# Talk:Southsea Castle

Moore, Pam (1988). The industrial heritage of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Richard Clay. p. 97. ISBN 0850336651. says 1823
Lloyd, David W (1974). Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs. City of Portsmouth. p. 78. says 1828
Which one is right? Need to check more sources.©Geni 01:08, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/southsea-castle-from-the-east-24753
Need to check author's date of death.
©Geni 04:43, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm hoping to further develop this article over the coming weeks and then submit it it to GA review. As part of that, I'd like to alter the citation system. This requires prior discussion on the talk page under the WP:CITEVAR policy.
Currently the article generally (but no entirely consistently) uses long citations, e.g. "Webb, John (1977). The Siege of Portsmouth in the Civil War. Portsmouth City Council. pp. 18–19. ISBN 0-901559-33-4." With a greater density of citations, this can be less easy to use or read. I'm proposing the harvb template and bibliography approach, supported by cite web in cs2 mode. This produces short citations, such as "Webb 199, pp. 18-19", with the full book details automatically linked in a bibliography below. For an example of how this looks and works in practice, have a look at Henry I of England, which I was also involved in. 
I'd welcome your thoughts. Hchc2009 (talk) 07:46, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Done. Hchc2009 (talk) 19:23, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
And developed. Hchc2009 (talk) 10:40, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
For the avoidance of doubt as the person who added most of the citations prior to Hchc2009 I'm pretty much indifferent on the matter.©Geni (talk) 15:19, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
Cheers! Hchc2009 (talk) 16:59, 9 August 2016 (UTC)