User:RicardoC

Hey, all. My name's Ricardo, I'm 30 years old, and I hail from sunny, humid, politically turbulent Venezuela. I'd say "love it or leave it", but I'm hoping to leave it someday, so... Yeah.

I'm a former Computer Science student, and I'm currently teaching English as a Foreign Language at the Venezuelan-American Center here in Zulia state. I hated giving up my previous teaching gig, but it was time to seek new horizons.

I don't recall how I found Wikipedia, but I do recall when I started editing. It was the Anakin Skywalker entry. The anal-retentive frustrated English major in me hated the structure of a certain portion of the article, the words "anyone can edit Wikipedia" kept dancing before my eyes, and well... I gave in. I thought I could stop whenever I wanted to, but soon it wasn't just one. Suddenly I was editing bands, albums, politicians, films... It was madness. I was a wikiwhore. So I did the next logical thing, and registered an account.

Some of the subjects I edited as an anonymous user include:


 * Nightnoise, the Irish-American quartet.


 * The Blue Oyster Bar, from the Police Academy film series.


 * The Game, Queen's first album to reach #1 in America.


 * Hugo Chávez, borderline dictator of my homeland, and the ugliest Latin American leader since Manuel Noriega (Don't worry, I've kept my partisan vitriol out of the actual article ;-))

Regarding the Chávez piece, I've mostly decided to stay away from it. I haven't actually clashed with anyone over my edits, but I guess it's best to keep my distance from a topic that is so personal for me. History will be the judge, and all that.

The thing I love most about Wikipedia? How I can be reading one article, then follow a link to a completely unrelated subject, find something I can contribute to, and help the site grow, while having a great time in the process. Cheers.--RicardoC 04:25, 15 August 2005 (UTC)