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I just created an article on Takembeng, post-menopausal female protesters in Cameroon. There seem to be a lot of connections to feminism and feminist protests, but I feel like the connections of the page to wider feminism is not there. I'd really appreciate a read through from any Wikiproject Feminism editors and any additions as may be appropriate (a see also section would be great but I kept stumbling in trying to create one). I didn't even know if the project would consider it within the scope, so the project template isn't on the Talk page (feel free to add if you think it is appropriate). Any help appreciated. Ayuongni'i (Thank you in Kom). AbstractIllusions (talk) 21:18, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
There's a problem with the way bot editing has created a number of inappropriate categorizations in Category:Postmodern_feminists. I discuss this further at Category_talk:Postmodern_feminists. There may be similar problems with other bot-categorized articles. Iamcuriousblue (talk) 20:52, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
A majority of publicists in the U.S. are, I think, women. And, I suspect, a great many articles that are deleted within a week are created by publicists. So, helping publicists create articles that stay may help more women edit many articles, hopefully on non-client-driven subjects, too. I posted an essay that emphasizes what public relations people often need: Wikipedia:For publicists publicizing your client's work. Add to it if you wish. Nick Levinson (talk) 20:33, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Up for AfD (Deletion) and just needs some beefing up since WP:RS do exist. CarolMooreDC 16:05, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello. Recently the page called Patsy Strang, after a discussion on the talk page led to concenssus, was changed to Philip Larkin's women, which is intended as a temporary name until we think of a better name for it. Biographies of Philip Larkin are unanimous in emphasizing the important roles several women played in his life and thus either directly or indirectly in his poetry. If anyone would like to come to the talk page to give advice on a more appropriate name, or perhaps to give suggestions on what else apart from basic biogs should be included on the page, we would be very grateful. This topic seems to be growing in importance in Larkin studies, and it would be nice if we could get ourselves set off on the right foot. Thank you, almost-instinct 15:48, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
There is a move discussion at Talk:Anita Sarkeesian#Requested move. Input from project members would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 02:16, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Follow-up - A topic ban proposal is being discussed here. More input from uninvolved project members would be appreciated. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 23:05, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Could someone with knowledge on the subject keep an eye on Rape culture?
It's been edited off & on by User:Media-hound-_thethird. He or she posts long, just barely coherent posts to the talk page, and seems to have some strong issue with this article. Especially the "Origins" section. Anyone who disagrees, or even asks a clarifying question would be accused of having some sort of bias or intentionally sabotaging the article.
I don't know the subject well enough to carefully judge all Media-Hound's contributions, perhaps they're fine, but based on the history, I wanted to make sure that these changes have eyes on them.
(This issue was raised at the former Wikiquette Assistance Board here back in June, and resulted in Media Hound taking a voluntary break from editing the article, but now he or she is back.) APL (talk) 03:25, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
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I'd appreciate some more eyes on Gloria Allred. Her legal career section was in need of some prose, but there has been some recent deletion of content that seems unwarranted. If anyone can help shape this into a better article, I would be in their debt. Gobōnobō + c 07:21, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
Please note discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine#Labiaplasty. Andreas JN466 17:47, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
I've been working for some years on theWorld Anti-Slavery Convention which was a meeting (and a famous painting) that took place in 1840. All the good abolitionist people were there from around the world (well the colonised bits) talking about ending slavery. However the silly Americans thought that when they were asked to send delegates then they thought this included women!! For some reason the women (and some men) got very upset when the women were told to sit behind a curtain and listen to what the men had to say. I had created dozens of articles about this one painting years ago but I hadn't done any work on the article for some time. However the author of the Zong massacre created a stub for the meeting so I have added my stuff to it. I created the article because I was interested in making an image map out of the painting - but I think this may be a "Top" or "High" importance article for "your project" as some leading US feminists resolved at the 1840 meeting that they would fix women's rights. Do join in, I think its an interesting anachronism (I hope) that women's rights were ignored at an abolitionist meeting. Victuallers (talk) 12:53, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
Are people here aware of this trend? -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:03, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi all - I just posted a draft of an individual engagement grant proposal aimed at improving the English Wikipedia's coverage of topics that lay at the intersection of women and philosophy through targeted academic outreach. If it's approved, I would be conducting the project along with Alex Madva and Katie Gasdaglis. I'm hopeful that if approved and carried out, it would go a long way towards addressing Wikipedia's under-representation of our targeted topic areas, and would create a scalable model of educational outreach to underrepresented disciplines that can be used in other fields. A lot more details are available on the meta page. Kevin Gorman (talk) 02:24, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi everyone at WikiProject Feminism!
Women's history month is around the corner, in March, and we're planning the second WikiWomen's History Month.
This event, which is organized by volunteers from the WikiWomen's Collaborative, supports improving coverage about women's history during the month of March. Events take place both offline and online. We are encouraging WikiProjects to focus on women's history related to their subject for the month of March. Ideas include:
We hope you'll participate! You can list your your project focus here, and also help improve our to-do list. Thank you for all you do for Wikipedia and stop by SarahStierch's talk page with any questions! (based on post by User:SarahStierch to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Museums) --EarthFurst (talk) 18:39, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
Female Chauvinism needs a lot of work. Note that Female chauvinism (small "c") is a redir to Chauvinism#Female_chauvinism. Is that a better option? I may have been a bit hasty in doing a Wikipedia:Requested_moves/Technical_requests. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:21, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
On 6 July 2012 I made the following edit on Kayden Kross's page:
From June to September 2011 Kross co-presented fourteen podcast episodes of Kayden's Review with the comedian Dane Hanson. The podcasts were for Trigg.la, a spin-off podcast and blogging website operated by Kevin Spacey's TV/film production company Trigger Street Productions.
It was deleted 3 days later by MikeWazowski as "unimportant".
In recent years the mainstreaming of the pornography industry and the sexualization of the media has become a matter of much discussion and research. The podcasts were all filmed at Trigger Street's offices and I felt it was a valid point of interest that such a mainstream name / company should have this association. More recently Trigger Street Productions has announced it is set to make the film version of "50 Shades of Grey".
I was going to contact MikeWazowski but clicking on his user name I see that he is a prolific and experience editor and I think he may just argue against it on notability grounds. I thought, therefore, I would ask here first for opinions on whether attitudes to feminism have any influence on the 'note-worthiness' of contributions. The Vintage Feminist (talk) 02:52, 1 February 2013 (UTC)The Vintage Feminist
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Greetings all,
As a part of Rice University's Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities minor, my Poverty and Gender class annually contributes to Wikipedia articles concerning gender bias and disparities. My partner and I have chosen to contribute to and overhaul the article titled "Sex segregation" as it is in dire need of more citations and a global perspective, among other things. The article is already under the scope of WP Feminisim. Our plan includes the following:
The name will be changed to Gender segregation (even though gender segregation is linked), as we believe that gender is more inclusive towards segregation not only between the biological sexes but between the socially constructed genders as well. We plan on reorganizing the article by starting off from a very broad, theoretical perspective, discussing scholarly definitions and causes of gender segregation, subsequently addressing different spheres of gender segregation in public and private realms. The current article does an adequate job of discussing some arenas in which gender segregation takes place, so we will definitely include the well-cited information the article currently contains. We plan to include contemporary examples, which not only facilitates a global perspective, but also provides an opportunity for multiple editors to continually update the article, maintaining high-quality work. Lastly, we want to discuss consequences (positive and negative) of gender segregations for all genders as well as critiques of gender segregation. There are many prominent theorists including Blackburn, Nussbaum, and Sen whose works we will be utilizing to analyze gender segregation underneath the realm of the Capabilities Approach that is prevalent in our Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities minor.
We would love feedback from other editors and contributors of this project, especially concerning some of the potential problems we foresee including but not limited to: maintaining a neutral and encyclopedic tone since some research considers gender segregation to have positive outcomes while socially it is overwhelmingly negative, representing both genders, and distinguishing between sex and gender segregation. Any other technical or miscellaneous feedback is also more than welcome. Thanks so much!
Achresto (talk) 17:39, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
I am going to expand and revise upon the Wikipedia article “Motherhood penalty”. I will specifically be focusing on the perceived cultural tension between mothers and workers as well as employer bias, discrimination, and the effects of the motherhood penalty. Addressing the motherhood is penalty is important because it impacts the future success and equality of women, specifically mothers in the workforce. Women should not have to bear the penalty or burden of having children and a family. It is not fair for a woman to feel like she has to choose between a family and work or feel like she has to hide the fact that she has children because she doesn’t want to be viewed as less committed. Women already face inequality in the workforce seen through lower wages and lower number of women leadership positions. Being a mother on top of being a woman compounds that inequality. Acknowledging and awareness of the presence of the implicit bias towards mothers is the fist step towards changing this discrimination and inequality that currently exists. I would like to add sections on effects of the motherhood penalty, causes of the motherhood penalty, and employer bias. I plan to draw on case studies the work of Deborah Anderson, Melissa Binder, Michelle Budig, Paula England, and Shelley Correll. I would appreciate any comments or feedback.Mmcolson (talk) 18:35, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I’m writing an article about the Equality of Women in Tonga. This article is an necessary contribution to women’s equality research because women in Tonga are treated in a unique way. Culturally, women hold high position in society that men cannot hold, but legally, some of the rights of women are restricted. Looking at equality issues from this perspective should be insightful, but please give me any feedback you think might be helpful. Thank you allSioneF (talk) 04:38, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
I am a student from Rice University working on the human trafficking article for my poverty, gender, and development course. I plan on reorganizing the human trafficking article, editing its contents, and adding new sections. For example, I plan on introducing feminist and other perspectives on human trafficking, what the social impacts of human trafficking are in terms of its consequences on women and how they are perceived, and to add more to how popular media and religion participate in the discourse surrounding human trafficking, including major non-profit campaigns. Some sources that I plan to draw from include the journal of Anti Trafficking Review, which includes perspectives from voluntary sex workers who feel that anti-human trafficking programs undermine their well-being, Stephanie M. Berger's article on why the "end demand" movement is the wrong focus for anti human trafficking, and Molly Dragiewicz's article from Feminist Teacher on how to teach about trafficking in a way that allows for critical engagement. Any suggestions on what scholarly articles and other creditable sources to incorporate for my contribution would be very helpful.
Kayceeho (talk) 04:40, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Greetings everyone! I am planning on editing the Birth Control page, subsection Africa. As of now the section only includes 3 sentences all of which are outdated. It is clear this section is underdeveloped and I am taking this opportunity to expand upon it. I understand that Africa is a big continent thus I will make sure to use facts that are relevant to the continent as a whole and if not I will make sure to note that. I also hope to include a new graphic image that may be more accurate. Some of the many sources I will be drawing from are "Family Planning in Sub Saharan Africa: Progress or Stagnation?" published by the Bulletin of the World Health Organization in 2011, "Low use of contraception among poor women in Africa, an equity issue” , and ‘‘HIV Transmission During Pediatric Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: Risks and Evidence’’published in the South African Medical Journal in 2004. Do you have any advice? Asiamcclearygaddy (talk) 05:15, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello all! As a participant in the Wikipedia Education Program, I plan on revising the page for “gender apartheid.” Because WikiProject Feminism is intended for substantive pieces about women’s rights, I feel it is pertinent to include the article “gender apartheid” within its scope. Gender apartheid refers to the social and economic subordination of women, a phenomenon clearly distinguished from sex segregation in that a relationship of dominance exists (not only separation). Its connection to the disempowerment of women therefore qualifies it as an article belonging to WikiProject Feminism. The article’s talk page shows discrepancies and confusion over the topic, which is perhaps why it was nominated for deletion and subsequently deleted a few years ago. Since then, it has been restored, albeit remaining somewhat contentious of an article.
As it stands now, the article for “gender apartheid” is inadequate for conveying to readers detail about the topic. It is sparse in content and lacking in depth, scratching only the surface of a much more complex issue. With that in mind, improvement to the article is necessary to provide readers a greater understanding of gender apartheid’s distinction from sex segregation. Knowledge of this phenomenon is crucial to understanding yet another ongoing manifestation of gender inequality, one that prevails worldwide. With that in mind, my intended changes to the page are as follows: better defining the subject; improving content depth; including more academic references; and generally cleaning up the article according to Wikipedia’s guidelines. Further details are available on the article’s talk page. All constructive feedback and ideas for revision are appreciated. Thanks in advance!
-JoyceChou (talk) 05:35, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
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There is not currently a page that covers the gender inequality in Honduras. I am currently doing research and gathering ideas on how I can best contribute to remedy this problem. The topics that I wish to cover are as follows: Reproductive health, empowerment, economic activity, women's participation in the labor force, employment segregation, gender wage disparity and educational attainment. Any feedback advice or information would be greatly appreciated. My main goal for right now is to expand the sources that I have on the topic or perhaps even a different search engine. I have been using google scholar, but I seem to be having a problem that the majority of sources that catch my eye must be purchased. Any help on that front would be appreciated.
71.199.46.5 (talk) 06:08, 6 March 2013 (UTC) Steve Miller
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I plan to write an article detailing and exploring the phenomenon of Women Migrant Workers. Specifically, I want to expound on the circumstances and atmosphere of those seeking work abroad, but also the economic impacts that these women make. Economically, they affect both the country in which they work, as well as the country from which they are from. Their economic ties to their families, and the opportunities abroad may or may not positively impact their families. I want to focus on their economic impacts, gains, and losses, but provide some background and human interest into the situations that these women face. This is not an article on sex trade or migrant sex workers. I believe that the feminist implications and the subject of women in migrant work is significant, and therefore a necessary contribution to the general topic of migrant work. Women play a key role in our economy, and specifically women who have to work abroad to care for their families. I would appreciate any feedback or ideas to "round out" this article. Whereas my intent is to focus on the economic impacts, I am not opposed to providing other details and exploring other parts of this topic. Erinbb1 (talk) 06:23, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
I'm planning on writing a new 'Women in the Arab Spring' article as part of my Poverty, Gender and Human Development course at Rice University. I will add the page to this WikiProject because the Arab world is notorious for its poor women's rights record and the Arab Spring represents a major opportunity to change that. The topic of women in the Arab Spring is not currently discussed in the Arab Spring article or anywhere else on Wikipedia. I plan to cover the role of women before, during, and after the Arab Spring with my article (see the Arab Spring talk page for details) and would greatly appreciate any feedback on my plans. Thanks! Nadhika99 (talk) 06:37, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I am part of a Wikipedia contribution class on Poverty, Gender, and Human Development at Rice University. I am thinking of creating a new entry titled: Gender Disparities in Health. The reason why I chose to join this WikiProject page is because I regard both Gender Equality in health as a feminist issue. Unfortunately, while gender equality has made much progress in areas like education and labor force participation, health inequality between men and women continues to plague many societies today.
Gender disparities in health have been well-documented. This is particularly true in certain developing patriarchal regions, such as South Asia. Scientific and medical research have shown that females tend to have better survival rates than males when given the same amount of nutrition and access to health care. However women tend to do poorer for many health outcomes in comparison to men in many developing nations. In 2008, the World Health Organization published a report showing that of the 15 countries with the highest adult mortality risk for women, 14 came from Africa and 1 from South Asia. With regards to female child mortality, most countries were from Africa and the Middle East. These trends have been attributed to many gender-discriminating factors, which in the long run would result in women experiencing poorer health outcomes. Apart from negatively affecting the lives and health of women, gender disparities in healthcare can also have undesirable implications on a nation’s development and progress. Health has a huge influence in shaping people’s lives; how we decide to manage people’s health often determines their level of social productivity. Considering that women contribute a great deal to society, the persistence of gender disparities in health can translate to large social and economic costs for nations.
Presently, despite the extensive discourse on and broad implications of gender disparities in health, there is no proper article or entry on the topic in Wikipedia. Moreover, information on the topic is not only sparse, but also inaccurate. Currently, the few discussions on gender disparities in health are restricted to a small subsection titled “Healthcare equity and sex” under the “Health Equity” page. However, even in this small section, there is absolutely no discussion of the health discrimination issues that women face. The content of the subsection focuses primarily on why men are disadvantaged in terms of receiving health care. Additionally, under another subsection which lists the factors that contribute to disparities in access to health care, there is no mention of gender. All in all, there is very limited discussion on gender disparities in health care within Wikipedia.
For this new entry, I plan to provide some background information on health inequality and how gender serves as an axis of differentiation that works against women. After this I plan to provide some examples and statistics of gender disparities that are currently in existence around the world. I also intend to include a section that describes some of the factors that result in gender disparities in health, like sex-selective abortion and preferential care. Following that, I will proceed to highlight the impacts and implications of having gender disparities, both socially and economically. Finally, I will list some of the countermeasures recommended by academics to address this issue, as well as some of the policies implemented that have led to a reduction of gender disparities in health. The entry will end with a ‘See Also’ section, where I will put up links of pages which relevant to the topics discussed. Some of the sources I plan to draw from and cite include World Development Reports and academic references, such as peer reviewed articles from various public health journals.
One of the concerns I have for this project is the topic being too broad/extensive for the amount of time I have in writing this article. Hence I am thinking of narrowing down my focus to discuss gender disparities in health within just one particular region. Based on the feedback I have received, I am thinking of South Asia but I am open to other recommendations for locales. I also really appreciate any feedback or comments on both my ideas and plans for writing this new entry. If you are interested in learning more, do chat me up for a more detailed description of the outline I have for this new entry! Thanks!
Benongyx (talk • contribs) 10:18, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
As part of a class project, I plan to revise the Low enrollment of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education and Careers article and retitle it "Women in STEM (United States)". According to the notice at the top of the article page, this article is currently written “like a personal reflection or essay” and needs to be rewritten in encyclopedic style. While I do not plan to rewrite the entire article, I do plan to add a substantial amount of information and to possibly restructure and revise parts of the existing article. In particular, I wish to discuss the social, structural, and psychological factors that help explain the low numbers of women in STEM fields. Besides making the title more concise, I also wish to change the name of the article to reflect on both the challenges that women face in entering STEM careers and the progress they have made. There have been a number of articles written about the obstacles that women face in male-dominated occupations such as the ones in STEM fields. Many of my additions will focus on social psychological phenomena like stereotype threat and the Pygmalion effect, as well as social and structural phenomena like discrimination and the leaky pipeline. However, women have also made progress in entering STEM fields and certain STEM areas (e.g., Biology and Psychology) tend to have large numbers of women. It is important to recognize women's achievements and contributions in these fields. Nevertheless, there is still a long way to go to reaching full equality. In revising this article, I hope to give a comprehensive overview of the current state of Women in STEM careers while addressing many of the current issues with the existing article. I would appreciate any feedback and look forward to contributing to this project. Naomi FK (talk) 13:30, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
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I am a student at Rice University working with a partner who is looking to revise the current Wikipedia article on Femicide. The current Wikipedia article on Femicide is only a few paragraphs longs and utilizes very few resources in its discussion of the topic. Our goal is to greatly expand and reorganize the article, as well as use many more resources to offer a more NPOV. Although the existing article introduces the concept of femicide, it does not discuss in detail the many different kinds of femicide nor does it give differing examples of how, why and where femicide occurs world-wide. It also does not discuss much of the controversy the term offers, and arguments against the concept of femicide. A nuanced and neutral perspective is absolutely imperative on this subject in order to represent the many different facets of this issue, which this article does not currently offer. Our goal is to not just define and categorize femicide and its different manifestations, but also give an overview of how it occurs world-wide. We both realize that the scope of this article is quite large, and we wish to join it to this Project page not only because the topic is extremely applicable to Feminism, but also for the resources this project offers. We currently have found many resources on femicide from the author Diane Radford, but we wish to expand the source material we use. If anyone has suggestions on opposing viewpoint sources it would be incredible helpful. Listed below is our proposed outline for the revised article, any feedback would be much appreciated!
1 Definition
1.1 Specific definition
1.2 Distinction from other forms of homicide
1.3 Perpetrators of femicide
1.4 Historical development of the term
1.5 Controversy over term
2 Types of femicide
2.1 Intimate partner femicide
2.2 Racist femicide
2.3 Lesbicide
2.3.1 Corrective rape
2.4 Serial femicide
2.5 Mass femicide
2.6 Sex-selective abortion
2.7 Other
3. Femicide around the world
3.1 United States
3.1.1 Notable Cases
3.2 Latin America
3.2.1 Juarez
3.3 South Asia
3.3.1 Sex-selective abortion
3.4 Africa
4. Solutions
4.1 Legal Solutions
4.2 Policy
Robinkvest (talk) 22:01, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
I am Lena, Robin's partner working on this article, and I also wanted to make it clear that we would be linking to various other wikipedia articles that address femicide; for example, "Female homicides in Juarez" and "Female infanticide". If anyone has suggestions of other wikipedia pages that have already been created and would be considered Femicide please let us know! Thanks for the help! Lenasilva —Preceding undated comment added 22:40, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi everyone! I am a student at Rice University and plan on revising the current Acid throwing article page, which has been deemed a high-importance article for WikiProject Feminism. As this issue discriminately affects women, especially those living in poverty, I realize that it is deeply affiliated with feminism. As the article now stands, it is rated as a B-class article. However, I hope to elevate the quality and scope of this topic by delving into the many sociological, cultural, and religious factors that propagate this crime. I also want to provide reliable, modern statistics and demographics describing the victims affected by such attacks. Moreover, I hope to offer a more global, inclusive perspective of this issue - as it now stands, it focuses solely on South Asia. I aim to cover acid throwing across the globe, and have found scholarly articles describing acid throwing in Uganda, Iran, and South America. Lastly, I plan to add a section describing possible solutions for this issue. I look forward to contributing to this WikiProject, and would greatly appreciate any comments/suggestions you might have for this revision. Thanks! Daniellam91 (talk) 02:30, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
My classmate and I are working on vastly improving the page on Postcolonial Feminism for one of our courses this semester. We would like to improve the clarity and organization of the page, but many of the articles that extrapolate on specific variants of feminism do not have a particular form or structure. Does anyone have advice on how to approach this project?
Also, it is possible that we will have the capability to update the two paragraphs on postcolonial feminism and third-world feminism within the variants subsection of the feminist theory page.
Thanks so much! Jessi.litman (talk) 03:33, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello! I would like to expand a little bit on what we will be doing to the Postcolonial feminism page. We want to rewrite and expand this article, which is currently ranked start class. This will involve adding more information to the current sections “History” and “Relationship to Western feminisms” and substantially revising the introductory part of the page. We will also be creating new sections “Theories and Ideologies” and “Critiques of Postcolonial feminism.” Any ideas that anyone has for resources or how to tackle revising this page would be much appreciated! Thanks!
Michellesynhorst (talk) 03:50, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
It might be useful to distinguish between Postcolonial Feminism as described in the article and feminist movements in the formerly colonised nations. The former's concerns (about recognition by western feminism, analysing the intersections of race and colonial domination, etc) stem from the struggles of third world women living in the 'West' (btw, third world as a term has been more or less replaced by 'global South'). Feminisms in for example South Asia, East Asia or West Asia are movements organised around local issues, whether it is sexual violence in India or licensed sex workers in Taiwan or comfort women in Japan or definitions of women's work in most places. Do take a look at the old classic by Kumari Jayawardene, Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (London: Zed Books, 1986) which has its own entry in Wikipedia. Happy to supply more references (from across Asia in particular, but also from the Caribbean and Africa).
Tniranjana (talk) 13:51, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
Take a look at the Feminism in India entry in the EN Wikipedia. While it needs some editing, it provides a good overview of the history of the women's movement, and the citations as well as references for further reading are spot on. When you go through this entry, my point about the distinction between 'postcolonial feminism' and 'feminism in non-western countries' would be quite clear.
Tniranjana (talk) 03:31, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
Input is needed at an RfC: Talk:Rape_culture#Request_for_comment_III. The question is whether material from an activist can be included in the Rape culture article. --Noleander (talk) 17:09, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
Folks on this project might want to weigh in at this discussion: Talk:Suicide_of_Kelly_Yeomans#Requested_move_2_.28second_request.29. I noticed that all the articles in this move request are now titled "suicide of..." AND are 100% about either women/girls or boys alleged to be gay. On the surface, the discussion is over WP:AT, but IMHO, the discussion is really about if they deserve the dignity of having an article titled with simply their name, or if the "suicide of" title is because that's the "only" thing they are "notable" for. I know I'm inserting my own bias in this comment, but when I made the argument there that everyone notable enough for a WP article deserves, in basic human dignity, to have it titled Their name and not Sensationalistic thing about their death, I hadn't noticed that there was also the anti-female and anti-gay slant. Anyway, whether I'm right or wrong, I see a pattern and y'all may want to take a look and comment. Montanabw(talk) 19:44, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
Check out the updated postcolonial feminism page! We worked all semester on it. Any additional edits are welcome. Jessi.litman (talk) 19:42, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
There's an RfC at Talk:List of vegetarians#RfC: Images of women about the inclusion of images of female porn stars in that article, if anyone is interested. SlimVirgin (talk) 19:48, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
There is a proposal that the Men and feminism article be split and merged into Pro-feminism and Antifeminism. Please add your input; comments; and share expertise >>>HERE<<<. Thank you. GenQuest "Talk to Me" 04:52, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
There's a proposal here to set up a gender bias task force. Input would be very welcome. SlimVirgin (talk) 23:32, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Yesterday, I discovered Category:Prostitutes. After looking through the subcategories I was appalled to discover that a large number of the listings in this category were based on uncited claims that the person once worked as a prostitute. For BLP articles, this is especially problematic, but even for non-BLPs we should not be listing people in occupational categories unless they had a notable career in that occupation or they self-identify with that profession (and it is cited as such). If a person worked for a year when they were 18 as a dishwasher, we don't put them in the Dishwashers category. I was especially appalled to find Andrea Dworkin categorized as a prostitute, considering she spend much of her life campaigning against prostitution. I've already removed some of the BLPs, but could use help cleaning up the rest. Kaldari (talk) 17:33, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
I saw this too, triggered by the Valerie Solanas article. So what is the call to action here? Checking BLPs? It'd be nice to have a few clear calls to action so some of us can get started and not stress too much (yet) about drama. :) SarahStierch (talk) 03:14, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
Well, a WP:CatScan query for articles lying within the category tree of Category:Prostitutes is probably a good place to start -- if you select the wikitext format for output, then after filtering it down by piping the output through
grep -v "* \[\[:Category" | grep -vE "Fictional|Types_of" | grep -Ei "prostitutes|courtesans"
, it lists about 250 individual articles that will need checking. Note that the category tree data is almost two days out of date: for example, the results currently reflect the "royal mistresses" sub-sub-category nonsense I was talking about earlier, that I believe I have already found and fixed above. For a list of high-priority articles, you can run the previous CatScan query with an intersection with Category:Living people, and this reduces the list to 60 or so.. -- The Anome (talk) 16:25, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
Reply to Carol:
Reading this made me wonder some things. Firstly: is something more specific meant by 'provocative'? Surely all communication aims to provoke reading, thinking and responses. In the above section, Kaldari aims to provoke co-operative clean-up of a category, for example. Is there an adjective that could be affixed to provocative to clarify it's meaning? Like the attempt to provoke a certain type of thing?
Also, how does one determine whether or not disruption is intentional? Couldn't the very discussion of WikiProject policy like this post be labelled disruptive for not being specifically about Feminism and rather the project's policy regarding communication? Ranze (talk) 08:47, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
What do you think about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prostitutes in South Korea for the U.S. military? It seems every thing should be hidden.--Syngmung (talk) 13:51, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Some of us have been working on better coverage of women photographers in connection with this year's Women's History Month (i.e. this March). While we now have some 370 biographies, most of which are summarized on the List of women photographers, there still appear to be considerable gaps for several countries. Furthermore, many of the existing biographies need attention, especially for some of the pioneering feminists. Before the end of the month, I will also be making a start on an article devoted to "Women in photography", something of a historical account along the lines of last year's Women in architecture. In addition to actual contributions, any suggestions for women deserving coverage would be warmly welcomed. Their names can be listed here or even as red links on the list providing a reference is given. I would also welcome online sources on the history of women in photography, especially overviews. You can make comments and suggestions here or on my talk page.--Ipigott (talk) 15:19, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
Et al being a separate AfD for all the articles about some of the individual women. Definitely WP:systemic bias. CarolMooreDC - talkie talkie🗽 21:29, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, there is an RM/RfC here that may be of interest to this project. SlimVirgin (talk) 00:06, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
There is a page Rape during the liberation of France, which mentions rapes during the war. But some people want to hide historical shame articles. Need some opinions. See Talk:Rape during the liberation of France.--Syngmung (talk) 05:32, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
I think Wikiproject Feminism would do well to collaborate with Wikiproject Editor Retention on decreasing the gender gap in Wikipedia editorship. I am currently drafting an essay on women, feminism, and Wikipedia, and was reading the Nine Reasons article, and it occurred to me that creating a collab Wikiproject or Task Force for Female Editor Retention would be a great idea. (Not to toot my own horn or anything...) But just a thought. Feel free to tear me down. Have an awesome day. TheOneSean [ U | T | C ] 15:56, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
I just passed a new article from Articles for Creation into Mainspace; Feminist strippers needs some help, it has very few wikilinks and the categorisation could be improved too. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:22, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
The list of feminist literature was converted a while back from being a list supported by links to articles to a list supported by external links and not much else. It is now harder to determine whether a work or its author is notable and feminist and to find related information, such as background and critique. I don't know if some external links may be facilitating copyright infringement and thus illegal for Wikipedia to list, and being in this list makes it harder to monitor, because editors who know the literature are likelier to be at the articles than to be watching the list. Perhaps it can just be reverted but it may deserve a lot more work, such as by placing the external links in the relevant articles. I raised this issue at the list's talk page, but no one has answered or edited the list relevantly. Nick Levinson (talk) 21:27, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
see Wikiproject Men's rights discussion. CarolMooreDC - talk to me🗽 19:39, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Someone put one on top of this page but we haven't discussed it here. I assume it's up to members of the project whether they will have one. I'm against it myself, unless all wikiprojects have it.
Editors are discussing a relevant proposal at Wikipedia_talk:Canvassing#proposal_to_require_an_anti-canvassing_message_on_talk_pages. CarolMooreDC - talk to me🗽 19:39, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
It seems there is enough material for an article [1] [2] [3] [4]. These source have statics, opinion polls, notable cases, etc. I'm leaving a note here because women are usually the victim. I'm not going to write the article myself because the Brits are so touchy-feely about their spelling. Currently there are a couple of WP:PERMASTUBs in Category:Honor killing in Europe about the some of the more mediatized cases of honor killings in the UK. The topic of honor killings seems both too broad (whole world) and too narrow (only killings) to properly contain this material as it's covered in reliable sources. 86.121.18.17 (talk) 10:51, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Also this has an interesting analysis/viewpoint. 86.121.18.17 (talk) 11:15, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
And this (doi:10.1007/s10691-008-9098-x) academic paper looks very substantive. 86.121.18.17 (talk) 11:27, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
And for an extensive catalog of the facts, the report Crimes of the Community: Honour-based violence in the UK ISBN 978-1-903386-64-4 seem the most comprehensive. It's online, but I can't paste the URL in here for some reason (blacklisted??); google the title. 86.121.18.17 (talk) 13:48, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
I found a source that may be helpful:
WhisperToMe (talk) 01:14, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
I was bold and made some tweaks to the scope[5]. I think mre can be done to trim its wording down a bit--Cailil talk 15:09, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
This article could use an extra set of eyes, and this is the most relevant WikiProject. It seems like a lot of synthesis and original research, but its entry on AFD has received no comments. Claims like this one make me wonder if the article is appropriate for Wikipedia: "Bengal is a hot bed of feminism. Feminism has been fanned in recent years by Marxists."
Thoughts? Andrew327 14:45, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
I'd like to request an article on Lakireddy Bali Reddy. I think his case is extremely important to feminism, and it's a shocking ommission that Wikipedia doesn't cover it. Ummonk (talk) 18:15, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
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image:Wiska w children.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:31, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
This recently was downgraded from a section of "Public Image" to a few paragraphs at this diff for "Blp" reasons. Feel free to opine if you have some other opinion. Discussion here: Talk:Bill_Clinton#Allegations. User:Carolmooredc 16:35, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi all, just added a suggestion to open tasks to expand several of the articles on major women jockeys. May seem trivial compared to scientists, but it's the 21st century, women are only about 10% of the licensed jockeys, at least in America, are still called "girls" and the current leading star, Rosie Napravnik is still getting yelled at on the track to go home and have babies. Seems to me it's time to bring these articles up to par, several are stubs, most are outdated, and I can add to this list as needed. Montanabw(talk) 22:19, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
I've recently found out about this project - Wikipedia:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography/Missing women. Might it be of interest to some of your editors? I've suggested an extension on its talkpage. BrainyBabe (talk) 20:27, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion, here, on whether Keeley Hazell ought to have a link to the pornography portal. --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 12:58, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
I'm working with a large group of professors specifically to generate energy around adding content to Wikipedia's pages about feminism. Could we set up a subpage here to organize our efforts, which would include listing articles to work on and such? I wanted to connect with other Wikipedians working on such topics and keep our efforts visible. If someone has a better idea for where such a project should be located, please let me know! Wadewitz (talk) 16:21, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
Storming Wikipedia, a group named FemTechNet is trying to combat the lack of female editors, and expand coverage of Wikipedia's articles on women. That is great! However, they seem to have no idea how Wikipedia operates saying things like, "with the goal being to collaboratively write feminist thinking into the site". Have they contacted anyone from Wikipedia? Does someone here want to contact them? If they just tell a bunch of students to jump into editing Wikipedia to fix it's bias then we could have a lot of headaches on our hands. I think it would be great to get them to participate, but they need an experienced editor to help guide them.AioftheStorm (talk) 23:26, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Well.. to say that only experienced users can edit WP seems arrogant. How do you get experience? You edit. And good for them. Hopefully after the project some will stay around and continue to edit. Cap020570 (talk) 01:08, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
Open Tasks is the a great place to direct the new editors! (And this talk page, of course.) But let's not forget "Pages Needing Attention" on the main page. That's just a short list since a lot of feminist articles have been distorted by antifeminists of one kind or another. While new editors should start on safer articles like bios, hopefully they'll be willing to transition over at some point. I've been looking at some related articles that have been distorted or trashed that I don't have time/energy on right now, since it would mean a lot of research. Not to mention the fact that in those, and other articles, there often is backlash from organized groups of editors who are much better at playing the on and/or off Wikipedia canvassing/meat puppet games that many of us reject as against policy. I might add one or two of the worst to the list after have time to study them all.
So let's not forget to add articles to "Pages Needing Attention" when we see major problems we don't have the energy to combat at this time or that we'd like to see more input into. And let's not forget to look at the list more often. In fact, maybe "Pages Needing Attention" should be moved up into or at least right under "Ongoing projects"?? User:Carolmooredc 13:06, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
There is currently an RfC discussion open on Femininity, on whether or not the word "stereotype" is NPOV and well-supported by reliable sources when applied to femininity. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 02:18, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
I am a new editor and I wanted to get some thoughts/feedback about The Courage To Heal page. The Courage to Heal is a self-help book written for women survivors of childhood sexual abuse and focuses on the healing process and providing resources. I think it definitely needs some help. The page as it stands is full of biased language (The primary thrust of the book is that individuals (mainly women) with a vague set of symptoms have been abused, Despite their complete lack of knowledge about the workings of memories, the scientific approach or information and lack of qualifications, Bass and Davis still define themselves as healers and experts in the area of child sexual abuse, due to leading workshops with victims). The second paragraph in the author’s section is repeated in the criticisms section and it makes more sense for it to be in only the criticisms section to remain neutral. The page as it stands only focuses on the memory and trauma component of the book and it’s relationship to False Memory, rather than providing a neutral and complete overview of the contents of The Courage to Heal. My intention with my edits was not to ignore the False Memory debate but rather to maintain a separation between the debate (which has it’s own page) and the book itself. I also wanted to update the content to convey the changes made in the 20th anniversary edition, but that was also reverted. In looking at the history of the page it is clear that a few editors are dominating the page and not being receptive to concerns put forth by other editors, instead they simply revert the page back every single time. MorningGlory3 (talk) 21:41, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
I've been going through a lot of historical biographies lately and am surprised to see how often archaic gendered terms such as poetess, sculptress, and aviatrix crop up in Wikipedia articles. I know some of these come from the older sources such as the 1911 Britannica, but in other cases these are the result of decisions being made by editors. There's currently a discussion on Talk:Amy Johnson over whether she should be referred to as an aviatrix, for instance. I'm wondering how this has been dealt with previously and if there are specific policies surrounding such uses. I've found the essays Wikipedia:Gender-neutral language and Wikipedia:Use modern language and note that WP:MOS says "use gender-neutral language where this can be done with clarity and precision". It seems as if despite these fairly clear precepts, the use of these terms persists. Gobōnobō + c 23:20, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
There is a discussion about the use of terminology at Rape culture that has, I think, larger implications for how rape is discussed on-wiki. The dispute revolves around these edits. Additional input would be welcome. Posting here because the article is noted on its talk page as being of interest to this WIkiProject. -- [ UseTheCommandLine ~/talk ]# ▄ 10:06, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello everyone - you are all invited to participate in an RfC on whether or not to use the current preferred pronouns of a transgender person throughout that person's life. As editors interested in and knowledgeable about gender issues, I would appreciate your feedback. Thank you. Kaldari (talk) 21:09, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
Category:Video games featuring female protagonists, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 11:34, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
I just did a review of the articles i have created, and only one of them (Fakhra Younus) falls under feminism or womens history (some fall under womens literature, some under lgbt), which i believe is an unconscious, systemic bias on my part. as a self identifying feminist (male), i want to address this in my editing, so i have decided to review articles here to see what i can work on. I am particularly interested in the SF Bay Area, which of course will have a fair number of articles in these areas. I am pretty good at article creation, and will try to identify potential articles (I will check the "articles for creation" pages to see if there is a section for this projects scope).Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:22, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
Rape in Saudi Arabia and Rape in Sweden should be rated, both months old articles. Thanks a lot. OccultZone (talk) 17:22, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
Discussion about Category:Rape victims at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 October 25#Category:Rape victims. Kaldari (talk) 21:37, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Category:Women by ethnicity is being considered for deletion. Anybody interested in commenting, can do so at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_November_4#Category:Women_by_ethnicity. __ E L A Q U E A T E 08:05, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Please take a look at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Barbara Risman and express an opinion about whether the article is suitable and ready for mainspace. Review comments can be posted at the top of the page in the space provided using the template ((afc comment|1=Comment text here ~~~~)) or you may post your comment here, as I will watch this topic. Thanks Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:41, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
There is a move discussion at Talk:Australia_national_association_football_team#Suggested_move about renaming the article to include the name men in the title. This may be of interest to some participants because of the gender issues surrounding article names for national sport teams where both a men and women's team exists but only one is gender denoted. --LauraHale (talk) 07:37, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sharon_Presley. Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 06:25, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Role of women in Pakistani media is a horrid article, but we should almost certainly have coverage of the subject, and there may be enough to keep it separate from Women in Pakistan. Either way, I wanted to give it a chance... Steven Walling • talk 08:59, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi all - as of late, I've been working a lot on bios of women philosophers. We were missing a lot of people who were not only notable, but foundational in their fields. Alison Jaggar for instance had no Wikipedia article at all until I wrote it this week. I would like to eventually transform my own efforts in to something like Keilana's Wikiproject Women Scientists, except for philosophers. I haven't set up all the infrastructure yet for an actual wikiproject, but for now I've put up a page in my own user space - here - that has a partial list of notable women philosophers who currently don't have articles. If anyone has the time and inclination, some help filling some of them out would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to add new names to the list, too! Kevin Gorman (talk) 05:44, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
The revenge porn article has undergone substantial changes, updates and improvements since someone from Project Feminism last gave it a classification. It would be great if someone could give the article another look-through to see whether it warrants an improved classification.
Thanks! Amphiggins (talk) 21:44, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
FYI, this is happening around North America - and hopefully beyond - on Feb 1 2014! Get involved! SarahStierch (talk) 07:22, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
There is an ongoing deletion discussion taking place now about whether or not to have a biographical article about Adrianne Wadewitz on Wikipedia.
The discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrianne Wadewitz.
For those newer to Wikipedia, you may wish to read Wikipedia:Articles for deletion and Wikipedia:Notability.
— Cirt (talk) 15:03, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
The discussion at Template talk:Infobox film#Adding an optional "Bechdel test" parameter may be of interest to members of this project. Sandstein 21:32, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism mentions press kits being sent out. On the talk page of this imminent event, someone asked how to obtain these press kits.
Does anyone know? Please help preserve the legacy. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 02:21, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Apologies for not knowing how to do this correctly. SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen was marked for deletion 27 January 2014. There currently are 3 keep votes of 3 votes total. --Ronja (talk) 15:04, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
I've archived some inactive threads to subsections which were notifications about discussions that have since been closed. — Cirt (talk) 10:23, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey, would any of you be interested in helping clean up the article Women's Rights are Human Rights? It originally focused on the Clinton speech, but it seems like the term has been around for quite a while. I added some sourcing but it needs a lot more than what it has now. I'd prefer that someone more familiar with writing feminism type articles edited it and cleaned it rather than myself, as I really don't entirely know what I'm doing. I could bang out a quick, shallow article but it requires the editing prowess of someone who really understands the term (and knows the sources!) beyond the typical quick overview given in the average classroom. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 05:58, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
I am a rather new editor and have been working on the page for The Courage to Heal a resource for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. I am trying to get the page tagged for being non neutral, but since I am the only editor working on the page who feels the page is biased the tag keeps getting taken off. The editors currently working on the page have stated that "Bass and Davis got it wrong" and the page seems to written with this assumption (which is the viewpoint of a few but certainly not by all). As this is a resource for survivors of sexual abuse it feels especially important to have a page that accurately conveys the content of the book. I would so appreciate feedback on how to improve the page (I found a number of sources but they have been edited down to a single sentence by the other editors) as well the support of other feminist editors. Thoughts? Suggestions?MorningGlory3 (talk) 03:40, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
I was unaware of this rule. My intention is to bring attention to the page to see if more experienced editors would be interested in working on it. MorningGlory3 (talk) 14:46, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Comment below is reposted. Djembayz (talk) 22:58, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
The following articles seem to be subject to frequent POV-pushing and addition of uncited original research:
Unfortunately, it seems that very few people are watching these pages, so please add them to your watchlist if you would like to help keep an eye on them. Thanks! Kaldari (talk) 23:16, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
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See: Wikipedia:WikiProject Feminism#Article alerts. XOttawahitech (talk) 16:50, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
I confess I get confused on category deletions like these sometimes and who has time to look at them all. Is there some general pattern or dubious principle we should be aware of to motivate us to look further? Thanks. CM-DC talk 22:04, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
During the two weeks period starting October 30, 2013 there have been 24 women-biographyCategories nominated for "discussion" compared to only 35 non-gendered CfDs. Since there are far less women-related categories to start with, this should be cause for alarm. XOttawahitech (talk) 16:43, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
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This table lists the 3 previous weeks of categories nominated for discussion that were meant to contain biographies. If the category in question was for an individual man or woman, or designed to contain only men or women, it was tagged with 'M' or 'F' - otherwise it was tagged with 'N'. --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 23:16, 14 November 2013 (UTC) Should the table be collapsed?
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Should all women-related categories be part of this wikiproject?
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So, do all women-related categories belong to this wikiproject? If not is there another project that encompasses all of them? XOttawahitech (talk) 19:53, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Not sure if this is a of interest here? There is a whole new batch of women's categories nominated for "discussion", they should show up on Wikipedia:WikiProject Feminism/Article alerts soon. By the way, women's categories are non-diffusing, which means that they are in additi0n to the other categories, not a replacement. XOttawahitech (talk) 03:26, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
I've nominated this photograph by Ragesoss, for Featured Picture consideration.
Discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Skepchickal.
— Cirt (talk) 19:58, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
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Anyone want to join us in London on the 8th March to mark International women's day by creating/improving articles on Women archaeologists?
The Petrie Museum has invited WMUK in to train some of their people on the 8th March, and they've just told me they have some spare places for any of you who can get to London. Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) (talk) 17:19, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
She was apparently one of the founders of NOW. However, the article has zero independent sources. It is currently sourced only to her website and a very brief "Letter to the Editor" which she wrote to a magazine in Florida. Talk:Sonia Pressman Fuentes contains an edit request to add a much longer biography copied from her website with OTRS permission which I declined as it had zero independent sources and a very unencyclopedic, promotional tone. However, if references can be found, the information could be used to expand the article. Voceditenore (talk) 08:35, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi all! I'm writing to present the idea of creating a new article about the gender inequalities in positions of power and how women are so vastly underrepresented in positions of power in many areas including government, industry, international organizations, science, academia, even sports and popular culture. I'm writing on this project page to hopefully get some feedback on people's opinions on this potential article. I would be doing so as a part of a class assignment. Check out my user page for more information. Thank you so much!!
Cnicholson12 (talk) 18:44, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
I am looking to make substantial editions to content and organization of the Transnational Feminism article. I am doing this as a project for my Gender and Economic Development class at the University of Utah. My plan is to first discuss areas such as the history of the topic, theories such as feminist theory, and transnational theory. Secondly, I will look to cover areas that transnational feminist are concerned with such as imperialism, colonialism, nationalism and how these interact with gender, race, etc. Lastly, I will try to give transnational feminism an everyday context by discussing activism and movements around labor rights, violence against women, and social empowerment. Any feedback, suggestions, etc., please let me know. Dougsimpsonwiki (talk) 00:42, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
I've created a new article on the book, Cutting the Mustard: Affirmative Action and the Nature of Excellence.
Help with researching additional secondary sources would be appreciated, at Talk:Cutting the Mustard: Affirmative Action and the Nature of Excellence.
— Cirt (talk) 04:16, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
I've nominated the article Adrianne Wadewitz for Peer review.
Discussion is at the peer review subpage, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Adrianne Wadewitz/archive1.
Thank you for your time,
— Cirt (talk) 04:02, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey, need some help on the article about Belle Knox, the Duke student that was outed as being a porn star. It's up for AfD and I'm tentative about the notability since it could be WP:ONEEVENT, but the coverage is fairly wide. I've done some cleaning but I think that it'd really benefit from someone from here coming on to do some additional editing. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 10:17, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
I think Category:Fictional swordsmen should be called Category:Fictional sword fighters and Category:Fictional giants should be split into giants and giantesses. I think both of these would be valid changes meeting with fictional police officers and fictional fire fighters. CensoredScribe (talk) 03:44, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
I have just added this project's banner to more than a dozen categories in the Category talk:Violence against women by country family. Before I continue tagging more, I am just wondering if anyone here cares? XOttawahitech (talk) 15:10, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
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You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Boys_are_stupid,_throw_rocks_at_them!_controversy. --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 13:55, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Requesting other perspectives in this debate over whether the SCUM Manifesto should be added to the category Violence against men.
Join the debate here --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 14:13, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Join the debate here --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 20:38, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
After pursuing above, I noticed the phrase TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist) being used in a highly negative fashion. I created this Talk:Radical_feminism#TERF is a slur (don't use as such on talk page) section if any one wants to comment. Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 02:25, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
There is a discussion on merging Category:American women philosophers, Category:Asian American philosophers and Category:African-American philosophers into Category:American philosophers which would, in fact, lead to their deletion. If you would like to weigh in on the conversation (pro or con), go to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 April 17#Category:American (x) philosophers. Liz Read! Talk! 21:04, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
There is an ongoing deletion discussion taking place now about whether or not to have a biographical article about Adrianne Wadewitz on Wikipedia.
The discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrianne Wadewitz.
For those newer to Wikipedia, you may wish to read Wikipedia:Articles for deletion and Wikipedia:Notability.
— Cirt (talk) 15:03, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
Just letting ya'll know about this discussion: Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day#Discussion_regarding_possible_picture_of_the_day:_Michele_Merkin. SarahStierch (talk) 16:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Can someone please help keep an eye on Dowry law in India? This article is under constant attack from Indian Men's Rights activists who keep adding POV commentary. Kaldari (talk) 03:50, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
Here is one example: Category:Female accountants. Check out the talk page and you will see it has already survived two deletion nominations one in July 2011 and the second in February 2014. It is now been nominated for renaming, but is it really?
If you delve into the history you will see that the same editor who nominated it for deletion in February 2014 is the same one who is now asking for it to be renamed. Problem is the way the current discussion is (allowed to be) going is towards deletion not renaming. Just thought some here may be intrested? XOttawahitech (talk) 19:43, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Feminist psychologist Sandra Bem took her own life on May 20 (Source). Post is half just FYI, but might be a good opportunity to improve her wiki page. EvergreenFir (talk) 22:09, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
Can somebody please fill in this redirect (to Glass cliff) as a stub? Bearian (talk) 13:21, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
I'm writing an article titled 'The Patriarchal Code'. I've been told several times that I'm not 'neutral' enough. I think this is because the research took over 20 years to collect 20,000 names and symbols embedding male bias and I'm a little overwhelmed by having to present the concept of a patriarchal code in an article.
The topic is multidisciplinary. It touches on feminism a little but it is really about making true-to-reality symbols and names to develop rationality, knowledge and moral civilization.
In a new message I was told I was presenting an argument. I don't think I know how to state the basic premise without making as argument. I need help here.Louise Goueffic (talk) 12:25, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
I would really like help with my article. I'm being told it is much more of an essay, not an article. I'm not able to satisfy WP with an "encyclopedic" presentation of my material. My article is on the language that addresses specifically our species. The largest part violates logic, influencing how we think and does not respect evidence in reality. Can someone suggest an similar article I can examine to compare between 'essay' (mine) and an article (someone else)Louise Goueffic (talk) 23:41, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
I've visited several Wiki sites in the last few days to see what I was doing wrong. I learned something from each. But the sites I visited were 'notable' for their -almost obvious- factual errors. Yet they are up on Wikipedia. So I'm very confused about the accusation that I'm on a "lone plough". I make damn sure that what I write in my article are facts, facts that can be checked in history books, dictionaries, etymological dictionaries, linguistic texts, or some other appropriate medium.
Language cannot be discussed in isolation of history. Symbols and names are made as needed by a group, an individual, or ruling power, etc. Patriarchy's rule lasted over 11,000 years, it made names to guarantee its rule, affecting the whole species. How does this relate to being on a "lone plough"?
Moreover, making names has rules and regulations just like any other technology, making cars, cakes or buildings. Because rules and regulations have to be followed to make names and symbols, when they do not follow the rules the name is flawed. The species cannot make a good or better system built on flawed language, a divisive language that built a bad system, dysfunctional at core. How does this relate to being on a "lone plough?" Anyone submitting an article on language that does not take into account the history, the technology of making names and language, meaning, message, etc. should not write on a name/s -in isolation- of their connection to other names. He or she can not understand the "guts" of the whole process.
I thought Wiki's aim was to pass knowledge to people, as an online encyclopedia. Am I misinterpreting what an encyclopedia is? What in my article is not knowledge? I accept the criticism that it sounds like an essay, and I'm trying hard to correct this.
My work is not feminist, nor ideological. It defends rationality, truths stated in language, evidence seen in reality and partnership among all speech-users. But it does raise the scary spectre that it is not what we, as a species, were made to believe. Is this the "lone plough" you accuse me of being on? I would like to know. Because I'm getting more confused, not de-confused. Louise GouefficLouise Goueffic (talk) 18:48, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
I am trying hard to wipe out all of what you call 'my self-interest' in my article. I'm trying to present the material in a way that readers see that flawed language does no good for anyone, including themselves. I am not a self-promoter. I do not have a big ego. I have no wish to promote myself. I do want people to know what flawed language is and what it does to the species and to them individually; it benefits all to know that the part in language bout ourselves has been poisoned. If this is "self-promotion" or COI then I have a badly flawed concept of it. I go over and over my article trying to see where I actually promote myself, my work or my books in it. I would like to have these pointed out to me Louise Goueffic Louise Goueffic (talk) 19:04, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
Now, on the matter of original research, the article you wish to add has had a lot of feedback on it from multiple people saying that it's an essay (please see this policy for more information). Wikipedia does not publish arguments, essays or original research. Wikipedia records what peer reviewed third part works say about a topic. Even then wikipedia does not include everything it has a series of tests for weight and notability, these rules define what is appropriate to include in an article and what topics are acceptable as articles respectively. The type of writing in your draft article is not suitable for an encyclopedic entry on a topic it is an argument for an idea drawing from the work of diverse sources rather than an overview of a body of research about that idea--Cailil talk 11:29, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
those interested in discussing this draft article's continued development should be aware of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:The Patriarchal Code. I have taken the out of process bold decision that wider community eyes should discuss and reach consensus on the article. I have given a full rational there, and invite interested editors to give considered opinions which may not match my own as part of the discussion. Fiddle Faddle 15:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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Any interest in collaborating to remedy this? I notice the feminists in the See Also section are mostly radical or second-wave feminist authors; Dworkin, bell hooks, Gloria Steinem, Mary Daly. Is there any reason we can't improve and expand the article using their works as references, instead of relying mainly on the one source (Willis) for the entirety of the article? Ongepotchket (talk) 12:57, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
I´m not sure this is of any use for any feminism-related articles, but it was interesting, and I wanted to spread it. [8] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:25, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Just noticed this repugnant DYK that was just posted a half-hour ago:
How do misogynistic statements like this make it through four levels of approval in the DYK process and appear on the Main Page? DYKs are intended to draw in potential new readers and editors to Wikipedia's newest and most compelling content. Who is this factoid aimed at? Liz Read! Talk! 23:45, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles related to LGBT feminists may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! --Another Believer (Talk) 19:13, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
The page recently survived an AFD, which served to highlight the flaws in the current version of the article: it's made up of a single public domain text and reads like an essay. I'm bringing this to the attention of the Afghanistan, Sociology, Gender studies, and Feminism Wikiprojects in order that the article can be improved by having more editors work on it.-- Brainy J ~✿~ (talk) 13:49, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Please see Draft:Psychology's Feminist Voices, it looks notable but needs a thorough rewrite to be acceptable. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:52, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I've been working on an interview-based research project about women and Wikipedia since January (initial project proposal) and recently received a WMF Individual Engagement Grant to continue the work (IEG proposal). If you're willing to participate in an interview or will be at Wikimania and would like to chat and/or take part in a focus group, please let me know. Also, if you'd just like to share your thoughts and opinions via email, I'd love to hear them. --Mssemantics (talk) 20:29, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias/Gender bias task force is looking for new members, and is currently holding an RM to rename it the Gender gap task force. This was started last year but didn't become active, so there's a renewed effort to get it going. All are welcome! SlimVirgin (talk) 00:54, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
There's a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#A much gentler proposal about changing the Manual of Style to deprecate the use of "she" for ships. As it concerns the intersection of grammatical gender with actual gender, I thought some of you might be interested. --John (talk) 07:38, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
FYI, the article sex differences in psychology has been mostly rewritten by someone who appears to be a men's rights activist (and has been topic banned from articles related to men's rights). I haven't had time to take a look at it, but it would be nice if someone from this project could look at it and make sure it is still adhering to the NPOV and verifiability policies. Cheers! Kaldari (talk) 23:54, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Hey, all! I'm a male supporter of feminism, but haven't read that much on feminist theory. This article needs a lot more sourcing; but, while I have no doubt the concept that technology can influence women's place in society are fairly mainstream, but it's a little hard to tell if the framing of them, as set out in this article, and the term selected are mainstream. Talk page is somewhat ugly, so I thought it better to come here. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:08, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
There is a proposal to delete categories involving literature by women, including deleting Literature by African-American women, Literature by Asian-American women, Literature by Native American women, Literature by Hispanic and Latino American women. See discussion here: [link to discussion]. __ E L A Q U E A T E 23:33, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
I started a discussion at Template talk:Sex differences about the image used for that template. Please feel free to join the discussion if you have any opinions about it. Kaldari (talk) 20:18, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Past Masters partnershipHey All. At the Wikipedia Library, we just opened up a partnership with Intelex's Past Masters. Included in the partnership is access to scholarly editions of a number of Women Writers, including all of the scholarly apparatus that makes great source material for writing articles. For more information of what's in the collection, see their list of works. I would like to encourage anyone interested to apply for access at WP:Past Masters!Sadads (talk) 15:59, 29 July 2014 (UTC) July 30, 2014 (draft letter)
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Hello. Would some of you please consider creating a page on the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council, co-chaired by Laura Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton? I think the page would be very useful, and very easy to find lots of references about it. I could create a stub, but I suspect some of you may be able to create a lengthier article. Let me know on my talkpage when you have created it. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 10:17, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
Obviously getting more women involved in Wikipedia, including to beef up womens and feminist articles, is a concern here. Wikimania 2014 in London has five workshops related to the gender gap during the August 8-10 programme. Not too late to sign up!
I went in 2012 and it was a lot of fun. Quick, get those passports out! Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 02:36, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
I invite folks to come discuss a recent addition of a section entitled "Radical feminism and transgenderism" to Radical feminism at this talk page section. Thank you! EvergreenFir (talk) Please ((re)) 20:47, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
I've substantially improved the bio at Sara Jeannette Duncan but I'm going to struggle on the literary side of things. I'm posting this here and at the literature project in the hope that someone might be able to make a better job of it than I'm likely to do - there are plenty of sources out there, lit. crit. and otherwise, including at GBooks and JSTOR. Duncan was a Canadian who wrote mostly about Anglo-Indian society and had both a strong feminist angle and a Tariff Reform League-based interpretation of imperialism. I've got some bare bones in but I'm going to end up with far too many quotes unless someone with more clue can help out. Thanks. - Sitush (talk) 13:30, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Requesting a few people to scan Woman for cissexist and biological essentialist statements. I noticed today that it could use some improvement. The article is woefully lacking mentions of transwomen (only mentioned once). Currently discussion on talk page to include images of transwomen on page. EvergreenFir (talk) Please ((re)) 21:15, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Here. Keeps getting re-listed. Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 12:57, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
Would an expert on the subject care to add some more information to help balance the Affirmative consent article? Thanks. Yev Yev (talk) 15:51, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
This article is up for proposed deletion. Bearian (talk) 15:03, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:SidurisAdvice.webm
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Hello, WikiProject Feminism. I notice this article has 72 edits and is the most edited article there but is only of "mid-importance" while gender representation in video games, which is more relevant to feminism and also of "high-importance" has only half that number. I'm curious why so many edits have occurred on this specific page, if you don't mind.--ArmyLine (talk) 02:26, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
FYI notice of AfD:
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Stop Porn Culture is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stop Porn Culture until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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.. --Pudeo' 11:24, 9 October 2014 (UTC) Lightbreather (talk) 14:34, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Feminist strippers is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Feminist strippers until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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.
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Regarding article Radical feminism and comments about women. Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Transadvocate_use_in_BLP.2C_etc. Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 16:12, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi ladies, this project might be interested in discussion at User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#WP:SIGNPOST_and_random_photos_of_tits. 175.136.66.69 (talk) 23:38, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
Warning to readers: transphobia, hate speech.
Admins and fellow users should be aware of an effort by users on gendertrender.wordpress.com to vandalize pages on WP related to transwomen, specifically Laverne Cox. Today, an IP editor posted a link to this webpage and made similar anti-trans remarks on Talk:War on Women. Link to page regarding effort: link here. Thank you to Ramendik for bringing this to our attention. EvergreenFir (talk) Please ((re)) 01:06, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
Today, an IP editor posted a linkOne spelling error and a confusing choice of words. Better now? EvergreenFir (talk) Please ((re)) 03:23, 26 August 2014 (UTC)edto this webpage andmanymade similar anti-trans remarks on Talk:War on Women.
The article is an unsourced POV essay and needs to be either blown up and rewritten or deleted. It can potentially become a very interesting article as it is an very complex topic inextricably bound up in social and historical factors such as colonialism, traditional African paternalism, racism, Apartheid, and democratization. If anyone here is willing to help fix it please join the discussion at WT:WikiProject South Africa#History of women's rights in South Africa. Thanks Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:56, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
Anyone with knowledge of antifeminism and/or history, Antifeminism needs a lot of work. Currently there is way way too much focus on women antifeminists. I've listed issues here for anyone interested in helping. Thank you! EvergreenFir (talk) Please ((re)) 04:51, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
Here is an ANI posting regarding problems at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countering systemic bias/Gender gap task force. Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 04:51, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I just joined the project yesterday. I am going to create two new articles: Stop Porn Cultures and National Feminist Anti-Pornography Movement. Lightbreather (talk) 18:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
--Lightbreather (talk) 00:05, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
Is there a template for feminism stub articles? Lightbreather (talk) 00:05, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
It currently re-directs to Ad hominem, where there is no mention of it. I believe it should have it's own page, this is a comment from another editor left on the Ad feminam talk page explaining why:
"This article only discusses the term as an error. Words such as this (as with womyn/wymyn and herstory) were generally coined with specific purpose to make a specific point, which is entirely missing from this article. These neologisms are not "errors," whether in latin or English. The originators of "herstory" for example (Mary Daly?) did not believe that "history" is related to the masculine pronoun. It is a play on words to make a point: that history as commonly taught has a masculine bias.
Seems to me that efforts to characterize these arguments as "errors" rooted in lack of English/Latin knowledge might be a very good example of what "ad feminam" was coined to describe. Stuart Strahl (talk) 13:55, 4 March 2010 (UTC)"
Bridenh (talk) 10:11, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
I've been doing a bit of editing on difference feminism, but to my knowledge this classification isn't commonly used, or at least isn't a large enough group such that I've come across it in numerous texts. In the talk page for the article I suggested altering it to 'Essentialist Feminism', which I think might be a better fit. Alternatively, the difference feminism page could be deleted, and an essentialist feminism page created in its place.
Huxley G (talk) 16:51, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
Might it be more apt to not imply that "nonprofit women" exist - and use the normal construction of "Woman nonprofit executives" parallel to "Woman business executives"? Collect (talk) 12:23, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
There is a discussion, Talk:HIV/AIDS in the pornographic film industry#Propose broaden scope and rename, that members of this project may be interested in. Lightbreather (talk) 21:03, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
We apparently have articles for all but 63 of the female (Anglo/Western) names on Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Thompson-Reuters most cited scientists#Missing woman scientists (from Z). Please see, and start a new article on a highly cited woman scientist today! EllenCT (talk) 22:06, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
I am not sure if this is the right place to suggest this, but I believe the article on Mahadevi Verma, one of the best known Hindi poets of the twentieth century who was also a prominent women's education activist, could be of interest to WikiProject Feminism. It is not in a very good state now at this point though. Piyush (talk) 02:06, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
Hello All, the Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon organizers have prepared an IEG grant, and a PEG grant this week for the fall Wikimedia Foundation grant scholarships. These grants will fund several NYC training sessions, another major international Edit-a-thon, and the creation of infrastructure to support this year, and years going forward. The project is seeking community comment / discussion and endorsement signatures (section at the bottom of the page) to help complete the grant process. We encourage you to take a look at these grants, and offer your feedback and/or your endorsement signature if you feel the project worthy. On behalf of the other organizers. --Theredproject (talk) 01:13, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
Editors who know WP:RS and WP:NPOV are needed to help educate a swarm of SPA. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:38, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
There needs to be a new picture of her at the beginning of the article. Its as if someone purposefully chose the most unflattering one they could find - not a far fetch considering the "ugly feminist" trope. This is a good one. I'd do it myself but I can barely properly add sources let alone add an image. Bridenh (talk) 21:19, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
This stub, which was almost deleted, needs a lot of work, especially in sourcing. "Make it happen," said Tim Gunn. Bearian (talk) 19:28, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
I have opened a discussion on this topic here. The article currently doesn't mention the issue. Cla68 (talk) 04:57, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
I have initiated a discussion on this controversy given detailed mentions in multiple reliable sources.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 06:41, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
It would be nice to have a WikiProject Feminism Award to reward those who advance the goals of WikiProject Feminism. Here is one I made:
What do you think? Here are the other Wikiproject Awards for comparison: Wikipedia:Awards_by_WikiProject
Should we have an article to cover "obey" becoming an optional word in Christian marriage vows? I've just added a detail on Moira Shearer's article citing a contemporary source at her wedding in 1950 that noted she did not use "obey". There is currently no mention of the history of practice of using "obey" in the article on Marriage vows. The only note I could find was in the article on Obedience (human behaviour). Rachel Beaumont (talk) 15:20, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
Created Wikipedia:WikiProject Feminism/Assessment and Wikipedia:WikiProject Feminism/Peer review and Wikipedia:WikiProject Feminism/Collaboration.
Please let me know what you think! Also please add your name to the list of Active Peer reviewers in the peer review article if you can. Thanks!
Maranjosie (talk) 14:38, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
Unless someone else uses the sources in their respective articles I'll do it in the next few days as I'm currently incapable. Criticism of porn, Criticism of bdsm, Criticism of liberal feminism. And also some links to books that could be used in the second-wave feminism/radical feminism pages. Bridenh (talk) 01:35, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
There isn't a page about her in English, there's one in French and one in German, and this could also be used as a source. Bridenh (talk) 17:54, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello WikiProject Feminism members. Shelby McPherson nominated the article All-China Women's Federation here, but she is inactive as you see here. Could anyone step in and make this article GA? Cheers! Brandon (MrWooHoo) • Talk to Brandon! 21:59, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
To make the violence against women category's inclusion criteria more clear, I previously suggested on the Violence against women category talk page the addition of the following info box, which is similar to the info box explaining the inclusion criteria for the category Violence against men [9]. I decided to post here as well, because I have not gotten any feedback yet on that talk page, and I don't think it gets much traffic. I thought this wikiproject might have interest in the category. This is the proposed info box to clarify the category:
This category is for articles on the topic of sexual or gender-based violence against women or girls.
The scope of this category includes sexual violence against women, sexual and gender-based violence against women in conflict situations, domestic violence against women (including honor killings), and violence against trans women. Organizations, literature, events, books, etc for which the topic of gender-based violence against women is defining are also on-topic. This category should not include violence where women happen to be the victims. Rather, it should only include acts of violence where the gender of the victim is an important determinant in them being selected for violence, when there is a gendered nature to the violence itself, or when it otherwise fits the definition in the literature of sexual or gender-based violence. |
Before boldly editing the category main page, I wanted to see if there was any input or objections.--BoboMeowCat (talk) 00:55, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
As part of a Quality improvement project, I've recently put the article Hitachi Magic Wand up for Peer Review.
Participation would be appreciated, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Hitachi Magic Wand/archive1. — Cirt (talk) 06:20, 8 November 2014 (UTC)