October 2018

Geofocus: the Mediterranean

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

Happening now: Clubwomen Women + Science Fiction & Fantasy Women in STEM Geofocus: Mediterranean

Coming in November: Religion Deceased politicians Geofocus: Asia

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 19.73% 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. We invite you to participate, whenever you like, in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome at Women in Red!

Welcome!

Online event 1–31 October 2018
Amanta Michalopoulou Greek writer

Use social media to promote our work!
Facebook	Wiki Women in Red
Twitter	@wikiwomeninred
Pinterest	October 2018 editathons
Hashtag	`#wikiwomeninred`

Add to articles
.	Authority control should be included at the foot of every biography: `((Authority control))`. It will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata. Choose applicable Categories including relevant subcategories of Category:Women. If applicable, add a stub template at the foot of an article:`((stub))`.

Add to article talk pages
.	`((WikiProject Biography\| ))` or `((WikiProject Biography))` `((WikiProject Women))` if born after 1950; or `((WikiProject Women's History))::` if born before 1950. Editathon banner: `((WIR-97))` `((Image requested\|people))`, if it needs a photograph

In October 2018, Women in Red is focusing on women from all the countries bordering the Mediterranean in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about women in all fields of interest in these countries, as well as their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in our initiative. You are of course also welcome to add articles on any other notable women who deserve to be covered.

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
to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter)

What else?

Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create this month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
If you tweet about any of the articles, or upload any of the images to Pinterest, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

Thank you!

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)

We have Wikidata red-link lists on women from all the Mediterranean countries listed below. For additional listings, for example by occupation, see "Redlinks" in our Women in Red navbox.

Wikidata (WD) red-link lists: women's biographies by country in other language versions of Wikipedia: