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Meet the participants |
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 18.93% as of 14 June 2021. But that means, according to Humaniki, only 344,238 of our 1,818,170 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. 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.
- 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.
New year-long initiative
- Jan-Dec 2021: Women's rights
Happening now
- June 2021: Wiki Loves Pride | LGBTQ+ women
- June 2021: June Junes
- June 2021: Jewellers & Watchmakers
- June 2021: Women in Europe contest (third of three months)
Coming up
- July 2021: July Julies
- July 2021: Finance, economics, banking
- July 2021: Olympic & Paralympic Games (first of three months)
- July 2021: Women in Latin America contest (first of three months)
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
- 22 Jun 2021 – Cordula Wöhler (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Jun 2021 – Lindy Cameron (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Victuallers (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Jun 2021 – Austregilde (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Egsan Bacon (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Jun 2021 – Lorraine Lambert (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Victuallers (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Jun 2021 – Esra Yıldız (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by CeeGee (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jun 2021 – Maria Simon (sociologist) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Modussiccandi (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jun 2021 – Branka Veselinović (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Ashleyyoursmile (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jun 2021 – Anaëlle Wiard (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Joseph2302 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jun 2021 – Lia Origoni (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Victuallers (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jun 2021 – María Teresa Sesé (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Ashleyyoursmile (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for deletion
- 23 Jun 2021 – Sara A. Stires (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Eddie891 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 23 Jun 2021 – Ruth Farchi (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 22 Jun 2021 – Mio Saeki (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JBW (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 22 Jun 2021 – Tasha Pointer/College Statistical Totals (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Fram (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 22 Jun 2021 – Lady Mary Whitley (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Surtsicna (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 22 Jun 2021 – Jessica Hammond (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aranya (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 22 Jun 2021 – Jovita Fontanez (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hirolovesswords (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 22 Jun 2021 – Taaooma (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by DGG (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 21 Jun 2021 – Michelle Yu (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 21 Jun 2021 – Mohanalakshmi (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by RationalPuff (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
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Proposed deletions
- 18 Jun 2021 – Annika Hahn-Englund (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by DoubleGrazing (t · c) was deproded by Furius (t · c) on 18 Jun 2021
- 18 Jun 2021 – Michelle Yu (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c) was deproded by Victuallers (t · c) on 21 Jun 2021
Files for discussion
- 21 Jun 2021 – File:Flora Hayes 1965.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Flora Kaai Hayes) was FfDed by Magog the Ogre (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 15 Jun 2021 – Flora Kaai Hayes (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ezlev (t · c); start discussion
- 09 Jun 2021 – Beverly White (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Jon698 (t · c); start discussion
- 03 Jun 2021 – Marjorie Taylor Greene (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Curbon7 (t · c); start discussion
- 23 Apr 2021 – Hilaria Baldwin (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kbabej (t · c); start discussion
- 10 Apr 2021 – Margaret McFarland (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Larry Hockett (t · c); start discussion
Peer reviews
- 23 May 2021 – Marjorie Paxson (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Valereee (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 19 Feb 2021 – Chékéba Hachemi (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Shakiba Hashemi by Reza Amper (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 16 May 2021 – Draft:Cariol Horne (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by FloridaArmy (t · c)
- 18 Apr 2021 – Draft:Riley Black (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lettler (t · c)
- 15 Mar 2021 – Draft:Carlotta Guiducci (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Quaenuncabibis (t · c)
- 21 Feb 2021 – Draft:Karolina Czeczek (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Archbioeditor (t · c)
- 29 Dec 2020 – Draft:Asuka Sezaki (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Onel5969 (t · c)
- 01 Jun 2021 – Draft:Sahana Udupa (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Jinzler (t · c) was declined by Furius (t · c) on 17 Jun 2021
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 |
Total | Daily average |
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| 2015 | 18 Jul - 31 Dec | 11,680 | 70 |
| 2016 | 28,268 | 77 | |
| 2017 | 28,152 | 77 | |
| 2018 | 27,222 | 75 | |
| 2019 | 27,137 | 74 | |
| 2020 | 30,516 | 83 | |
| 2021 | 1 Jan - 30 Apr | 9,549 | 78 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 163,524 |
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 "Segne du, Maria", requesting Mary to bless her child in life and death, was written by Cordula Wöhler in 1870 and finally included in the common Gotteslob hymnal in 2013? (2021-06-18)
- ... that German swimmer Lisa Höpink won two medals at the 2019 Summer Universiade and qualified for two events at the 2020 Summer Olympics? (2021-06-18)
- ... that in a 1922 letter to the editor, Flora Kaai Hayes defended the morality of hula compared to the "bosom to bosom, thigh to thigh dances" seen on steamboats and roof gardens at the time? (2021-06-18)
- ... that Argentine trans woman Mariela Muñoz raised 23 children and worked as a tarot reader to support them? (2021-06-17)
- ... that Swedish writer Annie Åkerhielm (pictured) was an active campaigner against women's suffrage and democracy? (2021-06-17)
- ... that Eve Pitts, one of the Church of England's "fiercest critics", is also their first black woman vicar? (2021-06-15)
- ... that when Honor McKellar studied voice in England, Ralph Vaughan Williams called her "the girl who does things with the words"? (2021-06-14)
- ... that Mary Custis Lee (pictured), a daughter of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee, refused to sit in the "whites-only" section of a streetcar? (2021-06-13)
- ... that Cuilin Zhang leads a study of about 4,000 women who had diabetes in pregnancy to identify factors in the progression from gestational diabetes to type 2 diabetes? (2021-06-13)
- ... that actress Rebecca Dayan developed a love for acting while being raised in a hotel? (2021-06-12)
- ... that Ingrid Wallberg was the first female architect in Sweden with her own firm? (2021-06-12)
- ... that the rock band Blur were the wedding band for the reception of journalists Jane Suiter and Leo Finlay in Dublin in 1990? (2021-06-10)
- ... that after the 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed, South African artistic gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz livestreamed the routine she was going to perform? (2021-06-10)
- ... that Kate Nicholl is the first lord mayor of Belfast in recent times not to be born in the United Kingdom or Ireland? (2021-06-09)
- ... that Royal Ballet dancer Fumi Kaneko danced Princess Aurora in a cinema relay of The Sleeping Beauty, even though she was supposed to portray the Lilac Fairy? (2021-06-08)
- ... that Ester Wajcblum and other Jewish prisoners of Auschwitz smuggled gunpowder out of a munitions plant and successfully destroyed a crematorium at Birkenau during the Sonderkommando revolt? (2021-06-08)
- ... that Maria Calegari danced principal roles in every ballet performed by the New York City Ballet during a weekend in her early career? (2021-06-07)
- ... that Swedish artist Gerda Höglund painted her first altarpiece in South Africa before creating a similar work (pictured) in Sweden? (2021-06-07)
- ... that after buying a view camera in the 1880s, Marie Hartig Kendall (pictured) took over 30,000 photographs? (2021-06-06)
- ... that Western media treated Egyptian activist Gihan Ibrahim as a face of the Egyptian revolution of 2011, but rarely mentioned her revolutionary-socialist political views? (2021-06-06)
Transcluding 20 of 1886 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).
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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