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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 25 July 2022. But that means that of 1,896,858 biographies, only 366,113 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: Lambiek Comiclopedia Gamaliel (talk) 22:14, 28 July 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
Coming up
- August 2022: Alphabet run C and D
- August 2022: Indigenous women
- August 2022: Refugees
- August 2022: Comedians, Comics and other Performers
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
- 30 Jul 2022 – Eunice Newton Foote (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by SusunW (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jul 2022 – Rina Amiri (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Victuallers (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Jul 2022 – Christy Martin vs. Deirdre Gogarty (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by AntonioMartin (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jul 2022 – Winifred Brown (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Victuallers (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Jul 2022 – Juanita Lascarro (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (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 – 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
- 27 Jun 2022 – Avelina Carrera (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gerda Arendt (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2022 – Alice Kuperjanov (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by Evrik (t · c); see discussion
- (1 more...)
Articles for deletion
- 31 Jul 2022 – Briya Philip (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Sportsfan 1234 (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 31 Jul 2022 – Briyanna Philip (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Sportsfan 1234 (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 30 Jul 2022 – Mujawamariya Hyacinthe (talk · · hist) was AfDed by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 30 Jul 2022 – Andrea Boehlke (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Bgsu98 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 29 Jul 2022 – Kyra Kennedy (talk · · hist) was AfDed by StevenBjerke97 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 29 Jul 2022 – Ornella Sathoud (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Sportsfan 1234 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 28 Jul 2022 – Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse (talk · · hist) was AfDed by StevenBjerke97 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 28 Jul 2022 – Heidi Strobel (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Bgsu98 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 28 Jul 2022 – Stephenie LaGrossa (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Bgsu98 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 27 Jul 2022 – Olivia Mowat (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Atsme (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- (110 more...)
Proposed deletions
- 25 Jul 2022 – Heidi Strobel (talk · · hist) PRODed by Bgsu98 (t · c) was deproded by And1987 (t · c) on 28 Jul 2022
- 25 Jul 2022 – Stephenie LaGrossa (talk · · hist) PRODed by Bgsu98 (t · c) was deproded by And1987 (t · c) on 28 Jul 2022
- 25 Jul 2022 – Andrea Boehlke (talk · · hist) PRODed by Bgsu98 (t · c) was deproded by 2600:1700:1F89:1FA0:5998:37AB:284B:37BD (t · c) on 30 Jul 2022
- 24 Jul 2022 – Jun Song (talk · · hist) PRODed by Bgsu98 (t · c) was deproded by GB fan (t · c) on 25 Jul 2022
Redirects for discussion
- 09 Jul 2022 – Yellen (talk · · hist) →Janet Yellen was RfDed by TraderCharlotte (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 23 Jul 2022 – Evdokia Reshetnik (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jul 2022 – Gerlin Bean (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by SusunW (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
- 18 Jul 2022 – Elizabeth Wagner Reed (talk · · hist) GA nominated by SusunW (t · c) was promoted by BennyOnTheLoose (t · c), see discussion
- 18 Jul 2022 – Eunice Newton Foote (talk · · hist) GA nominated by SusunW (t · c) was promoted by Gog the Mild (t · c), see discussion
Requested moves
- 28 Jul 2022 – Sylvia Michel (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Sylvia Michel (Aargau) by Joeykai (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jul 2022 – Rukma Roy (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Rooqma Ray by DoraShin15 (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
- 17 Jul 2022 – Draft:Elna M. de Neergaard (talk · · hist) submitted for AfC by MorelyLaNYS (t · c) was declined by Scope creep (t · c) on 28 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 in 1946, Margrethe Parm (pictured) was appointed the director of a women's prison that had been used as a political prison during the German occupation of Norway? (2022-07-30)
- ... that Margot Sponer used her international network of contacts to help people escape persecution in Nazi Germany? (2022-07-29)
- ... that Canadian paediatrician Gladys Boyd was one of the first physicians to treat diabetic children with insulin? (2022-07-29)
- ... that Anita Rivas, an Ecuadorian mayor, visited the United Kingdom and offered to stop oil drilling in a rainforest in Yasuní National Park? (2022-07-28)
- ... that Angéline de Montbrun by Laure Conan is the first psychological novel written by a French Canadian? (2022-07-28)
- ... that no wave band Pulsallama was described as "13 girls fighting over a cowbell"? (2022-07-27)
- ... that Ada Buisson died at the age of 27, and her short story "The Ghost's Summons" has been anthologised several times since her death? (2022-07-27)
- ... that when Heather Engebretson portrayed the title role of Puccini's Madama Butterfly for the first time, a reviewer said that her voice "can tremble with panic and shine with hope"? (2022-07-26)
- ... that after the Italian soprano Fausta Labia (pictured) worked at the Royal Swedish Opera, she appeared as Mascagni's Iris at La Fenice in Venice and as Wagner's Sieglinde at La Scala in Milan? (2022-07-26)
- ... that Gita Sarabhai was among the first women to play the pakhavaj (example pictured), a traditional musical instrument of India? (2022-07-24)
- ... that French soprano Marguerite Vaillant-Couturier created the role of Micaëla in the world premiere of Lecocq's Le coeur et la main (pictured) in Paris in 1882?|Vaillant-Couturier Nouveautés Le coeur.jpeg (2022-07-23)
- ... that Julia Dawson's first Clarion Van (pictured) was named for Scottish socialist Caroline Martyn? (2022-07-23)
- ... that former Dutch rugby union player Sylke Haverkorn served as head coach of the Turkey women's national team before securing the same position at her country's women's national team? (2022-07-22)
- ... that after finding success in Poland and South America, soprano Adalgisa Gabbi performed at La Scala as Eva in the Italian premiere of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg? (2022-07-22)
- ... that Danish-born soprano Louise Janssen appeared at the Grand Théâtre de Lyon as Eva in the French premiere of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg? (2022-07-21)
- ... that Evgenia Debryanskaya, the lesbian activist who co-founded Russia's first gay-rights organization, was the first wife of Aleksandr Dugin, Vladimir Putin's "Rasputin"? (2022-07-21)
- ... that the favourite role of Wilma Schmidt, who performed at the Staatsoper Hannover for more than five decades in German, Italian and Slavic operas, was the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier? (2022-07-20)
- ... that activist Gerlin Bean co-founded the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent in 1978, an event described as "a watershed in the history of Black women's rights activism"? (2022-07-19)
- ... that Pooja Sharma (pictured) employs 150 women in a bakery that she started in a reputedly haunted mansion? (2022-07-18)
- ... that Ellaisa Marquis has been called the "marquis player" of women's football in Saint Lucia? (2022-07-18)
Transcluding 20 of 2340 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. arXiv:1502.02341. doi:10.1145/2700171.2791036. S2CID 1082360.
- ^ "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