User:Charm

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About Me

Last update: 11-14-2004

Hi! My name is Charlene, or Charm. I was born December 30, 1970 at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia. I lived in Fort Worth, Texas for about five years; then I grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas. I received an Associate of Applied Science degree in computer programming from Garland County Community College (now called National Park Community College ) in 1994 and moved to Tucson, Arizona the next year.

I have one sister and one brother, and I have been married since May 27, 1997. I have two stepchildren and none of my own.

My first jobs were in fast food, primarily at Wendy's; I worked there intermittently for about 6 years. My highest position was chief crew trainer; I trained other trainers. I also performed most of the duties of management at one time or another, most notably inventory management. I also worked for Taco Bell and Waffle House.

Once I graduated from fast food, I did data entry and computer consulting work for the family business, an accounting firm, while attending college.

Unfortunately, I have never had a paid position in my chosen profession, computer programming; I have spent most of the time in call center positions. I worked for Intuit supporting QuickBooks for about two and a half years, then I supported Windows 98/95 for a year and a half as an outsourcer (I prefer Linux, but it was income). I worked in data entry for about a year, and now I am a senior customer care representative for a major mobile phone company.

I have done some unpaid programming work for a distance-education organization called Diversity University. DU is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation whose primary service is an online MOO used by teachers to conduct classes online. My position at DU is that of a MOO Wizard, a programmer able to develop the restricted computer code used to run the system and administer security. Unfortunately, as colleges and universities have migrated to using multimedia websites for their online classes, the DU MOO's usage has fallen off. This is in spite of the fact that the MOO environment offers advantages of accessibility, interactivity, and collaboration that are not matched by webpages, email, and chat rooms.

Besides MOO language programming, my skills include C, Perl, HTML, and JavaScript, to name a few. I type 75-80 words per minute, and as you can probably tell, love to spend most of my time at the computer.

I have gonadotropic hypogonadism (most likely Kallmann syndrome, although this isn't officially diagnosed yet). I was raised as a boy; however, because my hormone levels are not normal for a male, my body and mind never fully masculinized, and I have always felt more like a female. For me, trying to be a man was a role that was very uncomfortable and unpractical, so I started living as a woman on April 27, 1999. I have had my name and gender legally changed, and am much more comfortable just being myself than trying to fit into other people's idea of who I should be and how I should act.

My Wikipedia History

I found Wikipedia in spring/summer 2004. I edited my first article as Charm 8-6-2004. I created my first new article 10-28-04.

So far most of my contributions are spelling and grammar corrections, and vandalism reverts. As mentioned above, I have created one article.

My goals at Wikipedia include:

• learn more about the Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines

• Admin reading list

• study the Wikipedia:Manual of Style
• research and improve Kallmann syndrome
• become more involved in creating and editing articles in the main namespace
• help other users via Wikipedia:Help desk
• be more involved in maintenance tasks
• someday, become an administrator

Favorite Pages

• Abbreviations
• Christopher Reeve
• Compound Words in Guide to Grammar & Writing by Dr. Charles Darling
• Contributing to Wikipedia
• my Edit Count per Interiot's backup tool
• Edit summaries
• Endocrinology
• Intersexual
• Kallmann syndrome
• Nooks and corners
• Open Tasks
• My Sandbox
• Special Pages
• My To Do List
• Utilities
• Vandalism in progress
• Warning Message Templates
• Welcome

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