User:Gladys j cortez/old

Most of my efforts so far--I'm still new, mind you--have been in garden-variety vandal-fighting/blocking; I'm slowly branching out into WP:UAA, and eventually I'll move on into whatever else interests me. Currently, real-life issues have overridden my Wikipedianism; I have a list of articles which need writing, and of projects I would like to undertake, but there's that whole miserable business of obtaining enough money to pay the rent, feed my pair of lolcats, and support my art-supply habit.

About me
Gladys J Cortez is not my real name.


 * I have developed, over the last (ZOMGPONIES, has it been THAT long??!!??) five frakkin years a fairly-complex online identity for myself. Actually, "developed" is a harsh word; I haven't "developed" anything, inasmuch as the life of online-character-Gladys exactly parallels the life of offline, real-life human Not-Gladys. (During my RfA, this assertion was called into question, albeit briefly; if my WP/blog persona is "contrived", then so is the person who gets up every morning.)
 * Gladys began as a pseudonym for blogging purposes; I started my blog in September of 2003, and I had the foresight not to put my real name on it (for a variety of complex personal reasons). Aside from the name, though, everything is true. I've not made up any credentials for myself, nor claimed any life experiences I've never had; if I claim to know something, or to have done something or experienced something, it's because it's the truth. (My blog, which is occasionally worth reading, was alsocited by one opposer in my RfA, though she never said what, exactly, she found so troubling. There's plenty that could be classed as "troubling" there, but nothing that has anything to do with my current fitness to be an admin!)

"And we should care about this because....?"
Okay. So I'm assuming the low, irritated mutter I'm hearing now is a collective grumble of "So the hell what? You've got a pseudonym. So does half of Wikipedia. Big whoop." And you're right--if this info was a Wikipedia article, it wouldn't even make it as far as AfD--it would be A7 speedied, it's so insignificant.

HOWEVER....
 * If I mention an experience I've had--I've had that experience.
 * If I mention a piece of knowledge I've gained--I have that knowledge.
 * If I claim expertise in a given area--well, in that case I'm either drunk off my butt or I'm back on the heroin, because under no other circumstances would I claim to be an expert in ANYTHING, other than the life of Gladys J Cortez. If I do claim some type of expertise, please shout me down or scoff at your leisure, whichever suits your temperament best; by that time I'll probably be cowering under the couch, cringing and wondering "what possessed me to say THAT?" or possibly working to find out who's hacked my account, which would be the only OTHER way I'd use "expert" in relation to myself.

Anyway, that's me. Gladys J Cortez (updated) 22:03, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Subpages

 * My WikiLife--articles I work on, watch, or focus on
 * Wiki To-Do List--probably of no interest to anyone except me; a Wiki-to-do list.
 * Scratch paper