User:Eustress

Greetings!
My (user) name is Eustress and I appreciate your visit. I am full-time doctoral student living in the United States of America. I have previous web-editing experience, but Wikipedia is its own wonderfully complex world, so if I do something "Wikipedially" wrong, please give me a gentle reprimand. I love Wikipedia and want to make it the best it can be!

Wikipedia:Babel en This user is a native speaker of English. This editor is a Journeyman Editor, and is entitled to display this Service Badge. This user has been a member of Wikipedia since 10 Nov 2007.

I joined Wikipedia on November 10, 2007. I decided to register with Wikipedia because some of my anonymous edits kept being deleted and my IP address blocked (and probably with good reason), so I decided I wanted to take a look behind the scenes. Since then, I have developed a great love and appreciation for the Wikipedia community for its (mostly) selfless collaborative pursuit of truth (and, I might add, I have never been blocked since). I was also motivated to edit Wikipedia because I really enjoy learning new things, and I believe that you learn best when you have to research something and then somehow report it. I am in front of a computer frequently throughout the day, so Wikipedia is a very fun, enlightening, and convenient hobby.

My major mainspace contributions to Wikipedia so far include heavy editing to articles (in alphabetical order) related to businesses, medicinal practices, people, religions, and universities—all personal interests. But every once in a while I do a random article search or just follow different links to spice things up and broaden my horizons.

[edit] Origin of Eustress

The word eustress is a combination of the Greek prefix eu meaning either "well" or "good" and the English word "stress". It literally means "good stress", and it is formally defined as stress that is healthy and produces a feeling of fulfillment. I chose eustress as my username because I feel that I have a lot of it in my life, and, good or not, stress is stress, and editing on Wikipedia is a way for me to take a break from normal life and do something meaningful (and, I'd add, learn a lot from other people like you)—so the name seemed like a good fit!

[edit] Userboxes

This user invites you to look at recent changes to the articles on his watchlist. en-5 This user is able to contribute with a professional level of English. This user appreciates WikiLove.

This user is happy to give quick and easy access to his edit count. es-4 El nivel de este usuario corresponde al de un hablante casi nativo del español. This user likes to give away awards to other users

This user is happy to give quick and easy access to his Wikipedia contributions. pt-2 Este usuário/utilizador pode contribuir com um nível médio de português. This user is a participant in WikiProject Awards.

This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user has reviewed 16 Good Article nominations on Wikipedia. This experienced editor participates in the Adopt-a-User program.

This user is a member of WikiProject Universities. This user is a member of the Business and Economics WikiProject. This user is a member of the Medicine WikiProject

[edit] Awards

	The Original Barnstar Congratulations on bringing the Marriott School of Management up to GA status. You put a lot of work into getting it there. Alanraywiki (talk) 19:04, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
	The Editor's Barnstar For making edit after edit to Yao Ming, I, Basketball110Talk, hereby award you 'The Editor's Barnstar'. Basketball110Talk 23:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar Thank you for going above and beyond to help—there isn't an award that properly expresses how wonderful it is to be mentored by you. Loni (talk) 21:12, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
	The Environmental Barnstar Awarded for support in WikiProject Environment. OhanaUnitedTalk page 02:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
	The Good Article Reviewer's Medal of Merit Congratulations on completing the challenge and reviewing 10 articles at WP:GAN. Great job, and keep it up! iMatthew T.C. 18:22, 7 June 2008 (UTC)