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 20.03% 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!

In July 2024, for the second time we are embarking on a three-month translation contest or "translatathon" focused on the translation of biographies of women from other language versions of Wikipedia. For each of the three months, July, August and September, there will be virtual awards for the top three contributors of acceptable new translated articles as well as awards for totals over the full three months. If they wish, contributors may translate from the same foreign language throughout the contest. (Translations from English into other languages are not within the scope of this contest.)

We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in translating biographies of women from the other language versions of Wikipedia. While our top priority is new biographies, translations of articles about the works, organizations or achievements of women are also welcome.

The main goals of the event are:

• to extend coverage of women on the English Wikipedia
• to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of prominent women
• to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on this specific area
• to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
• to promote new articles and images through social media.

Before you start translating, you should check to see whether a biography has not already appeared in English under another title, for example as a variant on a woman's name (e.g. maiden or married name, additional given names or initials or with further details in brackets). You can usually find out whether a pertinent English version exists by checking whether English is listed as one of the other languages on the biography page itself or by consulting Wikidata.

In line with other Wikipedia contests, articles must have at least 160 words or 1,000 characters of running text (excluding references, lists, boxes and headings) and should have at least two reliable secondary references (three for biographies of living people). Articles translated from shorter versions in other languages will qualify only if they are extended to meet these requirements.

When translating content from a foreign-language Wikipedia, you must provide attribution to the original contributor(s). This is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've translated content, disclosing the translation and linking to the translated page, e.g., Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Exact name of French article]]; see its history for attribution. It is good practice to also place a properly formatted {{translated page}} template on the talk page of your translation. In this connection, see the adjacent box "Add to article talk pages". Further guidelines on translation are available at Help:Translation.

Ideally, contributors will have at least a reading knowledge of the language. However, for some language combinations Google Translate and other machine translation tools provide a level of translation which can be used as a basis for producing articles of acceptable standards for the English Wikipedia. Articles which do not reach these standards are likely to be deleted. It is therefore important for contributors to ensure machine translations are fully checked and copy-edited.

Translations from any other language versions of Wikipedia are welcome. On Wikipedia, the most popular languages for translation into English have been German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese and Czech. Further details can be seen under Category:Translated pages.

Yes, you can definitely improve the page after translating it, e.g. by adding more sources or changing the structure, presentation or wording of the article. All contributions should however be based on articles published in other language versions of Wikipedia.

A foreign language bio does not guarantee notability for English Wikipedia. Check the guidelines before you start.

Red-link lists on women from a wide variety of fields can be accessed from the WiR Redlink index. Our Wikidata-based redlists (generally marked WD) are likely to be useful in identifying articles which exist in other language versions. These are usually indicated as site links although such links can sometimes refer to images and other items rather than articles.

• Listing on a bot generated redlist does NOT imply qualification for inclusion in the encyclopedia. Please read Primer for creating women's biographies.

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

Thanks for playing!

Optional: Feel free to share your contributions below! Just remember to use the big blue button above to officially submit your articles for the contest.

Remember articles need to have a running text or readable prose size of 160 words or 1,000 characters. Articles which are not long enough may be listed separately under "Newly-created articles which do not meet contest rules: July". You can check the length of any article by using Xtools article info and looking under "Prose" for characters and words. (Please do not use this tool to check more than two or three articles at a time or you will overload the system.)

List together by user, with your most recent contribution on top

• Created by Fixer88 (talk):
  1. Sabrina Enciso, 30 September 2024

The following were existing articles upgraded by translation

• Upgraded by MumphingSquirrel (talk):
  1. Anna Suffía Rasmussen
  2. Sigrið av Skarði Joensen
  3. Sanna av Skarði

List together by user, with your most recent contribution on top

• Created by Fixer88 (talk):
  1. Djélika Diallo, 30 August 2024 (also 313)
  2. Janaína Cunha, 27 August 2024 (also 313)
  3. Charlize Andrews, 27 August 2024 (also 313)
  4. Gaia Giovannini, 27 August 2024 (also 313)
  5. Audrey Kwon, 7 August 2024 (also 313)
  6. Keana Hunter, 7 August 2024 (also 313)
  7. Pihla Kaivo-oja, 3 August 2024 (also 313)
  8. Wassila Lkhadiri, 2 August 2024 (also 313)
• Created by WomenArtistUpdates (talk)
  1. Joyce Trisler, 14 August 2024
• Created by Rosiestep (talk):
  1. Feminal, 22 August 2024

The following were existing articles upgraded by translation

• Upgraded by MumphingSquirrel (talk):
  1. Fanni Luukkonen, 4 August 2024
• Upgraded by Miraclepine (talk):
  1. Atsuko Tanaka (voice actress), 22 August 2024 (also 315)

List together by user, with your most recent contribution on top

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The following were inspired by articles in other language versions but are not translations:

1. Mette Winge, new article by Ipigott (talk) 13:19, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
2. Elin Reimer, new article by Ipigott (talk) 17:05, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
3. Ibi Trier Mørch, new article by Ipigott (talk) 20:04, 5 July 2024 (UTC) [reply]
4. Estrid Ott, new article by Ipigott (talk) 12:24, 4 July 2024 (UTC) [reply]
5. Karen-Lise Mynster, new article by Ipigott (talk) 12:05, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
6. Else-Marie Hansen, new article by Ipigott (talk) 14:57, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
7. Ulla Henningsen, new article by Ipigott (talk) 10:38, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
8. Astrid Berwald, new article by Ipigott (talk) 15:37, 1 July 2024 (UTC) [reply]

The following were existing articles upgraded by translation

1. Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert upgraded by Nattes à chat (talk) 23:10, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
2. Joëlle Wintrebert upgraded by Nattes à chat (talk) 23:10, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
3. Sabrina Calvo upgraded by Nattes à chat (talk) 23:10, 20 July 2024 (UTC) [reply]
4. Sylvie Denis upgraded by Nattes à chat (talk) 23:10, 20 July 2024 (UTC) [reply]
5. Catherine Dufour upgraded by Nattes à chat (talk) 23:10, 20 July 2024 (UTC) [reply]
6. Feminist science fiction upgraded by Nattes à chat (talk) 23:10, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
7. Template:Feminist science fiction upgraded by Nattes à chat (talk) 23:10, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• ... that Elin Falk caused a national controversy in 1913 with her proposals for reforming gymnastics in Swedish schools? (2024-12-14)
• ... that Northern Cypriot minister of health İzlem Gürçağ Altuğra warned that her country would be destroyed unless it started producing drugs? (2024-11-13)
• ... that Marie Marcks sarcastically caricatured gender roles like no one before, according to Jutta Limbach? (2024-11-03)
• ... that Filomena Fortes once said that she was "a bit critical of top-level sports in Cape Verde" despite being the president of its National Olympic Committee? (2024-10-28)
• ... that cartoonist Anna Haifisch (pictured) has been "bend[ing] the rules of comics"? (2024-10-25)
• ... that voice actress Atsuko Tanaka often named pandas? (2024-10-09)
• ... that some of the work of lesbian feminist filmmaking pioneer Norma Bahia Pontes is lost media? (2024-10-07)
• ... that Shoko Ikeda once admitted that Haruhi Suzumiya, a character she designed, was "just like me"? (2024-10-01)
• ... that a historian lamented the lack of English-language translations for the work of Aracy Amaral despite it being "a vital reference for the study of art history in Brazil"? (2024-09-02)
• ... that Titiou Lecoq (pictured) only realized that "women did not rule the universe" after she left home? (2024-08-27)
• ... that Kanaria's song "King" has been characterized as an allegory for the house arrest, trial, and execution of Louis XVI? (2024-08-23)

• Kesaria Abramidze (2024-09-24)
• Atsuko Tanaka (voice actress) (2024-08-26)

• Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2024

Add here – most recent at the top

• 
  Henny Astrup
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  Rolfine Absalonsen
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  Ana Quirós
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  Estrid Ott

• Winner: Fixer88 with 120 new articles
• Second place: Rosiestep with 40 new articles
• Third place: Munfarid1 with 24 new articles

Those recognized in July:

• Winner: Fixer88 with 23 new articles
• Second place: Nattes à chat with 16 new articles
• Third place: Miraclepine with 9 new articles

Those recognized in August:

• Winner: Fixer88 with 59 new articles
• Second place: Rosiestep with 21 new articles
• Third place: Munfarid1 with 12 new articles

Those recognized in September:

• Winner: Fixer88 with 23 new articles
• Second place: Rosiestep with 19 new articles
• Third place Tie: MumphingSquirrel with 9 new articles
• Third place Tie: Spiderpig662 with 9 new articles

• Invitation: July 2024
• Editathon banner for talk pages – Translation contest 2024 {{WIR|311}}