User:Dodger67

Dodger67 is busy and is going to be on Wikipedia in off-and-on doses, and may not respond swiftly to queries.

I am...

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.

(The above may be regarded as a declaration of my personal systemic biases)

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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:

To edit Wikipedia via insecure internet connections.
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.
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

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

URL special character substitution codes:

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This table was originally created by User:Gadget850.

Images
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Cite web
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Cite journal
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Variables

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{{SERVER}}	//en.wikipedia.org
{{ns:index}} e.g. '{{ns:1}}'	fullname of namespace e.g 'Talk'
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Recalling named reference
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Quotes
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Blockquotes
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About
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Tables (borderless)
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Collapsible tables (Default: collapsed)
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Interwiki links

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Wiktionary	[[wikt:]]
Wikibooks	[[b:]]
Wikisource	[[s:]]
Wikispecies	[[species:]]
Wikiversity	[[wv:]]
Metawiki	[[m:]]
MediaWiki	[[mw:]]

Vandalism response templates

 * {{subst:uw-vandalism1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional vandalism/test)
 * {{subst:uw-delete1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional removal of content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism2|PageName}} ~~~~ (suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption)
 * {{subst:uw-delete2|PageName}} ~~~~ (variant for removal of content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism3|PageName}} ~~~~ ("please stop" for use after level 2 warning)
 * {{subst:uw-delete3|PageName}} ~~~~ (please stop removing content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for vandalism)
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Page citations
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My RFA Inquisitions

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dodger67 (Unsuccessful)
Wikipedia: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

Fun stuff

This editor is a **Grand High Togneme Vicarus** and is entitled to display this **Book of All Knowledge: 2nd Edition**.

Userboxes

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Disability.

This user proudly participates in
WikiProject South Africa.

This user is a member of the WikiProject Amateur radio

This user is a member of
WikiProject South Sudan.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Aviation.

This user is a member of the
African military history task force of WikiProject Military history.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Articles for creation. You can help!

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Agriculture.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Cricket.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Women in Red (redlinks→blue)

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

af-4

Hierdie gebruiker praat Afrikaans op moedertaalvlak.

nl-1

Deze gebruiker bezit beginnende kennis van het Nederlands.

ZA

This user uses South African English.

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This user is a translator and proofreader from Afrikaans to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

This user lives in the Northern Cape.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 17 years, 5 months and 8 days.

N+

This user has made N+ edits to Wikipedia.

This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than ten years.

This user is one of the 900 most active English Wikipedians of all time.

6.4

This user has 6.4 centijimbos.

This user has an alternative account named Dodger67-test&nonsecure.

It is approximately 3:23 AM in this user's locale. (Purge to update.)

This user resists the POV pushing of lunatic charlatans.

This user was a member of the Wikipedia community when it was awarded the Erasmus Prize.

This user was a Wikipedian on 2021-01-15, Wikipedia's 20th Anniversary

This user has access to JSTOR through The Wikipedia Library.

Awards and recognition

Barnstars

		WikiProject Disability Barnstar
		Awarded for hard work and excellence, including regular news updates, for WikiProject Disability. Awarded by: Mirokado (talk) 21:01, 11 November 2010 (UTC) Seconded by Antonu (talk) 11:05, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Roger, I thought that this is the appropriate thanks for helping the Sophiatown article get GA status. I could also have selected a copyeditor's barnstar to acknowledge your editing. The reason I chose this one was that you helped and coordinated the whole process and also guided and mentored a novice gently through all of this. Well done. ShiningWolf (talk) 10:43, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

	Wikiwings Barnstar
	For meritorious service in the cause of all good things in the Imperial Gift article. Bzuk (talk) 14:50, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	I just wanted to show my appreciation in the way you swiftly closed down the medal ranking debate at Talk:2012 Summer Olympics medal table before it turned into full scale bloodshed. I hope and pray that the discussion doesn't get revisited come Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016. Wesley Mouse 14:51, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

		The Seasonal Barnstar
		In recognition of the good advice you have given at the help desks throughout the year, I award you this Seasonal Barnstar. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:02, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Have this barnstar for your good, better, best, awesome, magnificent, (oh! I can't remind anything!) work at WP. Anyway happy editing and always go on like this. Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:25, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

	The AFC Backlog Buster Barnstar
	Congratulations, Dodger67! You're receiving The Silverwiki Award because you reviewed 1184 articles during the recent AFC Backlog elimination drive! Thank you for you contributions to Wikipedia at-large and helping to keep the backlog down. We hope you continue reviewing submissions and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! Mdann52 (talk) 17:02, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

		The Articles for Creation barnstar
		A barnstar to you for reviewing 175 or more submissions during the WikiProject Articles for creation March 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks for your work to improve Wikipedia! Posted by Northamerica1000 (talk) on 10:35, 12 April 2014 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk), on behalf of WikiProject Articles for creation

	The Citation Barnstar
	No controversy. Nicely done on Great Stirrup Controversy . 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:54, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks thanks thanks for all your help! Much appreciated. Marita Dieling (talk) 09:06, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

	The AFC Backlog Buster Barnstar
	Congratulations, Dodger67! You're receiving the The Articles for Creation Barnstar because you got more than 175 points during the recent AFC Backlog elimination drive in June 2014! Thank you for you contributions to Wikipedia at-large and helping to keep the backlog down. We hope you continue reviewing submissions and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! (t) Josve05a (c) 23:50, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thank you for your help. Uaearthub (talk) 11:47, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	thank you Paulhus15 (talk) 22:56, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Thanks for the help and Tea invite! AChrisTurner (talk) 20:11, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

	Teahouse Barnstar
	This is for your valuable contributions related to teahouse. PATH SLOPU^(Talk) 13:48, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

DYK & ITN credit

On 11 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Advanced High Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the AHRLAC is intended to be a less expensive manned alternative to reconnaissance drones? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Advanced High Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 6 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Imperial Gift, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that at the end of World War I the British Cabinet decided to give Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and India each 100 aircraft as an Imperial Gift? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Imperial Gift. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 12 January 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the sign language interpreter for the state memorial service of Nelson Mandela made meaningless hand gestures that did not reflect established signs? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 22 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1949 Sun Bowl controversy, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Sun Bowl Committee's decision to exclude David Showell from playing in the 1949 Sun Bowl based on his race led to demonstrations at Lafayette College against segregation? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 22 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article David Showell, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Sun Bowl Committee's decision to exclude David Showell from playing in the 1949 Sun Bowl based on his race led to demonstrations at Lafayette College against segregation? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 8 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Disability in South Africa, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that South Africa has a hotline to report illegal parking in bays designated for disabled drivers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Disability in South Africa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 19 January 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article South African Defence Review 2012, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that publication of the final edition of the South African Defence Review 2012 was delayed for so long that it was retitled "South African Defence Review 2014"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/South African Defence Review 2012. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 22 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Latrodectus umbukwane, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the egg sacs of the newly discovered Phinda button spider are made of bright purple silk that fades to grey when it dries? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Latrodectus umbukwane. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Latrodectus umbukwane), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 7 March 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Judith Heumann, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 11:47, 7 March 2023 (UTC)