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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 reducing 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 19.06% as of 13 September 2021. But that means that of 1,843,517 biographies, only 351,439 are about women.[2] 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.[3] You don't have to be a member in order to participate in the conversations; just please be civil.
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. Historic cases where what they self-identified as is unknown also count. The goal of the project is to increase inclusion, and we'd rather not block article subjects from being included in an article creation drive.
- In addition to creating new articles, we create and maintain hundreds of lists of "missing" notable women. Some of 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.
- Global Citizen published an article titled "7 Notable African Women Activists Who Deserve Wikipedia Pages" on 9 August. Its by Leah Rodriguez and its objective is great. I think they all have articles now thanks to @Abishe: and @Indy beetle:. The article is collecting the names of missing wikiwomen (but not sure if they are aware of wikidata) or us. Victuallers (talk) 09:02, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
- A new redlist for women in microbiology, inspired by the book of the same name, has been created. Feel free to add to it! - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 11:10, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
- Interesting new research report from A+F on Wikimedia sourcing: Berson, Amber; Sengul-Jones, Monika; Tamani, Melissa (June 2021). "Unreliable Guidelines: Reliable Sources and Marginalized Communities in French, English and Spanish Wikipedias" (PDF). Art+Feminism.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)--Ipigott (talk) 10:59, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
- As of 18 June, the last month of our Women in Europe contest has been extended to include centenarians on the basis of a well-developed redlist.--Ipigott (talk) 10:07, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
- Wikimedia Switzerland organises the international online camp Wikipedia for Peace: Women's Suffrage from 1-7 February 2021 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage in Switzerland. --Shikeishu (talk) 17:38, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
- Wiki Project 1000 Women in Religion announces an Edit-a-Thon sponsered by the American Academy of Religion Western Region March 20, 2021 focusing on religious scholars and activists of color --RosPost (talk) 22:30, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- On 10 March, the Auckland War Memorial Museum is hosting an in-person and online event, focusing on New Zealand-related women. --Prosperosity (talk) 00:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
- The alpha version of the Humaniki gender gap statistics project was released on 15 March 2021. See Humaniki March Update: Public Launch of Alpha Release. From now on, it will be used in place of WHGI for providing statistics on Women in Red in regard to the percentage of women's biographies on the English version of Wikipedia.--Ipigott (talk) 09:42, 26 March 2021 (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 2021 version of our #1day1woman initiative.
Year-long initiative
- Jan-Dec 2021: Women's rights
Happening now
- September 2021:Women writers & their works
- September 2021: Women's leadership & empowerment (second of two months)
- September 2021: Olympic & Paralympic Games (third of three months)
- September 2021: Women in Latin America contest (third of three months)
Recently completed
- August 2021: Indigenous women
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, and to creating new 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
- 16 Sep 2021 – Denise Jones Ennett (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Theleekycauldron (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Sep 2021 – Iowa Authors and Their Works (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by SL93 (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Sep 2021 – Monika Salzer (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Sep 2021 – Sharri MacDonald (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Theleekycauldron (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Sep 2021 – Tlalli (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Tbhotch (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Sep 2021 – Anna Apostolaki (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Eritha (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Sep 2021 – Aruba at the Paralympics (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Victuallers (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Sep 2021 – Jacquelyn Reingold (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by SL93 (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Sep 2021 – Carol K. Mack (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by SL93 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Sep 2021 – Inger K. Frith (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by SportsOlympic (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for deletion
- 18 Sep 2021 – Model Latina (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JBchrch (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 17 Sep 2021 – Beverly Eakman (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by ReconditeRodent (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 17 Sep 2021 – Payal Radhakrishna (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 17 Sep 2021 – Anusha Rai (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 17 Sep 2021 – Claudette Roy (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 17 Sep 2021 – Marie Ruumet (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Htanaungg (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 17 Sep 2021 – Zana Messia (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Fayenatic london (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 17 Sep 2021 – Miriam Benjamin (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Qwirkle (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
- 16 Sep 2021 – Naiga (musician) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 16 Sep 2021 – Miss World 2022 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by WilliamJE (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
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Featured article candidates
- 03 Aug 2021 – New Zealand nationality law (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Horserice (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 06 Sep 2021 – Suzanne Ferrière (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RomanDeckert (t · c); start discussion
- 06 Sep 2021 – Marguerite Frick-Cramer (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RomanDeckert (t · c); start discussion
- 25 Jul 2021 – Cynthia Lummis (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Jon698 (t · c); start discussion
Peer reviews
- 22 Jul 2021 – Beverly White (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Jon698 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 May 2021 – Marjorie Paxson (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Valereee (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 12 Sep 2021 – Debora Bezerra de Menezes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Débora Menezes by Simeon (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 18 Aug 2021 – Draft:Antonia Lloyd-Jones (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kazamzam (t · c)
- undated – Draft:Natascha Bruce (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
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.
Totals at a glance[edit]
| Year | Portion if applicable |
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| 2015 | 18 Jul - 31 Dec | 11,686 | 70 |
| 2016 | 28,290 | 77 | |
| 2017 | 28,179 | 77 | |
| 2018 | 27,242 | 75 | |
| 2019 | 27,185 | 74 | |
| 2020 | 30,621 | 83 | |
| 2021 | 1 Jan - 30 Jun | 14,220 | 78 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 167,423 |
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 Sally Fox found a picture of a French sculptor and decided to create a picture collection (example pictured) of thousands of other women? (2021-09-18)
- ... that more than fifty years after Hilde Scheppan appeared in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the 1943 Bayreuth Festival, reviewer Alan Blyth called her "a dream of an Eva"? (2021-09-18)
- ... that Dawn Hastings-Williams was the first indigenous Minister of State of Guyana? (2021-09-18)
- ... that social psychologist Lotte Bailyn, the first woman faculty member at the MIT Sloan School of Management, is an expert in work and family dynamics? (2021-09-17)
- ... that New Zealand choreographer and dancer Louise Potiki Bryant was coated in clay by sculptor Paerau Corneal in their interdisciplinary work Kiri? (2021-09-13)
- ... that Suzanna Hext chose to compete in swimming rather than equestrian at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics? (2021-09-12)
- ... that American journalist and activist Clara Leiser traveled to Nazi Germany frequently, and documented the plight of families of political prisoners? (2021-09-11)
- ... that women originally had the right to vote in New Jersey thanks to its constitution until an 1807 act removed that right? (2021-09-10)
- ... that Tanz im August, an annual international festival of contemporary dance in Berlin, was founded by Nele Hertling (pictured) in 1988? (2021-09-09)
- ... that the protest initiative Omas gegen Rechts (Grannies against the Right) was awarded a prize for civil courage by the Central Council of Jews in Germany? (2021-09-07)
- ... that Miguelina Acosta Cárdenas (pictured) played a key role in the fledgling women's movement in Peru in the early 20th century? (2021-09-05)
- ... that Columbia Eneutseak (pictured), named for the World's Columbian Exposition where she was born into one of the exhibits, starred in her film The Way of the Eskimo? (2021-09-03)
- ... that the Romanian soprano Iulia Maria Dan was Hamlet's Ophelia in the Bregenz Festival's revival of Franco Faccio's revived opera Amleto? (2021-09-02)
- ... that Fatykha Aitova agreed to marry her husband on the condition that he help her construct a school? (2021-09-02)
- ... that Sjerstin Vermeulen has won Paralympic medals in swimming and equestrian? (2021-09-01)
- ... that New Zealand opera singer Helen Medlyn's first performing role was as one of the Three Kings? (2021-09-01)
- ... that Evelyn van Leeuwen won a wheelchair basketball silver medal at the 1996 Paralympics and twenty years later she won a bronze at the 2016 Games? (2021-09-01)
- ... that sensors suggest that Lorraine Lambert's new bra has improved her chances of winning a Paralympic medal for shooting? (2021-08-31)
- ... that Julie Schmit-Albin was awarded the title of Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska for her work as a pro-life activist? (2021-08-31)
- ... that seventeen-year-old Julie Hayden (pictured) was killed by members of the White Man's League days after starting a position teaching Black children, and became "the poster child of southern violence"? (2021-08-31)
Transcluding 20 of 2031 total
Press[edit]
There has been considerable press coverage of WiR. Below are some recent articles. To add articles to the list, visit Press.
- Wikipediaan halutaan lisää naisia – sisällöstä paistaa miehinen näkökulma: "Hänestä puhuttiin vain miehensä rouvana" by MTV uutiset in Finnish, 26 April 2021 (More women are wanted on Wikipedia - the content has a masculine perspective: "She was refered as Mrs John Smith")
- Tyttöjen ja poikien kasvatus näkyy jopa Wikipediassa, sanoo Jenni Janakka – ja kannustaa naisia hylkäämään täydellisyydentavoittelun by MeNaiset in Finnish, 26 April 2021 (The upbringing of girls and boys can even be seen on Wikipedia, says Jenni Janakka - and encourages women to abandon the pursuit of perfection)
- "Guinness and Wikipedia to tackle rugby gender disparity" by Sport Industry Group, 16 April 2021
- "Wikipedia gives a picture distorted by men" by Faye Welch, Commentary Box Sports, 12 April 2021
- "Challenging the massive gender imbalance on Wikipedia. Hundreds of dedicated volunteers are defying the sexists to write women back into history." by Joshua Zitser, The Insider, 11 April 2021
- "How Wikipedia is fighting the gender gap, one biography at a time" by Rahel Philipose, The Indian Express, 9 April 2021
- "Women Are Writing Themselves Back Into History on Wikipedia", by Meghan McDonough, NBC LX, 31 March 2021
- "Award-winning professor writes forgotten women into tech-history" by Pernille Bjørn and Michael Skov Jensen, EurekAlert, 11 March 2021
- "Wikipedia is a man – and he's a bit narrow-minded", by Sally Frydenlund, University of Copenhagen, 1 March 2021
- "Only 20% of Wikipedia’s Biographies Are About Women — #WikiGap Wants to Change That": Eric Luth {Eric Luth (WMSE) reports on progress since 2018 and calls on everyone to "tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia". Reported by Leah Rodriguez, Global Citizen, 8 March 2021
- The Women of Wikipedia Are Writing Themselves Into History, by Jenny Singer, Glamour, 26 January 2021
- Wikipedia at 20: Why it often overlooks stories of women in history, by Tamar Carroll and Lara Nicosia, The Conversation, originally published 16 March 2018, updated 14 January 2021
- One Page At A Time, Jess Wade Is Changing Wikipedia, interview by Emily Wong on NPR, 6 January 2021
Academia[edit]
In addition to our own listing under Research, 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).
References[edit]
- ^ Graells-Garrido, Eduardo; Lalmas, Mounia; Menczer, Filippo (2015). "First Women, Second Sex: Gender Bias in Wikipedia". Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Hypertext & Social Media - HT '15: 165–174. doi:10.1145/2700171.2791036.
- ^ "Humaniki".
- ^ "Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red • en.wikipedia.org". XTools.
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Women in Red. |
- 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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