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Comedians, Comics and other Performers |
August 2022

August: Alphabet Run: C to D Indigenous women Refugees Comedians, Comics and other Performers

2022 global initiatives: #1day1woman2022 Climate

See also: Future events

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 19.86% 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!

Online event 1–30 August 2022

In August 2022 Women in Red is focusing on women performers, with special emphasis on comedians. This stems from our collaboration with Wikimedia UK and the UK branch of CARE International in the hope that we can address areas of common interest over the next few months. The redlinks below show there is considerable scope for covering comedians, an important new target for us. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about women in various countries, as well as their achievements, works, organizations, and awards. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate.

You are of course also welcome to add articles on any other notable women, 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 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

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.
• This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
• If you share any of the articles or images on social media, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

We have red-link lists on women from relevant fields and countries, which can be found in the WiR Redlink index. A selection of those which might be most useful for this priority is listed below. However do feel free to find your own but beware of notability (means "significant roles in notable films, TV, stage performances... or unique... contributions to entertainment").

Good idea to ask an existing Wikipedian (on-line?) to check this before you invest time in creating a new article that may not be published.

Promote our work[edit]

Key:

• 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
• Add IG after the article if you post it on Instagram

New or upgraded articles[edit]

Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new

Lourett Russell Grant - image added

Tanja Jacobs

Claudia Carlstedt - PIN

Philomaine Nanema

Agnes Duncan - PIN

Nicola Benedetti image added, PIN

Geneva Duker - PIN

Olga von Root - PIN

Bari Rolfe afc escapee

Juliette Crosby - PIN

Brigitte Kolerus

Joan Clarkson -PIN

Rebekah Cauble - PIN

Georgette Cohan - PIN

Dagmar Orlamundt - PIN

Elisa Martin upgrade

Ane Høgsberg

Cissie Sewell - PIN

Clara Moores - PIN

Louise Prussing - added pic, PIN

Virginia Hammond - better pic, PIN

Harriet Braine - TW

Clarisse Agnew - PIN

Sanne Søndergaard - PIN

Laura Smyth (comedian)

Ashley Ellis

Elizabeth Castillo Vargas

Bekka Bowling

Funny Women upgrade

Ruth Bratt upgrade TW

Debra Jane Appleby TW

Robyn Michele Levy

Gbemisola IkumeloTW

Paola Krum add first ref, PIN

Indira Devi of Kapurthala - PIN

Anna Thomas (comedian) - PIN TW

Celya ABTW

Gerd Thoreid - PIN

Elena Vorobey - PIN

Early start[edit]

1. Joke Bruijs - PIN
2. Beth Jones - PIN

Did You Know features[edit]

New/expanded articles featured in the Did you know... column of the Wikipedia Main page

• Ashley Ellis - 28 August
• Indira Devi of Kapurthala - 20 August

• Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2022

Add here – most recent at the top. Can anyone find a picture of Atsuko OkatsukaorKiri Pritchard-McLean?

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  Miirrha Alhambra
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  Lourett Russell Grant
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  Geneva Duker
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  Olga von Root
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  Juliette Crosby
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  Joan Clarkson
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  Joan Clarkson
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  Rebekah Cauble
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  Miriam Sears
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  Dorothy Follis
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  Cissie Sewell
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  Elisabeth Risdon
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  Franz-Marie Texas
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  Genevieve Tobin
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  Clara Moores
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  Louise Prussing
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  Josephine Hill
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  Virginia Hammond
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  Vivienne Segal
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  Olive Tell
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  Isabelle Lowe
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  Clarisse Agnew
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  Jayde Adams winning
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  Lauren Pattison Funny women
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  Anna Rose Holmer
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  Princess Indira Devi of Kapurthala at the BBC
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  Josie Long and "Sew to Bed" craftivists, London in 2010
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  Josie Long & Craftivists with her on stage at Soho Theatre 2010

• Invitation: August 2022
• Editathon banner for talk pages: Template:WIR-239: {{WIR-239}}