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I realize that Writers was a focus for September but I have just been reading an interesting article on Crimereads.com by the Arkansas author Kelly J. Ford titled "O Brother, Where Art Thou Contemporary Southern Women Writers?". In it, she deplores our lack of familiarity with successful contemporary authors, especially non-whites. Of particular interest for Women in Red is the state-by-state list at the end of the article identifying several authors from each of the Southern States. Quite a number already have Wikipedia articles but many don't. I thought perhaps contributors like Rosiestep who take a special interest in writers as well as those from the Southern States such as Megalibrarygirl and SusunW might like to compile a redlist of those who are still missing, possibly with recommendations on which of them look notable enough for a biography. As I have little knowledge of contemporary American authors, I thought it would be better to leave it to those who do.-- Ipigott ( talk) 14:45, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello folks, If any of the image hunters have time/inclination, I would love to add an image to the page for Stephanie Solomonides - the first person from Cyprus to reach both the North and the South Poles. She's alive, which makes it hard, but sometimes others have better luck searching than I do! Lajmmoore ( talk) 19:56, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
A new editor has added a lot to this draft: Draft:Nora Turato. The editor might need a bit of help. I’m going to gather some sourcing and hopefully find a usable image. Thriley ( talk) 20:33, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
It has been suggested by Oronsay on our Ideas page that we should begin discussions on which topic should replace Climate for our year-long initiative in 2023. I have been thinking about this and it seems important to me that in our world of increasing conflicts we should address women involved in establishing peace, whether activists, researchers, diplomats or simply writers and commentators. In this connection there is an interesting article on Feminist peace research and we already have a redlist on Pacifists and peace activists. There may well be other interesting suggestions.-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:10, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Ran across this draft article for The New Woman's Survival Catalog that's been languishing for about a month. Looks like an interesting topic, but it needs some help before it'll be ready for mainspace. pburka ( talk) 22:41, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
Comments would be appreciated at this AFD. All opinions welcome. 4meter4 ( talk) 01:30, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
I am a new editor on Wikipedia and am writing to report an issue on the page “ Krista Varady". The editor "Bon courage” has been repeatedly removing the scientific accomplishments of this female scientist claiming that they are self-promotional. However, each statement about her work is supported by several peer-reviewed scientific articles. Moreover, the way that her contributions are listed, are similar to how things are presented on the pages of other male scientists , e.g. Linus Pauling. Can you please let me know your thoughts on how to handle this? Ejacobs8990 ( talk) 01:51, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
However, each statement about her work is supported by several peer-reviewed scientific articles.The issue isn't that those statements are not verifiable, it's that they're all sourced solely to WP:PRIMARY papers by her, and so it's not clear that mentioning them is WP:DUE. What we would need are completely independent researchers discussing the impact of her results, ideally in review articles -- this shouldn't be too difficult since you can just look through the papers citing her and add them as references if they go into detail on her work. Stick to the papers with the highest impact that she published as senior author. The promotional language ("pioneering", "seminal", "key", etc.), claims of being "the first" to publish something, and assertions that particular biomedical interventions are safe or effective should definitely not be in the article unless they can be backed by multiple wholly independent evaluations in WP:MEDRS. JoelleJay ( talk) 03:13, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
I see from an article by Kimberly Phillips titled "Latest Benton Exhibitions Focus on Women Artists, Feminism – and Punk Cat Eyes" that the Benton Museum of Art in Claremont, California is to focus on women artists and feminism. Associate professor Alison Paul from UCONN announced that an editathon would be held on 2 November in this connection. See details here.-- Ipigott ( talk) 12:28, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello all, A colleague who is Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion for the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford got in touch asking if I'd written many biographies of black women in biology (broadly construed), and if so whether I'd answer a few written questions. I have written maybe ten, so I thought I'd see if there were any editors here, who I've not got to know who focus on that demographic? Or have done lately, perhaps? if you have, would you like to answers the questions too? Feel free to email me, if you don't want to reply here! Lajmmoore ( talk) 15:43, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi all, there is a discussion at the Talk page about expanding this article, and some challenges with accessing potentially helpful sources. Any assistance with locating sources and expanding the article would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Beccaynr ( talk) 02:02, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
Project members might be interested in the wide-ranging discussions ongoing at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Requests for comment/Article creation at scale; this project generally and members here have been brought up in the discussions. Espresso Addict ( talk) 02:46, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
I suggest that you use File:Logo WIR Persia.svg for the next issue of your newsletter to show solidarity with Iranians following the Mahsa Amini protests. 4nn1l2 ( talk) 04:03, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
I created a draft for Edwige Belmore, one of the icons of the punk era in France. It’s been in draft space for many months. Anyone interested in working on it? Thriley ( talk) 23:17, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
I've created my first-ever article draft about the Alutiiq midwife Mary Peterson, who was listed in red on the Women in STEM page, and I need help from a more experienced editor to help it hatch from draft into something usable. I'm struggling with a few things like renaming the article's occupational identifier (as there is already a Mary Peterson in existence is someone else), and the only photo of Mary Peterson that I can find is located outside of Wikimedia. Is there a way to include it? Thanks in advance for your help! Machineghost0 ( talk) 17:40, 10 October 2022 (CEST)
Could I please have some help with this entry on a professor and author? FloridaArmy ( talk) 13:04, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Our article for Nancy Davis (business woman not Reagan) has had an interesting two weeks. As Nancy Davis Quadratic it was kept at AfD, then moved to Nancy Davis (economist) then moved to Nancy Davis (business woman) and then G5 deleted for being made by a sock. It's now undeleted at Draft:Nancy Davis (businesswoman). There's a discussion over notability, for me it just about scrapes in presently, maybe if someone has access to US newspapers there's more to be found (I'm still waiting for my subscription to be renewed). Mujinga ( talk) 12:12, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
The good news is that Anna Bartels is passing. The bad news is the one before her didn't, so she'll be 599. It doesn't look like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern will pass, so any suggestions for 600, while I slowly build a bunch of to-be-nominated-later things? Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.1% of all FPs 02:37, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi folks -- I deprodded this bio of an American author; I had thought it was a WiR creation as both Rosiestep & Megalibrarygirl have edited, but there are some concerns on the creator's talk page about undisclosed paid editing and it's been tagged since 2019 for notability. Jenkins appears most notable for co-editing Women in American Theatre, which has tonnes of reviews and looks to be a classic. There are 237 hits in the top-level WL Ebsco search but I fear I don't have time right now to comb through them. Can anyone help out? Cheers, Espresso Addict ( talk) 07:12, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Today, I am participating in a workshop in Spain. We have been tasked with assisting in editing with Wikipedia, and I am looking for an easy task that I can assist with. Any suggestions?
Thanks! AnthraciteWolf ( talk) 13:16, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
I saw that Alice Di Micele was nominated for deletion. She may be notable as there appear to be decent sources about her. Thriley ( talk) 15:03, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
I proposed a few updates to the article about neurologist Leslie B. Vosshall here: Talk:Leslie B. Vosshall#Proposals October 2022. I have a conflict of interest as a paid consultant but believe these changes are obvious improvements to address sourcing issues pointed out in a maintenance tag. A review by a project member would be very much appreciated. Thanks. W12SW77 ( talk) 21:41, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
The last time a new member was recorded in our Membership list was on 12 September with KatharineAndrew. Since then, despite my efforts to encourage three or four others to join, no new names have appeared. Yesterday, while reviewing new articles, I noticed that JTF2020 had included the membership user box on his or her user page and had completed membership registration on 11 October as evidenced by User:JTF2020/WikiProjectCards/WikiProject Women in Red. Furthermore, as a result of adding the user box, the name appears on Category:WikiProject Women in Red members. It does not, however, appear on our membership list. This is a serious problem as (a) I am no longer able to check for new members and welcome them to the project, (b) I cannot add their names to the appropriate mailing list and as a result they will not receive our monthly invitations, and (c) it is no longer possible to see whether a contributor is a member or not.
Over the years, we have experienced various problems with our membership list but until now new members have always been included. MarioGom has been able to help to sort things out in the past and will perhaps be able to do so once again although I seem to remember a warning that there was a limit to the amount of data that could be included. I was also wondering if it would be possible for Tagishsimon or Gamaliel to provide a list of additions to Category:WikiProject Women in Red members since 12 September 2022. This would at least allow us to see who has added a WiR user box to their user page. Perhaps it would also be possible to see who has completed a membership card by looking for the "WikiProjectCards/WikiProject Women in Red" element in sequences which follow the user name (as for JTF above). I hope very much this can be sorted out soon as I believe several of our participants have been trying to encourage more editors to join the project. (cc Rosiestep, Victuallers)
I would also very much like to hear from anyone else who has become a member since 12 September.-- Ipigott ( talk) 06:45, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Ridge: Can anyone uncover any sources for this? She's very well known to me as a female director of British cult television including Blake's 7 and Doctor Who, in an era when I believe this was rare, but on a very quick look I'm not finding a great deal and the surname is leading to a lot of geographical hits... Got to go offline now, but fingers crossed! Thanks, Espresso Addict ( talk) 03:54, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Hey, Espresso Addict, Penny Richards, you gonna submit to DYK? The article is definitely more than 5x expanded by now. Silver seren C 04:34, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
This is a somewhat novel AFD nomination. Editors may wish to comment... 4meter4 ( talk) 00:39, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
Beccaynr & I would appreciate expert source finding for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Claudia Levy. Thanks! Espresso Addict ( talk) 03:15, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
Just wanted to note that Sheena Wagstaff who was head of the Met Breuer and the museum's Modern and Contemporary Art department needs an article. [1] Fuzheado | Talk 13:30, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
If there are notable females that should have a Wikipedia page, how does one nominate them to be included in this initiative? 2601:41:C401:960:3AE1:B01:EC20:5041 ( talk) 00:00, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
Timothy Harper of NBC News has just published another article on Jess Wade titled "This 33-year-old made more than 1,000 Wikipedia bios for unknown female scientists". I hope it encourages even more articles on women scientists in connection with our focus this month. (Apparently first published on Today.)-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:44, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
There is currently a draft for the Herb Society of America, an organization founded by women to promote the growing and use of herbs. There’s a lot about the group out there, especially in older sources. Thriley ( talk) 18:05, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
As a result of the failure of our present registration system to accept further additions, I have drafted an alternative New members registration page which could be introduced on 1 November with a link from the main WiR page. I would welcome any suggestions for improvement either here or on the related talk page.-- Ipigott ( talk) 14:13, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello!
I have gone through the page for Florence Parpart and updated it considerably.
There is still work to be done describing her contribution to electric refrigerators, which I have listed on the article's talk page. Fujibeard ( talk) 21:37, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
Flonzie Brown Wright is missing from Wikipedia. A.K.A. Flonzie B. Wright and Flonzie Brown-Wright. FloridaArmy ( talk) 13:08, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
FYI Armella Shakaryan is nominated for deletion. Lajmmoore ( talk) 10:43, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
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For the WPA artist Isabelle Greenberger. She was born in 1911. She might still be with us, but I doubt it. Any help appreciated. Thanks. WomenArtistUpdates ( talk) 23:15, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
Would anyone be able to help woth this entry on a state legislator? It's been rejected twice. Thanks. FloridaArmy ( talk) 20:30, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello all, With the instigation of @ Ipigott and with advice from @ User:Dr Blofeld I got in touch with Wikimedia UK to see if they would still be open to funding a Women in Red competition. This is their encouraging reply:
The next stage would be for us to collectively decide on the parameters they ask for infomation on. They need to know about
I am happy to be involved to some extent, but there needs to be a team of others as well. Hopefully this will help get something off the ground Lajmmoore ( talk) 07:55, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
A scholar at NYU, Rahul Sagar, at has compiled Ideas of India, a database of small magazines published in India during colonisation by the British. It includes university magazines, non-governmental publications, and other such sources and is freely available. If you're working on this region, some slightly more obscure sources are now available, including those particularly relevant to women in that period. See, e.g., Hind Mahila (tr: Indian Woman) published by Rebecca Reuben Nowgaokar; Indian Ladies' Magazine (created by Kamala Satthianadhan, whose page was created newly for this project last year!). Lots of these magazines contain writing, and biographical sketches by/of women from colonial India (as well as colonial Pakistan and Bangladesh). If you're working in the area, it may be useful. - Naushervan ( talk) 11:47, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
"The Global South Climate Database is a publicly available, searchable database of scientists and experts in the fields of climate science, policy and energy." (created by Ayesha Tandon of Carbon Brief, accessible here.) - Naushervan ( talk) 11:54, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
Joyce Molyneux has died. She had quite the career. Thriley ( talk) 05:43, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
The redoubtable SusunW and myself have ambitions of taking Theodora Kroeber to FAC; if there's any anthropologically-inclined editors here who would be willing to have a look at it beforehand, any feedback would be much appreciated! Vanamonde ( Talk) 04:33, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Since some people involved in WiR are clearly active on the Birdsite (there's an external link on the main page here) and may be thinking of joining the exodus to the freedom and grassroots community moderation of the Fediverse, I suggest https://fediverse.party as a good starting point. Boud ( talk) 19:13, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
While we are getting settled, registration is limited to those who are already established on the Fediverse" comment at Meta if it's out of date... But the Fediverse is not like the Birdsite or FB: you can choose any instance where there's a community and moderation policy you're comfortable with and then communicate across the federation, like with email. Maybe someone geeky with a server could even be persuaded to set up a Fediverse instance with a name like https://womeninred.social ... (I'm at @boud@framapiaf.org in case someone's interested; apart from linking to Wikipedia articles as ;) sources, probably my only active "Wikipedia" discussions there are pointing out the relevance of Wikipedia principles and guidelines such as WP:RS and WP:AGF.) Boud ( talk) 21:38, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
Women and the problem of "so many names" was mentioned above. I continue writing little articles on WPA artists and doing the alphabet run. Shirley Julian was married three times. She is in the WPA records and listed in most museums as Shirley Julian, the last name of her first husband. She also appears in searches under her maiden name Shirley Staschen, and also Shirley Julian Staschen. But surprise! most edifying was the information under Shirley Staschen Triest, the name of her third husband. I wound up referring to her as "Staschen" throughout the article, though I chose to create the article for name # 2 Shirley Julian, because that is how museums refer to her. I think that is the best approach. Any differing thoughts or opinions considered. Best, WomenArtistUpdates ( talk) 00:55, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
This draft about a New York based dancer and choreographer looked initially like an autobiography and has been declined several times over the past 18 months. After some pruning and tidying recently by myself and S0091 it was again declined for WP:CITEBOMBING (originally the issue was lack of sources!). It could be salvaged by someone well versed in biography who was willing to prune it into WP:NPOV shape by using the most reliable sources. I don't feel competent to do that. Mike Turnbull ( talk) 20:28, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
Dear User:Ipigott & fellow WiR activists,
a few days ago I created the article about Monika Borgmann, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and activist against impunity in Lebanon, as a contribution to the current WiR geofocus on women from West Asia, since she has Lebanese citizenship in addition to her original German one. I realise it may have been wiser to first finish it in the sandbox, but I had already put the WIR 244 template on the talk page, therefore assuming that other editors would assume good faith. However, it was taken down to draft status for doubts about notability because of lack of references within 19 minutes (!). If that editor had assumed good faith and bothered to take a swift look at the footnotes of my German-language article about her, it should have been a clear case.
In any event, now I have happily added 35 references to reliable independent sources from NYT to The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Le Monde etc. Yet, I was all the more shocked to receive the automatic reply upon submitting the draft that the review might take 4 months or longer. I have written to the editor responsible for relegating it to draft, but he seems to take much more than 19 minutes. Sigh.
Would it be possible for you to conduct the review? Really, it should be a matter of seconds to recognize her notability and so I would be truly grateful instead of pretty frustrated. Best regards and wishes RomanDeckert ( talk) 16:41, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello all, I've started a page for the Death of Pratima Goankar, an Indian interesex athlete who died by suicide in 2001. I was wondering if project members could give it a read - I don't think I've written a page who someone identified as intersex previously. Also, if anyone can find her date of death, I'd be very grateful - it might be paywalled in here? Many thanks (will cross-post to LGBT Studies too) Lajmmoore ( talk) 07:43, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello all, I started a page for Rosalia Abreu a few weeks ago, and there's a really interesting RfC on the talk page now. All thoughts welcome Lajmmoore ( talk) 22:13, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
I have started on Draft:Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough, (British cultural historian, broadcaster and writer) but I am unsure if there is enough coverage for notability. I'd appreciate any help, or the advice that she isn't notable. Newystats ( talk) 05:28, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
Newystats, Lajmmoore, Espresso Addict, how does the article look now? Silver seren C 03:38, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for your work! I think the article is good to publish. Newystats ( talk) 11:31, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 115 | ← | Archive 117 | Archive 118 | Archive 119 | Archive 120 | Archive 121 | → | Archive 125 |
I realize that Writers was a focus for September but I have just been reading an interesting article on Crimereads.com by the Arkansas author Kelly J. Ford titled "O Brother, Where Art Thou Contemporary Southern Women Writers?". In it, she deplores our lack of familiarity with successful contemporary authors, especially non-whites. Of particular interest for Women in Red is the state-by-state list at the end of the article identifying several authors from each of the Southern States. Quite a number already have Wikipedia articles but many don't. I thought perhaps contributors like Rosiestep who take a special interest in writers as well as those from the Southern States such as Megalibrarygirl and SusunW might like to compile a redlist of those who are still missing, possibly with recommendations on which of them look notable enough for a biography. As I have little knowledge of contemporary American authors, I thought it would be better to leave it to those who do.-- Ipigott ( talk) 14:45, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello folks, If any of the image hunters have time/inclination, I would love to add an image to the page for Stephanie Solomonides - the first person from Cyprus to reach both the North and the South Poles. She's alive, which makes it hard, but sometimes others have better luck searching than I do! Lajmmoore ( talk) 19:56, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
A new editor has added a lot to this draft: Draft:Nora Turato. The editor might need a bit of help. I’m going to gather some sourcing and hopefully find a usable image. Thriley ( talk) 20:33, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
It has been suggested by Oronsay on our Ideas page that we should begin discussions on which topic should replace Climate for our year-long initiative in 2023. I have been thinking about this and it seems important to me that in our world of increasing conflicts we should address women involved in establishing peace, whether activists, researchers, diplomats or simply writers and commentators. In this connection there is an interesting article on Feminist peace research and we already have a redlist on Pacifists and peace activists. There may well be other interesting suggestions.-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:10, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Ran across this draft article for The New Woman's Survival Catalog that's been languishing for about a month. Looks like an interesting topic, but it needs some help before it'll be ready for mainspace. pburka ( talk) 22:41, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
Comments would be appreciated at this AFD. All opinions welcome. 4meter4 ( talk) 01:30, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
I am a new editor on Wikipedia and am writing to report an issue on the page “ Krista Varady". The editor "Bon courage” has been repeatedly removing the scientific accomplishments of this female scientist claiming that they are self-promotional. However, each statement about her work is supported by several peer-reviewed scientific articles. Moreover, the way that her contributions are listed, are similar to how things are presented on the pages of other male scientists , e.g. Linus Pauling. Can you please let me know your thoughts on how to handle this? Ejacobs8990 ( talk) 01:51, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
However, each statement about her work is supported by several peer-reviewed scientific articles.The issue isn't that those statements are not verifiable, it's that they're all sourced solely to WP:PRIMARY papers by her, and so it's not clear that mentioning them is WP:DUE. What we would need are completely independent researchers discussing the impact of her results, ideally in review articles -- this shouldn't be too difficult since you can just look through the papers citing her and add them as references if they go into detail on her work. Stick to the papers with the highest impact that she published as senior author. The promotional language ("pioneering", "seminal", "key", etc.), claims of being "the first" to publish something, and assertions that particular biomedical interventions are safe or effective should definitely not be in the article unless they can be backed by multiple wholly independent evaluations in WP:MEDRS. JoelleJay ( talk) 03:13, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
I see from an article by Kimberly Phillips titled "Latest Benton Exhibitions Focus on Women Artists, Feminism – and Punk Cat Eyes" that the Benton Museum of Art in Claremont, California is to focus on women artists and feminism. Associate professor Alison Paul from UCONN announced that an editathon would be held on 2 November in this connection. See details here.-- Ipigott ( talk) 12:28, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello all, A colleague who is Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion for the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford got in touch asking if I'd written many biographies of black women in biology (broadly construed), and if so whether I'd answer a few written questions. I have written maybe ten, so I thought I'd see if there were any editors here, who I've not got to know who focus on that demographic? Or have done lately, perhaps? if you have, would you like to answers the questions too? Feel free to email me, if you don't want to reply here! Lajmmoore ( talk) 15:43, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi all, there is a discussion at the Talk page about expanding this article, and some challenges with accessing potentially helpful sources. Any assistance with locating sources and expanding the article would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Beccaynr ( talk) 02:02, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
Project members might be interested in the wide-ranging discussions ongoing at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Requests for comment/Article creation at scale; this project generally and members here have been brought up in the discussions. Espresso Addict ( talk) 02:46, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
I suggest that you use File:Logo WIR Persia.svg for the next issue of your newsletter to show solidarity with Iranians following the Mahsa Amini protests. 4nn1l2 ( talk) 04:03, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
I created a draft for Edwige Belmore, one of the icons of the punk era in France. It’s been in draft space for many months. Anyone interested in working on it? Thriley ( talk) 23:17, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
I've created my first-ever article draft about the Alutiiq midwife Mary Peterson, who was listed in red on the Women in STEM page, and I need help from a more experienced editor to help it hatch from draft into something usable. I'm struggling with a few things like renaming the article's occupational identifier (as there is already a Mary Peterson in existence is someone else), and the only photo of Mary Peterson that I can find is located outside of Wikimedia. Is there a way to include it? Thanks in advance for your help! Machineghost0 ( talk) 17:40, 10 October 2022 (CEST)
Could I please have some help with this entry on a professor and author? FloridaArmy ( talk) 13:04, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Our article for Nancy Davis (business woman not Reagan) has had an interesting two weeks. As Nancy Davis Quadratic it was kept at AfD, then moved to Nancy Davis (economist) then moved to Nancy Davis (business woman) and then G5 deleted for being made by a sock. It's now undeleted at Draft:Nancy Davis (businesswoman). There's a discussion over notability, for me it just about scrapes in presently, maybe if someone has access to US newspapers there's more to be found (I'm still waiting for my subscription to be renewed). Mujinga ( talk) 12:12, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
The good news is that Anna Bartels is passing. The bad news is the one before her didn't, so she'll be 599. It doesn't look like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern will pass, so any suggestions for 600, while I slowly build a bunch of to-be-nominated-later things? Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.1% of all FPs 02:37, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi folks -- I deprodded this bio of an American author; I had thought it was a WiR creation as both Rosiestep & Megalibrarygirl have edited, but there are some concerns on the creator's talk page about undisclosed paid editing and it's been tagged since 2019 for notability. Jenkins appears most notable for co-editing Women in American Theatre, which has tonnes of reviews and looks to be a classic. There are 237 hits in the top-level WL Ebsco search but I fear I don't have time right now to comb through them. Can anyone help out? Cheers, Espresso Addict ( talk) 07:12, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Today, I am participating in a workshop in Spain. We have been tasked with assisting in editing with Wikipedia, and I am looking for an easy task that I can assist with. Any suggestions?
Thanks! AnthraciteWolf ( talk) 13:16, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
I saw that Alice Di Micele was nominated for deletion. She may be notable as there appear to be decent sources about her. Thriley ( talk) 15:03, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
I proposed a few updates to the article about neurologist Leslie B. Vosshall here: Talk:Leslie B. Vosshall#Proposals October 2022. I have a conflict of interest as a paid consultant but believe these changes are obvious improvements to address sourcing issues pointed out in a maintenance tag. A review by a project member would be very much appreciated. Thanks. W12SW77 ( talk) 21:41, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
The last time a new member was recorded in our Membership list was on 12 September with KatharineAndrew. Since then, despite my efforts to encourage three or four others to join, no new names have appeared. Yesterday, while reviewing new articles, I noticed that JTF2020 had included the membership user box on his or her user page and had completed membership registration on 11 October as evidenced by User:JTF2020/WikiProjectCards/WikiProject Women in Red. Furthermore, as a result of adding the user box, the name appears on Category:WikiProject Women in Red members. It does not, however, appear on our membership list. This is a serious problem as (a) I am no longer able to check for new members and welcome them to the project, (b) I cannot add their names to the appropriate mailing list and as a result they will not receive our monthly invitations, and (c) it is no longer possible to see whether a contributor is a member or not.
Over the years, we have experienced various problems with our membership list but until now new members have always been included. MarioGom has been able to help to sort things out in the past and will perhaps be able to do so once again although I seem to remember a warning that there was a limit to the amount of data that could be included. I was also wondering if it would be possible for Tagishsimon or Gamaliel to provide a list of additions to Category:WikiProject Women in Red members since 12 September 2022. This would at least allow us to see who has added a WiR user box to their user page. Perhaps it would also be possible to see who has completed a membership card by looking for the "WikiProjectCards/WikiProject Women in Red" element in sequences which follow the user name (as for JTF above). I hope very much this can be sorted out soon as I believe several of our participants have been trying to encourage more editors to join the project. (cc Rosiestep, Victuallers)
I would also very much like to hear from anyone else who has become a member since 12 September.-- Ipigott ( talk) 06:45, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Ridge: Can anyone uncover any sources for this? She's very well known to me as a female director of British cult television including Blake's 7 and Doctor Who, in an era when I believe this was rare, but on a very quick look I'm not finding a great deal and the surname is leading to a lot of geographical hits... Got to go offline now, but fingers crossed! Thanks, Espresso Addict ( talk) 03:54, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Hey, Espresso Addict, Penny Richards, you gonna submit to DYK? The article is definitely more than 5x expanded by now. Silver seren C 04:34, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
This is a somewhat novel AFD nomination. Editors may wish to comment... 4meter4 ( talk) 00:39, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
Beccaynr & I would appreciate expert source finding for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Claudia Levy. Thanks! Espresso Addict ( talk) 03:15, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
Just wanted to note that Sheena Wagstaff who was head of the Met Breuer and the museum's Modern and Contemporary Art department needs an article. [1] Fuzheado | Talk 13:30, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
If there are notable females that should have a Wikipedia page, how does one nominate them to be included in this initiative? 2601:41:C401:960:3AE1:B01:EC20:5041 ( talk) 00:00, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
Timothy Harper of NBC News has just published another article on Jess Wade titled "This 33-year-old made more than 1,000 Wikipedia bios for unknown female scientists". I hope it encourages even more articles on women scientists in connection with our focus this month. (Apparently first published on Today.)-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:44, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
There is currently a draft for the Herb Society of America, an organization founded by women to promote the growing and use of herbs. There’s a lot about the group out there, especially in older sources. Thriley ( talk) 18:05, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
As a result of the failure of our present registration system to accept further additions, I have drafted an alternative New members registration page which could be introduced on 1 November with a link from the main WiR page. I would welcome any suggestions for improvement either here or on the related talk page.-- Ipigott ( talk) 14:13, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello!
I have gone through the page for Florence Parpart and updated it considerably.
There is still work to be done describing her contribution to electric refrigerators, which I have listed on the article's talk page. Fujibeard ( talk) 21:37, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
Flonzie Brown Wright is missing from Wikipedia. A.K.A. Flonzie B. Wright and Flonzie Brown-Wright. FloridaArmy ( talk) 13:08, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
FYI Armella Shakaryan is nominated for deletion. Lajmmoore ( talk) 10:43, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
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For the WPA artist Isabelle Greenberger. She was born in 1911. She might still be with us, but I doubt it. Any help appreciated. Thanks. WomenArtistUpdates ( talk) 23:15, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
Would anyone be able to help woth this entry on a state legislator? It's been rejected twice. Thanks. FloridaArmy ( talk) 20:30, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello all, With the instigation of @ Ipigott and with advice from @ User:Dr Blofeld I got in touch with Wikimedia UK to see if they would still be open to funding a Women in Red competition. This is their encouraging reply:
The next stage would be for us to collectively decide on the parameters they ask for infomation on. They need to know about
I am happy to be involved to some extent, but there needs to be a team of others as well. Hopefully this will help get something off the ground Lajmmoore ( talk) 07:55, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
A scholar at NYU, Rahul Sagar, at has compiled Ideas of India, a database of small magazines published in India during colonisation by the British. It includes university magazines, non-governmental publications, and other such sources and is freely available. If you're working on this region, some slightly more obscure sources are now available, including those particularly relevant to women in that period. See, e.g., Hind Mahila (tr: Indian Woman) published by Rebecca Reuben Nowgaokar; Indian Ladies' Magazine (created by Kamala Satthianadhan, whose page was created newly for this project last year!). Lots of these magazines contain writing, and biographical sketches by/of women from colonial India (as well as colonial Pakistan and Bangladesh). If you're working in the area, it may be useful. - Naushervan ( talk) 11:47, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
"The Global South Climate Database is a publicly available, searchable database of scientists and experts in the fields of climate science, policy and energy." (created by Ayesha Tandon of Carbon Brief, accessible here.) - Naushervan ( talk) 11:54, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
Joyce Molyneux has died. She had quite the career. Thriley ( talk) 05:43, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
The redoubtable SusunW and myself have ambitions of taking Theodora Kroeber to FAC; if there's any anthropologically-inclined editors here who would be willing to have a look at it beforehand, any feedback would be much appreciated! Vanamonde ( Talk) 04:33, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Since some people involved in WiR are clearly active on the Birdsite (there's an external link on the main page here) and may be thinking of joining the exodus to the freedom and grassroots community moderation of the Fediverse, I suggest https://fediverse.party as a good starting point. Boud ( talk) 19:13, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
While we are getting settled, registration is limited to those who are already established on the Fediverse" comment at Meta if it's out of date... But the Fediverse is not like the Birdsite or FB: you can choose any instance where there's a community and moderation policy you're comfortable with and then communicate across the federation, like with email. Maybe someone geeky with a server could even be persuaded to set up a Fediverse instance with a name like https://womeninred.social ... (I'm at @boud@framapiaf.org in case someone's interested; apart from linking to Wikipedia articles as ;) sources, probably my only active "Wikipedia" discussions there are pointing out the relevance of Wikipedia principles and guidelines such as WP:RS and WP:AGF.) Boud ( talk) 21:38, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
Women and the problem of "so many names" was mentioned above. I continue writing little articles on WPA artists and doing the alphabet run. Shirley Julian was married three times. She is in the WPA records and listed in most museums as Shirley Julian, the last name of her first husband. She also appears in searches under her maiden name Shirley Staschen, and also Shirley Julian Staschen. But surprise! most edifying was the information under Shirley Staschen Triest, the name of her third husband. I wound up referring to her as "Staschen" throughout the article, though I chose to create the article for name # 2 Shirley Julian, because that is how museums refer to her. I think that is the best approach. Any differing thoughts or opinions considered. Best, WomenArtistUpdates ( talk) 00:55, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
This draft about a New York based dancer and choreographer looked initially like an autobiography and has been declined several times over the past 18 months. After some pruning and tidying recently by myself and S0091 it was again declined for WP:CITEBOMBING (originally the issue was lack of sources!). It could be salvaged by someone well versed in biography who was willing to prune it into WP:NPOV shape by using the most reliable sources. I don't feel competent to do that. Mike Turnbull ( talk) 20:28, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
Dear User:Ipigott & fellow WiR activists,
a few days ago I created the article about Monika Borgmann, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and activist against impunity in Lebanon, as a contribution to the current WiR geofocus on women from West Asia, since she has Lebanese citizenship in addition to her original German one. I realise it may have been wiser to first finish it in the sandbox, but I had already put the WIR 244 template on the talk page, therefore assuming that other editors would assume good faith. However, it was taken down to draft status for doubts about notability because of lack of references within 19 minutes (!). If that editor had assumed good faith and bothered to take a swift look at the footnotes of my German-language article about her, it should have been a clear case.
In any event, now I have happily added 35 references to reliable independent sources from NYT to The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Le Monde etc. Yet, I was all the more shocked to receive the automatic reply upon submitting the draft that the review might take 4 months or longer. I have written to the editor responsible for relegating it to draft, but he seems to take much more than 19 minutes. Sigh.
Would it be possible for you to conduct the review? Really, it should be a matter of seconds to recognize her notability and so I would be truly grateful instead of pretty frustrated. Best regards and wishes RomanDeckert ( talk) 16:41, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello all, I've started a page for the Death of Pratima Goankar, an Indian interesex athlete who died by suicide in 2001. I was wondering if project members could give it a read - I don't think I've written a page who someone identified as intersex previously. Also, if anyone can find her date of death, I'd be very grateful - it might be paywalled in here? Many thanks (will cross-post to LGBT Studies too) Lajmmoore ( talk) 07:43, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Hello all, I started a page for Rosalia Abreu a few weeks ago, and there's a really interesting RfC on the talk page now. All thoughts welcome Lajmmoore ( talk) 22:13, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
I have started on Draft:Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough, (British cultural historian, broadcaster and writer) but I am unsure if there is enough coverage for notability. I'd appreciate any help, or the advice that she isn't notable. Newystats ( talk) 05:28, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
Newystats, Lajmmoore, Espresso Addict, how does the article look now? Silver seren C 03:38, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for your work! I think the article is good to publish. Newystats ( talk) 11:31, 5 November 2022 (UTC)