Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Portsmouth/Applied Human Geography (Spring 2017)/Timeline
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Week 1: Assignments issued[edit]
- Lecture: Introduction to assignment; how we know about places we haven't been to.
- Class: Using the checklists to find articles that "work"; making the simplest possible change.
Week 2: Researching parishes[edit]
- Lecture: What is a parish? Sources of information.
- Class: Adding a quotation from a historical source, a picture and a population figure.
Week 3: Qualitative sources[edit]
- Lecture: Guidance on sources, what to use and what not to use.
- Class: Adding an Infobox, a population time series, occupational data and a map excerpt
Week 5: Working with Wikipedia and Wikipedians[edit]
- Lecture: History of Wikipedia and how it works; the Wikipedia community.
During February and March[edit]
Articles should be extended by adding interpretative text based on the statistical sources, and also by using initiative to locate additional online sources, and possibly through careful use of e-mail. A first draft of the article should be complete, and open to comment and revision by other Wikipedians, by the end of March.
Week 10: Copying and referencing[edit]
- Lecture: Finishing off your article; when to quote and when to cite; avoiding plagiarism
During April[edit]
Students should monitor article for comments and editing by others, and respond by further improving their article prior to submission of a printed version at the start of the summer term.