User:Willthorpe

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Willthorpe

— Wikipedian —
Name	Willia Thorpe
Gender	Non-binary
Pronouns	They/them
Nationality	Australian
Country	Australia
Current location	Sydney
Languages	English
Time zone	AEST

Love is all you need.

Overview

My participation in the Wikipedia project is based on my desire to contribute to the wealth of publicly, freely accessible information and hence contribute to an even more informed and, therefore, better society. My aspiration is to be a professional journalist, which would also allow me to fulfil this. For now, any writing I do – including contributions to the student newspaper – is unpaid, and that's okay.

Shamed beThis user reads Honi Soit.	Shamed beThis user contributes to Honi Soit.

Good books

Australian history

Yeoman Editor

• 1788 by Lieutenant General Watkin Tench
• William Charles Wentworth: Australia's greatest native son by Andrew Tink
• The Seahorse and the Wanderer: Ben Boyd in Australia by Marion Diamond
• The Journals of Captain Cook by Captain James Cook

Fiction

• The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

South Africa

• Jan Christian Smuts by Jannie Smuts (Jan Smuts' son)

Economics

• The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
• How Marxism Works by Chris Harman

Contributions

Articles written

Sarah Wentworth, Wentworth–Bland flag, Rozelle–Darling Harbour Goods Line, Hunter River Railway Company, Darling Harbour Yard, Rozelle Yard, Romandisea Titanic, Byron Bay Train, Rose Bay Water Airport, Bourke railway station, Camden railway station, Potts Hill railway line, Big House, Irene, Australia Day debate, Statue of James Cook, Hyde Park, South African Naval Ensign

DYK

• Sarah Wentworth
• Statue of James Cook, Hyde Park

Stubs

Sandown Platform railway station, Hardies Platform railway station, Goodyear Platform railway station, Cream Of Tartar Works Platform railway station, Nanardine railway station, Fish Hoek railway station, Pippita railway station, Enfield Loco Platform railway station, Somersby Airfield, Wilcannia Airport, Forster (Wallis Island) Airport, Airly

Map of subjects of articles I've written

Lists

List of Commonwealth organisations (largely re-wrote to reflect correct terminology)

Significant contributions

I have made significant contributions to various articles, including that for the University of Sydney student newspaper Honi Soit and high-speed rail in Australia, as well as various Commonwealth-related articles such as that for liberalism in South Africa and British influence in Pakistan, and Australian history articles such as that of William Wentworth.

When interests intersect

The authoring of the article for the Hunter River Railway Company was an interesting task, combining my love of history – in this case, Australian colonial history – with my love of railways. More specifically, it combined my fascination with railways with my fascination with the colonial-era statesman William Charles Wentworth, who I have discovered was among many other things something of a railway pioneer like his great-grandson. Articles I've written about railways in Sydney and most particularly in the Inner West where I reside also reflect a convergence of interests!

Userboxes

Misc

This user takes public transport.	0.00041% This user has created 28 of the 6,910,135 articles on the English language Wikipedia.	This user plays the Guitar.
This user has had numerous articles published in newspapers and magazines	uSyd This user is studying at the University of Sydney	This user drinks tea.
This user loves reading The Sydney Morning Herald	EThis user reads The Economist.	This user is an enby.
This user has ridden on Sydney Trains	This user has ridden on Sydney Metro	This user has ridden the Dulwich Hill Line
This user loves Express Passenger Trains	This user loves The Beatles.	M*A*S*HThis user understands: "the M stands for mobile".
This user is too busy singing to put anybody down	This user loves Chuck Berry.	This user thinks there is nothing better than a bit of Electric Light Orchestra
ZThis user is a member of Generation Z.	This user is of British ancestry.	Proud to be Australian.

Interests

This user is interested in the United Kingdom.	This user is interested in the United States of America.	This user is interested in the history of Australia.
	This user is a railway buff
This user is interested in South Africa.	This user is interested in the British Empire.	This user is interested in the Commonwealth of Nations.

Societal issues

This user is an internationalist.	This user is a feminist	This user supports Hong Kong independence.
This user wishes humans would just get rid of their overly destructive weapons.	This user is opposed to political censorship.	This user believes in the right of every human being to have access to Wikipedia.
This user believes in the separation of religion and state.*	This user supports LGBTIA rights.	This user supports the Australian Crown.
This user strongly believes in freedom of speech.	This user is pro-cannabis.	To this user, all human lives matter.