived in Parapara in Golden Bay / Mohua since October 2021. I've been an admin on the English Wikipedia since 2017.

Kia ora. Welcome to my user pages. You are welcome to edit these pages.

Wikipedia interests
Having chosen New Zealand as my home, I take an interest in anything from my adopted country. I have a special interest in:
 * geography (built environment and water),
 * history
 * people
 * politics
 * civil engineering
 * transport (especially sustainable transport)
 * between December 2017 and August 2018 I wrote articles for the European Rowing Championships covering the editions from 1893 to 1973 (65 articles) plus started circa 450 rowing bios in support of that exercise

Related projects
I have an account on flickr, but I don't hold photo files there. The account's purpose is to hunt for photos that are suitable for Wikipedia. I am active on Commons, where I upload my own photos and those from flickr that have a suitable licence. Since 2017, I've been reasonably active on Wikidata. Prior to 2009, I had a separate account for another Wikipedia project and ArbCom agreed to courtesy vanish the account for privacy reasons. That said, the need for that privacy has since vanished, too.

Conflict of interest
There are many people with bios on Wikipedia who I know well enough to have a conflict of interest (COI). Plus there is a relative in this list with whom I share a surname, and although I have never met her, I shall stay away from her bio. There are some links to Wikidata of people where a COI exists. I've listed those people who are notable; feel free to start a page for them. Regarding commercial interests, there's a software product, my local, and shareholding where COI is triggered.

I thus should not make edits to these articles, but note that I don't regard making minor edits as possibly triggering COI. I haven't always adhered to the COI policy—I have since become an administrator—and there are some people whose pages I edited in the past who I didn't know at that point, but I do know now. This COI list is probably incomplete:


 * People with Wikipedia bios


 * Margaret Austin
 * Tim Barnett
 * Subhana Barzaghi
 * Jack Bauer
 * Peter Beck
 * Ann Brower
 * Vicki Buck
 * Brendon Burns
 * Pippa Coom
 * Anna Crighton
 * Dave Cull
 * Lianne Dalziel
 * Chris Darby
 * Mike Dickison
 * Alison Downard
 * Axel Downard-Wilke
 * Andy Foster
 * Julie Anne Genter
 * Lucy Gray
 * Kevin Hague
 * Jessica Halliday
 * Kamala Hayman
 * David Henderson
 * Samantha Holdsworth
 * Kennett Bros
 * Susan Krumdieck
 * Siobhan Leachman
 * Richard Leggat
 * John Lieswyn
 * Di Lucas
 * Garry Moore
 * Denis O'Rourke
 * Lan Pham
 * Sea Rotmann
 * Eugenie Sage
 * Diana Shand
 * Alastair Smith
 * Chlöe Swarbrick
 * Deon Swiggs
 * Darleen Tana
 * Sara Templeton
 * Barry Thomas
 * Christopher Titmuss
 * Phil Twyford
 * Sarah Ulmer
 * Celia Wade-Brown
 * Nicky Wagner
 * Mike Ward
 * Duncan Webb
 * Elisabeth Wells
 * Sue Wells
 * Michael Wood
 * Jörg Wrachtrup
 * Jan Wright
 * Lawrence Xu-Nan


 * People with Wikidata entries


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 * Commercial interests that have Wikipedia articles or Wikidata entries


 * Caledonia Investments
 * Contact Energy
 * CSL Limited
 * Fidelity China Special Situations
 * Hannover Re
 * Impax Environmental Markets
 * Infineon Technologies
 * Infratil
 * Mercury Energy
 * SAP
 * Sidra Intersection
 * Sonic Healthcare
 * QBE Insurance
 * Vector Limited
 * Worldwide Healthcare Trust
 * Vector Limited
 * Worldwide Healthcare Trust


 * Other


 * Fast-track Approvals Bill
 * Mussel Inn

Shared IP use
My wife has an account, too, which she sporadically uses to upload photos to Commons. Naturally, our accounts use the same IP address.

DYK Medal
I've added your username to List of Wikipedians by number of DYKs also. XLerate (talk) 04:39, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Researcher's Barnstar

 * Oh, how very nice. Thank you, Rosie.  Schwede 66  17:23, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

 * Not sure what I've done, but thanks either way!  Schwede 66  18:09, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thank you kindly.  Schwede 66  17:13, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks for that. Always happy to help.  Schwede 66  15:09, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Awards from Figureskatingfan
Schwede, I could't decide which one to give you, so I'm giving you both:

Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 21:26, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

The Barnstar of Good Humor

 * Thanks, . What happened is that I laughed really hard about 's ALT0. But then I thought "that's not really fair on a DYK newbie", hence I dished out my ALT1 in return. I hope RoySmith got a laugh out of it, too.  Schwede 66  09:23, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I meant no disrespect with ALT0, and thank you for improving upon my attempt at humor. RoySmith (talk) 13:39, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Olympic DYK Medal

 * Although suspected rigging of the rowing events to validate your article writing should be of concern to future Olympics organisers. CMD (talk) 15:58, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, CMD! I can confirm that the NZOC is unconcerned.  Schwede 66  16:51, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Oh, your funding application was successful, ? That is wonderful news.  Schwede 66  08:36, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you! l

 * Thanks, . That’s much appreciated. It was clear to me that we were dealing with a newbie who seemed to have good intentions. It’s always best to be kind.  Schwede 66  09:18, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks a lot,. I appreciate it.  Schwede 66  17:17, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

A WP:DYK holiday award for you?

 * Thanks, . It's been a pleasure working with you. I especially appreciated you chipping in some QPQs with our mass-MP nomination, and I'm sure that will join in thanking you. Thank you kindly for the nice holiday award. In fact, I've just finished the last work task for the year (yes, on a Saturday at that!), so now the holidays have actually started.  Schwede  66  02:31, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Absolutely seconded @Schwede66- many thanks for your help at DYK @Lightburst! Happy holidays. DrThneed (talk) 03:10, 16 December 2023 (UTC)