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Women in Red: lifting up notable women from red-linked obscurity to an encyclopedic presence.

About[edit]

Welcome to Women in Red (WiR)! We are a group of volunteer (unpaid) editors of all genders who live around the world and speak dozens of languages. Across different language Wikipedias, we focus on reducing systemic bias regarding gender representation (content gender gap) in the wiki movement. Our goal is to "move the needle" in terms of statistical representation of women and other gender minorities on Wikipedia. We recognized a need for this work in 2014 when we learned that, as of October 2014, only 15.53% of English Wikipedia's biographies were about women.[1] Without a particular percentage in mind, we recognized that with persistence, we could increase it, one article at a time. With only this in mind, Women in Red was established in July 2015, at Wikimania Mexico City, by Roger Bamkin and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight.

According to Humaniki the percentage of women's biographies on EN-WP has reached 19.77% as of 18 March 2024. But that means that of 1,993,106 biographies, only 394,058 are about women.[2] Not impressed? "Content gender gap" is a form of systemic bias, and WiR addresses it in a positive way through shared values.

Can we increase the percentage still further? Yes! But we need you in order to do so. How? There are more than 30,000 general forum comments from over a thousand different editors on our talkpage.[3] Ask there. You don't have to be a member in order to participate in the conversations; just please be civil.

Do the articles have to be perfect when they are created? No. But establishing them according to Wikipedia's policies is the first step, and that's the focus of Women in Red: new article creation. Over time, other editors will improve these articles; maybe that's you.

Where the work is done[edit]

On Wikipedia[edit]

Our Wikipedia WikiProject focuses on creating content regarding women's biographies, women's works, and women's issues. Our editors create articles in many different language Wikipedias. The objective is to turn "redlinks" (like this one) into blue ones. That's why we are called "Women in Red".

We take an inclusive view towards subject matter, editors, and language communities:

  • Editors: We do not focus on the gender of the editor. Anyone/everyone is welcome to be a member, participant, enthusiast of Women in Red. If you participate in WiR, you can join up officially using the box in the top right-hand corner of this page. You are also welcome to add our userbox template {{User WikiProject Women in Red}} to your user page, to produce:
This user is a participant in WikiProject Women in Red (redlinks→blue)
  • Language communities: While Women in Red began on English Wikipedia, it is an international commitment with dozens of other language communities. Please add a link to your language's coordination page here.
  • Subject matter:
  • If the subject of the article self-identifies as a woman—binary and/or non-binary and/or other, that person is included within the scope of Women in Red. Historic cases where it's unknown how they self-identified also count. The goal of the project is to increase inclusion, and we'd rather not block article subjects from being included in an article creation drive.
  • In addition to creating new articles, we create and maintain hundreds of lists of "missing" notable women. Some of these women have an article on some language Wikipedia, while others have no article in any Wikipedia. We call these lists, "redlists".
  • Click on our Redlinks index to see our lists of missing articles by focus area, occupation and nationality. Like everything else on Wikipedia, this is incomplete, so feel free to add pertinent items to our crowd-sourced lists.
  • While all redlists have redlinks, our redlists are generated in numerous ways:

Wikimedia Commons[edit]

"Sue"

Every year, our members upload thousands of images to Wikimedia Commons: photographs of women, their signatures, their works, etc. In turn, these images can be added to Wikipedia articles. This is another way people can be involved in improving women's representation on Wikipedia. Over 10,000 new images were added in 2022.

Wikidata[edit]

We create and improve Wikidata items related to women, women's works, and women's issues.

Announcements[edit]

Please post recent announcements directly on this page for improved page editing history, watcher alerts and greater visibility


Add new announcements to the top. Sign with ~~~~. Remove old ones after a couple of months.

Events[edit]

This section is a transcluded subpage, and may contain more information than is shown here. To view or edit, go to /Events (watch this section).

Unless otherwise stated, all of our events are "online".

Ongoing initiatives

  • 2024 year-long initiative: #1day1woman
  • 2024 year-long initiative: Education
  • Recently completed

    • February 2024: Alphabet run: O & P
    • February 2024: Black women
    • Upcoming events

      • April 2024: Alphabet run: S & T
      • April 2024: Gender studies
      • April 2024: Health
      • Previous events

        • January 2024: Temperance Women
        • January 2024: Alphabet run: M & N
        • December 2023: Honoured women
        • December 2023: Women who died
        • December 2023: Alphabet run: K & L
        • November 2023: Women in Politics
        • November 2023: Geofocus: Indian subcontinent
        • November 2023: Alphabet run: I & J
        • October 2023: Geofocus: Sub-Saharan Africa
        • October 2023: Women in STEM
        • October 2023: Alphabet run: G & H
        • September 2023: Geofocus: Celtic nations
        • September 2023: Women writers & their works
        • September 2023: Alphabet run: E & F
        • August 2023: Geofocus: Arab League countries
        • August 2023: Women in film and stage
        • August 2023: Indigenous women
        • August 2023: Alphabet run: C & D
        • July 2023: Sports
        • July 2023: Alphabet run: A & B
        • July 2023: Happy 8th Anniversary Women in Red
        • June 2023: Women in music
        • June 2023: LGBTQ+ women
        • June 2023: Alphabet run: X–Z
        • May 2023: Geofocus: Central and Eastern Europe
        • May 2023: Education
        • May 2023: Disability
        • May 2023: Alphabet run: U–W
        • April 2023: Books by women
        • April 2023: Alphabet run: S & T
        • April 2023: Dance
        • April 2023: Health
        • April 2023: Gender studies
        • March 2023: Alphabet run: Q & R
        • March 2023: Art + Activism
        • February–March 2023: Folklore
        • March 2023: Geofocus: Mediterranean
        • February 2023: Justice
        • February 2023: Black women
        • February 2023: Alphabet run: O & P
        • January 2023: Geofocus: East Asia
        • January 2023: Alphabet run: M & N
        • 2023 year-long initiative: #1day1woman
        • 2023 year-long initiative: Peace and Diplomacy
        • December 2022: Women who died
        • December 2022: Geofocus: Southeast Asia
        • December 2022: Alphabet run: K & L
        • November 2022: Women in Education
        • November 2022: Geofocus: Central and Southern Asia
        • November 2022: Alphabet run: I & J
        • October 2022: Geofocus: West Asia
        • October 2022: Women in STEM
        • October 2022: Alphabet run: G & H
        • September 2022: Women writers & their works
        • September 2022: Alphabet run: E & F
        • August 2022: Comedians, comics and other performers
        • August 2022: Refugees
        • August 2022: Indigenous women
        • August 2022: Alphabet run: C & D
        • July 2022: Geofocus: Baltic States
        • July 2022: Alphabet run: A & B
        • June 2022: Women in music
        • June 2022: Geofocus: Greenland and the Faroes
        • June 2022: LGBTQ+ women
        • May 2022: Geofocus: British Overseas Territories
        • May 2022: Women in the Ancient World
        • April 2022: Geofocus: French overseas territories
        • April–June 2022: Translation
        • April 2022: Gender studies
        • March 2022: Geofocus: Dutch Caribbean
        • March 2022: Feminism and Folklore
        • March 2022: Art+Activism
        • February 2022: Women in Sport
        • February 2022: Geofocus: Hong Kong and Macau
        • February 2022: Black women
        • January 2022: Geofocus: U.S. territories
        • January 2022: Women in business
        • 2022 year-long initiative: #1day1woman
        • December 2021: Women who died
        • December 2021: Double the lede!
        • 2022 year-long initiative: Climate
        • November 2021: Endocrine Health
        • November 2021: Film+Stage
        • October 2021: Ada Lovelace Day
        • October–December 2021: Women in Oceania
        • October 2021: Women in STEM
        • September 2021: Women writers & their works
        • August–September 2021: Women's leadership & empowerment
        • August 2021: Indigenous women
        • July–September 2021: Women in Latin America
        • July–September 2021: Olympics & Paralympics
        • July 2021: Finance, Economics & Banking
        • July 2021: July Julies
        • June 2021: Jewellers & Watchmakers
        • June 2021: June Junes
        • June 2021: LGBTQ+ women
        • May 2021: Mental Health
        • May 2021: May Mays
        • April–June 2021: Women in Europe
        • April 2021: Gender studies
        • April 2021: Plants & Gardens
        • March 2021: VisibleWikiWomen
        • March 2021: Art+Activism
        • February 2021: Classicists
        • February 2021: Folklore
        • February 2021: Black women
        • 2021 year-long initiative: Women's rights
        • January 2021: Public domain
        • January–March 2021: Women in Africa
        • January 2021: Climate and environment
        • 2021 year-long initiative: #1day1woman
        • December 2020: Philanthropists
        • December 2020: Women who died
        • November 2020: Stage+Screen+Radio+Podcast
        • November 2020: Textile Arts
        • October 2020: Women in STEM
        • October–December 2020: Women in Asia
        • September 2020: Women in conflict zones
        • September 2020: Women writers & their works
        • August 2020: Geofocus: Countries headed by women
        • August 2020: Indigenous women
        • July–December 2020: BLM/Anti-discrimination
        • July 2020: Geofocus: Women from Where?
        • July 2020: Women and Disability
        • July 2020: July Julies
        • June 2020: Geofocus: Reducing gender imbalance
        • June 2020: United Nations & UN Agencies
        • June 2020: LGBTQ women & Wiki Loves Pride
        • May 2020: Mary Mary month of May
        • May 2020: Geofocus: Central and Eastern Europe
        • May 2020: Women and their animals
        • May 2020: Healthcare
        • April 2020: Geofocus: Caucasus
        • April 2020: Dance
        • April 2020: Gender studies
        • March 2020: Visible Wiki Women
        • March 2020: Geofocus: Great Britain and Ireland
        • March 2020: Aviation
        • March 2020: Art+Activists & Folklore
        • February 2020: Women in Horror
        • February 2020: Black women
        • January 2020: Geofocus: Central America
        • February 2020: Explorers
        • January–August 2020: Sports
        • 2020 year-long initiative: #1day1woman
        • January 2020: Public domain
        • January 2020: Activists
        • December 2019: Arab world
        • December 2019: Women who died
        • December 2019: Classical musicians
        • December 2019: Parliamentarians
        • November 2019: Asian Month
        • November 2019: Leadership
        • November 2019: Libraries and Archives
        • October–December 2019: Stub
        • October 2019: Geofocus: Landlocked countries
        • October 2019: Fashion
        • October 2019: Women in STEM
        • September 2019: Interwiki Women Collaboration
        • September 2019: Geofocus: Defunct countries
        • September 2019: Women writers & their works
        • September 2019: Military History
        • September 2019: Women and Law
        • August 2019: Geofocus: Millennial countries
        • August 2019: Film and stage
        • August 2019: Indigenous women
        • July 2019: Geofocus: Microstates
        • July 2019: Educators
        • July–August 2019: Sports
        • June 2019: Geofocus: Mediterranean countries
        • June 2019: Space
        • June 2019: Royals
        • June 2019: Wiki loves Pride
        • May 2019: Geofocus: Central and Eastern Europe
        • May 2019: Environmentalists
        • May 2019: Mayors
        • May 2019: Women associated with May
        • April 2019: Geofocus: Portuguese-speaking countries
        • April 2019: Dance
        • April 2019: United Nations
        • April 2019: Gender studies
        • March 2019: Geofocus: Francophone women
        • March 2019: Women's History Month
        • February 2019: Geofocus: Ancient worlds
        • February 2019: Black women: History
        • February 2019: Women in Social Work
        • 2019 year-long initiative: #1day1woman
        • 2019 year-long initiative: Focus on Suffrage
        • January 2019: Geofocus: Caucasus
        • January 2019: Play!
        • January 2019: Women of War and Peace
        • December 2018: Geofocus: Countries beginning with 'I'
        • December 2018: Laureates
        • December 2018: Photographers
        • November 2018: Geofocus: Asia
        • November 2018: Deceased politicians
        • November 2018: Religion
        • October 2018: Geofocus: Mediterranean
        • October 2018: Women in STEM
        • October 2018: Science fiction & fantasy
        • October 2018: Clubwomen
        • September 2018: Geofocus: Hispanic countries
        • September 2018: Women + Law
        • September 2018: Women currently in academics
        • August 2018: Geofocus: Bottom 10
        • August 2018: Women writers & their works
        • August 2018: Women of marginalized populations
        • August 2018: Indigenous women
        • July 2018: Women Rock
        • July 2018: 20th Century
        • July 2018: Film + Stage
        • July 2018: Geofocus: Sub-Saharan Africa
        • June 2018: Geofocus: Russia/USSR
        • June 2018: Women in GLAM
        • June 2018: Singers, songwriters, songs by women
        • June 2018: Celebrating LGBTQ Women and Wiki Loves Pride
        • May 2018: Geofocus: Central & Eastern European
        • May 2018: Women in Sports
        • May 2018: Villains
        • May 2018: Women of the Sea
        • April 2018: Geofocus: Indian subcontinent
        • April 2018: Military History
        • April 2018: Archaeology
        • April 2018: April + Further With Art + Feminism
        • March 2018: Women's History Month
        • February 2018: Geofocus: Island women
        • February 2018: Mathematicians and Statisticians
        • February 2018: Black women
        • January 2018: Geofocus: British Isles
        • January 2018: Fashion designers
        • January 2018: Prisoners and detainees
        • December 2017: Go local!
        • December 2017: First ladies
        • December 2017: Seasonal celebrations
        • November 2017: Women in the world
        • October 2017: Nordic women
        • October 2017: Women and healthcare
        • October 2017: Women and disability
        • September 2017: Women from New Zealand
        • September 2017: Olympic women
        • September 2017: Hispanic & Latina women
        • August 2017: Canadian women
        • August 2017: Women in peace
        • August 2017: Indigenous women
        • July 2017: Indian women
        • July 2017: Women in music
        • July 2017: Women in dance
        • June 2017: Pre-20th Century Women
        • June 2017: LGBTQ Women
        • June 2017: Met's art by women
        • May 2017: Women from the Asian and Pacific Islands
        • May 2017: Women in sports and athletics
        • May 2017: Women's organizations & conferences
        • April 2017: Central and Eastern Europe
        • April 2017: Book artists
        • April 2017: Women in Psychology
        • March 2017: Role Models from Women's Universities
        • March 2017: Art+Feminism
        • February 2017: Black women
        • February 2017: Women Anthropologists
        • January 2017: Women in Education
        • January 2017: Women Philosophers
        • December 2016: Caribbean Women
        • December 2016: Women in the Military
        • December 2016: Women in Aviation
        • November 2016: BBC 100 Women
        • November 2016: Asian Women
        • November 2016: Women writers & their works
        • November 2016: Women in Food and Drink
        • October 2016: Women in Archaeology
        • October 2016: Women in Architecture
        • September 2016: Nigerian Women in Entertainment
        • September 2016: Women Labor Activists
        • September 2016: Women in Nursing
        • August 2016: Polar women
        • August 2016: Indigenous women
        • July 2016: United Nations
        • July 2016: Women in Halls of Fame
        • June 2016: LGBTQ Women
        • June 2016: Women in Entertainment
        • June 2016: Women in Jewish History
        • May 2016: MENA artists
        • May 2016: Women in Photography
        • April 2016: Women in Espionage
        • April 2016: Women writers & their works
        • 2016 year-long editathon: Celebrating Women Scientists
        • March 2016: Art+Feminism
        • February 2016: Black women: History
        • January 2016: Women in music
        • December 2015: Women in Religion
        • November 2015: Women in Science
        • October 2015: Women in Architecture
        • September 2015: Women in Leadership
        • 2015 year-long editathon: Asian Pacific American Women

        • Lists of red links[edit]

          WiR works by filling in missing articles based on extensive lists of needed topics. The index to our wide range of topics and nationalities can be found at the Redlist index. Please make these red links blue. Notable women without a Wikipedia biography can be added to any crowd-sourced redlists they match; and added to wikidata such that they're included in wikidata-derived redlists. We also have a guide to adding names to redlists, and to creating new redlists.

          Article alerts[edit]

          See Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Women for articles about women that are nominated for deletion.
          This section is a transcluded subpage, and may contain more information than is shown here. To view or edit, go to /Article alerts (watch this section).
          Note: This report is based on the {{WIR}} banners of WikiProject Women in Red. If an article isn't listed here, first verify that it has one of those banners. If it has another women-related banner, like {{WikiProject Women}}, {{WikiProject Women's History}} or {{WikiProject Women scientists}}, look on those projects' article alert pages instead.

          Did you know

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          Articles for deletion

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          Proposed deletions

          Featured article candidates

          Good article nominees

          Requested moves

          Articles to be merged

          Articles for creation


          Declined drafts[edit]

          Thanks firstly to Ronhjones, and now to Galobtter, we have a bot showing declined drafts submitted to AfC. Weekly updates highlight those most recently listed under New Additions. With a little bit of attention, some of them could well be moved to mainspace, encouraging the editors who created them to progress on Wikipedia.

          Resources and research[edit]

          WiR maintains resources to help you contribute, including lists of topical books and external links, information on editing in general, and contacts you can reach out to for specific needs. They can be found at Resources.

          Academic research on Wikipedia's content gender gap is also documented at Research.

          Metrics[edit]

          This section is a transcluded subpage, containing more information than is shown here. To view detailed month-by-month results or to edit, go to Metrics.

          About: additional details[edit]

          The articles created for any month, including the current month, can be displayed by clicking on one of the months in the archive box.

          We track the articles we create each month. Reports bot updates these lists automatically, but you can manually add and annotate entries. The bot will remove non-existent pages. More details about the bot. Our metrics talkpage is here: Metrics talkpage

          The evolving list for this month (see Archives box) is created by the bot which lists new women's biographies on the basis of their female gender on Wikidata. At present, the bot does not list women's works, associations or related articles but you are encouraged to add these to the list manually. A WiR Wikidata page provides information on how you can help ensure WiR metrics are up-to-date.

          The graph shows the number of articles created each month. The apparent decrease for the current month reflects the number of articles created up to today's date. Only data on completed months indicate overall progress.

          For personal metrics on how many articles you've created about women, see this tool.

          If you want to measure gender diversity in a given Wikipedia article, use this tool.

          Totals at a glance[edit]

          Year Portion if
          applicable
          Total Daily
          average
          2015 18 Jul - 31 Dec 11,711 70
          2016 28,399 77
          2017 28,271 77
          2018 27,323 75
          2019 27,207 75
          2020 30,119 82
          2021 26,780 73
          2022 18,893 52
          2023 17,925 49
          2024
          Grand total 216,628

          Updated: Rosiestep (talk) 17:31, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

          Further background on metrics[edit]

          As a result of figures presented by Humaniki, we keep posting on the main Women in Red page the percentage of women's biographies on the English version of Wikipedia. Increases are steady but marginal: for example from July 2022 to July 2023, the percentage has risen from around 19.3% to around 19.6%.

          Thanks to an analysis presented by Andrew Gray on the WIR talk page, it certainly looks as if the number of men and women involved in sports has a significant influence on the statistics for women. A detailed account of Gray's work is presented in "Gender and BLPs on Wikipedia, redux", which he published on 2 August 2023.

          The two lists below show that biographies of living people (BLPs) born in recent years are approximately 50% female if data on all categories of athletes are excluded. By contrast, the equivalent overall figures (including athletes) are only around 25%. As a result, biographies of very large numbers of male sportspeople seem to be responsible for the huge difference. Andrew Gray's detailed lists below document how figures for BLPs by year of birth have evolved over the years:

          Overall development of BLPs since the 1920s for all biographies

          • Missing birth year BLPs - 150,574, of which 53,355 female - 35.4%
          • 1920s birth BLPs - 5,096, of which 1,325 female - 26.0%
          • 1930s birth BLPs - 39,055, of which 7,086 female - 18.1%
          • 1940s birth BLPs - 95,602, of which 18,495 female - 19.3%
          • 1950s birth BLPs - 128,518, of which 27,172 female - 21.1%
          • 1960s birth BLPs - 145,300, of which 33,390 female - 23.0%
          • 1970s birth BLPs - 150,539, of which 37,893 female - 25.2%
          • 1980s birth BLPs - 171,072, of which 42,880 female - 25.1%
          • 1990s birth BLPs - 150,880, of which 36,944 female - 24.5%
          • 2000s birth BLPs - 30,042, of which 7,542 female - 25.1%

          Development of BLPs since the 1920s for biographies excluding athletes

          If we discount all athletes using the infobox method, the results are:

          • Missing birth year BLPs - 140,177, of which 51,021 female - 36.4%
          • 1920s birth BLPs - 4,321, of which 1,228 female - 28.4%
          • 1930s birth BLPs - 28,978, of which 6,161 female - 21.2%
          • 1940s birth BLPs - 73,095, of which 16,566 female - 22.7%
          • 1950s birth BLPs - 95,893, of which 23,644 female - 24.7%
          • 1960s birth BLPs - 96,175, of which 26,632 female - 27.8%
          • 1970s birth BLPs - 81,682, of which 27,562 female - 33.7%
          • 1980s birth BLPs - 58,078, of which 24,816 female - 42.7%
          • 1990s birth BLPs - 23,281, of which 11,754 female - 50.5%
          • 2000s birth BLPs - 2,850, of which 1,539 female - 54.0%


          Showcase[edit]

          WiR is amazing and has way too much to showcase here. Please see Showcase for our recent and past achievements.

          Recent Did You Know? blurbs[edit]

          These are the 20 most recent WP:DYK entries for WiR. Updated approximately weekly by User:JL-Bot.

          Transcluding 20 of 2667 total

          Press[edit]

          There has been considerable press coverage of WiR. Below are some recent articles. To add articles to the list, visit Press.

          Academia[edit]

          In addition to listings under Research, academic papers on gender bias in Wikipedia (as recorded in Wikidata) are listed in Scholia.

          To include a paper, create an item about it on Wikidata (check first to avoid duplicates) and give it main subject (P921) = gender bias on Wikipedia (Q17002416).

          References[edit]

          1. ^ Graells-Garrido, Eduardo; Lalmas, Mounia; Menczer, Filippo (2015). "First Women, Second Sex: Gender Bias in Wikipedia". Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Hypertext & Social Media - HT '15: 165–174. arXiv:1502.02341. doi:10.1145/2700171.2791036. S2CID 1082360.
          2. ^ "Humaniki".
          3. ^ "Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red • en.wikipedia.org". XTools.

          External links[edit]