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Welcome to Women in Red (WiR)! We are a group of editors of all genders living around the world focused on reducing systemic bias in the wiki movement. We recognized a need for this work as, in October 2014, only 15.53% of English Wikipedia's biographies were about women.[1] Founded in July 2015, WiR strives to increase the percentage, which, according to Humaniki has reached 19.30% as of 4 July 2022. But that means that of 1,896,692 biographies, only 366,005 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.
There are more than 18,000 general forum comments on our talkpage.[3] You don't have to be a member in order to participate in the conversations; just please be civil.
Wikipedia
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—binary and/or non-binary and/or other, 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)
WikiCommons
In support of #VisibleWikiWomen, our members add and improve images of women, women's works, and women's issues to WikiCommons.
Wikidata
We create and improve Wikidata items related to women, women's works, and women's issues.
See also
Learn more about our work, including Press and Research.
Announcements
- 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 month.
- New redlist: Luminous-Lint (photographers) Gamaliel (talk) 15:20, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
- New redlist: Metropolitan Museum of Art Gamaliel (talk) 19:45, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
- Women in Red's initiative for the whole of 2022 is Climate. Prepare to participate from the beginning of January.--Ipigott (talk) 14:22, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Events
- This section is a transcluded subpage, and may contain more information than is shown here. To view or edit, go to /Events (watch this section).
Continuing global coverage
- In addition to our monthly editathons, you can cover women in any sphere of interest by taking part in the 2022 version of our #1day1woman initiative.
Year-long initiative
- 2022 global initiative: Climate
Happening now
- July 2022: Alphabet run A and B
- July 2022: Baltic States
Recently completed
- June 2022: Translation Contest (third of three months)
- June 2022: LGBTQ+ women
- June 2022: Greenland and the Faroes
- June 2022: Women in Music
Lists of red links
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
- 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
- 10 Jul 2022 – Suzie Zuzek (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Mabalu (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Jul 2022 – Kyaymyin Mibaya (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Taung Tan (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Jul 2022 – Gladys Boyd (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by 97198 (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Jul 2022 – Laura J. Crossey (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Jul 2022 – Claudia Winterstein (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Theleekycauldron (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Jul 2022 – Keri Blakinger (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Silver seren (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Jul 2022 – Heather Engebretson (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Jul 2022 – Margot Sponer (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by ArcticSeeress (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2022 – Gerlin Bean (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Balance person (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2022 – Katja Husen (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- (14 more...)
Articles for deletion
- 10 Jul 2022 – Grace Ofure (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Mccapra (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 10 Jul 2022 – Margaret Bandele Olayinka (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Mccapra (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 10 Jul 2022 – Isabel Glasser (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Bgsu98 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 10 Jul 2022 – Maîmouna Camara (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Sportsfan 1234 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 09 Jul 2022 – Ira Banerjee (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Zoglophie (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 09 Jul 2022 – Maya Alcantara (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Chris troutman (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 09 Jul 2022 – Chloe Noelle (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Praxidicae (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 09 Jul 2022 – Shanice Stevenson (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Sportsfan 1234 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 09 Jul 2022 – Maria Keohane (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Chris troutman (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 09 Jul 2022 – Vidya Yeravdekar (talk · · hist) was AfDed by TheAafi (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- (145 more...)
Redirects for discussion
- 09 Jul 2022 – The new Bernanke (talk · · hist) →Janet Yellen was RfDed by TraderCharlotte (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Jul 2022 – Yellen (talk · · hist) →Janet Yellen was RfDed by TraderCharlotte (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 04 Jun 2022 – Patsy Torres (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by AJona1992 (t · c); start
- 23 May 2022 – Ay mamá (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Kingsif (t · c); start
- 09 May 2022 – Carolyn C. Perrucci (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by TJMSmith (t · c); start
- 06 Jul 2022 – Rita Miljo (talk · · hist) GA nominated by SusunW (t · c) was promoted by Simongraham (t · c), see discussion
- 01 Jul 2022 – Margaret Nygard (talk · · hist) GA nominated by SusunW (t · c) was promoted by BennyOnTheLoose (t · c), see discussion
Requests for comments
- 25 Jun 2022 – Marjorie Taylor Greene (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Jtbobwaysf (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Jun 2022 – Kamala Harris (talk · · hist) has an RfC by GoodDay (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 09 Jul 2022 – Anna H. Jones (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Anna Jones (clubwoman) by 2600:1700:6180:6290:60CB:CA76:257F:41DC (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jun 2022 – Rukma Roy (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Rooqma Ray by Shinnosuke15 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 29 May 2022 – Women's Land Army (World War I) (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Women's Land Army by Loew Galitz (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Feb 2022 – Women in Shinto (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Nyonin Kinsei by MaitreyaVaruna (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jan 2022 – Naila Isayeva (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Hamlet Isakhanli by Mako001 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 26 Jun 2022 – Draft:Victoria Lincoln (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by DaffodilOcean (t · c)
- 05 Jul 2022 – Draft:Susanne Menden-Deuer (talk · · hist) submitted for AfC by DaffodilOcean (t · c) was accepted to Susanne Menden-Deuer (talk · · hist) by Gusfriend (t · c) on 06 Jul 2022
- 04 Jul 2022 – Draft:Professor Julie Leask (talk · · hist) submitted for AfC by ManyanaMatters (t · c) was declined by Gusfriend (t · c) on 05 Jul 2022
Declined drafts
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
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
- 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.
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
Year | Portion if applicable |
Total | Daily average |
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2015 | 18 Jul - end of year | 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 | |
Grand total | 177,984 | 76 |
(Updated: Rosiestep (talk) 20:55, 19 January 2022 (UTC))
Showcase
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
These are the 20 most recent WP:DYK entries for WiR. Updated approximately weekly by User:JL-Bot.
- ... that Chris Ernst stripped naked in 1976 with her Yale University teammates to protest the lack of showers for the women's rowing crew? (2022-07-07)
- ... that in the 1980s, international LGBT organizations organized protests in Europe and the Americas in support of Belgian teacher Eliane Morissens? (2022-07-06)
- ... that the Ukrainian violinist Diana Tishchenko played Skoryk's Melody on a tour of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra to Germany in April 2022? (2022-07-05)
- ... that actress Hilda Hanbury was the grandmother of actors James and Edward Fox and the great-grandmother of actress Emilia Fox? (2022-07-03)
- ... that Lebanese LGBT rights activist Sandra Melhem, one of the foremost promoters of drag culture in Beirut, was awarded for her humanitarian relief work after the 2020 Beirut explosion? (2022-07-01)
- ... that Pat Gozemba married her wife while researching a book about the history of the struggle for equal marriage in Massachusetts? (2022-07-01)
- ... that Internet activist Sally Burch was refused entry into Argentina because her presence was considered to be disruptive? (2022-06-30)
- ... that a journalist dubbed Olena Shevchenko (pictured) as "probably the most famous lesbian in Ukraine"? (2022-06-30)
- ... that singer Patsy Torres was referred to as the "princess of Tejano music"? (2022-06-28)
- ... that Ecuadorian politician Paola Cabezas (pictured) realized that she needed to stop straightening her hair when her niece described her own unstraightened hair as "ugly"? (2022-06-28)
- ... that National Women's Day in Pakistan commemorates a 1983 march against a law that devalued the testimony of Pakistani women to half that of men? (2022-06-27)
- ... that the mezzo-soprano Wilhelmine Holmboe (pictured), who studied in Paris with Pauline Viardot and moved to Italy to perform, was one of the first Norwegian women to be acclaimed internationally for her singing? (2022-06-25)
- ... that Lady Eva Julius once called Girl Guiding "the most important youth movement in the world"? (2022-06-25)
- ... that Sophie Freud, the granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, criticized his theory of psychoanalysis as a "narcissistic indulgence"? (2022-06-24)
- ... that Julie Beckett lobbied for the Katie Beckett Medicaid waiver, which enabled hundreds of thousands of disabled children to be cared for by their families at home instead of a hospital? (2022-06-23)
- ... that American artist Inez Demonet created watercolors of facial injuries for the War Department? (2022-06-23)
- ... that Ukrainian designer Anna October showed her collection during Paris Fashion Week after escaping the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine? (2022-06-22)
- ... that Victoria Desintonio (pictured) successfully proposed a "citizen observatory" watchdog to reduce gender violence in Ecuador? (2022-06-21)
- ... that Olympic diver Millie Hudson, who attempted to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar in 1928, was a member of the Hammersmith Ladies Swimming Club along with Belle White, the first British diver to win an Olympic medal? (2022-06-20)
- ... that Rosana Alvarado was one of three women leading Ecuador's National Assembly in 2017? (2022-06-18)
Transcluding 20 of 2310 total
Press
There has been considerable press coverage of WiR. Below are some recent articles. To add articles to the list, visit Press.
- "The problem with Wikipedia? There aren’t enough women" by Helen Pankhurst, copied to Yahoo!news from the Independent, 5 July 2022
- "Jess Wade on Wikipedia and work-life balance" by Kerri Jensen, c&en, 21 June 2022
- "How academic institutions can help to close Wikipedia’s gender gap" by Farah Qaiser, Maryam Zaringhalam, Francesca Bernardi, Jess Wade & Emily Pinckney, Nature, 23 May 2022
- "What's with Wikipedia and women?" by Laurel Oldach, ASBMBTODAY, 8 March 2022
- "UMN Morris Intro Class Gets Wikified" by Sue Dieter, University of Minnesota Morris, 7 February 2022
Academia
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
- ^ 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. doi:10.1145/2700171.2791036.
- ^ "Humaniki".
- ^ "Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red • en.wikipedia.org". XTools.
External links
- Women in Red on Twitter
- Interest in women's history began much earlier than is assumed, Phys Org, August 25, 2015