Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2023

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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 20.003% 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. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome to participate in the work of Women in Red!

January 2023

Happy New Year from Women in Red | January 2023, Volume 9, Issue 1, Nos 250, 251, 252, 253, 254

Online events:

New: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run M & N | Geofocus East Asia
Continuing: #1day1woman | Women who died in 2022

See also:

Editing For Effie collaboration with the Smithsonian, January 8 & 9 (global event)

Tip of the month:

De-orphan and incorporate an article into Wikipedia using the Find Link tool

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February 2023

Women in Red Feb 2023, Vol 9, Iss 2, Nos 251, 252, 255, 256, 257, 259

Online events:

New: Alphabet run O & P | Black women | Justice | Folklore
Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

Tip of the month:

Explore Wikipedia for all variations of the woman's name (birth name,
married name, re-married name, pen name, nickname)

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March 2023

Women in Red Mar 2023, Vol 9, Iss 3, Nos 251, 252, 258, 259, 260, 261

Online events:

New: Geofocus Mediterranean | Art + Activism | Alphabet run Q & R

Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman| Folklore

See also:

#Visible Wiki Women Wikimedia challenge to add more images of women to Commons

Tip of the month:

Mobile phone readers may only see the article "lead" – take some time to make it shine!
Include something to keep people reading.

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April 2023

Women in Red Apr 2023, Vol 9, Iss 4, Nos 251, 252, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266

Online events:

New: Gender studies | Health | Dance | Alphabet run S & T | Books by women

Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman|

See also:

Women in Red is supporting Every Book Its Reader through our Books by women event.

Tip of the month:

When writing about a book, check WP:NBOOK for notability, then see MOS:NOVEL,
WP:NONFICTION or WP:POETRYSTANDARDS for guidance.

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May 2023

Women in Red May 2023, Vol 9, Iss 5, Nos 251, 252, 267, 268, 269, 270

Online events:

New: Alphabet run U, V, W | Disability | Women in Education | CEE women

Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman|

See also:

Wikimedia CEE Spring 2023/CEE Women - Wikimedia contest with postcards and prizes
The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref - May 15th to June 5th

Tip of the month:

Use the Google translate app and camera on your phone to translate text from an article or book

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June 2023

Women in Red June 2023, Vol 9, Iss 6, Nos 251, 252, 271, 272, 273

Online events:

New: Alphabet run X, Y & Z | LGBTQ+ women | Wiki Loves Pride | Women in Music

Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

See also:

Women in Green: June 2023 GA Editathon event page
Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/2023 global campaign
The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref - May 15th to June 5th

Tip of the month:

Looking for new red links? Keep an eye out for interesting and notable friends, family, or associates of your last article subject, and re-examine group photos for other women who may still need an article.

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July 2023

Women in Red July 2023, Vol 9, Iss 7, Nos 251, 252, 274, 275, 276

Online events:

New: Women in Red's 8th anniversary | Alphabet run A & B | Sports

Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

Tip of the month:

Look out for contributors interested in writing about women and
invite them to join Women in Red

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July 19, 2023

	Women in Red 8th Anniversary
	In July 2015 around 15.5% of the English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. As of July 2023, 19.61% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women. That's a lot of biographies created in the effort to close the gender gap. Happy 8th Anniversary! Join us for some virtual cake and add comments or memories and please keep on editing to close the gap!

August 2023

Women in Red August 2023, Vol 9, Iss 8, Nos 251, 252, 277, 278, 279, 280

Online events:

New: Alphabet run C & D | Indigenous women | Film and stage | Geofocus: Arab League

Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

See also:

Wikimania 2023 will be held in Singapore, 16–19 August, and will be facilitated by the
affiliates in the ESEAP (East/South East/Asia/Pacific) region.

Tip of the month:

Read the essay Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities to understand
the criteria for status as Native American or Indigenous Canadian.

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September 2023

Women in Red September 2023, Vol 9, Iss 9, Nos 251, 252, 281, 282, 283

Online events:

New: Alphabet run E & F | Women writers & their works | Geofocus: Celtic nations

Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

Tip of the month:

The books she wrote might be notable, too; learn 5 quick tips about about book articles.

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October 2023

Women in Red October 2023, Vol 9, Iss 10, Nos 251, 252, 284, 285, 286

Online events:

New: Alphabet run G & H | Women in STEM | Geofocus: Sub-Saharan Africa

Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

See also

Women in Green's "Around the World in 31 Days" Good Article editathon

Tip of the month:

When creating an article, check to see if there is an entry in the sister project
Wikidata. If your subject is listed, the Wikidata information can be useful

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November 2023

Women in Red November 2023, Vol 9, Iss 11, Nos 251, 252, 287, 288, 289

Online events:

New: Alphabet run I & J | Geofocus: Indian subcontinent | Women in Politics

Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

See also

Wikipedia Asian Month November Contest

Tip of the month:

When translating articles from another language Wikipedia, don't forget
to include attribution in your first edit summary.

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December 2023

Women in Red December 2023, Vol 9, Iss 12, Nos 251, 252, 290, 291, 292

Online events:

New: Alphabet run K & L | Women who died in 2023 | Honoured Women

Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

Tip of the month:

Avoid copyright problems by rewriting in your own words. You can check
any article or draft with Earwig's copyvio detector.

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MassMessage

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Instead of one big list, there are now three smaller lists for EN-WP MassMessaging:

Index of available opt-in/opt-out lists, but doesn't have any editor names so don't use it for MassMessaging.

How

Here is the link to the MassMessage page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MassMessage
Add one of these to the notice (the way it appears on this page, not in the editing view which shows 'code' and 'nowiki' brackets)

--[[User:Lajmmoore|Lajmmoore]] ([[User talk:Lajmmoore|talk]]) ~~~~~ via MassMessaging
--[[User:Megalibrarygirl|Megalibrarygirl]] ([[User talk:Megalibrarygirl|talk]]) ~~~~~ via MassMessaging
--[[User:Rosiestep|Rosiestep]] ([[User talk:Rosiestep|talk]]) ~~~~~ via MassMessaging
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--[[User:Victuallers|Victuallers]] ([[User talk:Victuallers|talk]]) ~~~~~ via MassMessaging