Thelastauroch

Who is The Last Auroch?

Aurochs in a cave painting in Lascaux, France

I became an active Wikipedia editor on May 21, 2018. I'm pretty new at this, so if I make any errors, contact me and I'll fix them if I can.

A technical writer by profession, I am primarily interested in readability, accuracy and other nitpicking. I intend to work on Wikipedia between contracts, as I've recently moved to working freelance.

I am a happily partnered mother to four nearly-grown children.

My goals for Wikipedia

I value transparency and a neutral point of view, and I'm here to help try to make Wikipedia more transparent, more accountable, and more neutral.

In short, I want to help to make Wikipedia a better, more reliable source for everyone to use.

Personal information

Education: Degree in literature and politics, and a postgraduate certificate in software engineering, I also have an undergrad background in sociology, psychology and biology, so I'm pretty diverse. I have a general interest in why and how people think the way they do, learning more about different perspectives, and how and why they clash.

Personal interests: New Zealand history (particularly the history of Dunedin), architecture, classical history, politics and linguistics. I teach coding to children as a volunteer part-time through a local computer club.

BDSM: Active in the local BDSM community and am Dominant. I don't switch. I enjoy playing with submissive men.

Entertainment: Hobbies include chess, scrabble, bananagrams and pretty much any other boardgames that come my way. Favourite television shows include the US version of Shameless and the new YouTube series Cobra Kai (which is terrific and well worth a look).

I adore Monty Python. Ni!

Activity on Wikipedia

Politics and Wikipedia: Politics has no role in most Wikipedia pages. To that end, I do my best to remove political bias (even when I agree with it!) and assist in developing neutral, fact-based resources. Personally I am a left(ish) leaning Libertarian, with some views that could be classed as conservative by those on the far left. So I suppose I'm fairly moderate. I try to keep my personal views OUT of Wiki, and remove, rather than instill, bias.

Fact-based editing: Truth and fact trump bias, every time. I value precision, honesty and clarity. The project of humanity is, for me, a continuing search for truth, meaning, and understanding. I'm a swinging voter with generally libertarian views and a strong dislike of authoritarianism and identity politics.

If I have a quote it is this: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

And my username? I take great delight in finding errors, and in fixing them. You do the math ;)

Userboxes

Babel Wikipedia:Babel en-5This user can contribute with a professional level of English. HTML-5This user is a professional HTML user. la-2Hic usor media latinitate contribuere potest. as-3এই সদস্যজনৰ অসমীয়া ভাষাৰ দক্ষ জ্ঞান আছে। fr-2Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français. enm-4In Englissh ðis were in weir wel spekeþ. Search user languages Background This user is from Dunedin. This user lives in New Zealand. This user participates in WikiProject New Zealand. ♀This contributor to Wikipedia is female. This user is proud to be a mother ENTJThis user has an ENTJ Myers–Briggs Type Indicator FlindersThis user attends or attended Flinders University, Australia. This user is a student or graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues. NPOVThis user gets quite annoyed when they see POV in the mainspace. DATAThis user believes that common sense is frequently misleading and prefers evidence. Interests & Hobbies This user tries to do the right thing. If she makes a mistake, please let her know. This user didn't expect The Spanish Inquisition! FC This user is not a beautiful or unique snowflake. This user is a dominant. This user thinks good grammar is sexy. This user is a minimalist. ENTJThis user has an ENTJ Myers–Briggs Type Indicator This user demands a shrubbery! Ni! This user thinks in a very cubic way.... "Klaatu barada nikto"