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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 18.61% as of 20 October 2020. But that means, according to WHGI, only 327,087 of our 1,757,656 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.
- "What We Know And Can Agree On: Wikipedia At 20" by Simon Garfield. Posted on the Esquire site on 20 October. It includes a few interesting titbits from Katherine Maher on the need to expand coverage of women.--Ipigott (talk) 15:54, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
- Don't forget our Women in Asia Contest starts on 1 October with virtual prizes for October, November and December. We look forward to lots of new biographies with at least 160 words of running text.--Ipigott (talk) 15:12, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
- I have finished writing the article Ada Winifred Weekes Baker, if anyone is interested! - Chris.sherlock (talk) 19:11, 20 September 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
- Continuing: BLM/Anti-discrimination
Happening now
- October to December 2020: Asia contest
- October 2020: STEM
Recently completed
- September 2020: Women writers
- September 2020: Women in conflict zones
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
- 20 Oct 2020 – Alba Roballo (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Yoninah (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Oct 2020 – Adelia Silva (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Yoninah (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Oct 2020 – Adalet Cimcoz (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by CeeGee (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Oct 2020 – Mary Dee (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Yoninah (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Oct 2020 – Hadassah (dancer) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Yoninah (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Oct 2020 – Dilys Price (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Ritchie333 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Oct 2020 – Paula Bataona Renyaan (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jeromi Mikhael (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Oct 2020 – Agnes Stavenhagen (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Oct 2020 – Hermandad Lírica (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Evrik (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Oct 2020 – Louise Elisabeth Coldenhoff (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jeromi Mikhael (t · c); see discussion
- (11 more...)
Articles for deletion
- 23 Oct 2020 – Adair Boroughs (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SecretName101 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 23 Oct 2020 – Allyson Stewart-Allen (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by DoubleGrazing (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 23 Oct 2020 – KK Bodiford (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dom Kaos (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 23 Oct 2020 – Jasmine Daya (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
- 23 Oct 2020 – Cathy Yanni (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 23 Oct 2020 – Susana Rivadeneira (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bri (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 22 Oct 2020 – Rebekah Graf (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Rosguill (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 22 Oct 2020 – Claudia K. Williams (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by AleatoryPonderings (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 22 Oct 2020 – Susan Ioannou (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Glane23 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 22 Oct 2020 – Kalekidan Girma (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Girth Summit (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
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Proposed deletions
- 22 Oct 2020 – Azadeh Shamee (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Onel5969 (t · c): Not enough in-depth coverage to meet WP:GNG.
- 11 Oct 2020 – Charlotte Gurr (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Dougal18 (t · c) was deproded by Nfitz (t · c) on 18 Oct 2020
Redirects for discussion
- 13 Oct 2020 – Dilys Price (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) →Dilys Price RfDed by Tagishsimon (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 22 Oct 2020 – Jean Harlow filmography (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Maile66 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 22 Oct 2020 – Alexis Texas (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Right cite (t · c); start discussion
- 07 Oct 2020 – Daisy Yen Wu (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 04 Oct 2020 – Vivienne Goonewardene (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SerAntoniDeMiloni (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Oct 2020 – Priscilla Johnson McMillan (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Wasted Time R (t · c); start discussion
- 29 Sep 2020 – Kathy Karpan (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Jon698 (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Jul 2020 – Kaʻiulani (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by KAVEBEAR (t · c); start discussion
- 16 Jul 2020 – Naya Rivera (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kingsif (t · c); start discussion
- 17 Jun 2020 – Leda Valladares (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); start discussion
- 10 Oct 2020 – Kathy Arendsen (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (t · c) was promoted by Lee Vilenski (t · c), see discussion
Requests for comments
- 18 Oct 2020 – Devi Sridhar (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by GPinkerton (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Oct 2020 – Abigail Savage (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Gleeanon409 (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 22 Sep 2020 – Ada Winifred Weekes Baker (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Chris.sherlock (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 09 Oct 2020 – Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 02 May 2020 – Dorothy Fane (actress) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Dorothy Foster by Marcok (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 21 Sep 2020 – Draft:Shauna Springer (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 47.214.192.207 (t · c)
- 20 Aug 2020 – Draft:AI for Good UK (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Human at AIforGood (t · c)
- 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)
- 16 Sep 2020 – Draft:Raffaella Buonsanti (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Quaenuncabibis (t · c) was moved to Raffaella Buonsanti (talk · edit · hist) by Tagishsimon (t · c) on 22 Oct 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 – September 2020: 22,532
- Grand total (through September 2020): 131,473
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 cricketer Issy Wong can solve a Rubik's Cube in seconds? (2020-10-15)
- ... that Turkey women's national footballer Berivan İçen scored 11 goals in a girls' under-13 league match that ended 15–0 for her team? (2020-10-14)
- ... that soprano Ilse Helling-Rosenthal, her husband, and two others formed a vocal ensemble that appeared as the soloists in Bruckner's Te Deum at the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1920? (2020-10-13)
- ... that state representative Angela Russell introduced legislation to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Montana? (2020-10-13)
- ... that the American tubist Constance Weldon "fell in love with the tuba" after her father bought one home from a pawn shop? (2020-10-12)
- ... that Büşra Kuru, who began playing football every day at age six encouraged by her footballer brother, is a member of a German club and of the Turkey national team? (2020-10-11)
- ... that Anna Tifu, a violinist from Cagliari, Sardinia, who won the 2007 George Enescu International Competition, plays a 1716 Stradivarius? (2020-10-11)
- ... that a prominent obituary of Socorro Sánchez, the first feminist journalist in the Dominican Republic, criticized her as "manly" and too political? (2020-10-10)
- ... that Austrian-born Turkish footballer Dilan Yeşim Taşkın became a member of the Turkey women's national team although she initially wanted to play for the Austrian nationals? (2020-10-07)
- ... that Myint Myint Khin, a professor at the Institute of Medicine, Mandalay, and a WHO consultant, published her first English-language poetry collection at age 89? (2020-10-04)
- ... that mezzo-soprano Marina de Gabaráin appeared as Bizet's Carmen in Scotland, and as Rossini's La Cenerentola in Glyndebourne in 1952, recorded the following year? (2020-10-03)
- ... that scientist Emma Teeling of the BatLab in Dublin studies a genus of bats which do not appear to die of old age? (2020-10-03)
- ... that The Lodger, released in 1913, was the first novelization of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper? (2020-10-02)
- ... that when Annette Jahns portrayed Bettina von Arnim in an opera by Friedrich Schenker, the role required her to scream as well as sing? (2020-10-02)
- ... that American volunteer civilian physician Beulah Ream Allen (pictured, right) survived three Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II? (2020-09-29)
- ... that when Turkish singer Hamiyet Yüceses lamentingly sang an Ottoman classical song after her husband's death in a submarine accident, many people thought she had composed the song herself? (2020-09-28)
- ... that during the Second World War, Abkhazian female pilot Meri Avidzba flew 477 combat sorties and dropped 63,000 tonnes of bombs onto the enemy? (2020-09-27)
- ... that early vocational-education advocate Mary Schenck Woolman (pictured) obtained her first teaching position as a result of her "harsh" review of a sewing manual? (2020-09-25)
- ... that after contralto Florence Wickham made her debut in Germany, she was engaged for an American tour as Kundry in Wagner's Parsifal? (2020-09-23)
- ... that Kathy Arendsen had a windmill fastball pitch timed at 96 miles per hour (154 km/h)? (2020-09-22)
Transcluding 20 of 1532 total
Press[edit]
There has been considerable press coverage of WiR. Below are some recent articles. To add articles to the list, visit Press.
- What We Know And Can Agree On: Wikipedia At 20 by Simon Garfield, Esquire, 20 October 2020.
- Unraveling Wikipedia’s Mystery Over Women’s History by David B. Grinber, Good Men Project, 8 July 2020
- 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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