User:Shantavira

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I am an editor with Windhorse Publications which is based in Birmingham, England. Windhorse specializes in books on Buddhism and meditation, and I contribute to articles related to Buddhism.

Before joining Windhorse I cut my teeth by transcribing seminars on Buddhism (before the days of word-processors), and working on The Catonsville Roadrunner alternative Christianity magazine, and before that I worked on Young Quaker magazine. I bought my first typewriter at a jumble sale in my then home village of Northaw in 1959, which was heavier than my current desktop PC.

In the seventies I worked for some years at Goddard & Gibbs stained glass studios, then based in Shoreditch, East London. In 1982 I was awarded the Diploma of the Faculty of Astrological Studies and I occasionally drop in on the astrology pages.

September 26, 2003: Created articles on vajra and bardo. Expanded the entries on Mandala and Mara to include their Buddhist context.
February 11, 2004: Created article on Ambedkar.
March 19, 2004: Created article on Edward Conze.
April 8, 2004: Expanded stub on Rebirth_(Buddhist).
April 9, 2004: Created article on Anagarika Dharmapala.
April 11, 2004: Created article on House (astrology).
April 12, 2004: Created article on Astrological sign.
April 17, 2004: Pottered around with various Birmingham pages.
April 18, 2004: Found myself creating an article on Victoria Coach Station. I really must get out more.
April 19, 2004: Created stub for Totley Tunnel. The late nineteenth century was a very exciting time.
May 17, 2004: Created article for Radio Luxembourg, simply because I couldn't believe there wasn't one already. The fifties was an interesting time too.
June 19, 2004: Created stub for George Cadbury. (I live near Bournville)
June 19, 2004: Created stub for model village.

Since then I haven't had so much spare time available, and tend to copy edit Wikipedia at random when I'm too tired to concentrate on more serious work. I like to hunt down misplaced apostrophes, and misplaced instances of "only", which in most instances should immediately precede the thing to which it applies.

November 28, 2004: Created stub for Champion the Wonder Horse.
February 26, 2005: Came last in an aggressive game of Squatter last night but was sufficiently inspired to create stub.
July 9, 2005: Created two stubs I've wanted for a long time: It girl and Let The Blood Run Free.
July 10, 2005: Stub for Ted Moult.
July 10, 2005: Stub for ryoute (Lasted two years. Not bad for something practised by just two guys!)
June 11, 2006: stub for the fascinating cellular memory.
July 25, 2006: stub for the fascinating Shell Grotto, Margate, following a visit.