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    Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)!
    Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's representation on all language Wikipedias (biographies, women's works, women's issues, broadly construed). Did you know that, according to Humaniki, only 19.97% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed? Content gender gap is a form of systemic bias, and this is what WiR addresses. We invite you to participate, whenever you like, in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome at Women in Red!
    Alphabet run: X–Z editathon
    Online event
    June 2024
    Z is for Zora Neale Hurston
    Meetup310
    TypeEdit-a-thon
    SeriesAlphabet run
    ArticlesMeetup 310 articles (29)
    Use social media to promote our work!
    FacebookWiki Women in Red
    Twitter@wikiwomeninred
    Instagram@wikiwomeninred
    PinterestJune-2024-editathons
    Hashtag#wikiwomeninred
    Add to articles
    Authority controlAuthority control should be included at the foot of every biography: {{Authority control}}. It will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata.
    CategoriesChoose applicable categories including relevant subcategories of Category:Women.
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    Add to article talk pages
    {{WikiProject Biography}}
    {{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}} if born before 1950.
    Editathon banner: {{WIR|310}}
    Alphabet run: X–Z
    June 2024
    Recently completed: Women in STEM Geofocus: Islands I–P Women in archaeology
    New this month: Asian women Geofocus: Islands Q–Z Women in engineering
    Ongoing initiatives: #1day1woman Education
    Upcoming events: Ideas
    Welcome!

    From July 2023 to June 2024, Women in Red is embarking on their second collective "alphabet run", where editors work consecutively through the letters of the English alphabet. The June 2024 letters are X, Y and Z, and can be applied to any first, middle or last name of a subject e.g. Yoshiko Yamaguchi, or individuals named like Malala Yousafzai or Zora Neale Hurston would both be appropriate.

    For the rerun, we are providing lists of the most frequently redlisted women. Based on database searches, these are listed under the first name in the article title. While the searches take account of women's given names, you will discover there are quite a number that are inappropriate (e.g. names like Yuri that can apply to any gender have been captured by the redlist). If you decide to choose to write a biography for these lists, you might like to mention "most frequent" when you add it under New or upgraded articles.

    We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about notable women.

    This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are of course also welcome to add articles on any other women who deserve to be covered, for example under the topics of the month or our comprehensive #1day1woman priority.

    The main goals of the event are:

    • to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of prominent women
    • to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
    • to promote the new and improved articles and images through social media and via nominations to Main Page features "Did You Know?" and "In The News".

    What else?

    • Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create month by month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
    • This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
    • If you share any of the articles or images on social media, or successfully nominate for Main Page, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.
    Thank you!

    Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)

    A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on our Redlist index. Any of these lists can be used to find subjects who may have a first, middle or last name, beginning with X, Y or Z. Editors can click the column header to rearrange names into alphabetical order.

    There are a wide variety of dictionaries and other reference works available, some that editors might consider are:

    Wikidata generated lists

    • American National Biography (WD)
    • Australian Dictionary of Biography (WD)
    • Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women (WD)
    • Glimpses into Pacific Lives: Some Outstanding Women (CS)
    • Native American Women (WD)
    • Notable American Women, 1607–1950 (WD)
    • Notable Women of Hawaii (WD)
    • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (WD)


    Dictionaries with fewer than 20 women to go

    • Who's Who among the Colored Baptists of the United States (CS) - 4
    • Dictionary of Ulster Biography (WD) - 3
    • Dictionary of Irish Biography (WD)- 5 0 (more not on wikidata!)
    • Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers (WD) - 10 9 8 7
    • Western Canadian women (CS) - 11 9
    • Dictionary of African Biography (WD) - 10 9 2
    • Onze Musici (WD) - 8 13
    • Biographical Dictionary of Spanish Socialism (WD) - 14 15 17 16
    • Latin America in the Communist International (WD) - 17 14 13 12
    • Dictionary of Welsh Biography (WD) - 20 22 18 15 21


    Most frequently redlinked women

    The lists below cover the first names of women beginning with X, Y or Z:


    Participants

    Outcomes (articles)

    New or upgraded articles

    Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new

    Promote our work

    Key:

    • Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
    • Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest
    • Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter
    • Add IG after the article if you post it on Instagram
    • Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn
    • Add ITN after the article if it was posted on the main page via WP:In The News


    Did you know? articles

    In the News articles

    Outcomes (media)

    Add here – most recent at the top


    References

    Event templates

    • Invitation: June 2024
    • Editathon banner for talk pages – Alphabet Run: X, Y, & Z {{WIR|310}}
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