Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red
Welcome to Women in Red (WiR), a WikiProject whose objective is to turn "redlinks" into blue ones within the project scope: women's biographies and works by women. Click on our Redlinks index to see all our lists 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 17.73% as of 17 November 2018. But that means, according to WHGI, only 277,582 of our 1,565,894 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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Announcements [edit]
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- The AfroCine Contest which runs from 1 October to 30 November 2018 calls for contributions to diminish the gender gap.--Ipigott (talk) 09:45, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
- Associated to the AfroCine months : Cinema related occupation labels to translate (translation in local African language and addition of female formal of occupation label) (Wiki Loves Women drive)
- In connection with Ada Lovelace Day on Tuesday, 9 October, the University of Edinburgh is arranging an event including an editathon on women in science, technology, engineering and maths. It is being coordinated by Wikipedian in Residence Ewan McAndrew.--Ipigott (talk) 17:14, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
- From 18 to 21 October, with the support of Wellcome Collection, Alice White (user name Zeromonk) is arranging a series of editathons at the Medicine Now gallery in London. More details here.--Ipigott (talk) 16:19, 22 September 2018 (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.
Happening now
- November 2018: Religion
- November 2018: Deceased politicians
- November 2018: Asia
Coming up
- December 2018: Photography
- December 2018: Laureates
- December 2018: Countries beginning with 'I'
Recently concluded
- October 2018: Clubwomen
- October 2018: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- October 2018: STEM
- October 2018: The Mediterranean
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
- 27 Nov 2018 – Lois Graham (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Levivich (t · c); see discussion: blurb
- 24 Nov 2018 – Sakina Aliyeva (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by SusunW (t · c); see discussion: blurb
- 24 Nov 2018 – Karabo Mathang-Tshabuse (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Joseph2302 (t · c); see discussion: blurb
- 23 Nov 2018 – Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Valereee (t · c); see discussion: blurb
- 23 Nov 2018 – Alice Harrell Strickland (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Krelnik (t · c); see discussion: blurb
- 21 Nov 2018 – First World Congress of Jewish Women (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Yoninah (t · c); see discussion: blurb
- 20 Nov 2018 – Cynthia García Coll (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by 28bytes (t · c); see discussion: blurb
- 20 Nov 2018 – Aurelia Henry Reinhardt (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by GreenMeansGo (t · c); see discussion: blurb
- 19 Nov 2018 – Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by SkyGazer 512 (t · c); see discussion: blurb
- 17 Nov 2018 – Charlotte Reeve Conover (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Valereee (t · c); see discussion: blurb
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Articles for deletion
- 29 Nov 2018 – Jenny Y Yang (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by PRehse (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 26 Nov 2018 – Delma Gisu (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Screech1616 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 25 Nov 2018 – Karla Jurvetson (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ymblanter (t · c); see discussion (9 participants)
- 22 Nov 2018 – Mabel Fortune Driscoll (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dlthewave (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
- 20 Nov 2018 – Emilie Guimond-Bélanger (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 20 Nov 2018 – Eugenic feminism (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Simonm223 (t · c); see discussion (19 participants; relisted)
- 18 Nov 2018 – Hannah Aldworth (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Daiyusha (t · c) was closed as keep by Michig (t · c) on 25 Nov 2018; see discussion (8 participants)
Proposed deletions
- 29 Nov 2018 – Kwon Ebi (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Heolkpop (t · c): Fails WP:MUSICBIO. Does not have significant coverage, nor independently notable.
Good article nominees
- 19 Nov 2018 – Molly Morgan (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SkyGazer 512 (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Nov 2018 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Nov 2018 – Mary Hogarth (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Joseph2302 (t · c); start discussion
- 23 Aug 2018 – Hannah Arendt (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Michael Goodyear (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Aug 2018 – Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Surtsicna (t · c); start discussion
- 02 Aug 2018 – Ruth A. M. Schmidt (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by AnaSoc (t · c); see 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.--Ipigott (talk) 11:33, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
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.
- We also add articles from WiR edit-a-thons
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 historical novelist Elizabeth Byrd was the editor of a salacious confession magazine in the 1950s? (2018-11-25)
- ... that trail runner Aurélia Truel gave up on playing handball because she was too short? (2018-11-25)
- ... that Iris Kadrić played international football for Sweden under-17s, before switching to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina? (2018-11-22)
- Catherine Woolley (scientist) (article's talk page missing blurb) (2018-11-17)
- ... that the first woman voted in as head of state says she would not have got her job if women in Iceland had not walked away from theirs? (2018-11-16)
- ... that Joan L. Mitchell co-invented JPEG? (2018-11-16)
- ... that racist graffiti on mathematician Chawne Kimber's college campus, along with George Carlin's seven dirty words, inspired her to politicize her quilting? (2018-11-15)
- ... that Liamani Segura, who sang the US national anthem before 1,300 high school basketball fans at age six, taught herself by watching music videos on YouTube? (2018-11-14)
- ... that former First Lady of Slovenia Barbara Miklič Türk met her husband and former Slovenian president Danilo Türk while working as a librarian at the United Nations? (2018-11-13)
- ... that historian Catherine Kerrison (pictured) thinks beauty is still important for any woman in the public eye? (2018-11-06)
- ... that women brewsters were the primary producers of beer before commercialization of the industry? (2018-11-03)
- ... that the Day of the Dead was commemorated by Betsabeé Romero in Mexico City in 2016 with an installation of 103 trajineras (example pictured) decorated as memorial offerings? (2018-11-02)
- ... that Victoria Lederberg was a SimCity mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, before becoming a state supreme court justice? (2018-10-30)
- ... that in 2018, storyboard artist Domee Shi became the first woman to direct a Pixar short film? (2018-10-30)
- ... that Israeli songwriter Rachel Shapira's first hit song was set to music without her knowledge? (2018-10-27)
- ... that Jean Yancey was known in Denver as "the mother of all businesswomen", having helped more than 1,000 women launch their own startups? (2018-10-25)
- ... that in 2017, Sofía Gómez broke the CMAS Constant Weight Bi-Fins freediving world record, and then broke her own record two days later? (2018-10-22)
- ... that during World War II, Huang Qingyun published the only Chinese children's magazine in Hong Kong and China, and corresponded with her readers to help them cope with life in wartime? (2018-10-22)
- ... that the company set up by horticulturist Theodosia Burr Shepherd is considered the foundation of the California seed industry? (2018-10-21)
- ... that Abhilasha Kumari, the first female Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court in India, served for only 13 days? (2018-10-19)
Transcluding 20 of 941 total
Press[edit]
There has been considerable press coverage of WiR. You can find links to lots of relevant articles under Press.
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
