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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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This month, we are focussing on women in business. You may be surprised by how many different areas of interest you can address to improve our coverage.
There are, of course, all those women who create or head companies or assist in their management. But then there are many other interesting areas in which women have business interests. In addition to women involved in brokerages, banks and financial institutions, there are those who produce films, television programs or stage shows. There are architects with their own firms, women who run newspapers, publishing houses, art galleries, fashion or cosmetics companies, or hotels and restaurants. Of special importance are all the entrepreneurs, often young women who have earned awards or become recognised as key players in their sectors of interest. Related professions, such as business consultants or officials dealing with business or finance, are also targets, as are authors and academics specialising in business, and organisations of professional women. Have a look at WP:Women in Business to gain an idea of the many fields involved.
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. Those relating to the broad field of women in business are listed below:
Crowd-sourced (CS); Wikidata (WD) red-link lists: women's biographies in other language versions of Wikipedia or referenced in Wikidata:
Corresponding entries for women listed in the Dictionary of Women Worldwide (DOWW) are available at Encyclopedia.com or all may be found through the Wikipedia Library's bundled services by use of the search within publication feature). |
Add other red links here, if possible with a source:
- Mariame McIntosh Robinson - President and CEO of First Global Bank, Jamaica
Participants
Outcomes (articles)
New or upgraded articles
- Most recent on top, please:
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
Outcomes (media)
- Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2025
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Event templates
- Invitation: April 2025
- Editathon banner for talk pages:
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