Timeline for unblock request
Although I have created articles and templates in the past, and participated in various wikiprojects, nowadays I tend to restrict myself to correcting errors in Wikipedia, mostly spelling and date format issues (because they are easy to find and fix) and removing polemic from political articles. Both are enjoyable and useful activities. Wikipedia's articles on politics, religion and sex are magnets for POV warriors. I'm liberal on sex, tolerant on religion, but on politics I know my stuff and I detest seeing articles slanted one way or another by POV-warriors, who change useful resources into propaganda.
I'm a taxidriver doing a twelve hour night shift, so my time for editing Wikipedia is limited. However, I've recently begun taking my laptop with me, and squeezing in a bit of wikiwork between customers. This usually amounts to a few minutes here and there, and I'm often forced to close down suddenly as I move up to the head of the rank. This is significant in what follows.