Indigenous Women | August 2016

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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 19.75% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed? Content gender gap is a form of systemic bias, and this is what WiR addresses. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome to participate in the work of Women in Red!

Dates	1 August - 31 August 2016
Location	Join this Women in Red virtual, global event, and you can participate from anywhere in the world.
Hashtag	`#wikiwomeninred`
Facilitator	Rosiestep

Celebrating Indigenous Women

Between 1 August and 31 August 2016, Women in Red is focusing on creating new articles and improving existing articles in support of Indigenous People's Day, which is celebrated on August 9th. Anyone can take part in this event. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles regarding women, such as the works they created. The virtual edit-a-thon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work. See the list of red-linked Indigenous women for guidance.

The main goals of the event are:

to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of some of the world's most prominent women
to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works

Participants[edit]

T. Anthony (talk) 17:51, 30 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
SusunW (talk) 23:55, 23 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
PamD 21:12, 24 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Penny Richards (talk) 22:25, 24 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nvvchar. 01:33, 26 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 07:40, 26 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Rosiestep (talk) 05:31, 2 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Victuallers (talk) 11:57, 2 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ipigott (talk) 15:43, 3 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Alafarge (talk) 23:20, 7 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:24, 8 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Howkafkaesque (talk) 00:56, 12 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)[edit]

Crowd-sourced Indigenous women redlink list

Add other red links here, if possible with a source:

Add these to articles[edit]

Add to the foot of every biography: ((Authority control)); it will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata.
Add a stub template if appropriate to do so.

Add these to article talkpages[edit]

((WikiProject Biography))
((WikiProject Women))
Add the relevant template: ((WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America)); ((WikiProject Indigenous peoples of the Americas)); ((WikiProject Indigenous peoples of Australia)); or ((WikiProject Africa))
Important: Please also include the Indigenous women editathon template for this event: ((WIR-IW 2016))

Outcomes[edit]

New or upgraded articles

Add the titles of your new or upgraded articles here created between 1 August and 31 August – most recent at the top, specifying upgraded if not new

New or improved pictures

Crown Princess Sālote Tupou III of Tonga, later Queen.
Ruth Muskrat 1923 when meeting with President Calvin Coolidge
Kirkina (Elizabeth Jeffries) after receipt of her first artificial legs, 1903

Did You Know features

New/expanded articles featured in the Did you know... column of the Wikipedia Main page

Add here - most recent at the top with date of publication

add here

Featured pictures

Crown Princess Sālote Tupou III of Tonga, later Queen.
Ruth Muskrat Bronson

Press about the event[edit]

Not press, but here's the Pinterest board for this editathon--I'll be updating it throughout the month as the event progresses.Penny Richards (talk) 14:11, 13 August 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]