User:Sjgardner

Userboxes This user is a Punctilious Proofer. This user is a Foofer who dreams in Small Caps. This user is a Perfectionist Post Processor.

Hi! I'm Simon and after several years addiction to PGDP post-processing, I took a bit of a step back into the less well ordered ambience of Real Life. But just now and then, according to the ebb and flow of the seasons and health, I jump back into the proofing fray...

My inclination with post-processing has always been to the neglected projects languishing for a year or more at the end of the queues, and a preference for copiously illustrated non-fiction which at times seemed like "biting off more than he can chew".

I have studied physics, linguistics and theology. I read widely in history and literature but just for pleasure. Music remains a hobby (folk, classical guitar, choir). The Isle of Wight was where I was born and grew up and is where I live now, but along the way home has been Oxford, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, West Sussex and Ethiopia from time to time, though not in that order.

I have maintained a list of the projects that I have PP-ed, to record stuff I've learned and enjoyed - and to acknowledge the extraordinary help that has been given to me by generous and encouraging and patient people. I don't know how to do it except to pour a huge amount of time and effort into each one, but it is enormously rewarding to see each completed.

In Progress

1. Lichens, by Annie Lorrain Smith.
2. English and Scottish Popular Ballads, volume 3 of 5, by Professor Francis James Child.
3. Some Account of the Oxford University Press 1468-1921 (Author unknown).
4. English and Scottish Popular Ballads, volume 4 of 5, by Professor Francis James Child.

In The Pipeline

Projects in earlier rounds which I am either committed to, or keenly awaiting to claim when they become available for PP.

1. English and Scottish Popular Ballads, volume 5 of 5, by Professor Francis James Child.

Posted to PG

Here's a list of projects posted to PG.

Useful Links

PP Resources

• Wiki Category Post Processing
• PP FAQ.
• Guiguts PP process checklist.
• Post-Processing_Advice.
• Regex cookbook (Wiki page).
• Unicode charts.
• Library of Formatting Examples.

Teams

• team: The Gravedigger Taking pity on the poor, neglected and mouldering projects at the end of the queues. Find 'em and bury 'em!
• team: UK Some measure of solidarity amongst those of us resident in the otherwise Disunited Kingdom.
• team: Turn the Tables It's addictive! Tidy the World! Put things into boxes!

Random / Fun

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