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 19.81% 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 Biography| }} or {{WikiProject Biography}}
{{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}}:: if born before 1950.
Editathon banner: {{WIR-215}}
This December Women in Red proposes an editathon we’re calling "Double the lede!" Now that more and more people are using
smartphones and
virtual assistants that may only display the introductory summary (known as the "lede" or "lead") of our articles, it is important that that summary contains a good overview of the life, work or organization covered. As there are many articles with very short ledes (for example, a single sentence), this editathon seeks to expand the ledes in order to provide a fuller summary of the entry. You might even find some of the articles you have created yourself could do with a longer lede (we know we will!).
We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in improving biographies and other articles about notable women, including their writings or other works. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative.
Instructions
Identify an article with a very short lede (tips below)
Read through the article and try to expand the lede by mentioning a bit more about the person covered, perhaps including some of their major achievements.
If you want more background, you'll find some useful tips from the
Lead Improvement Team.
Main goals
to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating or improving biographies of prominent women
to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
to promote the new/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 have worked on this month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
If you share any of the articles or their images on social media, or successfully nominate for In The News, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.
Thank you!
Finding articles to improve
By looking through the lists of
articles created month by month, for example those from
November 2021 or any other month you would like to examine, you should find plenty of articles which start with ledes running to just one short sentence.
Many more articles can be found in
Category:Women and its subcategories.
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 19.81% 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 Biography| }} or {{WikiProject Biography}}
{{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}}:: if born before 1950.
Editathon banner: {{WIR-215}}
This December Women in Red proposes an editathon we’re calling "Double the lede!" Now that more and more people are using
smartphones and
virtual assistants that may only display the introductory summary (known as the "lede" or "lead") of our articles, it is important that that summary contains a good overview of the life, work or organization covered. As there are many articles with very short ledes (for example, a single sentence), this editathon seeks to expand the ledes in order to provide a fuller summary of the entry. You might even find some of the articles you have created yourself could do with a longer lede (we know we will!).
We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in improving biographies and other articles about notable women, including their writings or other works. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative.
Instructions
Identify an article with a very short lede (tips below)
Read through the article and try to expand the lede by mentioning a bit more about the person covered, perhaps including some of their major achievements.
If you want more background, you'll find some useful tips from the
Lead Improvement Team.
Main goals
to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating or improving biographies of prominent women
to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
to promote the new/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 have worked on this month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
If you share any of the articles or their images on social media, or successfully nominate for In The News, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.
Thank you!
Finding articles to improve
By looking through the lists of
articles created month by month, for example those from
November 2021 or any other month you would like to examine, you should find plenty of articles which start with ledes running to just one short sentence.
Many more articles can be found in
Category:Women and its subcategories.