My name is Gavin Willshaw. I live in Portobello and work as the Digitisation and Digital Engagement Manager at the University of Edinburgh Library. I was previously the Mass Digitisation Manager at the National Library of Scotland and Digital Curator at the University of Edinburgh.

I have run Wikipedia Editathons at Edinburgh University (2018) and in Portobello (2018, 2019), and have arranged informal sessions for 1lib1ref at the University of Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland.

I also ran a large Wikisource for the National Library of Scotland. Project details: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_NLS

I occasionally add links to news stories to the Portobello wikipedia page.

Current focus: proofeading the Annals of Duddingston and Portobello on Wikisource

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My limited Wikimedia editing time is currently being devoted to proofreading the Annals of Duddingston and Portobello on Wikisource: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Annals_of_Duddingston_and_Portobello.pdf

I intend to fully proofread the book by 31/07/2022

Progress

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Date Total pages Pages still to be assessed Blank pages Pages to be proofread Problem pages Pages proofread Pages validated
13/08/2021 554 465 22 46 7 11 3
31/08/2021 554 465 22 40 7 17 3
30/09/2021 554
31/10/2021 554
30/11/2021 554
31/12/2021 554
31/01/2022 554
28/02/2022 554
31/03/2022 554
30/04/2022 554
31/05/2022 554
30/06/2022 554
31/07/2022 554