Talk:Project grants/Writing about Portsmouth

Discussion

@Richard Nevell (WMUK): and @Karla Marte(WMUK): I endorse this grant request and would like to see it approved as soon as possible. I've given Portsmouth a heavy review and think it would really benefit from some further history research before I pass it. What the article really needs is some decent book research I think. Jaguar is an experienced editor and a friend, so I think he'll put the sources to some use.Dr. Blofeld (talk) 09:37, 8 September 2016 (BST)

Thank you Dr. Blofeld your thoughts on this are very useful. I've just emailed Jaguar about this to follow up our discussion from last week. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 13:46, 8 September 2016 (BST)

Approval

The budget holder has approved this grant.

Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 14:24, 9 September 2016 (BST)

Progress

I hope that this is the right place to leave updates on my progress. The second book, A Portsmouth Miscellany, arrived today and it's been brilliant! I've spent most of the day ploughing through Portsmouth's history section, basically rewriting it and replacing the choppier sentences from low quality online sources. Both of the books are great, the first book (The History of Portsmouth) covers a lot of detail from the middle ages to 1800. It was released in 1817 and unfortunately doesn't cover anything from 19th century, but the second book does. I'm up to the Stuart to Georgian section at the moment. The prose already reads a lot better as I'm taking out content from higher quality sources. If all goes well then I should finish the history section by the end of the week. Both books cover different aspects of the city, so I won't stop there! Jaguar (talk) 20:51, 14 September 2016 (BST)

Good news and bad news; I've just literally got my internet access back this afternoon, which explains why I wasn't able to edit over the past few days. It's a shame as I reckon I could have got everything done at the rate I was going a few days earlier. Anyway, I'm back editing the article now at full speed. Just wanted to check in just in case you thought I went AWOL! Jaguar (talk) 17:48, 19 September 2016 (BST)

@Jaguar: Sounds good, thanks for the update! Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 15:09, 22 September 2016 (BST)

Portsmouth has passed its review and is now a GA! I definitely couldn't have done it without the books. Both were vital; with History of Portsmouth being more in depth and A Portsmouth Miscellany covering a far wider range of topics which allowed me to fill in a lot of gaps. I could have probably got it promoted last week if it wasn't for computer issues, so apologies for the delays. I think that getting an important city is not only a good achievement for me, but it's a significant milestone for both the Hampshire and UK WikiProjects. I'd like to bring it up to FA standard, although I haven't delved deep enough into that idea yet as it's just literally been promoted. I think to reach the FA criteria it would need some copyediting and perhaps a little more info on some aspects like transport and economy, which were the only topics not covered in the books. Jaguar (talk) 20:56, 30 September 2016 (BST)

Well done Jaguar, I'm sure Richard and Karla are delighted too!Dr. Blofeld (talk) 11:37, 1 October 2016 (BST)

Congratulations Jaguar! Karla Marte(WMUK) (talk) 13:10, 3 October 2016 (BST)