Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)!
Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's representation on all language Wikipedias (biographies, women's works, women's issues, broadly construed). Did you know that, according to Humaniki, only 19.87% 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. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome at Women in Red!
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}}.
{{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}}:: if born before 1950.
Editathon banner: {{WIR-129}}
In August 2019 Women in Red is once again focusing on Indigenous women from around the world. Anyone can take part in this event. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about women in all fields of interest in various countries, as well as their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in our initiative. You are of course also welcome to add articles on any other notable women who deserve to be covered, for example under our #1day1woman priority.
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)
What else?
Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create this month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
In addition, we have Wikidata red-link lists on women from countries around the world which can be found in the WiR Redlink index. A selection of these is listed below.
Wikidata (WD) red-link lists: women's biographies by country in other language versions of Wikipedia, as well as a few that are crowd-sourced (CS):
Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not newNote: If these flags gets uploaded to WikiCommons, we can make flag icons for them: Iñupiat, Kiowa, Kwakwakaʼwakw, Tsáchila. (These flags are easy to find, but beware copyright issues, ask for advice on Commons)
Meri Mangakāhia - PIN
Alice Littleman - PIN
Emma Callaghan
Matrena Vakhrusheva - PIN
Katarina Pirak Sikku - PIN, FB
Katherine Boyer
Ellen Inga O. Hætta - PIN, FB
Hildá Länsman - PIN, FB
Beatriz Pichi Malen
Jelena Porsanger - TW, FB
Teura Iriti
Luz Zasso Paoa
Maite Arruabarrena
Tarcila Rivera Zea
Lourdes Tibán – expanded
Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam
Amaranta Gómez Regalado - PIN
