User:The Duke of Waltham/Palace of Westminster workshop

Welcome to the Palace of Westminster workshop, the place where the Wikipedia future of this famous monument is planned. I am currently in the process of organising the workshop and creating drafts where future articles will develop. I shall soon add links to on-line sources I have found, as well as list the printed sources to which I have access.

Checklist

 * Main target
 * Return the main article, "Palace of Westminster", to FA status.
 * Complete, and then shorten/tighten, the "Interior" section.
 * Expand the "Exterior" section.
 * Split the material on the Old Palace into a separate "Old Palace of Westminster" article.
 * Write the sections describing the background and construction of the building: background, competition, conception and design, and construction.
 * Write the post-construction history of the New Palace (in two sections, before and after 1945).
 * Remove the material of the "Rules and traditions" section to the appropriate articles.
 * Re-structure the "Security" section into a thematically sub-divided section on security and access.
 * Re-structure the "Culture and tourism" section into a section on culture and legacy.
 * History of the Palace
 * Create "Construction of the New Palace of Westminster".
 * Achieve at least GA level for "Construction of the New Palace of Westminster".
 * If necessary, create "History of the New Palace of Westminster".
 * If created, achieve at least GA level for "History of the New Palace of Westminster".
 * Achieve at least GA level for "Burning of Parliament".
 * Components of the Palace
 * Achieve at least GA level for "Big Ben".
 * Achieve at least GA level for "Victoria Tower".


 * Split "Westminster Hall" out of the main article.


 * Create a range of articles on the main rooms of the Palace, describing them and their conception and history in more detail and lightening the main article.
 * Achieve at least GA level for "Commons Chamber (Palace of Westminster)".
 * Achieve at least GA level for "Lords Chamber".
 * Create a plan for the principal floor of the Palace, which can be used to indicate the position of the rooms in their individual articles (see File:White House State Floor.svg and File:White House FloorPlan2.svg).
 * Other
 * Create a navigational template (navbox) for the subject, and possibly a category.

Watchlist
I have created a watchlist to keep track of changes to the pages most closely related to the Palace of Westminster. The watchlist is fed by the links on this page, where I have also created a gallery of the images most likely to be used in one or more articles within the scope of this workshop, due to their artistic quality and/or encyclopaedic value.

Drafts

 * /Main Sandbox A (Old Palace of Westminster)
 * /Main Sandbox B (Victoria Tower)
 * History of the New Palace of Westminster (not started)
 * Construction of the New Palace of Westminster (not started)
 * Parliamentary Estate (work in progress)
 * Westminster Hall (not started)

Citation preferences
As there are so many parameters, and so much margin for error and inconsistencies, it might be a good idea to keep a record of the various stylistic decisions and preferences. The page's current system has been shaped by precedence, convenience and personal preference.

Books

 * Freely accessible
 * Published within the reign of Edward VII (1901–10)
 * Published between 1930 (see reference on p. 34) and 1936 (the lying-in-state of Edward VII is described on p. 81 but that of George V is not mentioned at all)
 * Accessible through registration at the Open Library
 * In possession
 * Shall not purchase
 * Other relevant books in possession
 * Published between 1930 (see reference on p. 34) and 1936 (the lying-in-state of Edward VII is described on p. 81 but that of George V is not mentioned at all)
 * Accessible through registration at the Open Library
 * In possession
 * Shall not purchase
 * Other relevant books in possession
 * Shall not purchase
 * Other relevant books in possession
 * Shall not purchase
 * Other relevant books in possession
 * Shall not purchase
 * Other relevant books in possession
 * Shall not purchase
 * Other relevant books in possession
 * Shall not purchase
 * Other relevant books in possession
 * Shall not purchase
 * Other relevant books in possession
 * Shall not purchase
 * Other relevant books in possession
 * Other relevant books in possession
 * Other relevant books in possession

Journal articles
Here follow the academic-journal articles which I am using or might use as sources.


 * Westminster Hall:




 * Old Palace:




 * Old and New Palace:




 * New Palace:


 * Trying to choose between these two alternatives:
 * Originally published as
 * Republished as
 * Trying to choose between these two alternatives:
 * Originally published as
 * Republished as
 * Trying to choose between these two alternatives:
 * Originally published as
 * Republished as
 * Trying to choose between these two alternatives:
 * Originally published as
 * Republished as
 * Originally published as
 * Republished as


 * Other:



Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The following articles all concern people connected directly or indirectly with the construction of the Palace, and I intend to check them for potentially useful background biographical information.

Notebook
(Also maybe compare this and this?)