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This is a draft proposal for a WiR monthly achievement scheme which is designed to encourage editors to create more biographies of women. The scheme allows editors to list all the biographies they have created each month, adding them under "First new biography", "Second new biography", etc., until the greatest number of new biographies per editor is established. In addition to simply listing the article titles, the items under each subheading will include a flag template showing the nationality of each woman covered, their occupation, the name of the editor, the class of the article created, and the date. A typical listing will start like this (based on a few early July additions): .

New biographies created in July 2018

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Please list under appropriate subheadings in chronological order, most recent at the bottom. All editors should start with "First new biography".

First new biography

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  1. United States Bettina Gilois, screenwriter, created by MauraWen, C-class, 1 July
  2. United Kingdom Mary McCrossan, painter, created by 14GTR, start class, 1 July
  3. South Africa Hetta Empson, sculptor, created by WomenArtistUpdates, start class, 2 July
  4. Spain Ana María Noé, actress, created by Nick Number, C-class, 1 July
  5. Turkey Tuluhan Tekelioğlu, journalist, created by CeeGee, start class, 1 July
  6. United States Johnstone Bennett, actress, created by Penny Richards, 1 July
  7. United States Agnes Huntington, opera singer, created by Rosiestep, C-class, 1 July
  8. United States Kelly M. Quintanilla, university president, created by Originalmess, start class, 1 July
  9. South Africa Ashani Weeraratna, cancer researcher, created by Thsmi002, C-class, 2 July
  10. Democratic Republic of the Congo Philomène Omatuku Atshakawo Akatshi, politician, created by PamD, stub, 3 July
  11. South Africa Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko, diplomat, created by Megalibrarygirl, start, 3 July
  12. United States Hazel Gaudet-Erskine, scientist, created by DanielGSouza , C-class, 3 July
  13. Poland Regina Fleszarowa, scientist, created by SusunW , C-class, 3 July
  14. Japan Aguri Ōnishi, actress, created by Mcampany, 4 July
  15. Sri Lanka Sunethra Ranasinghe‎, politician, created by Pharaoh of the Wizards, stub, 6 July
  16. Zimbabwe Natsai Audrey Chieza, textile designer, created by Jesswade88, start class, 7 July
  17. Chile Liliana Ross, director, actress and playwright, created by Scanlan, start class, 7 July
  18. United States Margaret McFarland, child psychologist, created by EricEnfermero , C-class, 8 July
  19. Iran Minoo Mohraz, doctor, created by Droodkin, start class, 9 July
  20. Australia Mollie Campbell-Smith, educator, created by Oronsay, start class, 10 July

Second new biography

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  1. Angola Maria João Ganga, film director, created by MauraWen, start class, 2 July
  2. United States Leila McIntyre, actress, created by Penny Richards, start, 3 July
  3. United Kingdom Marianne Chambers, playwright, created by PamD, stub, 4 July
  4. Greece Anna Apostolaki, archaeologist, created by SusunW , B-class, 4 July
  5. Netherlands Eveline Crone, neuroscientist, created by Originalmess, C-class, 5 July
  6. Sri Lanka Ranganayaki Pathmanathan, politician, created by Pharaoh of the Wizards, stub, 6 July
  7. Australia Nyuju Stumpy Brown, indigenous painter and community leader, created by Thsmi002, C-class, 10 July
  8. Japan Maria Sashide, actress, created by Mcampany, 10 July
  9. United Kingdom Georgina Hunt, abstract painter, created by 14GTR, start class, 16 July
  10. Australia Judith Whitworth, medical researcher, created by Oronsay, start class, 12 July

Third new biography

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  1. United States Stella Mayhew, actress and vaudeville performer, created by Penny Richards, C-class, 4 July
  2. Cameroon Osvalde Lewat, filmmaker and photographer, created by MauraWen, C-class, 6 July
  3. Netherlands Phia Berghout, harpist, created by PamD, stub class, 6 July
  4. United Kingdom Bridget Jones (academic), literary academic, created by SusunW, B-class, 6 July
  5. India Kamla Manhar, politician, created by Pharaoh of the Wizards, 7 July
  6. Dominican Republic Santaye, singer-songwriter, created by Thsmi002, start class, 12 July
  7. France Catherine-Nicole Lemaure, soprano, created by Originalmess, start class, 22 July

Fourth new biography

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  1. United States Ida C. Nahm, physician, created by Penny Richards, startclass, 4 July
  2. India Shanti Pahadia, politician, created by Pharaoh of the Wizards, 7 July
  3. Barbados Daphne Joseph-Hackett, actor, teacher, theater producer, created by SusunW, Start class, 9 July
  4. France Alceste Cœuriot, mezzo-soprano, created by Originalmess, C-class, 22 July

Fifth new biography

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  1. United States Grace Hazard (actress), actress , created by Penny Richards, B-class, 7 July
  2. India Sayeeda Khatun, politician, created by Pharaoh of the Wizards, 8 July
  3. Jamaica Enid Gonsalves, teacher, created by SusunW, C-class, 14 July

Sixth new biography

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  1. India Noorjehan Razack, politician, created by Pharaoh of the Wizards, 8 July
  2. Haiti Lina Mathon-Blanchet, teacher, musician, composer, ethnographer, created by SusunW, C-class, 17 July

Seventh new biography

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  1. India Ushi Khan, politician, created by Pharaoh of the Wizards, 9 July
  2. Cuba Eusebia Cosme, declamation artist, abstract painter, film/television actress, created by SusunW, 21 July

As the days go by, it will be possible to see how many new biographies are being added each day as well as which editors have been the most productive. Inclusion of the article class should encourage editors to aim for start class or higher. By the end of the month, there will be awards for "Five new WiR biographies: July 2018", "10 new WiR biographies: July 2018", "20 new WiR biographies: July 2018" and "Most new WiR biographies: July 2018". Still to be developed, the awards will look like user boxes and will be based on the WiR barnstar icons. Editors will be encouraged to copy them onto their user pages themselves. Those who do not will be notified of their successes on their talk pages.

I don't see any real need to include a list of participants as all members of WiR will be welcome to use the scheme. We might nevertheless establish as list of those who do not wish to participate if anyone thinks this is necessary.

If the biography achievements work well, we might also include a section on other articles covering women and their works. We could also include a section on de-stubbing (and perhaps other article enhancements) and one specifically designed to help new editors promote their drafts to mainspace. To avoid confusion, it seems wise to start with biographies alone as this could be achieved without too much difficulty in August. In addition to announcements on the WiR pages, the invitations should include a link to the new monthly achievement page.

The scheme should be easy to implement as it will not upset our existing monthly editathons. Most of the work will be handled by editors themselves as they list their additions. I hope nevertheless that we can find two or three volunteers to monitor progress and encourage editors to use the scheme. There will be no physical prizes but I am optimistic that many editors will welcome the competitive approach.

I await any reactions, including suggestions for improvement, on this article's talk page or on the WiR talk page itself.