Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)!
Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's representation on all language Wikipedias (biographies, women's works, women's issues, broadly construed). Did you know that, according to Humaniki, only 19.84% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed? Content gender gap is a form of systemic bias, and this is what WiR addresses. We invite you to participate, whenever you like, in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome at Women in Red!
Authority control should be included at the foot of every biography: ((Authority control)). It will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata.
Choose applicable Categories including relevant subcategories of Category:Women.
If applicable, add a stub template at the foot of an article:((stub)).
((WikiProject Biography| )) or ((WikiProject Biography))
((WikiProject Women)) if born after 1950; or ((WikiProject Women's History)):: if born before 1950.
Editathon banner: ((WIR-153))
In January 2020, we are concentrating on women from Central America.
Anyone can take part in this event. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about classical women musicians, as well as their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are of course also welcome to add articles on any other notable women who deserve to be covered, for example under our #1day1woman priority.
The main goals of the event are:
to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of some of the world's most prominent women
to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter)
What else?
Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create this month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
Camacho De la O, Ana Lorena; Valitutti Chavarría, Gina, eds. (2007). Mujeres destacadas de Costa Rica [Featured Women of Costa Rica] (in Spanish). San José, Costa Rica: Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres. ISBN978-9968-25-102-0.
Márquez Espinosa, Esaú; Ortiz Herrera, María del Rocío (2015). Sociedades encauzadas: geografía, historia y realidad [Channeled Societies: Geography, History and Reality] (PDF) (in Spanish) (Primeraición ed.). Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico: Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas. ISBN978-607-8410-14-9. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 January 2020.
Add other red links here, if possible with a source:
The following two women from Belize have been included in the 2020 New Year Honours:
Faith L Babb. For services to the Community, to Politics and to Women’s development
Penelope Kay Casasola. For services to Community and Health Education volunteerism