The course is marked on seven criteria:
- Inclusion of required systematic information: the completion of an infobox, statistical trends from the census, and the administrative history of the parish.
- Effective use of sources to create a sense of place and a sense of historical evolution. To a significant extent, this is an exercise in statistical comprehension, rather than analysis, based on the interpretation of modern and historical census data, as all the villages/parishes we include have a population time series showing whether and when they have grown or declined; a detailed occupational listing for 1881; and a range of data from the 2001 and 2011 censuses.
- Originality in the use of sources: has the student gone usefully beyond the sources listed in handouts. We discourage quotation from estate agents' online property details and advertising from local businesses. We encourage careful use of e-mail based research.
- How well the article is laid out and illustrated. Students are encouraged to draw on the Geograph project for pictures of the village.
- The quality of the referencing. Wherever possible footnotes should include a hyperlink to the source of the information, but whether or not these are included each footnote should clearly identify the source and enable readers to assess its quality, without following any link: giving it a title or some other description; identifying the person or organisation responsible for it; wherever possible, including a date of publication. The date when a web page was accessed should always be included, but preference should also be given to web sites and addresses likely not to change, i.e. those identified as 'permalinks' or 'URIs'. NB statements unsupported by any referencing at all will simply be ignored in the marking.
- Engagement with other Wikipedia users: Was a first draft of the complete article online in time for other Wikipedians to comment? How well did the student learn from and respond to comments? Students are expected to have that draft version complete by the start of the Easter break, and then to respond to any comments before finalising it in the week after the break. They have to hand in a printed version of the article, but this criterion is assessed from the online article's history page.
- Adherence to Wikipedia guidelines, and particularly Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements, Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles and Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style.
The course is marked on seven criteria:
- Inclusion of required systematic information: the completion of an infobox, statistical trends from the census, and the administrative history of the parish.
- Effective use of sources to create a sense of place and a sense of historical evolution. To a significant extent, this is an exercise in statistical comprehension, rather than analysis, based on the interpretation of modern and historical census data, as all the villages/parishes we include have a population time series showing whether and when they have grown or declined; a detailed occupational listing for 1881; and a range of data from the 2001 and 2011 censuses.
- Originality in the use of sources: has the student gone usefully beyond the sources listed in handouts. We discourage quotation from estate agents' online property details and advertising from local businesses. We encourage careful use of e-mail based research.
- How well the article is laid out and illustrated. Students are encouraged to draw on the Geograph project for pictures of the village.
- The quality of the referencing. Wherever possible footnotes should include a hyperlink to the source of the information, but whether or not these are included each footnote should clearly identify the source and enable readers to assess its quality, without following any link: giving it a title or some other description; identifying the person or organisation responsible for it; wherever possible, including a date of publication. The date when a web page was accessed should always be included, but preference should also be given to web sites and addresses likely not to change, i.e. those identified as 'permalinks' or 'URIs'. NB statements unsupported by any referencing at all will simply be ignored in the marking.
- Engagement with other Wikipedia users: Was a first draft of the complete article online in time for other Wikipedians to comment? How well did the student learn from and respond to comments? Students are expected to have that draft version complete by the start of the Easter break, and then to respond to any comments before finalising it in the week after the break. They have to hand in a printed version of the article, but this criterion is assessed from the online article's history page.
- Adherence to Wikipedia guidelines, and particularly Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements, Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles and Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style.