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Welcome to Women in Red (WiR)! We are a group of editors of all genders living around the world focused on improving content systemic bias in the wiki movement. We recognized a need for this work as, in October 2014, only 15.53% of English Wikipedia's biographies were about women.[1] Founded in July 2015, WiR strives to increase the percentage, which has reached 18.50% as of 7 July 2020. But that means, according to WHGI, only 320,187 of our 1,730,321 biographies are about women. Not impressed? "Content gender gap" is a form of systemic bias, and WiR addresses it in a positive way through shared values.
There are more than 18,000 general forum comments on our talkpage. You don't have to be a member in order to participate in the conversations, just please be civil.
- ^ Eduardo Graells-Garrido, Mounia Lalmas, Filippo Menczer, "First Women, Second Sex: Gender Bias in Wikipedia", arXiv, 9 February 2015, p. 3.
Wikipedia
Our Wikipedia WikiProject focuses on creating content regarding women's biographies, women's works, and women's issues. Our editors create articles in many different language Wikipedias. The objective is to turn "redlinks" into blue ones. That's why we are called "Women in Red".
We take an inclusive view towards subject matter, editors, and language communities:
- Editors: We do not focus on the gender of the editor. Anyone/everyone is welcome to be a member, participant, enthusiast of Women in Red. If you participate in WiR, you can join up officially using the box in the top right-hand corner of this page. You are also welcome to add our userbox template
{{User WikiProject Women in Red}}to your user page, to produce:
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- Language communities: While Women in Red began on English Wikipedia, it is an international commitment with dozens of other language communities. Please add a link to your language's coordination page here.
- Subject matter:
- If the subject of the article self-identifies as a woman—binary and/or non-binary and/or other, that person is included within the scope of Women in Red.
- In addition to creating new articles, we create and maintain hundreds of lists of "missing" notable women. Some who these women have an article on some language Wikipedia, while others have no article in any Wikipedia. We call these lists, "redlists".
- Click on our Redlinks index to see our lists of missing articles by focus area, occupation and nationality. Like everything else on Wikipedia, this is incomplete, so feel free to add pertinent items to our crowd-sourced lists.
- While all redlists have redlinks, our redlists are generated in numerous ways:
- crowd-sourced (example, Crafts)
- Wikidata-generated (example, Herpetologists)
- based on a dictionary or other reference book (example, Encyclopédie Larousse)
- based on a website (example, BBC 100 Women)
- based on an international Authority Control (example, VIAF)
WikiCommons
In support of #VisibleWikiWomen, our members add and improve images of women, women's works, and women's issues to WikiCommons.
Wikidata
We create and improve Wikidata items related to women, women's works, and women's issues.
See also
Learn more about our work, including Press and Research.
Announcements[edit]
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Add new announcements to the top. Sign with ~~~~. Remove old ones after a month.
- Australian child actresses Luca Sardelis and Kavitha Anandasivam subs created.Bogger (talk) 15:57, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
- Adriana Ocampo is running out of time before its GA nomination fails—can anyone help User:Flavinista complete the review by addressing the issues I have raised (see Talk:Adriana Ocampo/GA1)? Thanks, Amitchell125 (talk) 11:31, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- Changes has been addressed. Flavinista (talk) 16:33, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
Events[edit]
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Continuing global coverage
- In addition to our monthly editathons, you can cover women in any sphere of interest by taking part in the 2020 version of our #1day1woman initiative.
Special initiative for 2020
- Our year-long initiative for 2020 is devoted to Sports
Happening now
- July 2020: July Julies
- July 2020: Disability
- July 2020: Women from Where?
- Starting July 2020: BLM/Anti-discrimination
Recently completed
- June 2020: Pride
- June 2020: UN & agencies
- June 2020: Gender imbalance
Previous events
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Lists of red links[edit]
WiR works by filling in missing articles based on extensive lists of needed topics. The index to our wide range of topics and nationalities can be found at the Redlist index. Please make these red links blue. Notable women without a Wikipedia biography can be added to any crowd-sourced redlists they match; and added to wikidata such that they're included in wikidata-derived redlists. We also have a guide to adding names to redlists.
Article alerts[edit]
- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Women for articles about women that are nominated for deletion.
- This section is a transcluded subpage, and may contain more information than is shown here. To view or edit, go to /Article alerts (watch this section).
- Note: This report is based on the {{WIR}} banners of WikiProject Women in Red. If an article isn't listed here, first verify that it has one of those banners. If it has another women-related banner, like {{WikiProject Women}} or {{WikiProject Women scientists}}, look on those projects' article alert pages instead.
Did you know
- 04 Jul 2020 – Nerine Barrett (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Yoninah (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jul 2020 – Alicia Graf Mack (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Corachow (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jun 2020 – Kitty Lee Jenner (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Mujinga (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jun 2020 – Rohani Darus Danil (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jeromi Mikhael (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jun 2020 – Antoinette Waroh (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jeromi Mikhael (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jun 2020 – Odette Ferreira (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Roundtheworld (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jun 2020 – Junauda Petrus (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Paul2520 (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Jun 2020 – Ljuba Prenner (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Yoninah (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Jun 2020 – Hilda Gregg (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Mujinga (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jun 2020 – Hetty Spiers (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Paul2520 (t · c); see discussion
- (11 more...)
Articles for deletion
- 05 Jul 2020 – Olajumoke Oduwole (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Celestina007 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 05 Jul 2020 – Tobi Kukoyi (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Celestina007 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 05 Jul 2020 – Wynn-Anne Rossi (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Less Unless (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 04 Jul 2020 – Ummarapas Vathanakul (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 04 Jul 2020 – Heather Cerveny (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Boleyn (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
- 03 Jul 2020 – Vaania Kapoor Achuthan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sportsfan 1234 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 03 Jul 2020 – Claudia Conway (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by KidAd (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 03 Jul 2020 – Rachel Claudio (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 02 Jul 2020 – Amanda Van Annan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 02 Jul 2020 – Kristin Best (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Boleyn (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
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Redirects for discussion
- 21 Jun 2020 – Archeway (talk · edit · hist) →Meghan, Duchess of Sussex was RfDed by Soumya-8974 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 27 Jun 2020 – Alfred Gilbert (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Mujinga (t · c); start discussion
- 17 Jun 2020 – Leda Valladares (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 15 Jun 2020 – Sue Bruce-Smith (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kingsif (t · c); start discussion
- 28 May 2020 – Gloria Swanson (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Maile66 (t · c); start discussion
- 25 May 2020 – María Lionza (statue) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kingsif (t · c); start discussion
- 21 May 2020 – India Ferrah (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Another Believer (t · c); start discussion
Requests for comments
- 23 Jun 2020 – Saida Muna Tasneem (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 04 Mar 2020 – Frances Gertrude McGill (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Alanna the Brave (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 01 Jul 2020 – Tabitha Brown (actress) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Tabitha Brown by HeyitsBen (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jun 2020 – Siya Kakkar (talk · edit · hist) move request to Suicide of Siya Kakkar by Abishe (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 23 Jun 2020 – Rubi Soto (talk · edit · hist) move request to Rubí Soto by MonFrontieres (t · c) was closed to Rubí Soto (talk · edit · hist) by YoungForever (t · c) on 30 Jun 2020; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 04 Jul 2020 – Mary L. Trump (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Too Much and Never Enough by Animalparty (t · c); see discussion
- 02 May 2020 – Dorothy Fane (actress) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Dorothy Foster by Marcok (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Feb 2020 – Zakia Haqqi (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Zakia Hakki by Fjmustak (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Jul 2019 – The Blue Cloak (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Netherlandish Proverbs by MatthewHoobin (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 02 Jun 2020 – Draft:Ryan N. Dennis (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Annemw (t · c)
- 12 Oct 2019 – Draft:Chen Arieli (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Stavarnon (t · c)
- 23 Jun 2020 – Draft:Carolyn Marino Malone (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by CourtauldGill (t · c) was moved to Carolyn Marino Malone (talk · edit · hist) by Zanimum (t · c) on 02 Jul 2020
- 09 May 2020 – Draft:Kristen Arnett (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Respondebat illa (t · c) was accepted to Kristen Arnett (talk · edit · hist) by Megalibrarygirl (t · c) on 01 Jul 2020
Declined drafts[edit]
Thanks firstly to Ronhjones, and now to Galobtter, we have a bot showing declined drafts submitted to AfC. Weekly updates highlight those most recently listed under New Additions. With a little bit of attention, some of them could well be moved to mainspace, encouraging the editors who created them to progress on Wikipedia.
Resources and research[edit]
WiR maintains resources to help you contribute, including lists of topical books and external links, information on editing in general, and contacts you can reach out to for specific needs. They can be found at Resources.
Academic research on Wikipedia's content gender gap is also documented at Research.
Metrics[edit]
- This section is a transcluded subpage, containing more information than is shown here. To view detailed month-by-month results or to edit, go to Metrics.
The articles created for any month, including the current month, can be displayed by clicking on one of the months in the archive box.
We track the articles we create each month. Reports bot updates these lists automatically, but you can manually add and annotate entries. The bot will remove non-existent pages. More details about the bot. Our metrics talkpage is here: Metrics talkpage
The evolving list for this month (see Archives box) is created by the bot which lists new women's biographies on the basis of their female gender on Wikidata. At present, the bot does not list women's works, associations or related articles but you are encouraged to add these to the list manually. A WiR Wikidata page provides information on how you can help ensure WiR metrics are up-to-date.
The graph shows the number of articles created each month. The apparent decrease for the current month reflects the number of articles created up to today's date. Only data on completed months indicate overall progress. Annual totals at a glance are:
- 2015 (project was established in July): 11,599
- 2016: 27,951
- 2017: 27,777
- 2018: 26,550
- 2019: 26,663
- January – March 2020: 7,208
- Grand total: 127,685
Showcase[edit]
WiR is amazing and has way too much to showcase here. Please see Showcase for our recent and past achievements.
Recent Did You Know? blurbs[edit]
These are the 20 most recent WP:DYK entries for WiR. Updated approximately weekly by User:JL-Bot.
- ... that film producer Sue Bruce-Smith was credited with the success of Oscar-winning films including 12 Years a Slave, The Favourite, Room, and Slumdog Millionaire? (2020-07-02)
- ... that Dawn Aponte became the highest-ranked woman in NFL football operations when she was appointed chief administrator in June 2017? (2020-06-30)
- ... that Danielle Lessovitz found respite in New York's ball culture after her father's suicide, later setting her first feature film, Port Authority, within it? (2020-06-25)
- ... that Canadian soccer player Christabel Oduro is the cousin of Dominic Oduro, who has played for Ghana? (2020-06-23)
- ... that Mexican professional wrestler Chabela Romero had a feud with Irma González that played out across eight years and in three countries? (2020-06-23)
- ... that Lady Henrietta Berkeley (pictured) had an affair with her older sister's husband, claimed in court to have married his servant, and then fled with both of them to Cleves? (2020-06-22)
- ... that Swedish ballerina Nikisha Fogo's parents owned the first hip-hop dance school in Sweden? (2020-06-20)
- ... that Layla Saad's 2020 book Me and White Supremacy originated from an Instagram challenge? (2020-06-19)
- ... that both the white-bellied woolly mouse opossum and the Fernando Po swift are named after the British architectural historian and philanthropist Constance Sladen? (2020-06-17)
- ... that Walkiria Terradura (pictured) was a member of the Italian resistance movement during World War II and a specialist in blowing up bridges? (2020-06-16)
- ... that Tilly Bébé (pictured), a pioneer in the docile training of predators, starred with her lions in a silent film of a genre described as "exotic-erotic-escapist"? (2020-06-14)
- ... that Fannie Flagg set her 2010 comedy-mystery novel I Still Dream About You in Birmingham, Alabama, because she wanted "to write a Valentine to my hometown"? (2020-06-13)
- ... that the University of Cologne awards an annual gender equality prize in honor of Jenny Gusyk, who became the school's first female and first foreign student when it was re-established in 1919? (2020-06-12)
- ... that Ottilie Baader was one of the founders of the first trade union organization for women in Germany? (2020-06-11)
- ... that Yinka Jegede-Ekpe, the first Nigerian woman to go public with her HIV-positive status, later gave birth to a healthy, HIV-negative baby girl? (2020-06-08)
- ... that Julie Sauvé has coached Canadian, Brazilian, and Singaporean synchronized-swimming teams? (2020-06-05)
- ... that the veterinarian Janina Oyrzanowska-Poplewska, whose work led to the creation of the first Polish canine distemper vaccine, has been honored as a Righteous Among the Nations? (2020-06-05)
- ... that Ipsita Biswas led the team that developed less-lethal plastic bullets for crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir? (2020-06-02)
- ... that in 2015, Eva Asderaki became the first woman to umpire a men's US Open tennis final? (2020-05-30)
- ... that Hawaiian princess Likelike (pictured) died under mysterious circumstances in 1887 amid rumors that she had been malevolently "prayed" to death? (2020-05-26)
Transcluding 20 of 1435 total
Press[edit]
There has been considerable press coverage of WiR. Below are some recent articles. To add articles to the list, visit Press.
- Wikipedia is a world built by and for men. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight is changing that. by Rachael Allen The Lily 11 April 2020
- Filling in the gender gap on Wikipedia, by Kate Jacobson, Fortune, 11 March 2020
- International Women's Day: Closing the online gender gap, BBC News, 8 March 2020, emphasis on Wales.
- Cincinatti radio covers Women in Red work at Earlham College March 2?
- Everything’s on Wikipedia. Misinformation, too. But Wiki says its editing process quickly shuts that down., article by Molly Wood, Marketplace, 12 February 2020
- Scott Polar Research Institute's exhib features the 100 Wikibomb women from Women in Antactica, 15 January 2020
- How Wikipedia’s volunteer army combats misinformation in the 'post-truth' era, article by Sarah Leeson in PRI, 16 January 2020
- The Sum of What? On Gender, Visibility, and Wikipedia, article by Kirsten Menger-Anderson, Undark, 1 January 2020
Academia[edit]
Academic papers on gender bias in Wikipedia (as recorded in Wikidata) are listed in Scholia.
To include a paper, create an item about it on Wikidata (check first to avoid duplicates) and give it main subject (P921) = gender bias on Wikipedia (Q17002416).
External links[edit]
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- Women in Red on Twitter
- Interest in women's history began much earlier than is assumed, Phys Org, August 25, 2015
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