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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 are called "Women in Red". We recognized a need for this work as in October 2014 only 15.53% of the English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. Founded in July 2015, WiR strives to improve the figure, which has reached 18.09% as of 4 November 2019. But that means, according to WHGI, only 301,743 of our 1,668,079 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.
- The second round of our three-month stub contest started on 1 November. Each month (October, November, December) recognition is given to the winners of each of the two sections, one for new stubs, the other for enhancing existing stubs. The contest is open to all providing they have registered as members of Women in Red. The winners in October were Dawnleelynn with 50 new stubs and SWP13 with 8 destubbed articles.--Ipigott (talk) 08:59, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
- On November 2 and November 16, edithons on women journalists will be held in New York City under Take The Lead. Details, including the names of 83 women journalists yet to be included on Wikipedia, are given here.--Ipigott (talk) 13:11, 28 October 2019 (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 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.
Continuing in November and December
- Stub contest. Each month (October, November, December) recognition will be given to the winners of each of the two sections, one for new stubs, the other for enhancing existing stubs. The contest is open to all providing they have registered as members of Women in Red.
Happening now
- November 2019: Libraries and archives
- November 2019: Leadership
- November 2019: Wikipedia Asian Month
Coming up
- December 2019:
Recently completed
- October 2019: STEM
- October 2019: Fashion
- October 2019: Landlocked countries
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 projects' article alert pages instead.
Did you know
- 09 Nov 2019 – Yvonne Walker Keshick (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Paul2520 (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Nov 2019 – Leena Al-Hadid (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Droodkin (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Nov 2019 – Shen Jilan (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Zanhe (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Nov 2019 – Kavya Manyapu (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Achaea (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Nov 2019 – Diane Havlir (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Achaea (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Nov 2019 – Sara Braun (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by SusunW (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Nov 2019 – Rosika Schwimmer (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by SusunW (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Tamara Vrooman (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Louie (Louisa) Cullen (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Paul2520 (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Nov 2019 – Virginia Kirkus (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by MrLinkinPark333 (t · c); see discussion
- (18 more...)
Articles for deletion
- 10 Nov 2019 – Paddi Edwards (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Clarityfiend (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 10 Nov 2019 – Susie Owens (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JerrySa1 (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 10 Nov 2019 – Michaela Mann (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Tyw7 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 09 Nov 2019 – Tender Buttons Press (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lightburst (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 09 Nov 2019 – Morla Gorrondona (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Me-123567-Me (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 08 Nov 2019 – Cheryl Cain (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 08 Nov 2019 – Tobiloba Ajayi (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Celestina007 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 07 Nov 2019 – List of members of Municipal Committee Pattan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kb03 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 07 Nov 2019 – Mavis Taintor (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CASSIOPEIA (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 07 Nov 2019 – Lauren McLean (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CASSIOPEIA (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- (60 more...)
Proposed deletions
- 04 Nov 2019 – Cheryl Cain (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Piotrus (t · c) was deproded by Dennisdosestuff wiki (t · c) on 07 Nov 2019
Redirects for discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Garrett Bradley (filmmaker ) (talk · edit · hist) →Garrett Bradley (filmmaker) was RfDed by Reyk (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Elizabeth Frances Cope (Q1331196) (talk · edit · hist) →Frances Cope was RfDed by Tavix (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (Q1876675) (talk · edit · hist) →Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (1709–1732) was RfDed by Tavix (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Biki (Q3639894) (talk · edit · hist) →Elvira Leonardi Bouyeure was RfDed by Tavix (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Blanche Howard (Q3640850) (talk · edit · hist) →Blanche Cavendish, Countess of Burlington was RfDed by Tavix (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Diane Bell (Q17224870) (talk · edit · hist) →Diane Bell (judoka) was RfDed by Tavix (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Sophie Friederike Dinglinger (Q18238429) (talk · edit · hist) →Sophie Dinglinger was RfDed by Tavix (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Mary Sutherland (Q18529261) (talk · edit · hist) →Mary Sutherland (political administrator) was RfDed by Tavix (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Elizabeth Knight (Q18593026) (talk · edit · hist) →Elizabeth Knight (physician) was RfDed by Tavix (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2019 – Kiky Gerritsen-Heinsius (Q18655458) (talk · edit · hist) →Hendrika Gerritsen was RfDed by Tavix (t · c); see discussion
- (13 more...)
Featured article candidates
- 08 Oct 2019 – Inter-Allied Women's Conference (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by SusunW (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 06 Nov 2019 – Alma Sundquist (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 25 Oct 2019 – Winifred Lamb (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Eritha (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Oct 2019 – Thung Sin Nio (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 16 Oct 2019 – Idalia Ramos Rangel (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MX (t · c); start discussion
- 14 Oct 2019 – Marie Smallface Marule (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Thsmi002 (t · c); start discussion
- 14 Oct 2019 – Shelby Starner (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Thsmi002 (t · c); start discussion
- 02 Oct 2019 – Nino Tkeshelashvili (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 02 Oct 2019 – Jessye Norman (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gerda Arendt (t · c); start discussion
- 02 Oct 2019 – Martha Watts (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 02 Oct 2019 – Maria Grzegorzewska (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- (8 more...)
Requests for comments
- 27 Oct 2019 – Erica C. Barnett (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Chetsford (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 18 Oct 2019 – Clara Schumann (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 20 Sep 2019 – Sección Femenina de Falange in Francoist Spain (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sección Femenina by Error (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Sep 2019 – Ghazala Siyal (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ghazalla Sial by BukhariSaeed (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
- 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
- 19 Oct 2019 – Draft:Bunmi Dipo Salami (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Olajoshua (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 to July 2019: 14,480
- 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 Anne L. Stevens disguised herself in order to enroll in the male-only mechanics pit crew at a race track? (2019-11-09)
- ... that Xia Peisu (pictured), the "mother of computer science" in China, and her husband Yang Liming, who helped explain magic numbers, were elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the same time? (2019-11-06)
- ... that Hungarian pianists Márta Kurtág and her husband performed together for 60 years, often from his collection entitled Játékok ('Games')? (2019-11-03)
- ... that an omelette created by Mother Poulard (pictured) is one of the major tourist attractions in Mont-Saint-Michel, France? (2019-11-02)
- ... that forensic artists at the University of Dundee used 100-year-old photographs of a skull to digitally recreate the face of an accused witch in Scotland? (2019-10-31)
- ... that Eagle Woman (pictured) is credited as the only woman to become a chief among the Sioux, and the first woman to sign a treaty with the United States? (2019-10-27)
- ... that in 2019, Brigham Young University volleyball coach Heather Olmstead held the highest winning percentage of any women's volleyball coach in NCAA Division I history? (2019-10-26)
- nompage=Template:Did you know nominations/Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková (2019-10-25)
- ... that Piera Aiello wore a veil to protect her identity when standing for Italy's Chamber of Deputies because of threats from the mafia? (2019-10-25)
- ... that after Ruth Darrow's son died from hemolytic disease of the newborn, she was inspired to study the disease, and became the first person to identify its cause? (2019-10-24)
- ... that Józefa Joteyko believed that wages should be based upon scientific research and the amount of effort required to do a job, rather than arbitrary factors like gender? (2019-10-23)
- ... that a US$25,000 bounty is offered for Big Momma? (2019-10-23)
- ... that housing expert Patricia Bagot argued with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi over the quality of housing in Libya? (2019-10-22)
- ... that medical researcher Shuping Wang may have saved tens of thousands of lives by defying authorities and exposing an HIV/AIDS scandal in China? (2019-10-20)
- ... that Gujarati writer Rambha Gandhi wrote and participated in more than 400 radio plays? (2019-10-20)
- ... that 19th-century Scottish heiress and philanthropist Margaret Macpherson Grant died, aged 42, shortly after her female partner had abandoned her to marry a man? (2019-10-16)
- ... that Nadja Malacrida said in a Vim advertisement that it was "no use having new ideas of decoration if you have old ideas of dirt"? (2019-10-12)
- ... that choreographer Margaret Barr created more than 80 works (example pictured), inspired by subjects such as Mahatma Gandhi, Margaret Mead, drought, and the Melbourne Cup? (2019-10-09)
- ... that the red dresses (example pictured) in Jaime Black's REDress Project represent the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada and the United States? (2019-10-08)
- ... that professor of English Alice D. Snyder helped lead the campaign that earned women in New York the right to vote? (2019-10-08)
Transcluding 20 of 1227 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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