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Welcome to Women in Red (WiR), a WikiProject whose objective is to turn "redlinks" into blue ones. That's why we care called "Women in Red". We recognized a need for this work as, in November 2014, only about 15% of the English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. Founded in July 2015, WiR strives to improve the figure, which has reached 17.94% as of 19 August 2019. But that means, according to WHGI, only 296,148 of our 1,650,578 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.
We take an inclusive view towards subject matter, editors, and language communities:
- 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. 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 others which are pertinent to our scope (women's biographies, women's works, women's issues).
- 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.
Learn more about our work, including Press and Research »
Announcements [edit]
Add new announcements to the top. Sign with ~~~~. Remove old ones after a month.
Events[edit]
- This section is a transcluded subpage, and may contain more information than is shown here. To view or edit, go to /Events.
Continuing global coverage
- In addition to our monthly editathons, you can cover women in any sphere of interest by taking part in our continuing #1day1woman initiative.
Special initiative for 2019
- Throughout the year, we will be maintaining month-by-month interest in our Focus on Suffrage initiative.
Happening now
- August 2019: Sports (for one more month)
- August 2019: Indigenous women
- August 2019: Film and stage
- August 2019: Millennial countries
Recently completed
- July 2019: Sports
- July 2019: Education
- July 2019: Geofocus:Microstates
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.
- 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 project's article alert pages instead.
Did you know
- 22 Aug 2019 – Nora Houston (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by ScoutHarris (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Aug 2019 – Abigail Mbalo-Mokoena (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Valereee (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2019 – Doris Bergen (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2019 – Ursula Boese (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Aug 2019 – Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Aug 2019 – Jessie Coles Grayson (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by RebeccaGreen (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Aug 2019 – Serenay Aktaş (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by CeeGee (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jul 2019 – Jill Martin (actress) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by MWright96 (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Jul 2019 – Brigitte Kronauer (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Jul 2019 – Jennie Porter (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (t · c); see discussion
- (7 more...)
Articles for deletion
- 24 Aug 2019 – Kanti Shrestha (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Harshil169 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 24 Aug 2019 – Colette Urban (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by KKKNL1488 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 23 Aug 2019 – Iyiola Solanke (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Agricola44 (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 21 Aug 2019 – Gretchen Custodio Diez (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Meatsgains (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 21 Aug 2019 – Amelia McNamara (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Haukurth (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
- 21 Aug 2019 – Michele Carlson (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by ThatMontrealIP (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 20 Aug 2019 – Wonuola Okoye (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Rosguill (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 19 Aug 2019 – April Wilkerson (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by DGG (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 19 Aug 2019 – Sarah Goodhart (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Jamesbuc (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 19 Aug 2019 – Maria Fowler (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Jamesbuc (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
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Good article nominees
- 22 Aug 2019 – Women's suffrage in Virginia (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ScoutHarris (t · c); start discussion
- 04 Aug 2019 – Mamie Shields Pyle (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Knope7 (t · c); start discussion
- 16 Jul 2019 – Adele Zay (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 07 Jul 2019 – Jeni Bojilova-Pateva (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 04 Jul 2019 – Brynhild Olivier (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Michael Goodyear (t · c); start discussion
- 03 Jul 2019 – Józefa Joteyko (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 09 Apr 2019 – Marjorie Paxson (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Valereee (t · c); start discussion
- 03 Jan 2019 – Fenty Beauty (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Innisfree987 (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be merged
- 12 Jul 2019 – The Blue Cloak (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Netherlandish Proverbs by MatthewHoobin (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Feb 2019 – Maggie Roche (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to The Roches by Arthur Rubin (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 14 Aug 2019 – Draft:Christine Wren (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by PMCH2 (t · c)
- 26 Jul 2019 – Draft:Goldie Michelson (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by PMCH2 (t · c)
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
- January-July 2019: 14480
- Grand total: 108,357
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 Sylvia Stoesser was called the "nasal chemist" because she could often identify the ingredients in an unknown laboratory mixture by smelling it? (2019-08-18)
- ... that Turkish race walker Meryem Bekmez escaped the traditional social practice of child marriage for girls when her athletic abilities were discovered? (2019-08-18)
- ... that in 1979, fifteen-year-old Laura Michalek became the youngest athlete ever to win the Chicago Marathon? (2019-08-17)
- ... that chef Asma Khan's husband is not a fan of her food? (2019-08-17)
- ... that Suzy Dietrich was part of the first women's team to finish an international-standard 24-hour motor race? (2019-08-16)
- ... that Anna Eckstein (pictured) dressed in white and collected six million signatures to promote world peace before the First World War? (2019-08-13)
- ... that Guðrún Björnsdóttir, a 20th-century Icelandic politician and women's rights activist, was at one time a milk vendor? (2019-08-12)
- ... that Wibke Bruhns (pictured), the first female German television news presenter, was a correspondent for Stern in Jerusalem and wrote the biography of her father, who was executed by the Nazis? (2019-08-10)
- ... that Ina Kaplan was six months pregnant when she won three of the four 2014 German national pool championships? (2019-08-09)
- ... that Isoldé Elchlepp began her career as a protest song singer and later appeared as Wagner's Ortrud at the Bayreuth Festival and as Schoeck's Penthesilea at the Staatsoper Hannover? (2019-08-06)
- ... that philanthropist Mary Robinson Foster (pictured) was known as the first Hawaiian Buddhist? (2019-08-05)
- ... that after Josephine Groves Holloway's petition to form an official Girl Scout troop for African-Americans was rejected, she formed her own troop and encouraged her friends to do the same? (2019-08-04)
- ... that Mother Berry, a jockey who rode disguised as a man, earned her nickname after she adopted a runaway child? (2019-08-03)
- ... that Wilhelmine Lübke (pictured, center), who joined her husband, President of West Germany Heinrich Lübke, on more than 50 state visits, was fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Russian? (2019-08-01)
- ... that American historian Pamela Nadell traced the origins of the first agitations for a female rabbi to a short story published in 1889? (2019-08-01)
- ... that Lord Mayor of Birmingham Yvonne Mosquito opened comedian Joe Lycett's kitchen extension? (2019-07-28)
- ... that Clemantine Wamariya was reunited with her parents on The Oprah Winfrey Show, twelve years after being separated from them during the Rwandan genocide? (2019-07-27)
- ... that Lilian Benningsen, a singer at the Bavarian State Opera for decades, appeared as Carolina in the world premiere of Henze's Elegie für junge Liebende (Elegy for Young Lovers)? (2019-07-26)
- ... that Australian theatre director and former chemistry demonstrator May Hollinworth was described as "a wizard with lighting effects"? (2019-07-25)
- ... that Mandy Moore choreographed La La Land's opening number using 30 dancers, 100 extras, and 60 cars stuck in traffic on a Los Angeles freeway? (2019-07-23)
Transcluding 20 of 1149 total
Press[edit]
There has been considerable press coverage of WiR. Below are some recent articles. To add articles to the list, visit Press.
- "Most Wikipedia profiles are about men - these women in Australia are hoping to change that". SBS News. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- “Inclusipedia” brings underrepresented people of Boulder to light, article by Isabella Fincher, CuiIndependent, 25 May 2019
- Seeking Equality—One Biography at a Time, Kochi Post, 8 May 2019, Ardra Manasi
- Male scientists are often cast as lone geniuses. Here’s what happened when a woman was., Vox article by Brian Resnick, 16 April 2019.
- Wikipedia Isn’t Officially a Social Network. But the Harassment Can Get Ugly, by Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 8 April 2019.
- Why we need to address the digital divide if we want to foster more democratic societies, OuiShare
- Why policymakers need to tackle the digital gender gap, Open Global Rights
- Students inspired by York University Libraries make impressive edits to Wikipedia, by Katrina Cohen-Palacios, yFile: York University News, 26 March 2019
- RIT Libraries hosts Women on Wikipedia Edit-a-thon March 22, by Susan Gawlowicz, Rochester Institute of Technology News, 21 March 2019
- Event at RIT aims to improve online gender equity, by Beth Adams, WXXI News, 19 March 2019
- Wiki women: Volunteers add female and non-binary artists to Wikipedia, CBC, 15 March 2019
- Boulder Group is Rewriting History One Wikipedia Article at a Time, by Daliah Singer, 5280, 15 March 2019
- Libraries’ day-long Wiki Edit-a-thon to help shrink gender gap, by Jill Shockey, Penn State News, 15 March 2019
- Cornell Celebrates International Women’s Day with Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, by Chantal Raguin, The Cornell Daily Sun, 10 March 2019
- Edit-a-thon aims to give recognition to more women, arts on Wikipedia, by Alexsandra Coltun Schneider, Daily Bruin, 11 March 2019
- ICA holds ‘Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon’ to increase female, gender non-binary representation online, by Jennifer Suryadjaja, The Daily Free Press, 7 March 2019 Wikipedia ‘Edit-a-Thon’ translates Spanish entries on Latin artists], by Jesenia De Moya Correa, The Inquirer, 6 March 2019
- Fine Arts Library to Host Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, University of Arkansas News, 4 March 2019
- Wikipedia ‘Edit-a-Thon’ translates Spanish entries on Latin artists, by Jesenia De Moya Correa, The Inquirer, 6 March 2019
- UNC libraries give feminism a voice with Wikipedia edit-a-thon, by Ava Eucker, The Daily Tar Heel, 3 May 2019
- UNLV hosts feminist 'edit-a-thon' on Wikipedia, by Jesse Stiller, CampusReform, 26 February 2019
- Women scientists being whitewashed from Wikipedia, by Ewan McAndrew, Siobhan O’Connor, Dr Sara Thomas and Dr Alice White in The Scotsman, 12 March 2019
- Volunteers work to bolster Canadian women's biographies on Wikipedia, by Paul Chiasson, the Canadian Press, 8 March 2019
- The Royal Society are shouting out diversity champions on National Science Day - and we feature - Victuallers (talk) 15:21, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
- Happy 18th birthday, Wikipedia. Let’s celebrate the Internet’s good grown-up., by Stephen Harrison, The Washington Post, 14 January 2019
- From Chinese spies to award-winning geologists, we’re making women visible on Wikipedia, by Ewan McAndrew, Sioban O'Connor, Sara Thomas and Alice White, New Statesman, 8 January 2019
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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- Interest in women's history began much earlier than is assumed, Phys Org, August 25, 2015
