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 19.83% 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!
Welcome!
Online event 1–30 April 2023
Susan Sontag, American writer, philosopher, and political activist.
{{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}} if born before 1950.
Editathon banner: {{WIR-265}}
From July 2022 to June 2023, Women in Red is embarking on their first collective "alphabet run", where editors work consecutively through the letters of the English alphabet. The April 2023 letters are S and T, and can be applied to any first, middle or last name of a subject e.g.
Susan Tedeschi, or individuals named like
Sarah Chapman or
Marlana Thompson would both be appropriate.
We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about notable women.
This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are of course also welcome to add articles on any other women who deserve to be covered, for example under the topics of the month or our comprehensive #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 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 and improved articles and images through social media and via nominations to
Main Page features "Did You Know?" and "In The News".
What else?
Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create month by month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
If you share any of the articles or images on social media, or successfully nominate for Main Page, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.
Thank you!
Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)
A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on our
Redlist index. Any of these lists can be used to find subjects who may have a first, middle or last name, beginning with S or T. Editors can click the column header to rearrange names into alphabetical order.
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 in on Instagram
Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn
Add ITN after the article if it was posted on the main page via
WP:In The News
Did you know? articles
... that Lynda Simmons co-founded
Architecture + Women NZ with Sarah Treadwell, Julie Wilson and Megan Rule to push for equity in New Zealand architecture? (2023-05-20)
... that Mary Taft said in 1799 that stopping women from "bring[ing] souls to Christ" would, one day, be unbelievable? (2023-05-03)
... that goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse, who has lived in England, Africa and the US, has been chosen to play
soccer for the Republic of Ireland? (2023-04-30)