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About
[edit]Welcome to Women in Red (WiR)! We are a group of volunteer (unpaid) editors of all genders who live around the world and speak dozens of languages. Across different language Wikipedias, we focus on reducing systemic bias regarding gender representation (content gender gap) in the Wikipedia movement. Our goal is to "move the needle" in terms of statistical representation of women and other gender minorities on Wikipedia. We recognized a need for this work in 2014 when we learned that, as of October 2014, only 15.53% of English Wikipedia's biographies were about women.[1] Without a particular percentage in mind, we recognized that with persistence, we could increase it, one article at a time. With only this in mind, Women in Red was established in July 2015, at Wikimania Mexico City, by Roger Bamkin and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight.
According to Humaniki, the percentage of women's biographies on the English Wikipedia has reached 19.98% as of 25 November 2024. That means that of 2,037,011 biographies, only 407,085 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.
Can we increase the percentage still further? Yes! But we need you in order to do so. How? There are more than 34,000 general forum comments from over 1,200 different editors on our talkpage.[3] Ask there. You don't have to be a member in order to participate in the conversations; just please be civil.
Do the articles have to be perfect when they are created? No. But establishing them according to Wikipedia's policies is the first step, and that's the focus of Women in Red: new article creation. Over time, other editors will improve these articles; maybe that's you.
Where the work is done
[edit]On Wikipedia
[edit]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" (like this one) 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, a non-binary person, and/or any other gender minority, that person is included within the scope of Women in Red. Historic cases where it's unknown how they self-identified 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)
Wikimedia Commons
[edit]Every year, our members upload thousands of images to Wikimedia Commons: photographs of women, their signatures, their works, etc. In turn, these images can be added to Wikipedia articles. This is another way people can be involved in improving women's representation on Wikipedia. Over 10,000 new images were added in 2022.
Wikidata
[edit]We create and improve Wikidata items related to women, women's works, and women's issues.
Announcements
[edit]- Please post recent announcements directly on this page for improved page editing history, watcher alerts and greater visibility
Add new announcements to the top. Sign with ~~~~. Remove old ones after a couple of months.
- New redlists: Internet Speculative Fiction Database, Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia, A Historical Dictionary of British Women, American Women Artists, Past and Present, Dictionary of Wisconsin History, Italian Women Writers, Mujeres de Nuestra Tierra (Argentina), Representative Women of New England, Encyclopedia of China
Events
[edit]- For a complete list of events, visit Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Events.
Ongoing initiatives
New for this month
Recently completed
Upcoming events
None to display.
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}}, {{WikiProject Women's History}} or {{WikiProject Women scientists}}, look on those projects' article alert pages instead.
Did you know
- 01 Dec 2024 – Yvonne Francis-Gibson (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Miraclepine (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Nov 2024 – Jane Stuart Smith (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by 4meter4 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Nov 2024 – Mary Mellor (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Lajmmoore (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Nov 2024 – Nina Tikhonova (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Spiderpig662 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Nov 2024 – Flora Hommel (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by CaptainAngus (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Nov 2024 – Marie-Thérèse Eyquem (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dudhhr (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Nov 2024 – Helen Chaman Lall (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Whispyhistory (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Nov 2024 – Bea Hines (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Nov 2024 – Ritsuko Taho (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Miraclepine (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Nov 2024 – Berta Persson (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by MumphingSquirrel (t · c); see discussion
- (6 more...)
Articles for deletion
- 01 Dec 2024 – Nissrine Chaoudri (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CanonNi (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 30 Nov 2024 – Anita Gonzalez (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ibjaja055 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 29 Nov 2024 – Mary-Rose Papandrea (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
- 29 Nov 2024 – Sunaina Kejriwal (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Edwardx (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 28 Nov 2024 – Shafiqa al-Qibtiyya (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Snowstormfigorion (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 27 Nov 2024 – Jadrolita (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ibjaja055 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 27 Nov 2024 – Susmita Bhattacharya (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TheBirdsShedTears (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 27 Nov 2024 – Shalini Passi (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dmitry Bobriakov (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 27 Nov 2024 – Bettina Valdorf (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Grahaml35 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 26 Nov 2024 – MotorMouf aka Khia Shamone (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by I dream of horses (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- (60 more...)
Proposed deletions
- 21 Nov 2024 – Diana Plotkin (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Scope creep (t · c) was deproded by Espresso Addict (t · c) on 25 Nov 2024
Files for discussion
- 26 Nov 2024 – File:Agnes Taubert.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Agnes Taubert) was FfDed by Theleekycauldron (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 30 Oct 2024 – Hurra-yi Khuttali (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Amir Ghandi (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 27 Nov 2024 – Rampilla Narasayamma (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Jannatulbaqi (t · c); start discussion
- 16 Nov 2024 – Roxanne Perez (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Mann Mann (t · c); start discussion
- 03 Nov 2024 – Judy Nicastro (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Bpuddin (t · c); start discussion
- 13 Oct 2024 – Tabyana Ali (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (t · c); start discussion
- 07 Jun 2024 – Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Riley1012 (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 16 Oct 2024 – Veiqia (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Lajmmoore (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 29 Nov 2024 – Vivien Leigh on stage and screen (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Vivien Leigh on screen and stage by Hey man im josh (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 22 Nov 2024 – Draft:Nancy Ostrander (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sabrinawaite (t · c)
- 19 Nov 2024 – Draft:Audrey Moran (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Flauren06 (t · c)
- 18 Nov 2024 – Draft:Kimberly Weinberger (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Filmforme (t · c)
- 04 Nov 2024 – Draft:Flowerovlove (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Hiddenstranger (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.
About: additional details
[edit]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.
For personal metrics on how many articles you've created about women, see this tool.
If you want to measure gender diversity in a given Wikipedia article, use this tool.
Totals at a glance
[edit]Year | Portion if applicable |
Total | Daily average |
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2015 | 18 Jul – 31 Dec | 11,711 | 70 |
2016 | 28,399 | 77 | |
2017 | 28,271 | 77 | |
2018 | 27,323 | 75 | |
2019 | 27,207 | 75 | |
2020 | 30,119 | 82 | |
2021 | 26,780 | 73 | |
2022 | 18,893 | 52 | |
2023 | 17,925 | 49 | |
2024 | |||
Grand total | 216,628 |
Updated: Rosiestep (talk) 17:31, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Summary of Women in Red statistics from main page
[edit]Date | Women | Bios | Percentage | Increase in % for year |
Increase in Women for year |
Increase in Bios for year |
Percentage for year |
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30-Sep-2015 | 205,814 | 1,299,047 | 15.84% | ||||
1-Jan-2017 | 240,445 | 1,432,907 | 16.78% | 0.94% | 34,631 | 133,860 | 25.87% |
1-Jan-2018 | 262,099 | 1,509,348 | 17.37% | 0.58% | 21,654 | 76,441 | 28.33% |
31-Dec-2018 | 279,959 | 1,573,341 | 17.79% | 0.43% | 17,860 | 63,993 | 27.91% |
30-Dec-2019 | 305,072 | 1,678,323 | 18.18% | 0.38% | 25,113 | 104,982 | 23.92% |
11-Jan-2021 | 332,622 | 1,778,126 | 18.71% | 0.53% | 27,550 | 99,803 | 27.60% |
3-Jan-2022 | 356,439 | 1,865,516 | 19.11% | 0.40% | 23,817 | 87,390 | 27.25% |
2-Jan-2023 | 373,263 | 1,921,359 | 19.43% | 0.32% | 16,824 | 55,843 | 30.13% |
1-Jan-2024 | 390,207 | 1,978,991 | 19.72% | 0.29% | 16,944 | 57,632 | 29.40% |
Total | 184,393 | 679,944 | 27.12% |
Note: the September 2015 figure was reported here.
Updated by: TSventon (talk) 22:04, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Further background on metrics
[edit]As a result of figures presented by Humaniki, we keep posting on the main Women in Red page the percentage of women's biographies on the English version of Wikipedia. Increases are steady but marginal: for example from July 2022 to July 2023, the percentage has risen from around 19.3% to around 19.6%.
Thanks to an analysis presented by Andrew Gray on the WIR talk page, it certainly looks as if the number of men and women involved in sports has a significant influence on the statistics for women. A detailed account of Gray's work is presented in "Gender and BLPs on Wikipedia, redux", which he published on 2 August 2023.
The two lists below show that biographies of living people (BLPs) born in recent years are approximately 50% female if data on all categories of athletes are excluded. By contrast, the equivalent overall figures (including athletes) are only around 25%. As a result, biographies of very large numbers of male sportspeople seem to be responsible for the huge difference. Andrew Gray's detailed lists below document how figures for BLPs by year of birth have evolved over the years:
Overall development of BLPs since the 1920s for all biographies
- Missing birth year BLPs – 150,574, of which 53,355 female – 35.4%
- 1920s birth BLPs – 5,096, of which 1,325 female – 26.0%
- 1930s birth BLPs – 39,055, of which 7,086 female – 18.1%
- 1940s birth BLPs – 95,602, of which 18,495 female – 19.3%
- 1950s birth BLPs – 128,518, of which 27,172 female – 21.1%
- 1960s birth BLPs – 145,300, of which 33,390 female – 23.0%
- 1970s birth BLPs – 150,539, of which 37,893 female – 25.2%
- 1980s birth BLPs – 171,072, of which 42,880 female – 25.1%
- 1990s birth BLPs – 150,880, of which 36,944 female – 24.5%
- 2000s birth BLPs – 30,042, of which 7,542 female – 25.1%
Development of BLPs since the 1920s for biographies excluding athletes
If we discount all athletes using the infobox method, the results are:
- Missing birth year BLPs – 140,177, of which 51,021 female – 36.4%
- 1920s birth BLPs – 4,321, of which 1,228 female – 28.4%
- 1930s birth BLPs – 28,978, of which 6,161 female – 21.2%
- 1940s birth BLPs – 73,095, of which 16,566 female – 22.7%
- 1950s birth BLPs – 95,893, of which 23,644 female – 24.7%
- 1960s birth BLPs – 96,175, of which 26,632 female – 27.8%
- 1970s birth BLPs – 81,682, of which 27,562 female – 33.7%
- 1980s birth BLPs – 58,078, of which 24,816 female – 42.7%
- 1990s birth BLPs – 23,281, of which 11,754 female – 50.5%
- 2000s birth BLPs – 2,850, of which 1,539 female – 54.0%
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
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 television director Diana Edwards-Jones introduced earpieces to permit direct communication between a control room and newsreaders? (2024-11-30)
- ... that Shadia Abu Ghazaleh was one of the first women to join the Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank? (2024-11-29)
- ... that the hips of some 19th-century Fijian young women were tattooed with veiqia when they reached puberty? (2024-11-28)
- ... that Victoria Espinosa directed the first performance of The Public, almost 50 years after it was written? (2024-11-27)
- ... that Soviet academic Lily Golden researched "officially disapproved" genres of contemporary Black music? (2024-11-27)
- ... that heavy-metal guitarist Kiki Wong (pictured) played drums for Taylor Swift before joining the Smashing Pumpkins? (2024-11-26)
- ... that after fleeing to Argentina as a Spanish Civil War refugee, Maria Muntañola Cvetković became one of Yugoslavia's first experts on microfungi? (2024-11-19)
- ... that the politician Veylma Falaeo is the first woman to be President of the Congress of New Caledonia? (2024-11-18)
- ... that ballerina Marina Kondratyeva served the Bolshoi Ballet and its school for over 70 years? (2024-11-17)
- ... that psychologist Sonya Friedman recommends that women create a totem, a collection of objects that represent important turning points in their lives? (2024-11-14)
- ... that Jeya Wilson invited New Zealand prime minister David Lange to debate the moral indefensibility of nuclear weapons at the Oxford Union? (2024-11-14)
- ... that Northern Cypriot minister of health İzlem Gürçağ Altuğra warned that her country would be destroyed unless it started producing drugs? (2024-11-13)
- ... that Margaret Pargeter published 49 books in eleven years, with another book following eleven years later? (2024-11-09)
- ... that Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna's car was once fired on by Russian tanks? (2024-11-08)
- ... that Grizel Niven created "The Bessie", the Women's Prize for Fiction statuette, which a past winner called "ugly"? (2024-11-08)
- ... that self-help author Beth Kempton held positions at both the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Tokyo and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London? (2024-11-04)
- ... that the Nualas' 2015 novelty song "Yes 2 Love" was created to promote a yes vote? (2024-11-03)
- ... that Marie Marcks sarcastically caricatured gender roles like no one before, according to Jutta Limbach? (2024-11-03)
- ... that one of the last surviving women from Rapa Nui to receive traditional facial tattoos was queen consort Ana Eva Hei? (2024-11-03)
- ... that Mitch Torres is a "self-proclaimed damper destroyer"? (2024-11-02)
Transcluding 20 of 2816 total
Press
[edit]There has been considerable press coverage of WiR, to the point where the project has its own Wikipedia article. Below are some recent articles. To add articles to the list, visit Press.
- Wikipedia Donations Go Toward Embedding Feminism And Racial Justice In World’s Largest Encyclopedia, by Robert Schmad, Daily Caller (not considered reliable), 23 September 2024
- Niagara resident named Wikimedian of the Year, by Richard Hutton, Thorold Today, 19 August 2024
- "This Researcher Is on a Crusade to Correct Wikipedia’s Gender Imbalance", by Katie Hafner and Sophie McNulty, Scientific American, 30 July 2024
- "Less than 20 per cent of Wikipedia bios are on women. These Wikipedians want to change that.", by Olivia Cleal, Women's Agenda, 30 July 2024
- "‘Women in Red’: PennWest prof helps close gender gap in Wikipedia entries", by Paul Paterra, Observer-Reporter, 8 July 2024
- "This Canadian Non-Profit Is Helping To Fix Wikipedia’s Diversity Gap", by Maureen Halushak, Chatelaine, 17 June 2024
- "Wikipedia is also affected by the gender gap", Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 3 May 2024
- " Georgetown hosts Wikipedia edit-a-thon, harnessing anger into action", by Julia Vasilj, The Georgetown Voice, 14 April 2024
- "Wikipedia Needs More Women: Bridging The Gender Gap In Knowledge Representation", Africa.com, 5 April 2024
- "Wikimedia Foundation launches ‘Wikipedia Needs More Women’ campaign" by Josephine Agbonkhese, Vanguard, 8 March 2024
- "On International Women’s Day, Wikimedia Foundation celebrates efforts in Africa to improve gender equity on Wikipedia", The Sun, 8 March 2024
- "Int'l Women's Day: Wikimedia launches 'Wikipedia needs more women' campaign", Business Standard, 8 March 2024
- "Wikipedia needs more women. And India can help bridge this gender gap" by Anusha Alikhan, The Print, 8 March 2024
- "The Guardian view on Wikipedia’s female volunteers: a hive heroism that changes history", editorial, The Guardian, 8 March 2024, also in connection with Lucy Moore
- "UK academic’s Wikipedia project raises profile of women around the world", by Robyn Vinter on Wikipedian Lucy Moore, The Guardian, 5 March 2024
- "Review highlights gender gap on Wikipedia", by University of Barcelone, Phys.org, 5 March 2024
- "What a Wikipedia page can do for women in STEM", by Olivia Clear, womensagenda.com.au, 11 October 2023
- "‘Why are they not on Wikipedia?’: Dr Jess Wade’s mission for recognition for unsung scientists", by Donna Ferguson, The Observer, 1 October 2023
- "Some Things I Like About the Expanding Wikipedia Universe", by Hilda Bastian, Absolutely Maybe (PLOS) blog, 2 August 2023
- "Bestselling author Kate Mosse urges budding historians and writers to add more biographies of women to Wikipedia", by Fiona Parker, Daily Mail, 3 July 2023
- "The British physicist making women scientists visible online", article about Jess Wade by Anna Cuenca, Phys Org, 20 April 2023
- "Social Scientists Can’t Ignore the Power of Wikipedia—or Its Systemic Biases", by Mariah John-Leighton and Hannah Jane Pearson, London School of Economics and Political Science, 6 April 2023
- "Wheres Russo?" Sky Sports profile Lewes FC including Women in Red Barnstar winner James Boyes 31 March 2023
- "Closing Wikipedia’s Gender Gap, One Edit at a Time", by Sara Norberg, Tufts Now, 27 March 2023
- Nature asks 6 to comment on their plans for International Women's Day including Jess Wade.
- "Majority of Wikipedia editors are still men - so how is the online encyclopaedia addressing the issue?", Evening Standard, 8 March 2023.
- "Lewes FC is delighted that our own volunteer club photographer James Boyes has received a ‘Barnstar’ award from Women in Red, and is indeed the only person to receive one in 2022."
Academia
[edit]In addition to listings 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. arXiv:1502.02341. doi:10.1145/2700171.2791036. S2CID 1082360.
- ^ "Humaniki".
- ^ "Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red • en.wikipedia.org". XTools.
External links
[edit]- 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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