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The women's revolution in Belarus ( Coordination Council) has spread to Poland. This is not just massive sustained street protests: this may turn into a real women's revolution and Poland might once more become an inspirational example to the world for progress in political freedom and human rights (as in the 1980s Solidarity movement).
The Consultative Council that aims to be something like a horizontally organised, grassroots, shadow Cabinet that is not going to wait three years for an election (my interpretation, not RSed!) is currently about 2/3 women: Consultative Council (Poland)#Membership. Missing articles for the women members include:
Articles already started include: Chmiel, Przyłuska, Łoboda, Lasota, Oleszczuk. These five would all be worth a visit by people good at Category:-ising. Boud ( talk) 00:47, 4 November 2020 (UTC) Update, two new women members of the Council:
Boud ( talk) 23:13, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
Articles among these worth adding to your watchlist:
She became a member of this Council simply because she is a woman.
Boud ( talk) 01:45, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
Would anyone be able to help get this drsft fixed up and into article space? Thanks. FloridaArmy ( talk) 09:06, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
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Mapping content gaps on Wikimedia Collating information to map what is missing from Wikimedia |
Hi all
I've just completed some documentation that you might find useful about working with people to map topics missing from Wikimedia projects, the work Women in Red has done has really formed the based of a lot of it. Help:Mapping_content_gaps_on_Wikimedia
Thanks
John Cummings ( talk) 16:55, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
I realize this is not about a woman but BigMusicBaby, a new contributor and recent member of WiR, is concerned that her first new article has been proposed for deletion. With the recent additions and sources, it looks to me as if it deserves to be kept on the basis of general notability. The sources from the New York times seem quite detailed.-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:43, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
I just approved this one from draft, but it's not clear to me whether she's notable. For your attention/review. Thanks! Calliopejen1 ( talk) 22:29, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
This ongoing discussion may be of interest to this project. GMG talk 11:20, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi all, at the end of August I think, I made the mistake of using the AfC template when creating an article in draft space: Draft:Death of Naya Rivera. I then figured I would appreciate eyes on it anyway, and submitted it. Now, I know it can take a while but it's been a month and a half, or 2 months? And I do think the article is in fantastic shape, as well as appropriately project-tagged, so I don't see why it's not been accepted - so I'm here to ask if anyone who has time to read it can see something wrong with it that I might have missed. It's woman-focused and I know people at this project are often prepared to read through drafts :) I'm patient, but it's also in part been created because the section at the bio article was out of hand, others have worked on it, and if the bio is nominated for GA it would be helpful for the draft to be accepted ASAP so the bio can be trimmed. Kingsif ( talk) 06:26, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
Greetings,
While researching for Draft:Women, conflict and conflict zones and Draft:Avret Esir Pazarları I came across The bondage and travels of Johann Schiltberger'(available online @ gutenberg.org/files) is one of first western travel account by an eascapee of forced slavery of Ottomans. Strangely enough when Ottoman female slavery was rampant his travel account makes scant mentions of the same, ironically mentions a strange case of empowered women warriors taking revenge from a Tartar king. Schiltberger's accounts while largely doubted still one ends up wondering why one would end up in such myth making or was it real to an extent or just a folklore?
Do we have enough academic sources to count Sadurmelickh as encyclopedic notable?
Bookku ( talk) 03:43, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello again -- I found this article at speedy and wondered whether anyone here might be able to help out with it. The subject is a specialist in baseball stats, and seems potentially notable, but it's been contributed as part of an educational programme and the tone isn't encyclopedic. Cheers, Espresso Addict ( talk) 04:57, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I just made an article for professor Nicole R. Fleetwood. She does really wonderful work. Feel free to improve it as there is plenty to add. Thanks for everything that all of you do! Thriley ( talk) 02:59, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
I am working on an article about Kitty van der Mijll Dekker for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/180 on textile arts. While connecting Mijll Dekker's article to other articles I came across the article Women of the Bauhaus. The article was tagged in 2017 for not being written in an encyclopedic style. There has been a fair amount of editing since then. The article was tagged in 2020 with the suggestion that it be merged into the article on the Bauhaus. I think the article should have the first tag removed, but am reluctant to do that myself. I also think there may be some WiR editors who would like to weigh in on the proposed merger. Would anyone care to take a minute to look at the article? Thank you. Best, WomenArtistUpdates ( talk) 01:31, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi All, I just wanted to inform people about an event I'm involved with in Leeds, between the museum service, libraries and the British Library this Sunday, to add a few more Leeds Women into articles https://www.bl.uk/events/unfinished-business-leeds-wikithon-women-in-leeds - I've been asked to explain a bit about Women in Red and why I edit, which I hope is OK? Also, I got sent some Women in Red badges a while ago and I just wanted to check it was OK to offer them to people who made some successful edits? Thanks Lajmmoore ( talk) 13:38, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Preceding the global movement strategy implementation events scheduled for November 21&22 and December 5&6, regional, thematic, and language-based wiki communities are holding their own events. Wiki/women/womxn of all language communities will be coming together for a Zoom meeting this weekend. Hope many of you can participate.
-- Rosiestep ( talk) 16:41, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
The English-language Wikipedia's Meet Up for Movement Strategy Implementation will occur on Tuesday, 17th November 2020, from 5 to 7pm UTC via Zoom. Details here: m:Wikimedia UK/Events/Discussion about priorities for the English Wikipedia. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 14:35, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
I just undeleted this one because it was G13 deleted without ever having been submitted/considered. I submitted it now. I'm not sure whether she's notable but I figured you all might be interested in having a look... Calliopejen1 ( talk) 22:15, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello! By chance do we have any art buffs available to lend a hand on First Lady Michelle Obama (painting)? I have a forthcoming DYK on a related entry (a new bio of the woman who designed Obama’s dress!) and the hook mentions the painting, so I have been trying to beef up the page (initially a stub). I’ve ended up 5x’ing it already (!), but I could still use some help, especially in the section on the painting’s style. Even knowing the goal is to summarize sources, I feel a bit timid describing the portrait (leading to overreliance on quotes) and could use a hand from someone more comfortable handling formal analysis of painting. General revisions, copy edits, and other contributions also gratefully received: it’s a bit rough now but I think it could wind up quite a strong article. Thank you much! Innisfree987 ( talk) 03:43, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
Would also be very grateful for a hand with the entry for the portrait’s painter, Amy Sherald. Recently two apparently new editors have added a large amount of sourced material, which is great, but it’s written more in an academic-art voice than for a general audience. There’s also some overlapping info as well as probably too much detail, so wrapping my arms around it all to figure out what stays and what goes is a process! More eyes on any portion or all would be much appreciated. Thanks all! Innisfree987 ( talk) 01:22, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
Listeria has had an update ... please keep an eye out for any anomalies with redlists or other Listeria pages you use; perhaps take an extra step to check the page history - is the list updating, and if not, does a manual update work? Right now there's an outstanding sort issue, and at least one example of a page that isn't updating. Please list any issues found, here, or on the issue log. thx -- Tagishsimon ( talk) 10:28, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
I recently stumbled across Dale Baum (actor), a 1950s stage actor and WJTV producer from Flint, Michigan/Mississippi. I think she likely meets WP:N but it's outside my area of expertise. Hopefully someone here might be interested in starting an article. Here are some sources I found: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] TJMSmith ( talk) 22:23, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
This, on a living British ceramicist, needs a little buffing-up. She's unquestionably notable, & (see the talk) google provides some good links & text to RSs. I think there is a COI issue (see talk again), which needs some more declaration. Can anyone help? Johnbod ( talk) 15:45, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
If what is written in the submission meets the notability guidelines, but the submission lacks references to evidence this, then the underlying issue is inadequate verification and the submission should be declined for that reason. Like I say, I don’t think this entry should be draftified now, but I remain confused about the AFC policy... Innisfree987 ( talk) 18:11, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks to Ceoil, WomenArtistUpdates, 14GTR, TJMSmith, Vexations, Johnbod, Ser Amantio di Nicolao and Tagishsimon who worked on the article today. ~ Kvng ( talk) 00:20, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
Greetings,
A bit different topic. We all know Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. While every 11 January Wikipedia adds up one more year to it's age, encyclopedias and Compendiums too add up a year more to their much longer history.
When did you last visited wikipedia articles Encyclopedia Compendium and History of encyclopedias? What is their status ? When I visited those the last two are tagged for lack citations. In Encyclopedia#Characteristics section too almost six paragraphs are missing in citations.
Does this supposed to concerns women? May be and may not be, depends how one looks at it. At minimum as most in this project focus largely on biographies may be biographies of women who contributed to Encyclopedias and Compendiums may interest. Personally, I do see it one more angle, some of contributors may be facing hurdles of some strange Wikipedia rules and in course of time internalizing them, what was participation of women in forming all those rules ? Whether all of them are logical and fair enough to women? or few of them are avoidable hurdles? If one works on the topic then handling systemic biases will become easier? If no one worked on the topic then that is good opportunity to work on.
Actually one anon IP helped with a list of sources too on Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities. If topic interests some one following is list of sources with which one can support the articles.
Any takers for the task?
Thanks and warm regards
Bookku ( talk) 14:27, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
This site turned up in one of my searches earlier today. Looks like it could be quite useful - how useful I'm not sure, as I don't speak Spanish. Hopefully it might be of some value to others, though. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 19:32, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
I started an article the end of October that I thought I would have finished by election day, November 3rd, but that wasn't the case. It has grown exponentially and I am thinking that it might be a good nominee for FA. But, to do that, there are 20 redlinks to women, one man, and a couple of organizations that should probably be blue before I nominate it. I need an army of helpers. I've pulled together enough sources for each, I think, that notability can be verified and GNG can be met, so that at a minimum a stub can be written. Obviously we all have different access to sources, so some of these can probably be expanded more than just what I listed. If anyone is willing please see here and just mark which one(s) you take so we don’t end up with duplicates. I will very much appreciate any helpers. Thanks! SusunW ( talk) 23:32, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
The new list is a bit late but its now available. I have done a quick scan and I reckon we may already have an article for about half of them. Creating a wikidata record for all of them and creating a table for all of them are tasks looking for a taker. Usually about 80-90%v of these are notable and get their own articles. See here. Keep safe. Roger aka Victuallers ( talk) 23:49, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello again -- I've declined a speedy on Esther Wunnicke, a deceased Alaskan activist; can anyone help to clean it up and source it? There's a note on the talk page from the creator about access to offline sources. Cheers, Espresso Addict ( talk) 03:30, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
Created a stub The Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act needs expansion major legislation for women. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 05:22, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello, The red linked articles for Indian women have been listed here. Can I create any article from it? Imfarhad7 ( talk) 17:07, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
Would anyone like to clean up and add sources to International Center for Research on Women? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:53, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
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-- Megalibrarygirl ( talk) 16:42, 26 November 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Just cruising through the various states linked on:
Many of these states where there is a link in the above navbox, have redlinks and sources to philanthropic women. — Maile ( talk) 18:52, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi all, I am generally not sure of the proper place to ask this, but I recently created an article for a book by Nancy Greenspan and noticed she had neither a Wikidata item nor a WP article on her. I created the Wikidata item (Q102363177) and wanted to know if others believe she is notable enough to get an article. She is the author of The End of the Certain World which has enough coverage that I would think she is borderline notable by WP:NACADEMIC #1/4 almost by that alone. She also coauthored several psychology books with her husband Stanley Greenspan. I don't have much experience with creating articles on people, so I just wanted to know what others think. Thanks! Footlessmouse ( talk) 19:00, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi There, It looks like you made an incorrect, but good intent edit. For more information on the hierarchy of American universities, please see
US News and World Report Best College Rankings.
For quick a summary:
1. Princeton University (NJ)
2. Harvard University (MA)
3. Columbia University (NY)
Other notables:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
Yale University (CT)
Stanford University (CA)
University of Chicago (IL)
These, especially numbers 1, 2, and 3 above, are typically considered the best. If you have any other further questions surrounding this topic please feel free to reach out to me. 68.199.120.122 ( talk) 01:18, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
On the 20th October, at the Gender Gap panel for the Creative Commons Virtual Global Summit, |Wiki Loves Women's Anthere and Islahaddow launched the SheSaid campaign. The SheSaid drive is aimed at improving the visibility of women across Wikimedia projects by creating new or improving already existing Wikiquote entries spoken by notable women.
Why the SheSaid campaign? One reason is to balance the representation of gender in the entries of Wikiquote. The other is to show that women's quotes are less likely to be featured than men's. Here are a few statistics:
Obviously, not all women say good quotes that would make a wikiquote entry worth it. Still...
How to get involved? SheSaid runs until the 20h of December 2020. We hope you will take part! Find out more and join the campaign here.
Islahaddow ( talk)
A week or so ago I noticed Headstuff had come up with a 30-minute podcast on Wikipedia's Women in Red but I did not have time to listen to it in full until today. It announced an interview with Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight but in fact I discovered that after introductions lasting about 13 minutes, Rosie presented a 15-minute uninterrupted account of how she became an editor on Wikipedia and later devoted special attention to articles about women. It was of particular interest to me as I had collaborated with Rosie for quite a time before Women in Red finally came along. Well worth listening to if you have the time.-- Ipigott ( talk) 16:47, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
Simone Veil was associated with this in France nearly half a century ago - her hardest political fight and for which she is best known.
Polish women members of parliament - the
Sejm - who are on a
citizens' legislative initiative committee created 12 Nov 2020 to legalise women's right to decide on abortion include the following. These Polish women deserve to be known.
Boud ( talk) 02:48, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
Some of you may be interested in participating in an editathon, hosted on Meta, focused on Women in Climate Change. Details and sign-up here. If you do create an article for that event, you are warmly welcome to also add the new article to our #1day1woman event page. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 19:35, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Hola, こんにちは, Ciao, Hello, سلام, Halo, Salut, 你好, Nnọọ, হ্যালো, Hallo, สวัสดี, Dzień dobry, வணக்கம், приветствие, שלום, Mholo, हैलो, γεια, Ahoj, ഹലോ, 여보세요, مرحبا, Բարեւ Ձեզ, Olá, Xin chào, Hallå, ಹಲೋ, Sawubona, Здраво, Merhaba, Talofa, హలో
Distinguished Wiki(p/m)edians, greetings. 250 people participated in virtual Global Conversations that took place on November 21 and 22. The conversation continues on December 5 and 6 and we warmly invite you to take part. Registration is open until December 4. Looking forward to seeing you.
Since September, many groups have shared their local, regional, and thematic priorities for implementing the Movement Strategy recommendations. During the first set of Global Conversations on Nov. 21 and 22, we focused on initiatives that should be globally prioritized and coordinated. We invite you to read the selected global priorities. What do you like about them? What is missing? And what would make you want to play an active role in implementation? Share your thoughts in advance and continue the conversation on December 5 and 6.
Looking forward to seeing you again or for the first time on December 5 and 6.
MPourzaki (WMF) ( talk) 00:30, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Knowledgeable friends! There’s a nearly complete GA review for an important South African anti-apartheid activist, Priscilla Jana, but it’s hung up on a question about whether the image, File:Priscilla Jana.jpeg needs an additional fair use rationale beyond what’s in the file (to be clear, the image is only being used in this entry, nowhere else.) Is there someone experienced in fair-use images available to advise us on whether more information needs to be appended or if it already has what’s required? The “add a rationale” banner is tripping us up. Thank you for any and all guidance! Innisfree987 ( talk) 18:56, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Help is requested on improving the above article, which is up for deletion. Possibly ( talk) 19:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
While looking through potential article subjects, I discovered that one of the "woman" listed in the entomology section is actually a man — despite the name! Carroll Milton Williams already has an article, so should be removed from the red list. MeegsC ( talk) 18:12, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Interesting recent presentation by Wikipedian in Residence Erin O'Neil and Art+Feminism's Kira Wisniewski titled "Information activism on Wikipedia" from the University of Alberta. O'Neil: "There are barriers to younger, racialized, less covered in public and mainstream media people." Wisniewski: "Our stories are getting mistold, misrepresented and they are not complete." Hour-long video available here.-- Ipigott ( talk) 13:04, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established expert on the subject matter, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable, independent publications.So cite your ref and at the end add a field like this "|postscript= . Self published source; however author has published [link to worldcat or google scholar, etc. "articles"] in curated publications on similar subject matter." Hope that helps some, but it does not solve the overall problem that the same types of references are just not available worldwide. SusunW ( talk) 20:09, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
@ SusunW: Your point above, re: logical sourcing guidelines (etc.) is very well stated. I will say that I think there has been some movement towards a positive resolution in this regard, largely driven by Wikiprojects such as this one. To wit, that when a group such as WiR is populated with editors who produce good, solid work, people tend to notice, and give members a bit more leeway in choosing sources. (Longevity helps, too - I'm sure I've gotten away with some things based on my near-fifteen-years' tenure here that I might not be able to get away with as a greenhorn.) When those members work in a less-trafficked area, then the sources they point to generally (but not always, admittedly) begin to be seen as more legitimate. What also helps, I find, is the increased acceptance of specialized encyclopedias as sources...and the preponderance of same, in all manner of subject areas. The problem remains, yes - especially for living subjects (which is one of the reasons I tend to confine myself to writing about the dead - I often feel that I can better defend their notability through the rear-view mirror, as it were). But I think we're slowly lurching towards a place where we want to be. It's taking time, yes, but we're getting there. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 22:09, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I see this has been moved back to draft:Noni Lichtveld although it seems to me to deserve to be kept in mainspace. The reviewer appears to think the Dutch sourcing was not adequate. Any views?-- Ipigott ( talk) 12:52, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi All, I wondered if anyone might be interested in help? I was at an event recently where someone began a page for Draft:Marjorie Ziff - a philanthropist from Leeds. There's a problem in that most of her contributions are packaged with her husband, but she was awarded an MBE in her own right and has made lots of contributions, particularly to Jewish welfare. I'm a bit short of time at the moment, but I wondered if anyone would have a chance to take a lot at the draft that has just been declined at AfC? Thanks Lajmmoore ( talk) 10:31, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi all! Wanted to share an exciting discovery: the Nicaraguan news site Confidencial has posted all the archives to its associated television news shows, This Evening and This Week (think, 60 Minutes on a shoestring) with a Creative Commons license on YouTube. It’s fantastic for screengrabing images to illustrate entries. The quality isn’t the best but it’s so much better than no image and our coverage of Nicaragua is so weak, so this is a great opportunity—I’ve already done four women’s bios:
Sofía Montenegro,
Magaly Quintana,
Claudia Chamorro Barrios, and
Francisca Ramírez, all of whom are super famous in Nica.
Very happy to help anyone who needs so feel free to ping me, but basically the MO is search YouTube for “Confidencial” + the name of the person you want—tick the CC license box to filter the search results and you’ll get really just Confidencial videos. I personally have focused on studio interviews where I can tell for sure it’s Confidencial’s IP but folks with stronger Spanish than mine might have a better time figuring out what live-action footage is theirs versus licensed from somewhere else. Happy hunting, do let me know if I can help.
Innisfree987 (
talk)
20:56, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
Thandekile Ruth Mason Mvusi, created in July as part of the BLM/Anti-discrimination WiR edit-a-thon, is being considered for deletion. Dsp13 ( talk) 12:04, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
Draft:Margaret Gale needs pulling over the finishing line. "English operatic soprano who sang leading roles with Sadler’s Wells Opera Company throughout the 1960s and early 1970s". -- Tagishsimon ( talk) 17:08, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
Can anyone here help out with sources for this American ceramics collector, businesswoman and philanthropist? Espresso Addict ( talk) 10:20, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
A Wikipedia page is needed for an incredible woman who organized and led efforts to acquire, preserve, restore one of the most well known Revolutionary War sites, helped preserve another internationally known site, worked with the original Daughters of the American Revolution and became founder, first Regent of one of the first significant Chapters of D.A.R., was Matron-In-Chief / Nurse for three years during Civil War, at times tending over 2,000 wounded soldiers, was present (nearby) for Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, was State Regent at 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Authored three books, all while helping organize, raise funds / supplies, donate time for multiple other National, State and Community causes.
While collating information for another project regarding this incredible women it came to our attention that she is more than well-deserving of a Wikipedia page, yet none exists. There are highly qualified historical writers who have written or supplied content and bibliographical data over the past 100+ years, however there are currently no writers that we personally know that are available and that also have the proper Wikipedia experience needed to author this page in a deserving way.
As you can easily tell I am neither a Historian or Writer. What we do have is an incredible amount of factual data supporting all of the above contributions, and more. We are hoping to find a qualified writer to properly utilize that information for a page. The information historians, historical organizations, Authors and others have uncovered and have direct hyperlinks to, comes from the Library of Congress, U.S. National Park Service, contemporary magazine and newspaper articles, pictures and factual data uncovered by highly qualified historians over the past 100+ years.
Please let me know if there is a qualified volunteer author we can review the data with and who can write the initial article.
Thank You.
CBrookUM — Preceding unsigned comment added by CBrookUM ( talk • contribs) 03:44, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks Pam — Preceding unsigned comment added by CBrookUM ( talk • contribs) 02:47, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
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Archive 80 | ← | Archive 85 | Archive 86 | Archive 87 | Archive 88 | Archive 89 | Archive 90 |
The women's revolution in Belarus ( Coordination Council) has spread to Poland. This is not just massive sustained street protests: this may turn into a real women's revolution and Poland might once more become an inspirational example to the world for progress in political freedom and human rights (as in the 1980s Solidarity movement).
The Consultative Council that aims to be something like a horizontally organised, grassroots, shadow Cabinet that is not going to wait three years for an election (my interpretation, not RSed!) is currently about 2/3 women: Consultative Council (Poland)#Membership. Missing articles for the women members include:
Articles already started include: Chmiel, Przyłuska, Łoboda, Lasota, Oleszczuk. These five would all be worth a visit by people good at Category:-ising. Boud ( talk) 00:47, 4 November 2020 (UTC) Update, two new women members of the Council:
Boud ( talk) 23:13, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
Articles among these worth adding to your watchlist:
She became a member of this Council simply because she is a woman.
Boud ( talk) 01:45, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
Would anyone be able to help get this drsft fixed up and into article space? Thanks. FloridaArmy ( talk) 09:06, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
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Mapping content gaps on Wikimedia Collating information to map what is missing from Wikimedia |
Hi all
I've just completed some documentation that you might find useful about working with people to map topics missing from Wikimedia projects, the work Women in Red has done has really formed the based of a lot of it. Help:Mapping_content_gaps_on_Wikimedia
Thanks
John Cummings ( talk) 16:55, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
I realize this is not about a woman but BigMusicBaby, a new contributor and recent member of WiR, is concerned that her first new article has been proposed for deletion. With the recent additions and sources, it looks to me as if it deserves to be kept on the basis of general notability. The sources from the New York times seem quite detailed.-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:43, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
I just approved this one from draft, but it's not clear to me whether she's notable. For your attention/review. Thanks! Calliopejen1 ( talk) 22:29, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
This ongoing discussion may be of interest to this project. GMG talk 11:20, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi all, at the end of August I think, I made the mistake of using the AfC template when creating an article in draft space: Draft:Death of Naya Rivera. I then figured I would appreciate eyes on it anyway, and submitted it. Now, I know it can take a while but it's been a month and a half, or 2 months? And I do think the article is in fantastic shape, as well as appropriately project-tagged, so I don't see why it's not been accepted - so I'm here to ask if anyone who has time to read it can see something wrong with it that I might have missed. It's woman-focused and I know people at this project are often prepared to read through drafts :) I'm patient, but it's also in part been created because the section at the bio article was out of hand, others have worked on it, and if the bio is nominated for GA it would be helpful for the draft to be accepted ASAP so the bio can be trimmed. Kingsif ( talk) 06:26, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
Greetings,
While researching for Draft:Women, conflict and conflict zones and Draft:Avret Esir Pazarları I came across The bondage and travels of Johann Schiltberger'(available online @ gutenberg.org/files) is one of first western travel account by an eascapee of forced slavery of Ottomans. Strangely enough when Ottoman female slavery was rampant his travel account makes scant mentions of the same, ironically mentions a strange case of empowered women warriors taking revenge from a Tartar king. Schiltberger's accounts while largely doubted still one ends up wondering why one would end up in such myth making or was it real to an extent or just a folklore?
Do we have enough academic sources to count Sadurmelickh as encyclopedic notable?
Bookku ( talk) 03:43, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello again -- I found this article at speedy and wondered whether anyone here might be able to help out with it. The subject is a specialist in baseball stats, and seems potentially notable, but it's been contributed as part of an educational programme and the tone isn't encyclopedic. Cheers, Espresso Addict ( talk) 04:57, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I just made an article for professor Nicole R. Fleetwood. She does really wonderful work. Feel free to improve it as there is plenty to add. Thanks for everything that all of you do! Thriley ( talk) 02:59, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
I am working on an article about Kitty van der Mijll Dekker for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/180 on textile arts. While connecting Mijll Dekker's article to other articles I came across the article Women of the Bauhaus. The article was tagged in 2017 for not being written in an encyclopedic style. There has been a fair amount of editing since then. The article was tagged in 2020 with the suggestion that it be merged into the article on the Bauhaus. I think the article should have the first tag removed, but am reluctant to do that myself. I also think there may be some WiR editors who would like to weigh in on the proposed merger. Would anyone care to take a minute to look at the article? Thank you. Best, WomenArtistUpdates ( talk) 01:31, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi All, I just wanted to inform people about an event I'm involved with in Leeds, between the museum service, libraries and the British Library this Sunday, to add a few more Leeds Women into articles https://www.bl.uk/events/unfinished-business-leeds-wikithon-women-in-leeds - I've been asked to explain a bit about Women in Red and why I edit, which I hope is OK? Also, I got sent some Women in Red badges a while ago and I just wanted to check it was OK to offer them to people who made some successful edits? Thanks Lajmmoore ( talk) 13:38, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Preceding the global movement strategy implementation events scheduled for November 21&22 and December 5&6, regional, thematic, and language-based wiki communities are holding their own events. Wiki/women/womxn of all language communities will be coming together for a Zoom meeting this weekend. Hope many of you can participate.
-- Rosiestep ( talk) 16:41, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
The English-language Wikipedia's Meet Up for Movement Strategy Implementation will occur on Tuesday, 17th November 2020, from 5 to 7pm UTC via Zoom. Details here: m:Wikimedia UK/Events/Discussion about priorities for the English Wikipedia. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 14:35, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
I just undeleted this one because it was G13 deleted without ever having been submitted/considered. I submitted it now. I'm not sure whether she's notable but I figured you all might be interested in having a look... Calliopejen1 ( talk) 22:15, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello! By chance do we have any art buffs available to lend a hand on First Lady Michelle Obama (painting)? I have a forthcoming DYK on a related entry (a new bio of the woman who designed Obama’s dress!) and the hook mentions the painting, so I have been trying to beef up the page (initially a stub). I’ve ended up 5x’ing it already (!), but I could still use some help, especially in the section on the painting’s style. Even knowing the goal is to summarize sources, I feel a bit timid describing the portrait (leading to overreliance on quotes) and could use a hand from someone more comfortable handling formal analysis of painting. General revisions, copy edits, and other contributions also gratefully received: it’s a bit rough now but I think it could wind up quite a strong article. Thank you much! Innisfree987 ( talk) 03:43, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
Would also be very grateful for a hand with the entry for the portrait’s painter, Amy Sherald. Recently two apparently new editors have added a large amount of sourced material, which is great, but it’s written more in an academic-art voice than for a general audience. There’s also some overlapping info as well as probably too much detail, so wrapping my arms around it all to figure out what stays and what goes is a process! More eyes on any portion or all would be much appreciated. Thanks all! Innisfree987 ( talk) 01:22, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
Listeria has had an update ... please keep an eye out for any anomalies with redlists or other Listeria pages you use; perhaps take an extra step to check the page history - is the list updating, and if not, does a manual update work? Right now there's an outstanding sort issue, and at least one example of a page that isn't updating. Please list any issues found, here, or on the issue log. thx -- Tagishsimon ( talk) 10:28, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
I recently stumbled across Dale Baum (actor), a 1950s stage actor and WJTV producer from Flint, Michigan/Mississippi. I think she likely meets WP:N but it's outside my area of expertise. Hopefully someone here might be interested in starting an article. Here are some sources I found: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] TJMSmith ( talk) 22:23, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
This, on a living British ceramicist, needs a little buffing-up. She's unquestionably notable, & (see the talk) google provides some good links & text to RSs. I think there is a COI issue (see talk again), which needs some more declaration. Can anyone help? Johnbod ( talk) 15:45, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
If what is written in the submission meets the notability guidelines, but the submission lacks references to evidence this, then the underlying issue is inadequate verification and the submission should be declined for that reason. Like I say, I don’t think this entry should be draftified now, but I remain confused about the AFC policy... Innisfree987 ( talk) 18:11, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks to Ceoil, WomenArtistUpdates, 14GTR, TJMSmith, Vexations, Johnbod, Ser Amantio di Nicolao and Tagishsimon who worked on the article today. ~ Kvng ( talk) 00:20, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
Greetings,
A bit different topic. We all know Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. While every 11 January Wikipedia adds up one more year to it's age, encyclopedias and Compendiums too add up a year more to their much longer history.
When did you last visited wikipedia articles Encyclopedia Compendium and History of encyclopedias? What is their status ? When I visited those the last two are tagged for lack citations. In Encyclopedia#Characteristics section too almost six paragraphs are missing in citations.
Does this supposed to concerns women? May be and may not be, depends how one looks at it. At minimum as most in this project focus largely on biographies may be biographies of women who contributed to Encyclopedias and Compendiums may interest. Personally, I do see it one more angle, some of contributors may be facing hurdles of some strange Wikipedia rules and in course of time internalizing them, what was participation of women in forming all those rules ? Whether all of them are logical and fair enough to women? or few of them are avoidable hurdles? If one works on the topic then handling systemic biases will become easier? If no one worked on the topic then that is good opportunity to work on.
Actually one anon IP helped with a list of sources too on Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities. If topic interests some one following is list of sources with which one can support the articles.
Any takers for the task?
Thanks and warm regards
Bookku ( talk) 14:27, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
This site turned up in one of my searches earlier today. Looks like it could be quite useful - how useful I'm not sure, as I don't speak Spanish. Hopefully it might be of some value to others, though. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 19:32, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
I started an article the end of October that I thought I would have finished by election day, November 3rd, but that wasn't the case. It has grown exponentially and I am thinking that it might be a good nominee for FA. But, to do that, there are 20 redlinks to women, one man, and a couple of organizations that should probably be blue before I nominate it. I need an army of helpers. I've pulled together enough sources for each, I think, that notability can be verified and GNG can be met, so that at a minimum a stub can be written. Obviously we all have different access to sources, so some of these can probably be expanded more than just what I listed. If anyone is willing please see here and just mark which one(s) you take so we don’t end up with duplicates. I will very much appreciate any helpers. Thanks! SusunW ( talk) 23:32, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
The new list is a bit late but its now available. I have done a quick scan and I reckon we may already have an article for about half of them. Creating a wikidata record for all of them and creating a table for all of them are tasks looking for a taker. Usually about 80-90%v of these are notable and get their own articles. See here. Keep safe. Roger aka Victuallers ( talk) 23:49, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello again -- I've declined a speedy on Esther Wunnicke, a deceased Alaskan activist; can anyone help to clean it up and source it? There's a note on the talk page from the creator about access to offline sources. Cheers, Espresso Addict ( talk) 03:30, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
Created a stub The Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act needs expansion major legislation for women. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 05:22, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello, The red linked articles for Indian women have been listed here. Can I create any article from it? Imfarhad7 ( talk) 17:07, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
Would anyone like to clean up and add sources to International Center for Research on Women? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:53, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
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-- Megalibrarygirl ( talk) 16:42, 26 November 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Just cruising through the various states linked on:
Many of these states where there is a link in the above navbox, have redlinks and sources to philanthropic women. — Maile ( talk) 18:52, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi all, I am generally not sure of the proper place to ask this, but I recently created an article for a book by Nancy Greenspan and noticed she had neither a Wikidata item nor a WP article on her. I created the Wikidata item (Q102363177) and wanted to know if others believe she is notable enough to get an article. She is the author of The End of the Certain World which has enough coverage that I would think she is borderline notable by WP:NACADEMIC #1/4 almost by that alone. She also coauthored several psychology books with her husband Stanley Greenspan. I don't have much experience with creating articles on people, so I just wanted to know what others think. Thanks! Footlessmouse ( talk) 19:00, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi There, It looks like you made an incorrect, but good intent edit. For more information on the hierarchy of American universities, please see
US News and World Report Best College Rankings.
For quick a summary:
1. Princeton University (NJ)
2. Harvard University (MA)
3. Columbia University (NY)
Other notables:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
Yale University (CT)
Stanford University (CA)
University of Chicago (IL)
These, especially numbers 1, 2, and 3 above, are typically considered the best. If you have any other further questions surrounding this topic please feel free to reach out to me. 68.199.120.122 ( talk) 01:18, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
On the 20th October, at the Gender Gap panel for the Creative Commons Virtual Global Summit, |Wiki Loves Women's Anthere and Islahaddow launched the SheSaid campaign. The SheSaid drive is aimed at improving the visibility of women across Wikimedia projects by creating new or improving already existing Wikiquote entries spoken by notable women.
Why the SheSaid campaign? One reason is to balance the representation of gender in the entries of Wikiquote. The other is to show that women's quotes are less likely to be featured than men's. Here are a few statistics:
Obviously, not all women say good quotes that would make a wikiquote entry worth it. Still...
How to get involved? SheSaid runs until the 20h of December 2020. We hope you will take part! Find out more and join the campaign here.
Islahaddow ( talk)
A week or so ago I noticed Headstuff had come up with a 30-minute podcast on Wikipedia's Women in Red but I did not have time to listen to it in full until today. It announced an interview with Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight but in fact I discovered that after introductions lasting about 13 minutes, Rosie presented a 15-minute uninterrupted account of how she became an editor on Wikipedia and later devoted special attention to articles about women. It was of particular interest to me as I had collaborated with Rosie for quite a time before Women in Red finally came along. Well worth listening to if you have the time.-- Ipigott ( talk) 16:47, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
Simone Veil was associated with this in France nearly half a century ago - her hardest political fight and for which she is best known.
Polish women members of parliament - the
Sejm - who are on a
citizens' legislative initiative committee created 12 Nov 2020 to legalise women's right to decide on abortion include the following. These Polish women deserve to be known.
Boud ( talk) 02:48, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
Some of you may be interested in participating in an editathon, hosted on Meta, focused on Women in Climate Change. Details and sign-up here. If you do create an article for that event, you are warmly welcome to also add the new article to our #1day1woman event page. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 19:35, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
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Distinguished Wiki(p/m)edians, greetings. 250 people participated in virtual Global Conversations that took place on November 21 and 22. The conversation continues on December 5 and 6 and we warmly invite you to take part. Registration is open until December 4. Looking forward to seeing you.
Since September, many groups have shared their local, regional, and thematic priorities for implementing the Movement Strategy recommendations. During the first set of Global Conversations on Nov. 21 and 22, we focused on initiatives that should be globally prioritized and coordinated. We invite you to read the selected global priorities. What do you like about them? What is missing? And what would make you want to play an active role in implementation? Share your thoughts in advance and continue the conversation on December 5 and 6.
Looking forward to seeing you again or for the first time on December 5 and 6.
MPourzaki (WMF) ( talk) 00:30, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Knowledgeable friends! There’s a nearly complete GA review for an important South African anti-apartheid activist, Priscilla Jana, but it’s hung up on a question about whether the image, File:Priscilla Jana.jpeg needs an additional fair use rationale beyond what’s in the file (to be clear, the image is only being used in this entry, nowhere else.) Is there someone experienced in fair-use images available to advise us on whether more information needs to be appended or if it already has what’s required? The “add a rationale” banner is tripping us up. Thank you for any and all guidance! Innisfree987 ( talk) 18:56, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Help is requested on improving the above article, which is up for deletion. Possibly ( talk) 19:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
While looking through potential article subjects, I discovered that one of the "woman" listed in the entomology section is actually a man — despite the name! Carroll Milton Williams already has an article, so should be removed from the red list. MeegsC ( talk) 18:12, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Interesting recent presentation by Wikipedian in Residence Erin O'Neil and Art+Feminism's Kira Wisniewski titled "Information activism on Wikipedia" from the University of Alberta. O'Neil: "There are barriers to younger, racialized, less covered in public and mainstream media people." Wisniewski: "Our stories are getting mistold, misrepresented and they are not complete." Hour-long video available here.-- Ipigott ( talk) 13:04, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established expert on the subject matter, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable, independent publications.So cite your ref and at the end add a field like this "|postscript= . Self published source; however author has published [link to worldcat or google scholar, etc. "articles"] in curated publications on similar subject matter." Hope that helps some, but it does not solve the overall problem that the same types of references are just not available worldwide. SusunW ( talk) 20:09, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
@ SusunW: Your point above, re: logical sourcing guidelines (etc.) is very well stated. I will say that I think there has been some movement towards a positive resolution in this regard, largely driven by Wikiprojects such as this one. To wit, that when a group such as WiR is populated with editors who produce good, solid work, people tend to notice, and give members a bit more leeway in choosing sources. (Longevity helps, too - I'm sure I've gotten away with some things based on my near-fifteen-years' tenure here that I might not be able to get away with as a greenhorn.) When those members work in a less-trafficked area, then the sources they point to generally (but not always, admittedly) begin to be seen as more legitimate. What also helps, I find, is the increased acceptance of specialized encyclopedias as sources...and the preponderance of same, in all manner of subject areas. The problem remains, yes - especially for living subjects (which is one of the reasons I tend to confine myself to writing about the dead - I often feel that I can better defend their notability through the rear-view mirror, as it were). But I think we're slowly lurching towards a place where we want to be. It's taking time, yes, but we're getting there. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 22:09, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I see this has been moved back to draft:Noni Lichtveld although it seems to me to deserve to be kept in mainspace. The reviewer appears to think the Dutch sourcing was not adequate. Any views?-- Ipigott ( talk) 12:52, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi All, I wondered if anyone might be interested in help? I was at an event recently where someone began a page for Draft:Marjorie Ziff - a philanthropist from Leeds. There's a problem in that most of her contributions are packaged with her husband, but she was awarded an MBE in her own right and has made lots of contributions, particularly to Jewish welfare. I'm a bit short of time at the moment, but I wondered if anyone would have a chance to take a lot at the draft that has just been declined at AfC? Thanks Lajmmoore ( talk) 10:31, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi all! Wanted to share an exciting discovery: the Nicaraguan news site Confidencial has posted all the archives to its associated television news shows, This Evening and This Week (think, 60 Minutes on a shoestring) with a Creative Commons license on YouTube. It’s fantastic for screengrabing images to illustrate entries. The quality isn’t the best but it’s so much better than no image and our coverage of Nicaragua is so weak, so this is a great opportunity—I’ve already done four women’s bios:
Sofía Montenegro,
Magaly Quintana,
Claudia Chamorro Barrios, and
Francisca Ramírez, all of whom are super famous in Nica.
Very happy to help anyone who needs so feel free to ping me, but basically the MO is search YouTube for “Confidencial” + the name of the person you want—tick the CC license box to filter the search results and you’ll get really just Confidencial videos. I personally have focused on studio interviews where I can tell for sure it’s Confidencial’s IP but folks with stronger Spanish than mine might have a better time figuring out what live-action footage is theirs versus licensed from somewhere else. Happy hunting, do let me know if I can help.
Innisfree987 (
talk)
20:56, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
Thandekile Ruth Mason Mvusi, created in July as part of the BLM/Anti-discrimination WiR edit-a-thon, is being considered for deletion. Dsp13 ( talk) 12:04, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
Draft:Margaret Gale needs pulling over the finishing line. "English operatic soprano who sang leading roles with Sadler’s Wells Opera Company throughout the 1960s and early 1970s". -- Tagishsimon ( talk) 17:08, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
Can anyone here help out with sources for this American ceramics collector, businesswoman and philanthropist? Espresso Addict ( talk) 10:20, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
A Wikipedia page is needed for an incredible woman who organized and led efforts to acquire, preserve, restore one of the most well known Revolutionary War sites, helped preserve another internationally known site, worked with the original Daughters of the American Revolution and became founder, first Regent of one of the first significant Chapters of D.A.R., was Matron-In-Chief / Nurse for three years during Civil War, at times tending over 2,000 wounded soldiers, was present (nearby) for Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, was State Regent at 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Authored three books, all while helping organize, raise funds / supplies, donate time for multiple other National, State and Community causes.
While collating information for another project regarding this incredible women it came to our attention that she is more than well-deserving of a Wikipedia page, yet none exists. There are highly qualified historical writers who have written or supplied content and bibliographical data over the past 100+ years, however there are currently no writers that we personally know that are available and that also have the proper Wikipedia experience needed to author this page in a deserving way.
As you can easily tell I am neither a Historian or Writer. What we do have is an incredible amount of factual data supporting all of the above contributions, and more. We are hoping to find a qualified writer to properly utilize that information for a page. The information historians, historical organizations, Authors and others have uncovered and have direct hyperlinks to, comes from the Library of Congress, U.S. National Park Service, contemporary magazine and newspaper articles, pictures and factual data uncovered by highly qualified historians over the past 100+ years.
Please let me know if there is a qualified volunteer author we can review the data with and who can write the initial article.
Thank You.
CBrookUM — Preceding unsigned comment added by CBrookUM ( talk • contribs) 03:44, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks Pam — Preceding unsigned comment added by CBrookUM ( talk • contribs) 02:47, 15 December 2020 (UTC)