Week 1: Assignments issued

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Lecture: History of Wikipedia and how it works; the Wikipedia community.

During February and March

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

• Lecture: Finishing off your article; when to quote and when to cite; avoiding plagiarism

During April

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.