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Hello, I'm benlisquare, a Wikipedia contributor since 2005 from Australia. I am active on both the English and Chinese Wikipedia projects. Welcome to my page.

During the daytime, I am a software engineer specialising in Oracle-based enterprise solutions, while I am an equities trader in the evenings. My hobbies include musical performance, videogames, weightlifting, and performance cars.

I first started contributing to Wikipedia as a young teenager, and during the decade and a half since then, I have been experimenting with various different political positions while trying to find my own personal identity; because of this, you can definitely find contradictions in the way I behaved on Wikipedia depending on the date it occurred. In the past, I have flipflopped between far-left authoritarianism, unapologetic Sinophilia, far-right conservatism, pro-market moderate-right libertarianism, unapologetic Ameriphilia, and centre-right liberalism. Today I identify as a centrist with left-leaning sentiments towards social equity and fiscal policy, right-leaning sentiments towards immigration and national defence, strong attitudes towards the preservation of civil liberties, and a healthy dose of Sinoskepticism.

I am an occasional contributor to Touhou Wiki, and I was previously a sysop on both KanColle Wikia and KanColle Wiki, however have ceased that role due to inactivity. I was formerly a volunteer supertester for World of Warships, and I translate doujinshi from Japanese into English for fun (open to commission suggestions).

Contrary to rumours spread by malicious instigators between 2010 and 2014, I have never been part of 4chan staff.

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Awards

Barnstars
The Ürümqi Barn"star"
Thanks for all your work maintaining the article July 2009 Ürümqi riots during its time on the main page. This has been a difficult and thankless task, working at a frenetic pace for 4 days straight so far (I, for one, have been getting very little sleep), and it's only been thanks to coordinated efforts and discussion from numerous editors that the article has been kept as neutral and informative as possible. This is the most collaboration I've done, with the largest number of editors once, since I have joined Wikipedia, and I think the results are showing; while it's not perfect, when my friends and family ask me about what's going on in Ürümqi, I have been more comfortable recommending this article than any other source. The work is far from over, but now that this article is off the main page I think it's finally time to thank the editors Seb az86556, Colipon, Jim101, Ohconfucius, Benlisquare, Simonm223, and Jinhuili for all their contributions; while we had disagreements, I think each of these editors has been particularly active and has made real efforts to improve the article.rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 20:07, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

The Anime and Manga BarnSakura Award
I award you this BarnSakura in recondition of your contributions to anime and manga articles during 2010 and because everyone deserves a little recondition every once in a while. ;) —Farix (t | c) 00:38, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded in recognition of your contributions to building the evidence base for the Bradley Manning move. Well done! Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 06:11, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
The Rosetta Barnstar
Thank you for volunteering your free time by helping me with the whole language barrier thing and sending that letter on my behalf. I really appreciate it. —  dainomite   05:54, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Valued Picture Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded for your contributions towards the Natalia Poklonskaya article, particularly in obtaining both free and fair use pictures. Thank you! starship.paint (talk | ctrb) 05:28, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
DYK, ITN, and others
Current events globe On 5 April, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
Updated DYK query On April 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jumin Shenfenzheng, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On April 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Naming laws in the People's Republic of China, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On April 20, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nine exterminations, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Updated DYK query On April 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Zhonghua Zihai, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Current events globe On 9 June, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2009 attacks on Indian students in Australia, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.
Updated DYK query On July 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stern Hu, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) 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.
The image has been promoted to Featured picture

The image File:Gu Kaizhi 001.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Gu Kaizhi 001.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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