Talk:Dictionary of Women Worldwide

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Did you know... that in developing the Dictionary of Women Worldwide, editors Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer found other biographical dictionaries often devoted only five percent of their text to women?

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 04:16, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in developing the Dictionary of Women Worldwide, editors Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer found other biographical dictionaries often devoted only five percent of their text to women? Source: "Consulting standard biographical dictionaries while editing their encyclopedia Women in World History, the editors found that entries on women typically accounted for five percent or less of the texts" ("Dictionary of women worldwide; 25,000 women through the ages; 3v." Reference & Research Book News, vol. 22, no. 1, 2007.)

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Created by Innisfree987 (talk) and Silver seren (talk). Nominated by Innisfree987 (talk) at 22:54, 4 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

The article is new enough, long enough, well-referenced, neutrally written with no significant copyvios. The hook fact is backed by a source inline and is reasonably interesting. The source is reliable, offline, and accepted in good faith. A QPQ has been done by the nominator. Good to go! Ashley yoursmile! 08:05, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for creating this page, Innisfree987! I see that there are a bunch of places where the dictionary is used as a reference. You might be interested in adding links to those to help people find this page and better assess the dictionary's suitability as a reliable reference. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 17:26, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Sdkb, that is an interesting idea! I would welcome assistance, as there appear to be hundreds. And perhaps now that this page exists, people creating new entries might link to it of their own initiative, too. Innisfree987 (talk) 19:16, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've done a dozen or so, but unfortunately in many cases they're within reference templates, which breaks the FindLink tool. I brought up that issue on the tool's talk page a few months ago, and hopefully at some point Edward will find a solution. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:31, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sdkb, thank you! I was unfamiliar with that tool; very much appreciate learning how it can work automatically. There’s a challenge as well for the book's subtitle but, good to know what the tool can do, regardless! Innisfree987 (talk) 21:39, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]