User:VampWillow
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Hi, I'm VampWillow and live in Highgate London, England adjacent to the world-famous Highgate Cemetery. I use this pseudonym almost everywhere online as I am active at a national level in UK politics and, whilst I have very few issues with people knowing about me, I dislike the way that assumptions can be made when only partial information becomes known to the public. "I am the sum of my parts, not just the individual facets".
Why Vamp Willow though? Well, I am clearly very geeky, I like pointy things (stakes, needles, knives, etc), am bisexual (with a strong lesbian bias), and have red hair. I also think a certain Willow Rosenberg is very fanciable!
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I've worked in IT for most of my life, although for a short while was in the entertainment world as a sound engineer / lighting designer and tour manager. I am very active in and around the Westminster Bubble for the LibDems as well as in LGBT politics, being one of the founders of the UK Chapter of the Lesbian Avengers and also of the London Lesbian and Gay Centre (LLGC).
I have an MBA from the Open University Business School, I sometimes play softball (1B,2B or C) when I manage to escape my computer room. I drink a perilous amount of coffee, am polyamorous, and drive a Mazda MX-3 car.
I was present at the first ever WikiMeet in London on 5th June 2004, and some others since.
On 24 June 2004 I was nominated for Adminship, which I was happy to accept. After 25 votes in support (and none against!) Secretlondon 'made it so' at 15:09, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC). Between 18 August and 1 December 2004 I was a recovering Wikipediholic and since then I try to limit myself in the amount of time I spend here (but often don't succeed!).
So far, I have Created, carried out major Rewrites of, or Merged/Split/Disambiguated
225
articles while making over 4000 edits to over 1700 pages ...
Books
| Coming to PowerC198 | The Ethical SlutC109 | Macho SlutsC200 |
Conceptual and Disambiguation pages
| Alert stateC118 | AwaydayC047 | BellR072M | BIKINI stateC119 |
| Brace (grouping)C011 | Brownfield landR055 | BursarC203 | ChoiceC142 |
| CobR087M | DirectC091R | DykeR088 | EstateM054 |
| Estate (area)C052 | Estate (house)C053 | FarleyR223 | Fat catC019 |
| FlagstoneC124 | FlickC145 | Greenfield landC056 | GuyC020 |
| IncantationC089 | LLGCC127 | London NecropolisC151 | MercyC100 (and edit #2000) |
| NookieR149 | OffensiveC110 | PremiumC092 | Pronoun gameC095 |
| QuantityC010 | RealC013M | Real (currency)C012M | SieveM081 |
| SlutR143 | Slag (slang)C144 | SubtextC022 | TTFNC049 |
| WikiMeetC025 | YMSTICPCC045 |
Dance, Theatre and Stage
| AuditoriumC085 | Blocking (improv) C163 | Blocking (stage) C162 | Box officeC102 |
| Flats (theatre)C168 | Fly towerC165 | Gobo (recording)CR173 | Gobo (lighting)CR172 |
| Lantern (disambiguation)C169 | Producing houseC171 | Prompt (theatre)C166 | Prompt cornerC164 |
| Receiving houseC170 | RevueC097 | Siobhan Davies Dance CompanyC156 | The Sanguine FanC078 |
| Tabs (stage)C167 |
Film, Television and Radio
| The Belles of St Trinian'sC175 | Blue Murder at St Trinian'sC176 | BudgieC113 | Ever AfterR216 |
| Gainsborough PicturesC106 | The Great St Trinian's Train RobberyC177 | Karen SiscoC132 | Leavesden Film StudiosC004 |
| The Lyon's DenC222 | Market in Honey LaneC190 | MongoC077 | Pure Hell of St Trinian'sC174 |
| This Sceptred IsleC017 | Stonewall (film)C195 | Upstairs, DownstairsC117 | Up the JunctionC116 |
| The Wicked LadyC107 |
Food and Drink
| Batterie de cuisineC083 | ColanderC082 | Coffee percolatorR008 | Go to work on an eggC181 |
| LaphroaigC068 | Kopi LuwakC046 | ScapaC069 |
Music
| Bell (instrument)C070M | Bjorn AgainC027 | Cello Concerto (Elgar)C076 | DirectC090M |
| Emerson, Lake and Palmer (album)C184 | Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)C192 | I vow to thee my countryC120 | Little FeatC101 |
| Riot grrlR066M | Tribute bandC026 |
Organisations
| Alyson PublicationsC199 | Apsley Grammar SchoolC148 | City and Guilds of London InstituteR129 | DelgaC006 |
| Egg Marketing BoardC182 | Farley'sC224 | HEFCEC016 | London Lesbian and Gay CentreC126 |
| London School of Contemporary DanceC159 | SamoisC042 |
People
| Aaron BarschakC189 | Lilian BaylisC161 | Friedrich BechsteinC140 | James BolamC112 |
| Betty BoxC180 | Sal BrintonC202 | Angela Burdett-CouttsC029R130 | David BurrowesC210 |
| Patrick (Pat) CalifiaC044 | Kyle ChandlerC221 | Siobhan DaviesC155 | Clarissa Dickson-WrightC208 |
| David James ElliottC121 | Bridget FoxC185 | Jill FraserC186 | Justine GreeningC240 |
| Stephen HammondC207 | Rose HeilbronC214 | Celia ImrieC111 | Brian KennedyC128 |
| Sadiq KhanC205 | Lesley JosephC193 | Elizabeth LaneC215 | Derek LaudC220 |
| Christopher LeeC018 | Hudson LeickC021 | Eric LubbockC196M | Chris MainesC197 |
| Angela MasonC073 | Harriot MellonC031 | Mike MoranC014 | Lesléa NewmanC201 |
| Helen NormantonC213 | Mimi ParentC024 | Barrington PheloungC154 | Iris du PréC108 |
| Cynthia RothrockC141 | Lee ScottC206 | Grant ShappsC211 | Sydney SilvermanC212 |
| Ned SherrinC115 | Ben SummerskillC074 | Russ TamblynC075 | Keith WaterhouseC114 |
| Shen WeiC158 | "Steakknife"C040M | Rainbow George WeissC188 | Laura WilloughbyC194 |
| Morning Glory Zell-RavenheartC225 |
Places
| ArchwayC043 | Bell (place)C071M | Brent CrossC028 | Bull and BushC103 |
| Cerne Abbas giantC092 | CroydeR147 | ElstreeC003 | Fistral BeachC146 |
| Holly Lodge EstateC030 | IlfordR041M | Magic RoundaboutC183 | MarkyateC105 |
| Swiss CottageC067 | Walton Hall, Milton KeynesC015 |
Politics and Events
| Ballot BoxC080 | Division BellC048 | 12 Downing StreetC209 | Lib-Lab PactC007 |
| Polling StationC079 | Potters Bar Railway CrashC001 | Westminster BubbleC033 |
Constituencies
| Hampstead & HighgateC133 | Holborn & St. PancrasC134 | Hornsey and Wood GreenC191 | Islington NorthC136 |
| Islington South & FinsburyC135 |
Science, Technology, Medicine and Law
| Cob (building)C086M | Chain ferry C104 | ConcentrateC032 | Eemian interglacial eraR096 |
| Estate (law)M051 | E-6 processR050M | FarpointC099 | FillyC098 |
| Hot flushesC009 | LoginC034 | LogoutC035 | Microconnect Distributed AntennaeC217 |
| Not ProvenC023 | Open proxyC094 | PinksC123 |
Transport
| Aldwych tramway stationC036 | AutobahnR064M | AutorouteR057M | Autoroute (Quebec)C058M |
| Derwent Valley Light RailwayC187 | FreewayR059M | Freeway (Canada)C063M | HighwayR065M |
| Holborn tramway stationC037 | InterstateR062M | Kingsway tramway subwayC038 | London Necropolis railway stationC150 |
| Lots Road power stationC125 | Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme (MiDAS)C219 | MotorwayR060M | M10 motorwayC002 |
| Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling (MIDAS)C218 | ParkwayR061M | SpeedbirdC025 | Strand UnderpassC039 |
| Tufnell Park tube stationC005 |
Venues and Festivals
| Battersea Arts CentreC131 | Dance UmbrellaC157 | London Contemporary Dance TheatreC153 | London International Mime FestivalC137 |
| Queen Elizabeth HallC138 | Queen's HallC084 | Sadler's WellsR160 | The PlaceC152 |
| Wigmore HallC139 |
redirects
new redirects (and related content at the target) amongst many include
categories
and the early categories of and initial links to ...
| England | Computer terminology | Category:Contemporary Dance in London | Ireland |
| Irish political parties | London Districts | London River Crossings | London's railways |
| Scotland | Category:Stage terminology | Wales |
... and their related pages (and many elsewhere too), as well as making contributions about railways, London, other roads, current events, UK and regional politics, geography, sports ...
I also came up with the tempate {{MergeDisputed}} on the grounds that there was otherwise no way to mark a disagreement with someone's use of the {{merge}} template which is worded as a fait accompli, and the UK map option {{mmuk mapdet}}.
Art
Apart from reworking various logos I also create lineart (examples images here) and (photos here)
QuikLinks
| Templates | Custom messages | Disambiguating pages | Inter-language linking |
| Policies | Standard user greeting | Style Manual | Topical Index |
| Utilities | Village Pump | VfD |
Real Name
Won't be linked to here. If you work out my real name (not that difficult, I know) I'd appreciate it if you didn't post it alongside the use of or in reply to a post with this name on it; I am trying to keep Google and other spiders clear of making the link and so far have managed to do so. Its the politician in me not wanting to complicate matters! Thanks ;-)
Elsewhere
- my website (http://www.vampwillow.com/) (under this pseudonym anyway)
- My LiveJournal (http://vampwillow.livejournal.com/)
Categories
Footnote
My favourite authors are Robert Anson Heinlein and Anne McCaffrey. From Heinlein comes my love of freedom, polyamory and SF, plus my favourite quotation (I've crossed through the ones I've yet to try!):
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects."
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