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Do we have a redlink list based upon [1]? Eddie891 Talk Work 02:16, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
Everyone in volumes 1 and 2 is in Wikidata now. If I ever get access to volume 3 I'll add those individuals as well. Gamaliel ( talk) 20:50, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
I just looked up filmmaker Deanna Morse and saw that her page is a draft that has been rejected several times. Does anyone think it is ready for article space? Thriley ( talk) 17:30, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
I just came across a Draft bio where its creator had added Project tags to the Talk page. Is that usual practice? If it is, I've learnt something new today! Most editors I work with use redlinks and don't go through the AfC process so I hadn't come across it before.-- Oronsay ( talk) 00:47, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
I just reviewed Draft:Alicia Cook (writer). There was previously an article about her, but it was deleted after discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alicia Cook (writer). I didn't see the deleted article. I have declined the current draft because I am concerned that if I accepted it now, it might be deleted again, so I have declined the draft in order for it to be improved and resubmitted. Robert McClenon ( talk) 01:12, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi all, there are a number of active discussions over at Talk:Gender bias on Wikipedia, including one which proposes to change the name to Wikipedia gender gap and questioning the validity of the article's subject matter. I thought that some of us might have thoughts on what is being discussed. Smirkybec ( talk) 23:53, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
I ran across an interesting suggestion at the Teahouse: "Someone at wikipedia needs to create an article about Marion Miley. Kentucky U.S. Women’s amateur golf player who was murdered a during robbery at her home on September 28, 1941." There seems to be lot of coverage. – Finnusertop ( talk ⋅ contribs) 00:57, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
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Isabel Andreu de Aguilar (1887–1948) was a Puerto Rican suffragist. It seems likely that there are now some PD images that can be uploaded to Commons. I found [2] and [3]. Possible licenses include PD-US-no notice, PD-old-70-expired, or PD-1923. Any suggestions/help is appreciated! TJMSmith ( talk) 15:20, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Oh my gosh, someone has to write up Robina Asti. She just died at 99, world's oldest flight instructor, and World War II veteran. See NYT obit. Mathglot ( talk) 05:09, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
This month, English Wikisource has featured a relevant work as its Proofread of the Month: Max Binheim's 1928 book Women of the West. It contains 1100 "biographies" of women (as you might imagine, many of these are just a short paragraph; but some are more substantial). This book is particularly interesting in two respects: (1) Since it's from after 1926, it's a little unusual that it has lapsed into the public domain, making it more available for republication without worrying about copyright; and (2) In its preface, it contains an especially strong statement of ethics, claiming that it did not print paid entries, and actually going a bit further than that. (As I understand things, it was rather common in that era to have "who's who" type books where people paid for their own entries, or had incentives to purchase the book, etc., undermining the integrity of the work. Binheim was a seasoned newspaper editor from an era in which there was a lot of focus on newspaper ethics, so I assume that drive his choices. But I speculate, I digress.)
Anyway, I don't know a whole lot about Listeria Bot, but the alphabetical index seems like a great source for potentially building a list to work from. With some clever coding, I bet it would even be possible to match people with states, since each state is covered by in a specific chapter.
Is there anybody more familiar with Listeria who could work with me to make this happen? It would be nice to build on this solid effort of the Wikisource community, and there are many women deserving of a Wikipedia article contained in this book. - Pete Forsyth ( talk) 02:08, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
Sorry this is not explicitly a WiR issue, but maybe someone's familiar with this: I'm updating the infobox for Women in Guyana with newer figures for the Global Gender Gap, but for some reason, the ranking seems fixed "out of 153", but in 2015 (which is the last year Guyana was included in the report) it was out of 145. I looked at the page in source-mode, and I examined the template page, but I just can't find where 153 is coming from. What am I missing? Cheers, Estheim ( talk) 10:53, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
I am pinging Underlying lk who added the data to the infobox on 30 October 2013 and appears to be involved with the construction of the Template:Infobox women by region. Underlying lk can you help us? Best, WomenArtistUpdates ( talk) 19:01, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
out of about 150comes directly from {{ Infobox women by region}}. IMHO the right fix would be adding a new parameter ggg_year, and handle the exact details for each year in the template, avoiding the same issue across all pages transcluding the template. MarioGom ( talk) 11:48, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for chiming in MarioGom; That was mentioned at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Templates. Should I make a note over there that the conversation will resume here? I'd like to ensure the data is correct in whatever way is easiest to implement and update. Cheers, Estheim ( talk) 13:00, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nats Getty until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
Talk:Nats Getty says the article is of interest to this WikiProject, so I hope it was appropriate for me to list this here. Apologies if not. Abbyjjjj96 ( talk) 20:32, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
I saw that the equestrian Draft:Sally Swift has a page that is stuck in draft. She’s a noted rider who I think deserves a page. Is there adequate sourcing out there for her? Thriley ( talk) 06:54, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
A couple of articles on British female (association) footballers have been created by new editors as part of their university work - Charlotte Newsham and Lachante Paul. Both have gone straight to AfD. It is possible that project members may be interested in looking them over and voicing an opinion in the discussion. (One of which has been notable - for me - for one editor referring to the subject as "he".) Thanks. Gog the Mild ( talk) 11:35, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello. We will be organising WikiGap this Thursday and most of the participants chose to write in English Wikipedia. I was told that the Women in Red team could help me for this since all of the participants are new. Hope you could help. -- Tofeiku Chat 05:59, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
Those of you interested in our statistics may have noticed that we now base the percentage of biographies about women on Humaniki rather than WHGI which is no longer being updated. In connection with the recent release of its alpha version, Humaniki made an explanatory announcement: " Humaniki March Update: Public Launch of Alpha Release". You will see that the alpha release includes a wide variety of Wikidata-based statistics in connection with the gender gap. A beta release is scheduled for August.-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:11, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
Hell everyone, Ojy Okpe is an ex supermodel turned Tv reporter while Patricia Kalesanwo is the first female registrar of the Nigerian Institute of Journalist. Need help with building up sources for both profiles, particularly Ojy Okpe (Tv folks dont often get coverage this side). Thanks -- OtuNwachinemere ( talk) 11:27, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
I just.. can't get up any enthusiasm for restoration while people are shouting about how awful a crime it is to remove dust spots. I'm totally sure that Cameron intentionally put dust on her negatives (and, since the work in question isn't by her, got other people to do it on her behalf for pictures of her), because that's a thing people did, I'm sure. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 7.8% of all FPs 22:32, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
NMAI is hosting a NMAI Native American Women Edit-a-thon on Friday, April 23, from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm EDT. Pre-registration recommended via Eventbrite. Ahalenia ( talk) 19:19, 24 March 2021 (UTC)Ahalenia
This week, thanks to a list compiled by UNFPA, there was an upload into Wikidata of women whose "field of work (P101)" is "sexual and reproductive health and rights (Q10666891)". Could someone who has the technical know-how please create a WiR Wikidata-generated redlist for them? After it's created and added to the WiR Redlist Index, we might also want to add a link to the new redlist in our Women's Rights year-long initiative/event. Thanks! -- Rosiestep ( talk) 19:04, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
There was an article on Margaret G. Hays in 2013 and 2014, which was then nominated for deletion as not establishing notability. The community and I agree that it didn't establish notability, and it was redirected to her sister and collaborator, Grace Drayton. The current draft is better than the redirected article. I would like to accept the draft, but would appreciate any assistance from this project in further improving the draft so as to be sure that it will be kept if it is nominated for deletion a second time. Robert McClenon ( talk) 18:47, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
I learned something that I want to share. The WP Library, as a lot of you know, provides access to newspapers and journals by subscription. What you may not know is they now offer a bundle of previously subscription serves to everyone who has 500+ edits, has edited at least 6 months with 10 or more edits in the last month and who aren't actively blocked. I have been using the access to HeinOnline (a legal database) a lot for the nationality articles. But I also decided not to renew my OUP reference because I can now access things like the Dictionary of African Biography and the Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography through the service. Tip: in the search bar type "she" and you will mostly winnow down to the women's entries in the OUP biographical dictionaries. If you haven't used this service, I highly recommend it. SusunW ( talk) 15:07, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
"Not found
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If you are certain that something should be here, please email us about this error at wikipedialibrary@wikimedia.org or report it to us on Phabricator (?)."
I've had these problems with this site before. Don't worry about it but if I can't find it, how about the newbies?-- Ipigott ( talk) 17:00, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
Does that work for you Ipigott? SusunW ( talk) 17:08, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I recently created an article for historian Wendy A. Woloson. I don't normally hunt for images for pages I create, but would really like to find one of her for the article. I did not see any pictures of her in Commons. Are there any other places to check? Thank you, Thriley ( talk) 02:46, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
Dana Dornsife is a newly-created biography I've moved from draft space to main space. Another editor added a COI tag, which I've moved to the talk page, and further improvements are welcome. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 23:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
An IP editor just made a series of unexplained removals and (small) unsourced additions to Rebecca Miriam Cunningham (doctor and researcher). To be blunt it reads like COI. That said, some of the removed material ( eg) may have a reasonable case for being left out. It’s sourced, but it’s true that it’s the kind of thing you would not likely find in the bio of a male physician (although my personal view is that our accounts of men’s lives are often the poorer for it). Anyway if anyone feels like having a quick look with regard to gender bias, I’d be interested to hear opinions. It’s just the last five edits or so. Thanks! Innisfree987 ( talk) 19:01, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
Dear Women in Red people, just a heads-up that I created an article on Wurfbainia vera, formerly known as Amomum verum, the first plant to be named by a woman (in the botanical sense). Are there any categories to mark this? May I request a Women In Red banner on the talk page please. Brunswicknic ( talk) 04:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Could someone reach out to User:11mgs with regards to the improvements they are trying to make to the title article? I believe they could some friendly advice on navigating the ways of Wikipedia. [ Marais Grazia Spillantini] certainly appears to be a person of note, but her article could use some improvements. 92.3.131.156 ( talk) 12:06, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
WikiProject Oregon's current collaboration of the month is improving Oregon Women of Achievement and creating entries for red-linked names. Project members have created several new pages already, and of course we'd welcome help from Women in Red. Happy editing! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:46, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
WP:Articles_for_deletion/Katie_Bouman was a) nominated for deletion by a woman editor who identifies as a feminist, then b) snowball kept in little over an hour. It wasn't "nearly pulled", it wasn't "ultimately" saved. Could the project furnish journalists with actual examples of where the deletion process has failed to keep notable articles due to misogynistic bias? Rubiscous ( talk) 17:55, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi all! Wikimedia Serbia is hosting a weeklong international edit-a-thon in honour of International Roma Day again this year. If you notice any Roma topics or people missing from the edit-a-thon lists, please feel free to add them! - Yupik ( talk) 12:58, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
I was contacted by Amy Karle who is an American artist looking at future body evolution (she was on the BBC 100 women list). She was asking for help with cleaning up her article. I'm pleased to see that others were helping too and its much improved. Amy has donated dozens of pics she took at the BBC 100 Women event. (and she is helping OTRS to check she is who she says she is). The donations include the image to the right and I have started to add names to the images description but its tricky. Anyone good at recognising these notable women? - Roger aka Victuallers ( talk) 10:38, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks to all who participated in the Women in Africa contest from January through March 2021. There were 29 active participants who created 249 articles that met the contest entry length of at least 160 words or 1,000 characters of running text. Of the 249 articles, more than half were created by our three placing editors. There were also 67 stubs created.
The Women in Africa contest followed the Women in Asia contest which ran from October through December 2020. Running NOW is the Women in Europe contest which runs from April through June. There are a variety of redlists to spark your interest.
The second half of the year will bring the Women in Latin America contest and the Women in Oceania contest. --- WomenArtistUpdates ( talk) 00:59, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
I see that Jane Vigor is listed on the ODNB page. I have created an article on my own website at http://www.sussexpeople.co.uk/jane-vigor/. I will endeavour to convert this into a Wikipedia article, properly cited, if this is of interest. Daemonickangaroo2018 ( talk) 12:33, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
I have now created the article, if you wish to link it to this project. Daemonickangaroo2018 ( talk) 13:14, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
Some of you may have noticed that at 2,383 the metrics value for March 2021 is rather lower than in March in previous years. This is because one of our contributors felt that the values displayed for our metrics should be restricted to the identification by a bot of biographies from Wikidata coded female and human. In earlier months, some of us added all other articles about women to the list, including women's works, organizations, awards, and related activities. In order for these not to be completely missed, for March 2021 I have compiled a separate List of non-biographical articles. While a few more may be listed as drafts mature over the next few days, that list now contains 270 additional articles which would in fact bring the overall total for March up to 2,653 (which by coincidence is the same as in March 2019 though rather less than last year). If there is general agreement that this is useful, I'll continue to compile the non-biographical lists. If, on the other hand, the bot-driven list of biographies is considered sufficient there will be no need to do so.-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:23, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Is anyone else shocked by the predominance of sport in the new non-biographical women articles? I calculate that 171 (63%) of these articles are sport-related, leaving only 99 (37%) to cover all other activities by women. It reminds me of the discussion a couple of years ago, in which valereee put a question with great verve: "Does wikipedia have a gender problem, or does wikipedia have a sports problem?" Dsp13 ( talk) 11:56, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
In connection with International Women's Day, in a piece titled " Only 20% of Wikipedia’s Biographies Are About Women — #WikiGap Wants to Change That", Eric Luth ( Eric Luth (WMSE)) reports on progress since 2018 and calls on everyone to "tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia". Reported by Leah Rodriguez, Global Citizen, 8 March 2021.-- Ipigott ( talk) 11:21, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
See also the Meta page WikiGap. You can also take part in the current WikiGap Challenge which lasts until 8 April. You gain points by improving or creating articles in any language.-- Ipigott ( talk) 15:36, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
In " How Wikipedia is fighting the gender gap, one biography at a time" by Rahel Philipose in today's The Indian Express, Nitesh Gill and WMFs' Amanda Keton report on progress on women's coverage in India and around the world.-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:40, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I am in the initial stages of planning a translation edit-a-thon tenatively called Mind your elders. I have assembled a list of 14 notable living women centenarians who have articles in other language Wikipedias but none in English Wikipedia. I extracted this list from List of living centenarians and added other language links when available & the Wikidata Q identifiers. This list is currently at User:Peaceray/sandbox/Mind your elders.
I am looking for partner(s) if anyone or any organization is interested. I have a Zoom account, am a mass message sender, & have set up events at the Programs & Events Dashboard. I also plan to assemble a list of potential citations prior to the edit-a-thon. I could solely organize this myself, but, hey, I prefer collaboration. It is just more fun and productive.
Is there anyone who might be interested, or who can point me to others or others to me? I do wish to hold this relatively soon. It would be nice to do this while these women are still alive. There was a fifteenth on the list, but she died earlier this month. Peaceray ( talk) 06:17, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
I recently created an article for the art collector Matilda Geddings Gray. I am having difficulty finding good sources. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you! Thriley ( talk) 10:52, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
I recently created an article for New Jersey legislator Wilma Marggraff. I am having difficulty finding an obit for her. Her husband has one that I found, but so far I have not seen one for her. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you, Thriley ( talk) 18:26, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
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Do we have a redlink list based upon [1]? Eddie891 Talk Work 02:16, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
Everyone in volumes 1 and 2 is in Wikidata now. If I ever get access to volume 3 I'll add those individuals as well. Gamaliel ( talk) 20:50, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
I just looked up filmmaker Deanna Morse and saw that her page is a draft that has been rejected several times. Does anyone think it is ready for article space? Thriley ( talk) 17:30, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
I just came across a Draft bio where its creator had added Project tags to the Talk page. Is that usual practice? If it is, I've learnt something new today! Most editors I work with use redlinks and don't go through the AfC process so I hadn't come across it before.-- Oronsay ( talk) 00:47, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
I just reviewed Draft:Alicia Cook (writer). There was previously an article about her, but it was deleted after discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alicia Cook (writer). I didn't see the deleted article. I have declined the current draft because I am concerned that if I accepted it now, it might be deleted again, so I have declined the draft in order for it to be improved and resubmitted. Robert McClenon ( talk) 01:12, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi all, there are a number of active discussions over at Talk:Gender bias on Wikipedia, including one which proposes to change the name to Wikipedia gender gap and questioning the validity of the article's subject matter. I thought that some of us might have thoughts on what is being discussed. Smirkybec ( talk) 23:53, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
I ran across an interesting suggestion at the Teahouse: "Someone at wikipedia needs to create an article about Marion Miley. Kentucky U.S. Women’s amateur golf player who was murdered a during robbery at her home on September 28, 1941." There seems to be lot of coverage. – Finnusertop ( talk ⋅ contribs) 00:57, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
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Isabel Andreu de Aguilar (1887–1948) was a Puerto Rican suffragist. It seems likely that there are now some PD images that can be uploaded to Commons. I found [2] and [3]. Possible licenses include PD-US-no notice, PD-old-70-expired, or PD-1923. Any suggestions/help is appreciated! TJMSmith ( talk) 15:20, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Oh my gosh, someone has to write up Robina Asti. She just died at 99, world's oldest flight instructor, and World War II veteran. See NYT obit. Mathglot ( talk) 05:09, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
This month, English Wikisource has featured a relevant work as its Proofread of the Month: Max Binheim's 1928 book Women of the West. It contains 1100 "biographies" of women (as you might imagine, many of these are just a short paragraph; but some are more substantial). This book is particularly interesting in two respects: (1) Since it's from after 1926, it's a little unusual that it has lapsed into the public domain, making it more available for republication without worrying about copyright; and (2) In its preface, it contains an especially strong statement of ethics, claiming that it did not print paid entries, and actually going a bit further than that. (As I understand things, it was rather common in that era to have "who's who" type books where people paid for their own entries, or had incentives to purchase the book, etc., undermining the integrity of the work. Binheim was a seasoned newspaper editor from an era in which there was a lot of focus on newspaper ethics, so I assume that drive his choices. But I speculate, I digress.)
Anyway, I don't know a whole lot about Listeria Bot, but the alphabetical index seems like a great source for potentially building a list to work from. With some clever coding, I bet it would even be possible to match people with states, since each state is covered by in a specific chapter.
Is there anybody more familiar with Listeria who could work with me to make this happen? It would be nice to build on this solid effort of the Wikisource community, and there are many women deserving of a Wikipedia article contained in this book. - Pete Forsyth ( talk) 02:08, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
Sorry this is not explicitly a WiR issue, but maybe someone's familiar with this: I'm updating the infobox for Women in Guyana with newer figures for the Global Gender Gap, but for some reason, the ranking seems fixed "out of 153", but in 2015 (which is the last year Guyana was included in the report) it was out of 145. I looked at the page in source-mode, and I examined the template page, but I just can't find where 153 is coming from. What am I missing? Cheers, Estheim ( talk) 10:53, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
I am pinging Underlying lk who added the data to the infobox on 30 October 2013 and appears to be involved with the construction of the Template:Infobox women by region. Underlying lk can you help us? Best, WomenArtistUpdates ( talk) 19:01, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
out of about 150comes directly from {{ Infobox women by region}}. IMHO the right fix would be adding a new parameter ggg_year, and handle the exact details for each year in the template, avoiding the same issue across all pages transcluding the template. MarioGom ( talk) 11:48, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for chiming in MarioGom; That was mentioned at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Templates. Should I make a note over there that the conversation will resume here? I'd like to ensure the data is correct in whatever way is easiest to implement and update. Cheers, Estheim ( talk) 13:00, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nats Getty until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
Talk:Nats Getty says the article is of interest to this WikiProject, so I hope it was appropriate for me to list this here. Apologies if not. Abbyjjjj96 ( talk) 20:32, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
I saw that the equestrian Draft:Sally Swift has a page that is stuck in draft. She’s a noted rider who I think deserves a page. Is there adequate sourcing out there for her? Thriley ( talk) 06:54, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
A couple of articles on British female (association) footballers have been created by new editors as part of their university work - Charlotte Newsham and Lachante Paul. Both have gone straight to AfD. It is possible that project members may be interested in looking them over and voicing an opinion in the discussion. (One of which has been notable - for me - for one editor referring to the subject as "he".) Thanks. Gog the Mild ( talk) 11:35, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello. We will be organising WikiGap this Thursday and most of the participants chose to write in English Wikipedia. I was told that the Women in Red team could help me for this since all of the participants are new. Hope you could help. -- Tofeiku Chat 05:59, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
Those of you interested in our statistics may have noticed that we now base the percentage of biographies about women on Humaniki rather than WHGI which is no longer being updated. In connection with the recent release of its alpha version, Humaniki made an explanatory announcement: " Humaniki March Update: Public Launch of Alpha Release". You will see that the alpha release includes a wide variety of Wikidata-based statistics in connection with the gender gap. A beta release is scheduled for August.-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:11, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
Hell everyone, Ojy Okpe is an ex supermodel turned Tv reporter while Patricia Kalesanwo is the first female registrar of the Nigerian Institute of Journalist. Need help with building up sources for both profiles, particularly Ojy Okpe (Tv folks dont often get coverage this side). Thanks -- OtuNwachinemere ( talk) 11:27, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
I just.. can't get up any enthusiasm for restoration while people are shouting about how awful a crime it is to remove dust spots. I'm totally sure that Cameron intentionally put dust on her negatives (and, since the work in question isn't by her, got other people to do it on her behalf for pictures of her), because that's a thing people did, I'm sure. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 7.8% of all FPs 22:32, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
NMAI is hosting a NMAI Native American Women Edit-a-thon on Friday, April 23, from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm EDT. Pre-registration recommended via Eventbrite. Ahalenia ( talk) 19:19, 24 March 2021 (UTC)Ahalenia
This week, thanks to a list compiled by UNFPA, there was an upload into Wikidata of women whose "field of work (P101)" is "sexual and reproductive health and rights (Q10666891)". Could someone who has the technical know-how please create a WiR Wikidata-generated redlist for them? After it's created and added to the WiR Redlist Index, we might also want to add a link to the new redlist in our Women's Rights year-long initiative/event. Thanks! -- Rosiestep ( talk) 19:04, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
There was an article on Margaret G. Hays in 2013 and 2014, which was then nominated for deletion as not establishing notability. The community and I agree that it didn't establish notability, and it was redirected to her sister and collaborator, Grace Drayton. The current draft is better than the redirected article. I would like to accept the draft, but would appreciate any assistance from this project in further improving the draft so as to be sure that it will be kept if it is nominated for deletion a second time. Robert McClenon ( talk) 18:47, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
I learned something that I want to share. The WP Library, as a lot of you know, provides access to newspapers and journals by subscription. What you may not know is they now offer a bundle of previously subscription serves to everyone who has 500+ edits, has edited at least 6 months with 10 or more edits in the last month and who aren't actively blocked. I have been using the access to HeinOnline (a legal database) a lot for the nationality articles. But I also decided not to renew my OUP reference because I can now access things like the Dictionary of African Biography and the Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography through the service. Tip: in the search bar type "she" and you will mostly winnow down to the women's entries in the OUP biographical dictionaries. If you haven't used this service, I highly recommend it. SusunW ( talk) 15:07, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
"Not found
Sorry; we can't find that.
If you are certain that something should be here, please email us about this error at wikipedialibrary@wikimedia.org or report it to us on Phabricator (?)."
I've had these problems with this site before. Don't worry about it but if I can't find it, how about the newbies?-- Ipigott ( talk) 17:00, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
Does that work for you Ipigott? SusunW ( talk) 17:08, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I recently created an article for historian Wendy A. Woloson. I don't normally hunt for images for pages I create, but would really like to find one of her for the article. I did not see any pictures of her in Commons. Are there any other places to check? Thank you, Thriley ( talk) 02:46, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
Dana Dornsife is a newly-created biography I've moved from draft space to main space. Another editor added a COI tag, which I've moved to the talk page, and further improvements are welcome. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 23:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
An IP editor just made a series of unexplained removals and (small) unsourced additions to Rebecca Miriam Cunningham (doctor and researcher). To be blunt it reads like COI. That said, some of the removed material ( eg) may have a reasonable case for being left out. It’s sourced, but it’s true that it’s the kind of thing you would not likely find in the bio of a male physician (although my personal view is that our accounts of men’s lives are often the poorer for it). Anyway if anyone feels like having a quick look with regard to gender bias, I’d be interested to hear opinions. It’s just the last five edits or so. Thanks! Innisfree987 ( talk) 19:01, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
Dear Women in Red people, just a heads-up that I created an article on Wurfbainia vera, formerly known as Amomum verum, the first plant to be named by a woman (in the botanical sense). Are there any categories to mark this? May I request a Women In Red banner on the talk page please. Brunswicknic ( talk) 04:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Could someone reach out to User:11mgs with regards to the improvements they are trying to make to the title article? I believe they could some friendly advice on navigating the ways of Wikipedia. [ Marais Grazia Spillantini] certainly appears to be a person of note, but her article could use some improvements. 92.3.131.156 ( talk) 12:06, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
WikiProject Oregon's current collaboration of the month is improving Oregon Women of Achievement and creating entries for red-linked names. Project members have created several new pages already, and of course we'd welcome help from Women in Red. Happy editing! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:46, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
WP:Articles_for_deletion/Katie_Bouman was a) nominated for deletion by a woman editor who identifies as a feminist, then b) snowball kept in little over an hour. It wasn't "nearly pulled", it wasn't "ultimately" saved. Could the project furnish journalists with actual examples of where the deletion process has failed to keep notable articles due to misogynistic bias? Rubiscous ( talk) 17:55, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi all! Wikimedia Serbia is hosting a weeklong international edit-a-thon in honour of International Roma Day again this year. If you notice any Roma topics or people missing from the edit-a-thon lists, please feel free to add them! - Yupik ( talk) 12:58, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
I was contacted by Amy Karle who is an American artist looking at future body evolution (she was on the BBC 100 women list). She was asking for help with cleaning up her article. I'm pleased to see that others were helping too and its much improved. Amy has donated dozens of pics she took at the BBC 100 Women event. (and she is helping OTRS to check she is who she says she is). The donations include the image to the right and I have started to add names to the images description but its tricky. Anyone good at recognising these notable women? - Roger aka Victuallers ( talk) 10:38, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks to all who participated in the Women in Africa contest from January through March 2021. There were 29 active participants who created 249 articles that met the contest entry length of at least 160 words or 1,000 characters of running text. Of the 249 articles, more than half were created by our three placing editors. There were also 67 stubs created.
The Women in Africa contest followed the Women in Asia contest which ran from October through December 2020. Running NOW is the Women in Europe contest which runs from April through June. There are a variety of redlists to spark your interest.
The second half of the year will bring the Women in Latin America contest and the Women in Oceania contest. --- WomenArtistUpdates ( talk) 00:59, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
I see that Jane Vigor is listed on the ODNB page. I have created an article on my own website at http://www.sussexpeople.co.uk/jane-vigor/. I will endeavour to convert this into a Wikipedia article, properly cited, if this is of interest. Daemonickangaroo2018 ( talk) 12:33, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
I have now created the article, if you wish to link it to this project. Daemonickangaroo2018 ( talk) 13:14, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
Some of you may have noticed that at 2,383 the metrics value for March 2021 is rather lower than in March in previous years. This is because one of our contributors felt that the values displayed for our metrics should be restricted to the identification by a bot of biographies from Wikidata coded female and human. In earlier months, some of us added all other articles about women to the list, including women's works, organizations, awards, and related activities. In order for these not to be completely missed, for March 2021 I have compiled a separate List of non-biographical articles. While a few more may be listed as drafts mature over the next few days, that list now contains 270 additional articles which would in fact bring the overall total for March up to 2,653 (which by coincidence is the same as in March 2019 though rather less than last year). If there is general agreement that this is useful, I'll continue to compile the non-biographical lists. If, on the other hand, the bot-driven list of biographies is considered sufficient there will be no need to do so.-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:23, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Is anyone else shocked by the predominance of sport in the new non-biographical women articles? I calculate that 171 (63%) of these articles are sport-related, leaving only 99 (37%) to cover all other activities by women. It reminds me of the discussion a couple of years ago, in which valereee put a question with great verve: "Does wikipedia have a gender problem, or does wikipedia have a sports problem?" Dsp13 ( talk) 11:56, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
In connection with International Women's Day, in a piece titled " Only 20% of Wikipedia’s Biographies Are About Women — #WikiGap Wants to Change That", Eric Luth ( Eric Luth (WMSE)) reports on progress since 2018 and calls on everyone to "tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia". Reported by Leah Rodriguez, Global Citizen, 8 March 2021.-- Ipigott ( talk) 11:21, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
See also the Meta page WikiGap. You can also take part in the current WikiGap Challenge which lasts until 8 April. You gain points by improving or creating articles in any language.-- Ipigott ( talk) 15:36, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
In " How Wikipedia is fighting the gender gap, one biography at a time" by Rahel Philipose in today's The Indian Express, Nitesh Gill and WMFs' Amanda Keton report on progress on women's coverage in India and around the world.-- Ipigott ( talk) 09:40, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I am in the initial stages of planning a translation edit-a-thon tenatively called Mind your elders. I have assembled a list of 14 notable living women centenarians who have articles in other language Wikipedias but none in English Wikipedia. I extracted this list from List of living centenarians and added other language links when available & the Wikidata Q identifiers. This list is currently at User:Peaceray/sandbox/Mind your elders.
I am looking for partner(s) if anyone or any organization is interested. I have a Zoom account, am a mass message sender, & have set up events at the Programs & Events Dashboard. I also plan to assemble a list of potential citations prior to the edit-a-thon. I could solely organize this myself, but, hey, I prefer collaboration. It is just more fun and productive.
Is there anyone who might be interested, or who can point me to others or others to me? I do wish to hold this relatively soon. It would be nice to do this while these women are still alive. There was a fifteenth on the list, but she died earlier this month. Peaceray ( talk) 06:17, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
I recently created an article for the art collector Matilda Geddings Gray. I am having difficulty finding good sources. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you! Thriley ( talk) 10:52, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
I recently created an article for New Jersey legislator Wilma Marggraff. I am having difficulty finding an obit for her. Her husband has one that I found, but so far I have not seen one for her. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you, Thriley ( talk) 18:26, 9 April 2021 (UTC)