This week, we interviewed WikiProject Women's History, which celebrated its first birthday last month. Despite the project's youth, it has assembled a collection of 82 pieces of Featured content, over 100 Good Articles, and two task forces dealing with women in World War I and women and technology. In honor of Women's History Month, the project has started a month-long drive involving collaborations between several WikiProjects, with real-life meetups scheduled in cities around the globe. We interviewed Penny Richards, OttawaAC, SarahStierch, and Ipigott.
What motivated you to join WikiProject Women's History? Have you been involved in any other projects related to history or gender studies?
WikiProject Women's History is home to 79 pieces of Featured material and over 100 Good Articles. Have you contributed to any of these articles? What are some challenges editors face when improving articles about women's history to FA or GA status?
The majority of the project's Featured Articles are biographies. Why has the promotion of non-biographical articles lagged behind biographical articles? What can be done to increase the project's Featured Articles about movements, organizations, artwork, culture, and other historical topics?
The project includes some fictional and mythological characters within its scope. How do these articles relate to the larger goals of WikiProject Women's History? What criteria are used to determine inclusion of an article about a fictional or mythological character into the project?
Since March is Women's History Month, does the project have any special plans? Is WikiProject Women's History collaborating with any other projects to improve articles in March? How can editors who are not currently affiliated with one of these projects get in on the festivities?
Anything else you'd like to add?
Next week, we'll check out another Wikipedia. Until then,
Czech out the
archive.
This week, we interviewed WikiProject Women's History, which celebrated its first birthday last month. Despite the project's youth, it has assembled a collection of 82 pieces of Featured content, over 100 Good Articles, and two task forces dealing with women in World War I and women and technology. In honor of Women's History Month, the project has started a month-long drive involving collaborations between several WikiProjects, with real-life meetups scheduled in cities around the globe. We interviewed Penny Richards, OttawaAC, SarahStierch, and Ipigott.
What motivated you to join WikiProject Women's History? Have you been involved in any other projects related to history or gender studies?
WikiProject Women's History is home to 79 pieces of Featured material and over 100 Good Articles. Have you contributed to any of these articles? What are some challenges editors face when improving articles about women's history to FA or GA status?
The majority of the project's Featured Articles are biographies. Why has the promotion of non-biographical articles lagged behind biographical articles? What can be done to increase the project's Featured Articles about movements, organizations, artwork, culture, and other historical topics?
The project includes some fictional and mythological characters within its scope. How do these articles relate to the larger goals of WikiProject Women's History? What criteria are used to determine inclusion of an article about a fictional or mythological character into the project?
Since March is Women's History Month, does the project have any special plans? Is WikiProject Women's History collaborating with any other projects to improve articles in March? How can editors who are not currently affiliated with one of these projects get in on the festivities?
Anything else you'd like to add?
Next week, we'll check out another Wikipedia. Until then,
Czech out the
archive.
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