User:Dewet

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Due to pressing work concerns, I'm currently taking a wikibreak; I have no idea when I'll be able to contribute at full capacity again. Feel free to email me instead, since I'll only check my talk page every now and then.
With regards to Wikipedia, a few things you should know about me:
  • I try to accommodate. I'm sure every personality type is represented here, and surely some people just aren't going to get along. I try to practice common courtesy, with Zen being the popular word to describe it; "Go with the flow". However, even the deepest river has a limit to how much crap it can flow over and still remain calm. But I do my best.
  • I'm not perfect. If I've done something wrong or offended you, please let me know — I most likely didn't even realise what happened! I'm mostly a friendly chap. See WP:AGF and WP:BITE.
  • I try to evoke discussion. I strongly believe in healty, vigorous debate as well as WP:CITE, so additions without motivation can sometimes be viewed under increased scrutiny, especially when I'm on patrol for vandalism. Without proper references and citations, there are times when it can be difficult to tell between fact and targetted vandalism, and then one tends to err on the side of caution.
  • I tend towards inclusionism. There are no storage issues on Wikipedia, but I agree with WP:NOT and Wikipedia:Notability.


I take an interest in articles specifically related to this part of the world. My first edit and article here under my username was made in September 2004. According to Interiot's tool, my 1000th edit was just a bit of housekeeping, my 2000th edit was starting Karen Zoid. I've been active on the Afrikaans Wikipedia since at least July 2004, where I'm an administrator. You may or may not be interested in my contributed image gallery or to-do list. I try to remove spam on Wikipedia as I come across it.

This page has been vandalised times.

Travel

Lived:  United Kingdom  South Africa     Visited:  Namibia  Netherlands  Belgium  Luxembourg  France  Germany  Ireland  Switzerland  Singapore  Indonesia  Taiwan  Spain  United States     Future:  China  Malaysia  Japan  Thailand  Vietnam

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Awards

  • For your extensive work in articles pertaining to South Africa, I, Elf-friend, hereby award you The Barnstar of National Merit. Congratulations! Elf-friend 15:37, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    For your extensive work in articles pertaining to South Africa, I, Elf-friend, hereby award you The Barnstar of National Merit. Congratulations! Elf-friend 15:37, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Dewet is presented this Africa Award for his excellent contributions to Africa-related articles, particularly his thorough work on South Africa-related coverage. Presented by Jcw69 18:10, 14 December 2005 (UTC) from the Africa-related regional notice board
    Dewet is presented this Africa Award for his excellent contributions to Africa-related articles, particularly his thorough work on South Africa-related coverage. Presented by Jcw69 18:10, 14 December 2005 (UTC) from the Africa-related regional notice board

Licence

I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

Dual licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License version 2.0
I agree to dual-license my text contributions, unless otherwise stated, under Wikipedia's copyright terms and the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license version 2.0. Please be aware that other contributors might not do the same, so if you want to use my contributions under the Creative Commons terms, please check the CC dual-license and Multi-licensing guides.

Some of my contributions are copied from other sources under different licences, which means I am not authorised to change the license. It is up to the user to distinguish between them.

This license is retroactive, however, I reserve the right to cease using this stated license at any time by removing this notice from my user page. The most recent notice shall have priority. I encourage you to multi-license your contributions as well by placing a similar declaration on your user page.

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