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{{Infobox row|Joined Minecraft Wiki|October 9, 2017}}
{{Infobox row|Languages|English, Dutch}}
{{Infobox row|Editions|[[Java Edition|Java]] ([[1.12.2]], [[1.16.4]])}}
{{Infobox row|Plays [[snapshot]]s|Yes}}
{{Infobox row|Plays [[mods]]|Only modpacks}}
{{Infobox row|Play style|Solo and duo}}
{{Infobox row|Drops|1–64 {{ItemLink|Steak}}<br>1–64 {{BlockLink|Torch}}}}
! colspan="2" style="background:#CCC; text-align:center;" {{!}} Profiles / Identity
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{{Infobox row|''[[Minecraft]]''|Jack_McKalling}}
{{Infobox row|[//www.minecraftforum.net/forums Minecraft Forums]|[//www.minecraftforum.net/members/Jack_McKalling Jack_McKalling]}}
{{Infobox row|[//bugs.mojang.com Bug Tracker]|2=[//bugs.mojang.com/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=Jack_McKalling Jack_McKalling]}}
{{Infobox row|[//crowdin.com/profile/Mojang Crowdin Projects]|[//crowdin.com/profile/Jack-McKalling Jack-McKalling]}}
{{Infobox row|[//github.com/ GitHub]|[//github.com/Jack-McKalling Jack-McKalling]}}
{{Infobox row|[//gitlab.com/ GitLab]|[//gitlab.com/Jack-McKalling Jack-McKalling]}}
{{Infobox row|[//stackoverflow.com/ Stack Overflow]|[//stackoverflow.com/users/2294464/Jack-McKalling Jack-McKalling]}}
{{Infobox row|[//www.twitch.tv/ Twitch]|[//www.twitch.tv/Jack_McKalling Jack_McKalling]}}
{{Infobox row|[//xbox.com XBox Live]|[//account.xbox.com/Profile?gamerTag{{=}}Jack_McKalling Jack_McKalling]}}
{{Infobox row|[//discordapp.com Discord]|@jack_mckalling}}
{{Infobox row|[//youtube.com Youtube]|[//youtube.com/@Jack_McKalling Jack_McKalling]}}
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{{q|It is just as difficult to convince people of the truth if they don't believe it, as it is to convince them that their beliefs aren't true.|{{BASEPAGENAME}}; may 2011}}
{{q|There is only one book in the whole wide world that can explain your dreams. So if you have an open mind, you can read it right there.|{{BASEPAGENAME}}; december 2018}}

{{FakeImage|align=right|{{Inventory
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|[&b&oJack's Loot Sword]Diamond Sword[&7Mending/Unbreaking III/Sharpness V/Fire Aspect II/Looting III//When in main hand/&21.6 Attack Speed/10 Attack Damage]
|[&b&oJack's Spade]Damaged Diamond Shovel[&7Unbreaking III/Efficiency III//When in main hand/&21 Attack Speed/8 Attack Damage]
|[&b&oJack's Silk Pickaxe]Diamond Pickaxe[&7Mending/Unbreaking III/Efficiency V/Silk Touch//When in main hand/&21.2 Attack Speed/5 Attack Damage]
|[&b&oJack's Fortune Pickaxe]Diamond Pickaxe[&7Mending/Unbreaking III/Efficiency V/Fortune III//When in main hand/&21.2 Attack Speed/5 Attack Damage]
|[&b&oJack's Axe]Damaged Diamond Axe[&7Unbreaking III/Efficiency V/Silk Touch//When in main hand/&21 Attack Speed/9 Attack Damage]
|Steak,64
|Dirt,64
|Stone,64
|Water Bucket
|18=Torch,64
|27=Coal,64
|28=Arrow,1
|29=[&b&oJack's Sniper Bow]Damaged Bow[&7Unbreaking III/Flame/Punch II/Power V/Infinity]
|30=Damaged Diamond Hoe
|31=Ender Chest
|35=Oak Sign,16
|36=Stick,64
|offhand=Torch,64
|103=[&b&oJack's Helmet]Damaged Diamond Helmet[&7Unbreaking III/Respiration II/Blast Protection IV/Aqua Affinity//When on head/&2+2 Armour Toughness/+3 Armour]
|102=[&b&oJack's Chestplate]Damaged Diamond Chestplate[&7Unbreaking III/Fire Protection IV//When on body/&2+2 Armour Toughness/+8 Armour]
|101=[&b&oJack's Leggings]Damaged Diamond Leggings[&7Unbreaking III/Protection IV//When on legs/&2+2 Armour Toughness/+6 Armour]
|100=[&b&oJack's Boots]Damaged Diamond Boots[&7Unbreaking III/Projectile Protection IV/Feather Falling IV/Depth Strider III//When on feet/&2+2 Armour Toughness/+3 Armour]
}}|My current homeworld inventory (1.12)}}

=== Welcome and introduction ===

Hi there, just call me Jack. Although I use this full name and avatar everywhere on the net, it isn't actually my birth name. I'm not going to share that personal information. In fact, I believe everyone should have a (real-looking) alias while surfing, not only because it's cool, but because the medium isn't as personal as being face to face. Privacy is more important than your real life name. What is important, is that the name you use to identify yourself, ''is in fact'' your real name.

About myself, I can say that I'm bilingual, ambidextrous, really tall and older than most players. Not shy to perform tedious tasks, I have a high level of detail, perfectionism and dedication. I've got some experience setting up, running and contributing to an instance of MediaWiki. I am a senior programmer and web developer in my spare time, and I have 20 years of experience with many, many programming languages, including Java, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, SQL and C#. I put this technical experience to use here by helping out where I see that I can. I also work on some of my own programming projects, including my own game engine and game editor, while I keep an eye on the wiki and occasionally playing the vanilla game or a modpack.

=== Minecraft ===

For a few years now I've been playing Minecraft, and I like to reflect doing that technical stuff in the game as well. Inventing, automating, figuring out, researching, and perfecting what I have already is what I love to do. In terms of play style, I guess I'm a solo player. But I've worked in teams too, such as moderating on the [//www.chromahills.com Chroma Hills] server.

Some of my proud minecraft inventions:
* Redstone Inc.<sup><small>TM</small></sup> (imaginary company label)
* Moo Machine<sup><small>TM</small></sup> (breed & forget cooked steak machine)
* JANET<sup><small>TM</small></sup> ("'''Ja'''ck's '''Ne'''ther '''T'''ransport")
* Fully Automated Sugarcane Machine

Every now and then I'd also like to play with words and phrases. Some of my favourites:
* Automation, Machines, Factory, Iron Golem Farm, The Mines, Extreme Hills, Jack-of-all-trades (it's my name!)
* "Am I correct to assume (...)?"
* "Words come in all sizes. But even if they suit you well, it doesn't mean they are said at the right moment"

==== Snapshots ====

For a long time, I've not been able to play snapshots effectively. I've had problems with my profile settings overwriting eachother and had lack of memory issues. Thanks to a very informative chat on Discord with someone I was able to resolve these issues and I'm now playing the latest snapshot with a lot of enthusiasm. I'm keeping track of a lot of bugs, at the moment of writing over 70 of them, and it's a lot of fun. But I'm very new to doing this, and although I've got a special build for this in a special world, I still only test a selective kind of bug reports.

=== Previous IP addresses ===

I have used the following IP addresses to edit pages before I registered an account, but I have a different address now:
* [[User:89.98.217.183|89.98.217.183]] ([[Special:Contributions/89.98.217.183|contribs]])

=== Useful links ===
Here are some links in general:

* [//www.gamepedia.com/pro-subscriptions PRO subscription] for seeing how much subscription you have left on gamepedia
* [[Tutorials/Setting up a server|Setting up a server]] for enabling playing family worlds remotely
* [[gphelp:project:Global user tracker|Global user tracker]] for looking up all wikis a user's been active on

==== Editing ====
* [[Help:Contents]] for help with editing
* [[Project:Style guide|Style guide]] for help with editing on this wiki in particular
* [[Project:Wiki rules|Wiki rules]] for the rules on editing on this wiki
* [[Minecraft Wiki:Projects|Projects]] for joining and participating with editing projects on this wiki
* [https://minecraft.wiki/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&formatversion=2&siprop=namespacealiases Namespace Aliases] for all the page link prefix aliases this wiki supports (API-only overview)

==== Patrolling ====
* [[MCW:Patrollers|Patrollers]] explains what patrollers are and can do
* [{{fullurl:Special:ListAllUsers|username=&group=patrollers}} Patrollers list] for a list of users who are trusted with the patrol rights
* [[MCW:Patroller requests|Patroller requests]] for the coordination of patrolling edits
* [[MCW:Patroller requests/request|Request template]] for the documentation of how to use a request on the above page

==== Overviews ====
* [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]] for others' contributions as they happen
* <span class="plainlinks">[//minecraft.gamepedia.com/index.php?title=Special:AllPages&namespace=10 All templates]</span> for a list of all templates on this wiki
* <span class="plainlinks">[//minecraft.gamepedia.com/index.php?title=Special:AllPages&namespace=14 All categories]</span> for a list of all categories on this wiki
* [[Minecraft Wiki:Quick reference page|Quick reference]] for all content and meta pages about minecraft
* [[Official pages]] for a list of pages that have been edited or acknowledged by Mojang directly

==== Communications ====
* [[Project:Community portal|Community portal]] for talk about anything wiki-related
* [[Project:Admin noticeboard|Admin noticeboard]] for any admin issues
* [[Project:IRC|IRC]] for live discussions about any troubles on the wiki

[[Category:Users]]
