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(Old version below) (non-unicycled link - Flight to Perth) (non-unicycled link - Flight to San Francisco) (non-unicycled link - Flight to Edinburgh) -- <>
 * Europe: UK, (non-unicycled link), France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey
 * Asia: Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, (non-unicycled link), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (again), China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore
 * Oceania: Australia, (non-unicycled link), New Zealand
 * America: USA
 * Europe: UK (Edinburgh - Chilthorne Domer)

flight to Christchurch then flight to Invercargill, then "Buff New Zealand" -- 3:06 / 12:01 New Zealand's Highest Paved Road! (NZ ep 1) --- 17:56 / 18:13 Creative Christmas Light Battle in New Zealand Cape Reinga (top of North Island prob.) mentioned

=Draft Draft for Talk:Edward_Pratt=

Planning development of this article

Hello to other editors of this article,

Planning development of this article

I am interested in doing quite a lot of work on this article (not sure of my timescale, could be fairly soon, but I might be suddenly occupied by other things)

I am interested in doing some joint planning with other editors, if any other editors are also planning to work on it. This is to avoid:
 * unnecessary duplication of work,
 * different editors trying to get the article in a different overall "shape".

Here are some of the changes/developments I am thinking of:


 * Changing lead to start: "Edward Pratt, also known as Ed Pratt, is...". DONE
 * Reason: At the moment "Ed Pratt" does not appear in the article, even though this is the form used in (nearly?) all the references. "Ed" was inserted into the lead at this point https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Pratt&diff=next&oldid=957638496 by Zyntra, and removed here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Pratt&diff=next&oldid=965613585 by Eagleash.


 * Adding "YouTuber", DONE
 * and possibly other things that Pratt is, into the lead.
 * Pratt's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuNy42Y5egf07cSiHbF23wg DONE BY OTHER USER USING DIFFERENT URL
 * World Tour playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLocRYksAqGOJnr-Y0eyP87P5banlFicp4
 * Pratt did a major documentation of his world unicycle tour on YouTube. He also used other platforms, which I have not investigated, but his use of Youtube was certainly substantial: he has a playlist of 126 videos covering the tour, mostly around 15 mins, but some over an hour. Keeping unicyclist seems reasonable, as that is that is related to his main notability. He said soon after his world unicycle tour that he expected he would be doing other projects, but his next would not involve unicycling. (I can dig up the ref for this sometime.)
 * Adding information about Pratt apart from his world unicycle tour.
 * Reason: this article is about the the person, not just the tour.
 * Some possible info: "Personal life": parents, rest of family, girlfriend, place of birth, approx date of birth (though maybe existing info of being 19 when he started his tour in March 2015 is probably sufficient at this stage I think, and maybe his exact date of birth should be regarded as private unless he decides to publicise it), other personal info he has publicised himself. Note: Biographies_of_living_persons.


 * Changing heading "World tour" to "World unicycle tour".DONE
 * Reason: the word "unicycle" is very significant, and what makes it (almost?) unique. I say "(almost?)" because in some ways Pratt credits Wally Watts as the first, in the 19970s; though Watts' tour was not as "joined up" as Pratt's, and Watts agrees. (I can chase up refs.) See also: Unicycle, Talk:Unicycle


 * Moving or integrating the "Overview" section into the "World unicycle tour" section.DONE
 * Reason: if there was to be a section simply called "Overview" then it should either be a subsection of "World unicycle tour", or be an overview of the person Edward Pratt, as that is what the article is about.


 * Modifying the "Route followed" part.
 * I introduced the present format, but I think it looks awkward, though it does have a certain amount of clarity. Manual_of_Style/Lists refers. Maybe use a table.TABLE DONE


 * Adding an infobox? See Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes.


 * Adding images. See Manual_of_Style/Images.


 * Expanding the info in "World unicycle tour" section.
 * Some proposed topics:
 * How he first got into unicycling
 * Preparation before setting off: planning, long distance try-out
 * To what extent extent the tour was a "first" (Pratt and many of the refs refer to it as the first)
 * To what extent it is a "record", and the reason it is not a Guinness World Record, and not really attempted to be one
 * Pratt's motivation, both why he started in the first place, and what he says about motivation as he went along (at one point local road officials say that it is too dangerous for him to traverse a section by unicycling or by walking, but they allow him to continue with particular extra safeguards, though Pratt looks prepared to continue without these - Pratt said that if he had given in he was worried that he might lose the motivation to continue)
 * To what extent it is as-joined-up-as-possible, in other words, as much done by unicycling as continuous route on land. For some sections there was no land route (even off-road), but there are at least two places where he took ferries where some sort of land route existed: across the Caspian Sea, and across river in New Zealand. For latter I think he says that it was to save time. Google Maps shows roads as alternatives in both cases. On land, whenever Pratt went anywhere other than by unicycling or walking with his unicycle, he ensured that he came back to that point in order to keep the tour joined-up.
 * To what extent a world tour? (as opposed to simply a long tour visiting a number of countries) Guinness has various stipulations about a route to be considered a world tour, including approximately visiting two antipodal points.
 * Special difficulties, and benefits, of using a unicycle, as opposed to another human-powered land vehicle, such as a bicycle.
 * Incidents along the way: some of the people met, and people who shared part of his journey, difficulties & enjoyments, other people's reactions (+ve & -ve), accidents/health problems eg heat exhaustion(?),
 * Equipment used, just notable bits (& not brands): largest commercially available, 36", unicycle, luggage-carrying modification by grandfather, custom made luggage, camping: tent, multi-fuel stove (used it with petrol), clothes, recording equipment: cameras, a system to make selfie stick invisible in shots, drone; computer equipment: laptop, 1 TB external drives, GPS tracker provided tracking info for website and had special button for possible emergencies; tools, maintenance equipment, spares. Total weight: typically 40kg which Pratt says "is ridiculously heavy for a unicycle" (ref Gear list below)
 * Gear List: Travelling the world for 3 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD6JRZzt-vk&list=PLocRYksAqGOJnr-Y0eyP87P5banlFicp4&index=96&t=0s
 * Equipment failures/breakages, lost, stolen, difficulties/successes with, saddle sores
 * How he got video shots of his progress, especially apart from simple "selfies"
 * Some editing done and video uploaded as he went along
 * How much he had a specific planned route, and how much he followed it; reasons for changes of plan: his choices or force of circumstance
 * Costs/income: amounts quoted by Pratt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw51zoXtk6E (this video gives other information about the tour apart form costs, such as some other info the things money was spent on):
 * total cost, £22,982, initially coming from savings; initial kit, £1,674; rest on visas, paid transport, food and accommodation, replacement kit, tracker subscription,
 * income during the tour £14,800; from advertising related to videos, teaching, donations (this money kept separate from donations to charity), during the trip people also gave him, or paid for his, food, accomodation or equipment; he often (mostly?) wild-camped (for free); income is continuing after the tour from giving talks, from videos; as of video published on 8 May 2020 whole cost of tour has been recouped; Pratt said "I'm now going on to work out to kind of turn this kind of adventuring into a business
 * Two possible ways of including topics:
 * Chronologically, which is mainly what has been done so far,
 * Under sub-headings

Pratt may have other projects in the future which are worth including in this article.

Members of his family have said something like "we always thought he would do something special/different, but we didn't know what it was going to be".

(This is partly just brainstorming; not necessarily all for inclusion.)

Reminder to self: avoid original research in the actual article.

How long / how much detail is suitable for the article? To a great extent the tour is a first, so I think that merits quite a lot. I am not quite sure what the WP guidelines say.

At the moment I feel sufficiently motivated to simply do my own web page off WP if it turns out that I want to do more than it is considered reasonable to have in WP. (Though as an extra to WP, rather than instead.)



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