Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/59

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	Isa Asp, Finnish poet.
About
Facilitators	Rosiestep
Online event
1–31 October 2017	Join the Women in Red online editathon from anywhere in the world.

	Women in Red
	Hello and welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR) whose objective is to turn redlinks into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's biographies and women's works. Did you know that according to WHGI only 17.12% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed? Content gender gap is a form of systemic bias, and this is what WiR addresses. We invite you to participate whenever you like in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Women in Red warmly welcomes you!

Nordic Women

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Faroes, Åland

Oct: Women & disability Oct: Healthcare Oct: Nordic women Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

Nov: The Women in Red World Contest

See also: Future events

Welcome!

Add to articles
.	Authority control should be included at the foot of every biography: `{{Authority control}}`. It will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata.
.	Choose applicable Categories including relevant subcategories of Category:Women.
.	If applicable, add a stub template at the foot of an article:`{{stub}}`.

Add to article talk pages
.	`{{WikiProject Biography\| }}` or `{{WikiProject Biography}}` `{{WikiProject Women}}` if born after 1950; or `{{WikiProject Women's History}}::` if born before 1950. Editathon banner: `{{WIR-59}}` `{{Image requested\|people}}`, if it needs a photograph

Women in Red is hosting a virtual editathon from October 1 to 31, 2017 on Women from the Nordic countries, providing an opportunity for you to create or improve articles on women who are notable in various fields of endeavor. The Nordic countries are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as associated territories of Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Åland Islands. The virtual edit-a-thon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work.

The lists of redlinks below should provide inspiration.
This essay on creating women's biographies might be helpful to newer editors.
The main goals of the event are:

to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of some of the world's most prominent women
to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter)

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)[edit]

Add other red links here, if possible with a source:

Minna Aalto Born: November 8, 1965 Finland Sailing some info

Participants[edit]

Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:05, 25 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Victuallers (talk) 12:00, 25 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Rosiestep (talk) 16:29, 25 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ipigott (talk) 18:51, 25 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
97198 (talk) 06:50, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Penny Richards (talk) 15:31, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
SusunW (talk) 21:11, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Alafarge (talk) 15:28, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Camelia (talk) 07:17, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Alanna the Brave (talk) 13:34, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
PamD 08:39, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
—Jonny Nixon (talk) 05:17, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Big_iron (talk) 17:36, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Fixer88 (talk) 18:20, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 18:58, 9 October 2017‎ (UTC)[reply]

Outcomes[edit]

New or upgraded articles[edit]

Add the titles of your new or upgraded articles here created in October – most recent at the top.
All articles are presumed new unless noted otherwise.
Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook. Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest. Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter.