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Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)! |
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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 20.08% 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! |
April 2025
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From January to December 2025, Women in Red is embarking on our third collective "alphabet run", where editors work consecutively through the letters of the English alphabet. The March letters are G and H, and can be applied to any given name, middle name, or surname of a subject, e.g. Germaine Greer, or individuals named like Sally Haley or Alison Geissler would both be appropriate.
- January 2025 – A & B
- February 2025 – C & D
- March 2025 – E & F
- April 2025 – G & H
- May 2025 – I & J
- June 2025 – K & L
- July 2025 – M & N
- August 2025 – O & P
- September 2025 – Q & R
- October 2025 – S & T
- November 2025 – U, V, W
- December 2025 – X, Y & Z
Again this year we have lists of the most frequently redlisted women. Based on database searches, these are listed under the first name in the article title. As the searches take account of women's given names, you will discover quite a number that are inappropriate, for example, Gabriele or Hope which are also used for men and geographical features. If you write a biography from these lists, please mention "most frequent" when you add it as a New or upgraded article.
We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about notable women.
This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever you may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are, of course, also welcome to add articles on any other women who deserve to be covered, under our year-long initiative Music, other topics of the month or our comprehensive #1day1woman event.
The main goals of the event are:
- 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 in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
- to promote the new and improved articles and images through social media
What else?
- Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you created this month and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
- This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
- If you share any of the articles or images on social media, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.
Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)
A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on our Redlist index. Any of these lists can be used to find subjects who may have a first, middle or last name, beginning with G or H. Editors can click the column header to rearrange names into alphabetical order.
There are a wide variety of dictionaries and other reference works available, some that editors might consider are: Wikidata generated lists
External links
Dictionaries with fewer than 20 women to go
Most frequently redlisted womenThe lists below cover the first names of women beginning with G or H:
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Participants
- Bookworm-ce (talk) 20:13, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
- SarahTHunter (talk) 18:53, 24 March 2025 (UTC)
- WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 16:03, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
- Penny Richards (talk) 17:11, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
- Gamaliel (talk) 18:38, 24 March 2025 (UTC)
- Victuallers (talk) 19:10, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
- Zuck28 (talk) 13:46, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
- MumphingSquirrel (talk) 16:54, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
- Spiderpig662 (talk) 17:23, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
- RevelationDirect (talk) 02:18, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
- Afonso Dimas Martins (talk) 09:19, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
- Curbon7 (talk) 08:17, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
- Davidindia (talk) 08:32, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
- Geschichte (talk) 15:41, 4 April 2025 (UTC)
Outcomes (articles)
Promote our work
Key:
- Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
- Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest
- Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter
- Add IG after the article if you post it on Instagram
- Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn
- Add Bsky after the article if you post it on Bluesky
New or upgraded articles
- Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new and biographical dictionary, if used:
Zahia Hamdane
Andrea Gram – destub
Helen Arvonen
Henriette Lien
Grace Livingston Furniss
Gyda Gram
Hope Rampy (also 327)
Inge Hecht
Geraldina Guerra Garcés (also 327)
Jeanne Hatto (destub)
Hollie-Jay Bowes – destub
Kate Gentile (also 326)
Harmony Becker
Helen Vandervort Smith
Tanushka Singh
Thandie Galleta upgrade
Monique Griseti
Helen Shields
Haruna Arakawa
Tapiwa Gwaza upgraded stub
Gina Oselio – destub (also 326)
Malin Gjörup imp, still a stub
Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice (book by Jack Holland)
Belinda Gombachika
Deolinda Guezimane
Borghild Holmsen – destub (also 326)
Gertrud Kappel (destub)
Marion Harris Neil
Altonell Hines
Gloria Majiga-Kamoto add image
Helen Nyirenda Kaunda Historical Dictionary of Zambia
Harriet Cole Emmons
Gunda Mordhorst
Hannah Mahoney
Güljamal
Ryo Yon-gu
Alice Maynard Griggs
Agnes Addison Gilchrist
Outcomes (media)
- Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2025
Did You Know features
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Event templates
- Invitation: April 2025
- Editathon banner for talk pages:
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