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Hello and welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR) whose objective is to turn redlinks into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's biographies and women's works. Did you know that according to WHGI only 17.56% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women?
Editathon banner: either { {WIR-252}} or { {WIR-00-2023}} will work. Welcome! Women in Red has an initiative (established in 2017) for all our participants who are interested in creating or improving articles on women and their works outside the specific focus of our monthly editathons.
- A Helpful Space For Newcomers
- The Focus Is on Why Women Matter
- If You Need Help
- Helping Beyond Editing
Women in Red is known for helping newcomers navigate the technical rules of Wikipedia—which can be overwhelming for new contributors. Sue Barnum, a volunteer Librarian-in-Residence with Women in Red, points to the group’s friendly and helpful nature as a key reason why it has been so successful. “We support one another and help each other with our ...
Editor SusunW, a founding member of Women in Red, recently wrote an essayabout why she focuses on writing about women on Wikipedia. “I learn as much from writing women’s biographies as I impart from telling their stories,” she writes. “For example, in the pre-internet world, the international links between people and the organizations in which they...
Don’t be overwhelmed if you start to edit and find yourself confused. There are many ways to get help! You can post on the talk page of Women in Red, as well as the talk pages for Rosie, Sue, and SusunW. (A talk page is like a message board where people communicate about a topic or article.) “If you get stuck or have questions, remember that all of...
And one last thing: you don’t need to edit Wikipedia to meaningfully contribute to Women in Red. You can tweet or post about new articles on social media (including the handle @WikiWomenInRed), help find archival material, or help access photos that are licensed properly. “Having people who are willing to reach out to individuals to secure a licens...
Hello! and welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR), whose objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's biographies and women's works, broadly construed. Did you know that, according to Humaniki, only 19.60% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed?
Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)! Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's representation on all language Wikipedias (biographies, women's works, women's issues, broadly construed). Did you know that, according to Humaniki, only 19.81 % of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women?
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