User:MacGyverMagic

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Welcome to MacGyverMagic,
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30000+ edits in English

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Subpages: Articles · WikiNotebook · TBR · pad · User watch · WIP
Wikipedia: Main Page (alt) · AFC · Help desk · Reference desk · DYK (t) creations
Accounts: nl · de · fr · es · meta · news · books · commons

Page header layout adapted from Wackymacs' userpage.
Section header layout adapted from Nightstallion.
Other items based on Tijuana Brass' userpage.
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2008 REDESIGN

About Me

ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣΕΑΥΤΟΝ (KNOW YOURSELF) - inscription on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
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I am MacGyverMagic, also known by the abbreviation of Mgm on the internet and I come from the Netherlands. I first came to Wikipedia after seeing it featured on BBC Click Online. My very first edit was improving the article Sodium chloride on April 18, 2004. I did the coding by looking up examples elsewhere. Only after succesfully editing that page, did I start reading all the help and policy pages. I got addicted soon after and since December 1, 2004 I have administrator status on the English Wikipedia.

As of 2007 I primarily keep myself busy with article creation, copyediting and administrator tasks. I'm also listed as a translator from Dutch to English.

Even though I study chemistry, I tend to stay away from chemistry articles in order to keep my time of Wikipedia a hobby instead of work. My favorite topics to edit are: magic, Ancient Egypt (hieroglyphs in particular) and more recently forensic science; I also contribute to various articles on film and television. Since I believe talented young people are heavily underrepresented on Wikipedia, I tend to work on articles related to child actors, child singers and other famous children (see my list). But I often get distracted, resulting in edits all over the place. For quite a while I managed the "Did you know" section on the Main Page and on October 23, 2006 I won the Esperanza Userpage Award shortly before the award's page got deleted. As part of the Adopt-a-User program I have adopted Presidentman (formerly known as Patricknoddy).

Outside of Wikipedia I enjoy performing magic, fiction writing and a game called mafia (also known as werewolf).

My Travels

Countries I visited:
Netherlands Belgium France Switzerland Spain Greece Hungary
Italy Czech Republic Slovakia Austria Luxembourg United Kingdom United States
U.S. States I visited: Raleigh/Durham
Places I travelled through but didn't actually visit: New York (JFK Airport) Cincinnatti
Places I wish to visit: Canada Sweden Iceland

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My status: Bit active
Wikistress: Pissed off!
WikiMoney: ψ 20


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Awards

WikiThanks
from JRM for vandal hunting.
Barnstar
from Ludraman for work in several areas.
stubsensor award
from Triddle for work on his stubsensor project.
Standard barnstar
from Howabout1 for being generally helpful.
barnstar-of-sorts
from PubLife for providing help to clueless newbies.
Bear Barnstar
from GraemeL for my HD work (especially for this which made him laugh).
Barnstar
for helping Molotov over a spot of anger.
Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
from Krashlandon for tireless help with new articles.
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from Yoyo for pointing out a mistake he made.
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from Flarn2005 for redesigning his userpage.
Surreal barnstar
from Lostintherush for my work on the help- and reference desk.
Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
from Samir (The Scope) for thoughtfulness and encouragement to up and coming editors.
OTRS Veteran's Barnstar
from UninvitedCompany for my work on the OTRS queues.
Tireless Contributor Barnstar
from Xiner for my work on the help desk.
Tireless Contributor Barnstar
from Jreferee for having the most unique edits to DYK.

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nl Deze gebruiker spreekt Nederlands als moedertaal.
en-3 This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of English.
de-2 Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.
1337-0 This user has no idea what 1337 is and/or prefers to contribute using proper words.
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