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Willthorpe
— Wikipedian —
Name
Willia Thorpe
PronounsThey/them
NationalityAustralian
Country Australia
Current location Sydney
LanguagesEnglish
Time zoneAEST
Education and employment
OccupationJournalist

Love is all you need.

Overview

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My editorship of Wikipedia reflects a desire to contribute to the wealth of publicly, freely accessible information and hence contribute to a better informed, and therefore better, society. As a journalist, I write for a local newspaper called City Hub and for my university's student newspaper Honi Soit, and have self-published articles on Substack.

Good books

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This editor is a Veteran Editor and is entitled to display this Iron Editor Star.

Australian history

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Fiction

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South Africa

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Feminism

  • A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
    • Concerning Wollstonecraft's strong republicanism and negative outlook toward landed wealth, it is fitting to read her essay within a close time frame of Disraeli's Sybil, a book which impresses me with its feminist themes and representations of powerful women. Both Wollstonecraft and Disraeli, from very different perspectives, paint compelling pictures representative of the lives and lifestyles of those they write about.

Economics

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Contributions

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Articles written

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The creation of some of these articles involved substantial amounts of copyediting.

Australiana Railways South Africa Other

Did You Know?

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Stubs

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

Map of subjects of articles I've written

Lists

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

Significant contributions

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I have made significant contributions to various articles, including that for the University of Sydney student newspaper Honi Soit, and:

When interests intersect

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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

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Misc

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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 is a fan of
The Rolling Stones.
ZThis user is a member of
Generation Z.
This user is of British ancestry.
Proud to be Australian.    

Interests

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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

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libThis user is a liberal.
This user is a feminist
This user is an internationalist.
This user wishes humans would just get rid of their overly destructive weapons.
This user strongly believes in freedom of speech.
This user supports the Australian Crown.
This user supports Hong Kong independence.
This user supports LGBTIA rights.
Peace symbolTo this user, all human lives matter.