Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red
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Welcome to Women in Red (WiR), a WikiProject whose objective is to turn "redlinks" into blue ones within the project scope: women's biographies, works by women, and women's issues. Click on our Redlinks index to see all our lists of missing articles by focus area, occupation and nationality.
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 17.76% as of 18 March 2019. But that means, according to WHGI, only 286,538 of our 1,613,613 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.
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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- Encouragement from Ewan McAndrew, Siobhan O’Connor, Dr Sara Thomas and Dr Alice White in Women scientists being whitewashed from Wikipedia, The Scotsman, 12 March 2019
- Throughout March, a large number of Art+Feminism events are being hosted around the world. This list provides a useful guide for those who would like to attend. In addition, wherever you are, you can participate virtually in our Women's History Month focus on Art+Feminism and VisibleWikiWomen.--Ipigott (talk) 11:40, 28 February 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.
Happening now
- March 2019: Women's History Month: Art+Feminism & VisibleWikiWomen
- March 2019: Geofocus: Francophone Women
Recently concluded
- February 2019: Social workers
- February 2019: Black women
- February 2019: Geofocus: The Ancient World
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.
Article alerts[edit]
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Women for articles about women that are nominated for deletion.
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Did you know
- 18 Mar 2019 – Ruth H. Alexander (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Mar 2019 – Marjorie Paxson (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Valereee (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Mar 2019 – Christine Ferber (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Joseph2302 (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Mar 2019 – Mädchenkantorei Limburg (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Mar 2019 – Helen Brownlee (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Feb 2019 – Sumiko Hennessy (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Yoninah (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Feb 2019 – Sharda Mehta (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Nizil Shah (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Feb 2019 – Margit Bokor (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Feb 2019 – Ria Ginster (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Feb 2019 – Maria Teresa Ferrer i Mallol (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Joseph2302 (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for deletion
- 20 Mar 2019 – Colette Pervette (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Duffbeerforme (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 19 Mar 2019 – Paula Goldman (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Stevey7788 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 19 Mar 2019 – Csilla Molnár (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Trillfendi (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 19 Mar 2019 – Luciana Galvez (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 19 Mar 2019 – Margaret Walters (folk singer) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Britishfinance (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 19 Mar 2019 – Evelyn Alcide (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Premeditated Chaos (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 19 Mar 2019 – Dolly Sharma (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Fram (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 19 Mar 2019 – Lisa Littman (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Safrolic (t · c); see discussion (13 participants)
- 19 Mar 2019 – Sheetal Khandal (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by DGG (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 19 Mar 2019 – Sonal Monteiro (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by DGG (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
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Files for discussion
- 17 Mar 2019 – File:Olivia Jade.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Olivia Jade) was FfDed by AntiCompositeNumber (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 10 Mar 2019 – Catherine Neill (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ceranthor (t · c); start discussion
- 02 Mar 2019 – Brynhild Olivier (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Michael Goodyear (t · c); start discussion
- 10 Feb 2019 – Murder of Dora Bloch (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Joseph2302 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Feb 2019 – Inter-Allied Women's Conference (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 09 Jan 2019 – Aletta Jacobs (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 03 Jan 2019 – Fenty Beauty (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Innisfree987 (t · c); start discussion
- 19 Apr 2018 – Oei Hui-lan (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ClaraElisaOng (t · c); see discussion
Declined drafts[edit]
Thanks to Ronhjones, we now 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]
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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
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 Amina Gerba's (pictured) beauty-care companies hire and give a portion of profits to the 2,000 women of the Songtaaba Cooperative in Burkina Faso? (2019-03-14)
- ... that Véronique Aka (pictured) was the first woman to be elected president of an Ivorian regional council? (2019-03-13)
- ... that the soprano Ursula Wendt-Walther appeared in more than 60 operatic roles at the Staatstheater Nürnberg, including Marei in the world premiere of Zemlinsky's Der Traumgörge? (2019-03-13)
- ... that Zuzana Marková's last-minute performance as Lucia di Lammermoor at Opéra de Marseille in 2014 was described as "dazzling" and praised for its depth of understanding? (2019-03-11)
- ... that Mary Margaret Francis told Graham Lord that her husband, Dick Francis, "would like me to have all the credit" for his novels? (2019-03-11)
- ... that Alma Webster Powell earned a law degree from New York University while on a break from her operatic career? (2019-03-11)
- ... that Ruthilde Boesch, who performed as Mozart's Susanna and in 37 other roles at the Vienna State Opera, made five world tours of recitals with her second husband as her accompanist? (2019-03-10)
- ... that Colorado Springs architect Elizabeth Wright Ingraham incorporated natural light into her designs, outfitting one home with a 100-foot (30 m) high skylight? (2019-03-09)
- ... that Tessa Ganserer is the first openly transgender person to serve in a German parliament? (2019-03-08)
- ... that Soham El Wardini is the first female mayor of post-independence Dakar, Senegal? (2019-03-08)
- ... that Peggy Goodin wrote her Hopwood Award-winning novel Clementine in the basement of the Chi Omega sorority house at the University of Michigan? (2019-03-08)
- ... that the Central Committee on Women's Employment was founded to help British women who were out of work due to the First World War? (2019-03-07)
- ... that Yvonne Blenkinsop, Mary Denness, Christine Jensen and Lillian Bilocca became known as "headscarf revolutionaries" for their attempts to improve safety in the English fishing industry? (2019-03-06)
- ... that Egyptologist Wafaa El Saddik has provided historical tours to Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Carter, Helmut Schmidt, and Anwar Sadat? (2019-03-06)
- ... that Lulu Grace Graves was co-founder and first president of the American Dietetic Association when it formed in 1917? (2019-03-05)
- ... that Penny Rafferty Hamilton proposed 101 strategies to get women to fly? (2019-03-04)
- ... that the soprano Claire Born appeared in Bayreuth as Wagner's Eva and Gutrune, and in Salzburg as Mozart's Countess and Donna Elvira? (2019-03-04)
- ... that singer Bracha Zefira (pictured) is credited with bringing Yemenite and other Oriental Jewish folk songs into the mix of ethnic music in Palestine to create a new "Israeli style"? (2019-03-03)
- ... that journalist Dorothy Jurney was called "the godmother of women's pages"? (2019-03-02)
- ... that Agnes Buntine, Australia's first female bullocky, survived a large bush fire only because of her thick clothing and boots, at a time when most women wore "crinolines, bonnets, and shawls"? (2019-03-01)
Transcluding 20 of 1036 total
Press[edit]
There has been considerable press coverage of WiR. Below are some recent articles. To add articles to the list, visit Press.
- Wiki women: Volunteers add female and non-binary artists to Wikipedia, CBC, 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
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- Interest in women's history began much earlier than is assumed, Phys Org, August 25, 2015
