I am from the rural [[Derbyshire]] town of [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]], just outside the beautiful [[Peak District National Park]]. Most of my activity on the wiki these days revolves around uploading pictures of the nearby countryside - you can view some favourites, or access a full list [[User:Highfields/Gallery|here]].

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I started editing the '''English Wikipedia''' in 2006. Once upon a time, I used to try my hand at a bit of everything, becoming especially involved in the [[Portal:Contents/Outlines|outlines project]]. However, I have been significantly less active than I would have liked since I started studying [[Geology]] at the [[University of Leicester]], 3 years ago. These days, aside from my uploads, I mainly just hang around a few select pages in my watchlist that I've been helping with for years.

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I'm also a (nowadays, somewhat inactive) bureaucrat on Wikia's '''[http://battlefield.wikia.com/wiki/User:Bondpedia Battlefield Wiki]'''.

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==Awards==

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|style="font-size: large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Original Barnstar'''

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I award [[user:Highfields|Highfields]] this barnstar for doing what needs to be done and actually getting it done! You said you created [[Outline of water]] because you saw that it needed to be done! Thanks for being responsible and ''just doing it''! This is an ability that most people can't do easily (me ''definitely'' included). I admire you for that part. Also, I've been wanting to see that outline created for a while so thanks for making that happen! Good work! - [[User:penubag|'''<span style="background:#00CCFF;color:#0066FF;font-size:84%">&nbsp;penubag&nbsp;</span>''']] ([[User talk:penubag|talk]]) 08:37, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | The winner of the Capital Naming Race sponsored by the Geography WikiProject is <big><big>[[User:Highfields|Highfields]]!</big></big> He completed his list before his competitor even left the starting line! As the winner of the race, Highfields has been a great help in the development of Wikipedia's set of country outlines, an important portion of [[Portal:Contents/Outline of knowledge|Wikipedia's Outline of knowledge]] that is [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge#Topic outlines of countries|currently under development]] and upon which the capital naming took place. Congratulations! <small>[[User talk:The Transhumanist|<i>The Transhumanist</i>]] 03:20, 13 January 2009 (UTC)</small>

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