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January 2018

Women prisoners and detainees

A note on my talkpage about a Holocaust survivor, coupled with the fact that I'll be co-facilitating an edit-a-thon on Dec 9, 2016 at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, made me think about "women prisoners and detainees". Not sure what would be a good month for it, but the topic seems interesting/important. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:50, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Holocaust remembrance day is in January, Rosiestep. Maybe we can do this for January 2018. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:14, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl, that's a great idea! Maybe we could partner with some of the Holocaust museums? I know there's the national one in Washington DC. But, of course, there are others. Another thought is to expand focus to include refugees, e.g. those who avoid/escape detention? --Rosiestep (talk) 18:45, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
Rosiestep, I've found that most communities of a certain size have holocaust museums (El Paso has one with a nice library.) We should have a lot of potential partners! I like idea about expanding to refugees. We could also include Armenian genocide and Rwanda maybe? Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:47, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
Concur. I am amazed at how many women I have written about recently who have been "detained" or imprisoned: nurses in war, dissidents in various Eastern Bloc countries, etc. Lots of rich materials. SusunW (talk) 21:52, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
Plus comfort women. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:22, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
The Wiener Library in London specialises in this area and I have contacts there from a previous editathon so they might be interested in co-hosting activity for this. Another event coming up sooner is the International Day of the Disappeared on 30th August. The Red Cross support that and I'm developing some contacts there too. Andrew D. (talk) 12:39, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
Very cool Andrew Davidson. @Rosiestep and Megalibrarygirl: ask and you shall receive and they have a Wikipedian in residence ;) SusunW (talk) 14:26, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
@Andrew Davidson, Megalibrarygirl, and SusunW: Awesome! Love the idea of doing in-person events simultaneously with our virtual event. We should reach out to other editors to see if they have contacts in other cities/libraries/museums. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:00, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: I'm going to try to reach out to our local Holocaust museum. Maybe we could do an editathon with them. I'm glad Andrew Davidson is on board. :D Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl - Sounds great! I'll reach out to Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) and see if she can get connected with the National Holocaust Museum. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:43, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl Rosiestep Sounds good. I'll reach out to our contact at USHMM. *Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 13:43, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks Ariel Cetrone (WMDC).
Can someone please create a Wikidata list for women prisoners and detainees? I was just looking at Category:Prisoners and detainees and there are a lot of biographies in other language wikis so this should be a robust list. Also, Megalibrarygirl, do you know of any dictionaries on this topic that could help us with a non-Wikidata list? --Rosiestep (talk) 14:01, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
It would probably be helpful for us to have a Wikidata list for Category:People of the Holocaust for the in-person events at the various Holocaust museums. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:14, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
I'm sticking this here, as I don't see that a list has been made yet. Charna Furman (born 1941) architect, political prisoner, activist [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] SusunW (talk) 22:55, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
And another Nassima Hablal (1927-2013) Algerian independence activist [7], [8], [9]
I'm adding three more. I don't know if we should just try to include them in the 1878 St. Croix Labor Riots and as redirects or if they should have their own articles, which I lean toward if we can find enough information. Mary Leticia Thomas (ca. 1838-1905, Queen Mary), Axeline Elizabeth Salomon (ca. 1858-? Queen Agnes) and Mathilde McBean (ca. 1858-1935, Queen Mathilda), there was also a fourth Susanna Abrahamsen (1830-1906, Bottom Belly) who has been left out of the narrative in some cases: [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16]

Women in fashion

I did something into the Fashion project in itwiki, and I discovered a lot of very notable stylist written in a pitiful manner. Then we have so many missing models. So I propose a Women in Fashion online editathon for October. --Camelia (talk) 13:49, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Camelia.boban Being bold and moving this plus "Women's clothing" to January 2018 as this might be a good balance for our other January 2018 topic. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:41, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Women's clothing

@Ipigott, Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, and Victuallers: I think Wiki Loves Women did a women's clothing editathon a while ago so maybe it would interest WiR? I wouldn't know where to start with building a redlist for it aside from somehow pulling items from Wikidata? I don't know if there are articles which haven't been written yet, or if they're pretty much accounted for. There are a lot of articles here Category:Clothing and pictures here Commons:Category:Clothing. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:44, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Well, it would certainly ride along with fashion designers, though I have no idea about that. My idea of fashion (I live in a place where the temperature runs mostly between 80-110F year round) is cotton with zero polyester. Fashionable is not nearly as important as breathable. LOL SusunW (talk) 21:57, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
I guess my main question is, how do we know if we have articles created on all notable women's clothing types or not? I know we could create articles on "the wedding gown of foo", but aside from that, it's really a difficult question. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:51, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
I'm afraid I am no specialist in this area. But I would be surprised if Wikipedia had covered all types and items of women's clothing. I remember once helping out on women's skirts in ancient Rome and found lots of sources in Latin which proved relevant. The same must be true of Greece, Egypt, Persia, China, Japan and many other ancient civilizations.--Ipigott (talk) 04:39, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
Well, I can just say that I found several Native Americans this month who were involved in Native American fashion, and was surprised that it did not exist. Tons of sources about both traditional and contemporary fashion, but would warn that experts on the topic shy away from the use of the word "costume". SusunW (talk) 12:57, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
  • Rosiestep: I assume we are going ahead with women Fashion designers (and the clothes they design) in January. It seems to be quite a popular topic on Wikipedia. I have created a Wikidata fashion designers redlink list which seems to offer considerable scope. I don't know if Megalibrarygirl and friends want to develop a crowd-sourced list.--Ipigott (talk) 17:32, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
  • Rosiestep: I also ran a Wikidata list on Prisoners but only two names were listed. As far as I can see Megalibrarygirl has not made a list on prisoners either. Do we still go ahead with prisoners without any redlinks? And what about the geofocus?--Ipigott (talk) 13:16, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
@Rosiestep and Ipigott: I can work on those lists today. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:21, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
Whatever all of you decide is fine with me! --Rosiestep (talk) 19:00, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
@Rosiestep and Ipigott: I know next to nothing about fashion or clothing, but I did finally start the redlist here: Women's clothes. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 00:36, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
@SusunW: pinging also! :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 00:38, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Would this be useful? I think somewhere we also talked about designers and models (Wikidata lists). As for Geo Focus, has anyone come up with a suggestion yet? --Rosiestep (talk) 05:30, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
I'll pop in later in the month and work on both lists. Belize has left, we are heading out for the wedding. Back in a week or thereabouts. SusunW (talk) 14:55, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Geo focus: British Isles

What do you think about women of the British Isles for some month in 2018? --Rosiestep (talk) 22:30, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

For Geofocus, I suggest we take up Rosie's suggestion of the British Isles.--Ipigott (talk) 07:48, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Same as Susun, I am out of pocket on international travel till Dec 19th. Of course, I support whatever you decide. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:19, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Firming up January 2018

Interesting overlaps

I'm looking around old New York Times obituaries for some names to add to either worklist, and finding interesting overlaps in the topics "women's clothing" and "women in prison". Two US examples: Annette Gurney Ontell (d. 2011) was a fashion designer who also ran sewing workshops in women's prisons in New Jersey, and made sized patterns for prison uniforms so that incarcerated women could have better fitted clothing. And clubwoman Julia K. Jaffray (d. 1941) was both a prison reform advocate and an advocate for labeling woolen goods in her "Please Label Plainly" campaign. (Not sure if we're including prison matrons and prison reformers in the category this go-round, but I might write about them anyway.) Anyway, just wanted to share the observation and applaud the combination of January's topics, it's always cool to see how they play out. Penny Richards (talk) 16:26, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Penny for your constant interest and support. In regard to women's clothing, I think the emphasis should be on items designed or created by women rather than items of clothing per se. If you can combine clothing with prisoners, so much the better! Maybe you could even find connections with the British Isles, then you can include your articles in all three!--Ipigott (talk) 17:22, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
I love these Penny. I often try to do overlaps as well. SusunW (talk) 17:31, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
I added them to the list, Penny Richards and changed the name of the list, Ipigott, Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Fashion. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:30, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Looks great. Amazing what can come out of enthusiastic collaboration.--Ipigott (talk) 21:26, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Proposal for January

@Rosiestep, SusunW, Megalibrarygirl, and Victuallers:: As most of the team seem to be tied up at the moment and as I will also be involved in family gatherings from this Friday, I suggest the following priorities for January (now that I have had time to look into the redlink lists, etc.):

  • Prisoners: great scope here though not much Wikidata support; I'll continue to help expand the list which is already quite good
  • Fashion designers (and their creations): good Wikidata listing on this - I'm not too keen on including models in this context
  • Geofocus: British Isles: with some emphasis on honours lists as Noswall59 suggested earlier
  • Continuing #1day1woman

I can prepare the editathon pages, etc., this week if Sue can handle the mass messaging around 27 December. If you all could give me the green light (and any further suggestions) by 18.00 GMT tomorrow, I'll start working on it all.--Ipigott (talk) 17:07, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

This sounds good Ipigott. I can mass message and check out the pages after you make them. I'm still floundering on the clothes/fashion ideas, though. :( Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:25, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl: I don't think you should bother too much about clothes but it might be useful to start a "crowd-sourced list" on fashion designers and women in the business of haute couture. I'll be spending another day or two on expanding the prisoners list.--Ipigott (talk) 17:30, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Looks good to me Ian. I think Sue got all of my prisoner info, but as I said when I get back I can add more. There is a bunch of stuff I can add on Native American fashion too. Designers as well as an anchor article, i.e. traditional vs. contemporary. Tickets are booked, we are checked-in, taxi is ordered, packing is underway. It is a zoo at my place right now... SusunW (talk) 17:33, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
I don't know where you're going Susun but wherever it is, have a wonderful time!--Ipigott (talk) 17:37, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks Ian wedding in the states. I am dreading the cold. I have neither clothes nor shoes for cold. SusunW (talk) 17:40, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
January seems to be coming together nicely. When I'm back home, I'll go through c:Category:Clothing and see if that offers redlink ideas. I also found this book which might have redlink ideas; hopeful I can view more of its pages when I'm back in the US. The images alone are interesting depictions of 19th-c fashion, even if an article already exists. --Rosiestep (talk) 08:45, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
More interesting images here but I can't view all the pages so I don't know if there's any information about the clothing drawings. --Rosiestep (talk) 08:49, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
Looks like a good combination Ian - I have added quite a few pictures of Nigerian/ Ghanaian fashion designers which may help with creating non US/UK centric articles. Do have a great holiday everyone. Its been a good year and 18% looks credible for 2018 (.... and 20% is not unbelievable) Victuallers (talk) 10:51, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

February 2018

Black history Month

I'm being bold and putting it on the calendar because it is historically a really successful editathon. SusunW (talk) 20:49, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Great. This is one I tend to collect ideas for all year since I know it's always coming up in Feb.Alafarge (talk) 19:10, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Geofocus: Island women

What about islands—just in general? Any island would do and as they are spread all over the globe, might allow broad participation. SusunW (talk) 20:06, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
Love this idea. --Rosiestep (talk) 10:09, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Mathematicians and statisticians

Being bold and adding here per conversation in February's consensus subsection. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:54, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

  • Women mathematicians and Erdos One and AFd.[17] --Rosiestep (talk) 20:58, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Firming up February 2018

@Rosiestep, Victuallers, Megalibrarygirl, and SusunW: Reading through the above, it looks as if the priorities for February are Black women (or maybe Women of color on which there is an evolving article), Boundbreakers and Island women. I mu|||st say I am not at all familiar with the term "boundbreaker" and cannot find it in any dictionary. It is not to be found anywhere on Wikipedia. Perhaps we can find another term. As for island women, should it be for islands anywhere in the world or should we be more specific? We should try to sort this out quickly as we now need to prepare the editathon pages, etc.--Ipigott (talk) 11:21, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Further to the above, how about Women making a difference, which seems to be well covered in a number of sources. We would also need a redlist.--Ipigott (talk) 11:31, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Can't help with "boundbreakers". The second one fits in with Black History Month which the wiki says is African heritage so that seems defined (ish). Island women could include Britain, but I'm guessing it is ones with "island" in the title... so it would exclude larger ones like Cuba. Not sure this helps. Victuallers (talk) 13:51, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
It's Black History Month so I think we stick with Black women. People of color includes any non-caucasian, which doesn't fit the profile we've done in the past, but that's just my opinion and I'll go with consensus. Boundbreakers to my mind are activists, and those pushing for change, we have lists on Activists already but for those striving for change in other ways, we'd need a list. Islands (actually I was not thinking of Britain since we just did it, but anywhere. Lot's of lists Caribbean 1, Caribbean 2, Cuba, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Greenland, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iceland Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Madagascar, Malta, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Taiwan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SusunW (talk • contribs) January 19, 2018 (UTC)
If Boundbreakers refers to Activists, and activists are part of our Art+Feminism scope in March (historically, we've included them), would it make sense to incorporate Boundbreakers in our March offering instead? --Rosiestep (talk) 16:49, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep: Yes, I think "Boundbreakers" or influential women activists could well be included in March. We would need to refer to them on the editathon page. But then we would need a second focus for February. Would it be too soon to target Mathematicians and statisticians? There seems to be considerable interest. As for islands, I think countries such as Japan and New Zealand could well be a future geofocus in their own right. After all the preparatory work SusunW has done, perhaps we could concentrate on Women of the Caribbean Islands.--Ipigott (talk) 11:53, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, SusunW, Megalibrarygirl, and Victuallers: IMO, island women in general is ok for Feb as it offers the greatest flexibility to our members. Japan, for example, is part of Wiki Asia Month so every November, it's part of our offerings. I'd be supportive of moving Boundbreakers (and activists) to March -I think that's a good fit- and targeting 'Mathematicians and statisticians' in Feb instead, particularly because of the recent media coverage. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:20, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
OK. I'll prepare the editathon pages and the invitation today or tomorrow.--Ipigott (talk) 15:43, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
Works for me. I had proposed "Boundbreakers" initially for March back when I first commented on the thread, as it seemed a natural fit. Mathematicians is fine. SusunW (talk) 16:14, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for getting the pages together, Ipigott I can check them and then send out the invite. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:57, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

March 2018

Art+Feminism

I'm being bold and adding it on the calendar as it's successful and popular and I like supporting other editing communities (WP:Art+Feminism) in the wiki universe. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:49, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Thumbs up! Alafarge (talk) 19:10, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Women's Image Drive

Adding Women's Image Drive, a m:Whose Knowledge? campaign, and looking to @Seeeko: for more information when it becomes available. We're already documenting new images in our Outcomes section for each event, so this won't require much more work on our part. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:37, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Boundbreakers / Women Making a Difference

@Rosiestep, SusunW, Megalibrarygirl, and Victuallers:: I am new to participating in EditAhons, so I am going to jump in the deep end here.

What about the idea of Boundbreakers: Women making a difference? With so many women making a difference currently in the news, it is a great topic: women speaking up and making a difference, women advocates, CNN heroes, women boundbreakers in their local communities, female college students making a difference at their Universities, women immigrants making a difference. I could not find this category in my initial research, so it may have been done recenlty.

I am enjoying working on Geofocus: UK and Ireland. What about Geofocus: California somewhere down the line? For only being around for a little over 250 years, there have been a lot of notable women from California. MauraWen (talk) 15:02, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the ideas and your contributions. Boundbreakers sounds interesting. I did an editathon last March with the title of "Rolemodels". This managed to include many boundary breakers. In retrospect I with I'd chosen something more specific as it included nearly everyone. A geofocus of California should work well. There is a WikipediaLA group and I can think of at least two very notable Wikipedians who live in that area. There are a couple of our members who have written articles on "Women of the Century" which is a 19C open source book that can be freely copied from. Our "list people" should be able to supply lists of people born or who died in an area. I'm sure others will offer more ... Victuallers (talk) 15:57, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
I think this is a great topic, but probably not for February, as the schedule is already pretty packed. We usually cover activists in March along with art + feminism, which might work well, or September seems the next most likely date on the calendar. SusunW (talk) 17:17, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
I like the Boundbreakers idea, MauraWen. Maybe for May? Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:14, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Scratch that... maybe July is best. The rest seem full. :( Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:15, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Whatever you think is best. Its been fun to think of possible new topics. MauraWen (talk) 19:42, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
@MauraWen, SusunW, Megalibrarygirl, and Victuallers: I think it's a cool idea. We could move 20th-Century Women to July and do Boundbreakers in Feb if you like. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 21:16, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
I'm good with whatever month for whichever topic, just think that if we do more than 3 per month, it gets too difficult to monitor. SusunW (talk) 21:22, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
@MauraWen, SusunW, Megalibrarygirl, and Victuallers: - So I was bold and moved 20-c Women to July. Boundbreakers for Feb! --Rosiestep (talk) 23:20, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
@Rosiestep, SusunW, Megalibrarygirl, and Victuallers: I am very excited! And curious to see how the topic will be defined, as it is a broad one. I like the idea of including women who are being called "Silence Breakers" Thx MauraWen (talk) 23:35, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, SusunW, Megalibrarygirl, Victuallers, and Rosiestep: Thanks Ian. Women's History Month is perfect. Women activists who are involved with the Boundbreakers: MeToo, Time's Up movement, etc. could be highlighted as a sub group of activists or should they have their own separate group and redlist? I am happy to help, but would like to hear from more experienced editors on the best way to include these topical groups and courageous women on the March editathon page. MauraWen (talk) 14:36, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
MauraWen both of those events are really recent, so you are going to run into recentism as a problem, unless the participants have a history of social activism. You can add names of participants to either Me Too movement or Time's Up (movement) if there are not enough sources at this time for a stand alone article, which requires sufficient sources over time. We need to make sure we have links to confirm notability for the names on the list. My personal opinion is that they are activists, no matter what their cause, but I have no problem with either a separate list or marking them as the first one to bring an issue to light. Apparently in the US there was a NPR program in 2016 which focused on boundbreakers [18], which might be rich fodder for pulling names. If you decide how to do the list, I'm happy to add names as I can between writing articles on black island women ;) SusunW (talk) 15:22, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
SusunW. Thanks for explaining recentism. I had not heard of that term before. I now understand what the issues/problems are with these new topics and women in the news. MauraWen (talk) 15:56, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
Yeah, recentism is a problem, Rosiestep. If something is new, there has to be a TON of coverage about the subject. And I mean a TON in high profile reliable sources, otherwise the article will end up at AfD and at best, be considered TOOSOON. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:34, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
For this reason, many editors avoid BLPs. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:12, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
@Megalibrarygirl and Rosiestep: All those acronyms! I am going to be busy tonight learning more about how Wikipedia works. Thanks! MauraWen (talk)
MauraWen AfD=Articles for Deletion; TooSoon means not enough time has passed to see if there is lasting notability; BLP=Biography of Living Persons. Maybe this will also help Primer for AfD, AfC and PROD. (and yes, the acronyms are overwhelming. When I first started on Wikipedia I was so ready to pull my hair out. Still don't know what a lot of them mean ;) SusunW (talk) 00:02, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
@SusunW and MauraWen: I still have to look up a lot of acronyms. However, I'm involved in the AfD process a lot, so I'm used to those. Sorry for not spelling them out or linking to them. It can be overwhelming here at Wikipedia, but that's why it's important to reach out to each other so we can support and help one another's work. We all have areas we're really good at and we can compliment each other to make a great body of articles. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:17, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
MauraWen, wondering if you have started a page somewhere (sandbox?) on boundbreaker women's biographies, redlinks and/or bluelinks, or if there's a wiki category which you see as particularly pertinent. This would compliment developing a Wikidata-generated list. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:39, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep, No, I have not and that is a good idea. I need to read more about recentism before I get started. I am thinking that some of the women I thought would be good candidates may not meet notability guidelines. I have also been working on Feb: Black Women. I can take a break from that tomorrow and switch gears to March's theme. I have never developed a Wikidata-generated list, so if you think I should help with that for March (who usually does that?) and there are wiki guidelines to follow, please let me know. Thx. MauraWen (talk) 19:34, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
MauraWen, I don't mean to create more work for you and it would be ok to brainstorm potential names here if you haven't already started a list. Mainly, I was trying to understand if you had a list somewhere, and if yes, could you add those names to one of our already-created crowd-sourced lists, e.g. leaders. Or do we already have Wikidata-generated lists for boundbreakers, e.g. if boundbreakers = activists? Or, is there another subcategory within Category:Women that is synonymous with Boundbreakers? Fortunately, Women in Red has a guru, a Librarian in Residence, who is a great resource for the way forward, so pinging Megalibrarygirl. In the meantime, check out all our current redlists here: {{Women in Red}}. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:30, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
" @MauraWen and Rosiestep: I'm happy to help out with redlists. :) ::Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:43, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
  • @Rosiestep, SusunW, and Megalibrarygirl: I have put together some thoughts, categories, names in my sandbox. I don't know the code/shortcut for my user sandbox, otherwise I would list it here. I am just getting started, so there are not many names.
I have been reading more about Boundbreakers, including the NPR article, Boundbreakers:People who make a difference:NPR and I realize now that Boundbreakers is too broad of a term for me. The NPR article includes boundbreakers who are "building a better bike lane and write about the environmental impact of food". When I first mentioned Boundbreakers, I was thinking more of women activists: womens' march organizers, political activists, silence breakers, corporate whistleblowers, middle eastern women demanding basic rights like driving.
I am very interested in women who risk their lives, jobs, and reputations in order to make a difference. I am also interested in women who get laws changed or have a major impact in improving the lives of minorities or more vulnerable populations. I would love to see a Women Activists by Category page along with the existing Women Activist by Country Page. This would be a subject/page that I would happy to research and add names to on a regular basis.
Can we highlight Women Activists in March (because they are in the news), either in the initial Welcome section or by giving Women activists their own crowd-sourced list line (by category and by country) in the Redlist section?
Rosie had mentioned blue-links. I assume you mean existing articles. Please let me know if I create my own list or go to a special page to work on blue-links. MauraWen (talk) 14:52, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
MauraWen I too am fascinated by women who changed the world, particularly those who changed laws. Doris Stevens was one of my first GA (Good Articles) because she actually changed international laws to grant women their own citizenship. Voting is all well and good, but if one isn't actually in control of their own public identity, they are denied the ability to fully participate. This category Category:Activists by issue might help you find blue lists (existing article lists) to work on. The Category system for women activists in really not very effective, but we have lots of trouble adding categories to the existing scheme from people who believe that women claiming their own space ghettoizes them. The list Rosie linked to above on activists cannot be altered (well it can, but a bot will change it back) as it is pulling names from other Wikiprojects, like French WP, Spanish WP, etc. This list Crowd sourced can be altered in any way you want to change it. Again, I would recommend that you provide several RS (reliable sources) to confirm the notability of any name on a redlist. That way, they are less likely to end up at AfD (Articles for Deletion). SusunW (talk) 16:22, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
So happy to work with you, MauraWen. I am VERY fond of women activists myself, especially suffrage movement and earlier. I am interested in them as individuals as well as their organizations and periodicals in a time when everything (communication, educational opportunities, travel to meetings/conferences, family planning, personal time) was so different. I've written articles about many of them, but the one who haunts me is from a later time period, Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida, "Mother of the Angolan Revolution", who, before her prison execution, was tortured and dismembered alive.
I see what you mean about defining "boundbreakers", but perhaps "activists, broadly-construed" comes close; see Category:Activists for more ideas. If you agree, then the Women in Red crowd-sourced activist list which SusunW mentioned is the best place to add names of missing women boundbreakers, while your User:MauraWen/sandbox is a good place to continue fleshing out ideas, categories, etc., too. For the last few years, every March, Women in Red works on "activists" so I'm excited to see what gets produced in 2018! --Rosiestep (talk) 17:13, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
Oh and MauraWen, Rosiestep's comment reminded me that the scope of WiR (and March's program specifically) includes women and their works, which also means notable protests, organizations, etc. On the more recent events, it may be that the individuals have not yet established notability for WP purposes, but the events have. You can definitely add events to the activist list and organizations to this list. SusunW (talk) 17:24, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

March branding

I used #ABCDEF as the theme color for March. You'll see it in Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/70, as well as the March invite and March recruiting templates: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2018#MARCH 2018. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:21, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

April 2018

April+Further with Art+Feminism (#71)

Around April 1st, we expect to get a list of March in-person events A+F participants and will invite them to continue their participation in April through Women in Red as a virtual event. We'll see how this recruitment effort goes. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:18, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

A+F leadership provided assistance with the event page wording, invite wording, and they provided the MassMessage delivery list (2,209 names). Hoping there is strong participation! Yes, there is probably some overlap with the WiR outreach list but the double-checking for duplicates would have taken more time than I had available today. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:48, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Women in archaeology (#72)

Tentatively scheduled for April. See here.--Ipigott (talk) 10:42, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

I'm definitely in on this one. SusunW (talk) 13:59, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
It occurs to me that this could also include archaeological and anthropological illustrators. SusunW (talk) 17:42, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Women in military history (#73)

A suggestion has been made here that there should be a drive on military history in March, including participation of Women in Red. Should this be combined with Women's History Month or would it be more effective to leave it as an editathon focus for a later month, say April? (cc: AustralianRupert, Dumelow).--Ipigott (talk) 10:06, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

I replied over at the mil hist page but I would be happy with an April date - Dumelow (talk) 11:39, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
I love the idea of women in military history! (many redlinks, see List of female Heroes of the Soviet Union). Needs to be done. :)--PlanespotterA320 (talk) 21:34, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
Looking at the discussion on the link, it appears that most participants prefer April. Should we just move it to that month? SusunW (talk) 05:41, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for providing that link PlanespotterA320. I have added the missing articles to the red link page, now in excess of 700 redlinks ready for creation! Let me know if there are any similar articles we can cull redlinks from, or feel free to add them to our list - Dumelow (talk) 12:53, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

Now scheduled for April.--Ipigott (talk) 10:36, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

G'day, from a Milhist perspective, we have started work on the drive infrastructure here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 11:41, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
AustralianRupert: Your G'day sounds very much like the Danish "Goddag". This all looks very good. Last time we worked on only 19 articles. We'll have to try to improve on that in April. Can we name you as the military history facilitator when we create our editathon page?--Ipigott (talk) 16:25, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
G'day, yes that's fine. Probably best to list all the Milhist co-ords, though, as we are a team and sometimes with my work I have to fly interstate at short notice. I'm pretty sure I will be on deck throughout April, but it is definitely best for alternate comms to be listed. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 01:20, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

4/20 event with WikiProject Cannibis

I know we have a lot of stuff, but we might want to work with the 4-20 editathon with WikiProject Cannibis. We have a redlist already. See more discussion here. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:17, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Megalibrarygirl, I'm supportive; let's add it to our April offerings. Ditto-ing SusunW's comment above... 3 or 4 or 5 events... let's be bold and do it! --Rosiestep (talk) 15:27, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Geofocus: Indian subcontinent (#74)

As for our geofocus, perhaps the Indian subcontinent including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka? (We've recently acquired a number of new members from these countries.)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ipigott (talk • contribs) 03:03, March 16, 2018 (UTC)

Firming up April 2018

How about establishing "Archaeology" and "Military history" as our two main priorities for April? While I note Rosiestep's suggestion on extending Art+Feminism, this could be handled under #1day1woman.(cc @Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, and Victuallers:) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ipigott (talk • contribs) 03:03, March 16, 2018 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. Plenty of room for variety in that combination! Penny Richards (talk) 14:13, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
One of the conditions that A+F had for providing the usernames of March's in-person events was that one of our April offerings would be about art/feminism as a way of encouraging in-person participants to become virtual participants. This is really about recruiting. We've never had four events at one time, plus the ongoing #1day1woman, so this would be a first. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:57, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
I remember that that discussion took place Rosiestep and if I recal correctly we did commit to extending A+F. I am always of the opinion that the more variety we offer the more likely we are to attract new articles, so it doesn't matter to me if it is 3 or 4 editathons or for that matter 5. SusunW (talk) 19:53, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
If it's just a matter extending the current A+F focus for another month, then we could just point to "continuing" WIR-70 for another month. As I was not involved in any discussions with A+F, perhaps Rosiestep could take care of adapting the editathon page and the template as well as preparing the invitations. I'll prepare the other three "new" editathon pages some time next week.--Ipigott (talk) 07:27, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
I created Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/71 for the April A+F event; plus {{WIR-71}}. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:21, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

April branding

I used #D0F0C0 as the theme color for April. You'll see it in Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/71; let's use it in all other April events (replacing the March event color of #ABCDEF). It's also used in the April invite: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2018#APRIL 2018. Let's use it in the April recruitment template when that gets created. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:21, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

May 2018

Women of the Sea (#75)

  • I found this book [19] while looking for another person. It occurred to me we had never done Women of the sea and I think it has possibilities. Could include sailors, fisherwomen? (is that a word or is the profession always called fishermen?), women who painted the sea, or even famous widow's walks. SusunW (talk) 13:55, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
  • I like it. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 14:29, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
  • Also oceanographers, marine biologists, navigators, lighthouse keepers... --Penny Richards (talk) 15:19, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
  • Love that Penny Richards. I'm being bold and putting it on the calendar for May. SusunW (talk) 17:36, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl I know you have been crazy busy in real life lately, but have you started a list for either Women of the Sea or Women villains? I thought I might add some to them before May, but I can't find the lists. You know me and WP technology. I can never find anything on here. SusunW (talk) 15:04, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
If someone can set up the barest shell, I can start building some lists.Penny Richards (talk) 16:17, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
Penny Richards me too. I have:
If we don't have them already, Wikidata lists of Category:Sailors and Category:Villains would be helpful. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:50, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
@SusunW, Penny Richards, and Rosiestep: I created two lists: Women of the sea and Villains. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:48, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you Megalibrarygirl! You totally rock :) SusunW (talk) 16:49, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you Megalibrarygirl! Do you know who can create the Wikidata lists? I am sorry that it is not possible for me to do so at this hotel in Serbia as the connectivity keeps cutting out. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:19, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: Maybe Ipigott can help? I'll also probably go ahead and start making the editathon pages later, too. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:26, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Cool, Megalibrarygirl! I arrive in Berlin on Tuesday night and should have better connectivity after that, e.g. can do MassMessaging if you wish. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:36, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
I'm not too hopeful about Wikidata on this. I've looked at some of the related categories in other languages and found very few names of women. But I can experiment. I have taken note that Megalibrarygirl and Rosiestep are going to take care of the editathon pages and the invitations. If you need any help, let me know.--Ipigott (talk) 06:48, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
As I suspected, Wikidata is not worth using here. I ran it for Sailors and as you can see there is only one name listed.--Ipigott (talk) 08:23, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Villains (#76)

I was thinking it would be cool to do an editathon based on the "baddies" of history. What if we found women on the "wrong side of history?" Could include criminals, but could also include people like anti-suffragettes, etc. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:37, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Sounds like fun! Loved worked on this one: Elizabeth Potts; wonder if I can find another gem like her. lol! --Rosiestep (talk) 23:52, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
You beat me to it - I came here to add this idea. Victuallers (talk) 09:02, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
Cool, sure, "Villians" ... makes me think of Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians, my first childhood encounter with a female baddie! Definition of a villain would be "someone who committed crime, behaved unethically or immorally"?? MurielMary (talk) 09:15, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
I love this idea. Can it include fictional characters as well? --MopTop (talk) 12:24, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
I don't see why it couldn't include fictional characters and I also think paired with Women of the sea could add folks like pirates, etc. so am taking an initiative and moving it to May. SusunW (talk) 21:49, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
Absolutely agree that fictional characters are fine. Hmmm, I don't think we've ever done a fictional characters event; maybe we could add that to our calendar sometime this year? --Rosiestep (talk) 20:01, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Team sports (#77)

@Rosiestep, Victuallers, Megalibrarygirl, and SusunW: Now we have several new WiR members interested in sports, I suggest we include women in team sports in May with emphasis on American football, baseball, basketball, cricket, handball, hockey, ice hockey, rugby and volleyball. We could try to build up redlists for each of these, calling on the assistance of our sports enthusiasts and Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's sport. On soccer, we already have Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Women's football task force/Open tasks and our Wikidata lists on basketball, football, handball, ice hockey, rugby union and volleyball. We should be able to prepare Wikidata lists on the others. Focus on team sports should help to increase the percentage of women's biographies but we should also encourage the addition or improvement of articles on clubs, national teams, related organizations, etc. I suggest we make team sports our first focus, villains our second and women of the sea our geofocus. Then everything will fit nicely together.--Ipigott (talk) 09:42, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Support. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:29, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
Works for me. Whilst I have your the attention, I think we should consider living academics (need a better term). As you know I've been tweeting lots of new articles but the high profile profs that Wiki misses are very popular - once written. I guess this is WikiScientists and WikiClassics all in one. Victuallers (talk) 12:35, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
Not my area of expertise, but I don't see why we couldn't. Victuallers your idea needs to go on the calendar. Say in September or October or it will get lost in the comments here. SusunW (talk) 14:18, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
I'd like to see a BLP editathon in general (academics to be included, of course). It might engender more AfD convos that usual, so that would need to be taken into consideration. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:29, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
I've tentatively listed Academic staff and researchers for September. For team sports, I'll look more carefully at how we can build up our redlists. Perhaps Lugnuts has some suggestions?--Ipigott (talk) 09:23, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
Don't we already have a list of missing articles in the main template, which is then broken down into sports? I know there's a cricket list, for example. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 14:20, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
I think this one would interest you, camelia.boban because some of the programming you are doing. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:52, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
Yes, we have a good collaboration with Sport Project/Women footballers because till now we organized a contest and in this moment we have also an open editathon about women champions in olympics and paraolympics (like 1day1woman). We extracted from Wikidata these lists (so is just about change the it langiuage with en language on the SPARQL query):  • general women sport list  • women in athletics  • women in badminton  • women in football  • women in cyclism  • women in golf  • women in hockey on ice  • women in judo  • women in swim  • women in handball  • women in volleyball  • women in ice-skating  • women in boxing  • women in skiing  • women in rugby  • women in tennis  • women in table tennis  • women in sprint  • women in wrestling. --Camelia (talk) 08:29, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
I can put together another page for sports if you'd like. I made the Villains and the Sea Women pages already. :) Also I can do and send invitations, Rosiestep and Ipigott once we're ready. The only weird day I have this week is Saturday where I'm working at a city festival. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:08, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl, just saw this, and that would be great!!!!! --06:01, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Geofocus: Central Eastern Europe (#78)

The Central Eastern Europe (CEE) Spring women's biographies sub-contest (heard about it on FB) goes through May 31st. Shall we participate again this year? Ping @Megalibrarygirl, Penny Richards, and SusunW. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:52, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

We started it here. --Camelia (talk) 07:37, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
It's a good one, and there's plenty of work to do. Had no trouble finding my ten. - Penny Richards (talk) 15:55, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
I'm good with that, though I am not sure how many articles I could commit to. (I'd also like to ask again for someone from WikiDonne to write the article on the Italian Women's Liberation Movement. It's hard to include information in our English article if there isn't one in Italian and though there are books on the subject, I am language challenged.) SusunW (talk) 16:16, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
@SusunW: that's a good idea... and I'm going to ask my co-worker who is fluent in Spanish and a Mexican lit expert if he knows any good sources about women's liberation in Mexico or other Spanish-speaking countries. It's not his area of expertise, but I bet he can point me in the right direction. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:05, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
You rock Megalibrarygirl, thanks! The only article I saw on Spanish WP was about the French WLM. So it may be that there wasn't one, or that an article just hasn't been written. It has taken days to read enough material to sort out the re-written history from who and what the movement was really about. SusunW (talk) 19:19, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl: Thanks very much for preparing Women of the Sea and Villains. As for Geofocus, I was thinking of Ireland as the Denelezh stats on the gender gap show it is pretty low on the list with only 13.8% women. I'll be pretty busy over the next three days but will have time to help out on Monday if there are still any loose ends. If Rosiestep and you agree on Ireland, perhaps you can also prepare an editathon page and include it in the invitation.--Ipigott (talk) 05:40, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
My preference for May geofocus would be CEE rather than Ireland in support of wiki's CEE women theme each spring, but I'll support whatever the consensus decides. Also, Megalibrarygirl, I return home today (Thursday), and need to rest on Friday, but I can help with things over the weekend if there's anything you'd like me to do. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:00, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
Apologies to Rosiestep for missing your earlier suggestion for geofocus on the CEE countries in May. I've been pretty busy with all kinds of things over the past few days but should have a bit more time for Wikipedia from now on. I fully agree with your suggestion and hope it is not too late for you to prepare an editathon page and include it in the invitations. I can try to help out by sending invitations to active editors from the countries in question although I must say I am really disappointed to see that despite my efforts, there was not more interest in the Indian subcontinent this month. We can perhaps save Ireland for next month. @SusunW and Megalibrarygirl: In answer to the discussion above on the Women's Liberation Movement, now that I've covered the main developments in the Scandinavian countries, I would be happy to see what I can do with developments in Spain and Italy although I know from my own experience of Spain in the 1960s and 1970s, Franco succeeded in preventing the emergence of any radical movements. There were however developments in Italy which I can summarize in the article. I can also put something together on France. Let me know if there's anything more I can do to help with preparations for the May editathons over the next couple of days.--Ipigott (talk) 08:48, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you {{u|Ipigott}] Spain and Italy would be great. I found a couple of pieces on Italy. One has a bunch of newspaper clippings, which of course, I couldn't read. If that it helpful. There are also articles on the French and Swiss WLM on fr.WP. There's a problem with the Wikidata linkups, but I noted them both on WiR's talk page. SusunW (talk) 16:58, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
No worries, Ipigott! I went ahead and created the #78 event page and template. I'll work on the invite and MassMessage next. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:00, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
Penny Richards, I think you said somewhere that you completed 10 CEE Women biographies. Is there a place on Meta where we should list the new articles we create? --Rosiestep (talk) 13:01, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep, yes! Here's the page: Wikimedia CEE Spring 2018/CEE Women. Penny Richards (talk) 14:52, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Firming up May 2018

@Ipigott, Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, and Victuallers: Can someone please review the invitation and make sure all is ok: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2018#MAY 2018. I'm unsure about the CC BY-SA 2.0 attribution of the Women of the Sea image; is it ok to use a 2.0 img in a MassMessage invite? Once you say everything is ok, I can MassMessage today. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:23, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

If it would make everything easier, Rosiestep, I can replace the image. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:34, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
I don't know that it needs replacing, Megalibrarygirl; it might be just fine. I can't remember what the problem was with the img we used in a previous invite which ended up as an AN/I issue, so I'm touchy about anything which isn't 3.0 or 4.0 or PD. Also, I can't sort out why the uploader made it 2.0; is it because the subject is probably/possibly still alive? Replacing the img would be the easy way forward, and certainly you can do that if you wish, but I really would like to hear from someone more knowledgeable about Commons than me regarding can we use a CC BY-SA 2.0 img in our Invites. Among us, I think Victuallers is the most expert in this area. And then let's include that information on this page and on the Invites page so that we understand which imgs to use/avoid going forward. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:17, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: I see what you mean. It would be good to know for sure what the policy is. I'm a copyright novice, myself, but I'd like to know more! :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:02, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
I'll pose the question on the WiR talkpage as there are more eyes there and maybe we'll get a quick answer. Also, was brave and asked at Commons Village Pump. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:17, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl, hmm, no one has come up with an answer here, or on the WiR talkpage, or (most interestingly) at the Commons Village Pump. In the interest of time, in order to get the Invite MassMessaged today, do you think it would be prudent to use a different img, just to play it safe? --Rosiestep (talk) 21:48, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep I'll change the image. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:04, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
  Done Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:28, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

June 2018

Wiki Loves Pride (#79))

Given the success of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/46, I'd like to propose WiR partnering with the annual Wiki Loves Pride campaign again next year. I know, that's a long time from now, but can we pencil in another collaboration? ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:06, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

I'm in. I was so happy to have found so many 19th century and early 20th century women's stories. Working on one more, but probably won't have her finished this month. She works for Music too, so... SusunW (talk) 19:27, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
I support this as well. Alafarge (talk) 19:11, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
Me, too. For sure, this is one of our annual events. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:27, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
I look forward to this one! Penny Richards (talk) 15:21, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
I made the page for the WiR Loves Pride meetup here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/79. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:04, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
  Like ----Another Believer (Talk) 22:38, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Women singers/Women+Song (#80)

Also maybe women's songs, albums, hymns, choral groups, and so forth? --Rosiestep (talk) 16:12, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

  • Could include vocal teachers/coaches, songwriters, librettists, translators, ethnomusicologists too. --Penny Richards (talk) 15:22, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
  • Being bold and moving it here. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:58, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Women in GLAM (#81)

We haven't done a "Women in Galleries/Libraries/Archives/Museum" event yet, so I'm suggesting it for June, but feel free to move to another month if you think it would be a better fit elsewhere. Also, I'm not sure that we have redlists yet for all four of these areas. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:31, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

The GLAM Wiki conference will be in November, so moving this event to a better month. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:46, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Geo-focus: Russia/Soviet Union (#82)

Being bold and putting this on the calendar from the discussion here [44] SusunW (talk) 15:46, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Firming up for June 2018

Per message on my talkpage, let Kudpung know in advance which events we're running, and he'll add to the Signpost. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:20, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

I'll be traveling May 17-19, and May 21 - June 8. If you'd like me to do anything with prepping for June events, I can do so over the weekend, but not thereafter. In the meantime, I created the June invitation and recruitment templates. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:15, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, Rosie. Megalibrarygirl: If you have time, perhaps you can prepare the editathon pages.--Ipigott (talk) 09:24, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
Will do, Ipigott! I already have the Pride page and I'll make the other two. Kudpung, I'm looping you in for the Signpost. We're doing " Wiki Loves Pride" "Women singers/Women+Song" and "Geo-focus: Russia/Soviet Union" for June. Thanks! Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:10, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
@Kudpung: I forgot to add "Women and GLAM". Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:11, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
Kudpung 1-30 June. SusunW (talk) 03:00, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

July 2018

Geofocus: Sub-Saharan Africa (#83)

Wikimania will be in South Africa in July. There are currently 256 women on this redlist. If this is too narrow a scope, maybe we could do "Southern Africa" or "Sub-Saharan Africa" and include more countries? --Rosiestep (talk) 18:09, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Being bold and enlarging the scope to Sub-Saharan Africa to include more countries. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:28, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Africa (WD) Africa (CS) Angola Burundi Burkina Faso Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria (CS) Nigeria (WD) Senegal South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe

  • Maybe we would have greater participation by focusing on the entire continent: Africa. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:54, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Women of film and stage (#84)

Actresses, directors, filmographers, costumers, playwrights... --Rosiestep (talk) 21:17, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Being bold and moving it here. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:58, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
This might be useful [45] SusunW (talk) 15:25, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Need Wikidata redlists for these (unless they are covered under something broader): --Rosiestep (talk) 23:51, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

  • Showgirl (Q3482594)
  • Soubrette (Q836983)/(Q3964987)
  • Stagehand (Q2328828)
  • audio engineer (Q128124)
  • A2 (Q4649098)
  • Video Engineer (Q11330839)
  • theatrical electrician (Q5357767)
  • Lighting technician (Q17082153)
  • light board operator (Q6546151)
  • Spotlight operator (Q7580081)
  • theatrical technician (Q1020621)
  • property master (Q1430377)
  • flyman (Q51156785)
  • Rigger (Q2152783)
  • magician (Q15855449)
  • master of ceremonies (Q497240)
  • illusionist (Q1658894)
  • theatre manager (Q1776724)
  • projectionist (Q1415369)
  • dramaturge (Q487596)
  • theatre critic (Q17337766)
  • costume designer (Q1323191)
  • animator (Q266569) (we already had this)
  • television producer (Q578109)
  • film producer (Q3282637)
  • theatrical producer (Q1759246)
  • line producer (Q1826375)
  • cinematographer (Q222344)
  • film editor (Q7042855)

@SusunW and Rosiestep: Cinematographers and film editors should be on this list for July. According to my firstborn, an independent filmmmaker and film history buff, few jobs were available to women in the early days of film. Seamstresses were hired as the first film editors for their cutting skills. Women have been prominent in this area of filmmaking ever since. MauraWen (talk) 08:49, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

MauraWen Very cool. I have no idea how to do a WD list, but maybe NotARabbit can generate one? Feel free to add any lists to the sign up pages that may be applicable. I am not good at the technical part, so I can only help pull together the lists. :) SusunW (talk) 12:43, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
@MauraWen and SusunW: - Thanks for the additional occupation types. I've added cinematographer and film editor to the above list, plus added all the Q numbers to make it easier for the person who creates the Wikidata lists. I'll copy this list over to the WiR talkpage hoping someone technical pagestalker comes along to create all of them. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:56, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
@SusunW, Rosiestep, and MauraWen: I’ll gladly put together Wikidata lists for the above; I’ll combine those that are related so as to have fewer pages. It may take a little time; maybe by tomorrow. NotARabbit (talk) 19:13, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
NotARabbit, fantastic! And I agree that some can be combined, though I don't know which ones or how. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:25, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
I’ll figure out something. ;-) NotARabbit (talk) 19:29, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
@Rosiestep, SusunW, and NotARabbit: Thank you! My son emailed me just a moment ago this very good Women and Hollywood online article published today: "The Film Society of Lincoln Center Announces Program Celebrating Female Cinematographers". [46] The article is a good read. I will look over the list of cinematographers included in the article and update the Cinematographers redlist. MauraWen (talk) 22:38, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

We had a small CS list for the theatre that I added. As for Wikidata lists, I’ve added audio occupations, theatre (behind the scenes), TV presenters, and screenwriters. The last two have well over 2,000 entries each. They had been part of the entertainers list, but they needed their own. I’m putting together film occupations next, and will add a few to the entertainers. Do click on the sound and audio one; it details the occupations included, which I’m starting to do with any list that includes more than one. I struck through those above that I’ve already included. NotARabbit (talk) 07:49, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

20th-century women (#85)

How about focusing on a time period again, e.g. 20th-century? --Rosiestep (talk) 10:13, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

  • I'm good with that. We found a bunch of dictionaries for 19th-centry last year. Wonder if we can find the same for 20th? SusunW (talk) 17:36, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

  • Can someone also please create a Wikidata list for 1900-1909? Thanks! --Rosiestep (talk) 23:45, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
We already had one, it just got missed. I put it above. NotARabbit (talk) 07:10, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Women Rock (#86)

From the discussion here: Women rock. Broadly construed: includes musicians, geologists, climbers, etc. SusunW (talk) 18:33, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

@Rosiestep, Ipigott, and Megalibrarygirl: I came here to see if we had lists for July since it is fast approaching. I see very few crowd-sourced lists, but I pulled together the lists from our inventory, which might help with the prep. SusunW (talk) 21:24, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you, SusunW! I'll start prepping the pages if we're all decided on the themes! @Ipigott and Rosiestep:. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:05, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
de nada Sue. I am not much help with the technical part, but finding the lists I can do ;) SusunW (talk) 22:18, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
Good job! Looks like we could use a Wikidata list for Paleontologists. I can't remember how to create them so can someone else please do so? @SusunW, Ipigott, and Megalibrarygirl: --Rosiestep (talk) 23:43, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: I created a Wikidata list for earth scientists last month; I added it above. I also added the brief crowd-sourced list. The WD list includes tons of kinds of scientists, including paleontologists. They’re all listed on that page. NotARabbit (talk) 03:25, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep, Megalibrarygirl: I was wondering whether we should add something to the July invitation, explaining that our monthly averages have been falling off and urging participants to contribute more new articles about women and their works. We should stress that all articles are welcome, not just those addressing the specified editathons. Maybe also include a link to the discussion on our talk page. I'll leave the wording and the invitations up to the two of you.--Ipigott (talk) 07:14, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Hey, all, I put together a list of red-linked AGU Fellows and added it to the crowd-sourced geoscientists list. Some of them undoubtedly have articles already, but I’ll weed more of those out later today or tomorrow. NotARabbit (talk) 23:35, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Firming up July 2018

Invite template: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2018#Meetups #83, #84, #85, #86
Recruitment template: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2018#July recruitment
Women from Sub-Saharan Africa: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/83
Women in Film and Stage: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/84
Women of the 20th Century: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/85
Women Rock!: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/86

Rosiestep, Megalibrarygirl: I was wondering whether we should add something to the July invitation, explaining that our monthly averages have been falling off and urging participants to contribute more new articles about women and their works. We should stress that all articles are welcome, not just those addressing the specified editathons. Maybe also include a link to the discussion on our talk page. I'll leave the wording and the invitations up to the two of you.--Ipigott (talk) 07:14, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

@Ipigott, Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, and Victuallers: I don't think we need to mention this in the invite. But maybe we do need to steer the ship along the paths that are being discussed, e.g. broader topics (instead of Sub-Saharan Africa, make the geo-focus be Africa). Plus add Writers? --Rosiestep (talk) 15:50, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, Rosiestep, SusunW, and Victuallers: OK... I'm making the pages now... feel free to tweak as needed! Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:12, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, Megalibrarygirl. I can MassMessage them tomorrow. Are they ok as is, @Ipigott, SusunW, and Victuallers? --Rosiestep (talk) 00:56, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep: Yes, the invitations are technically ready to be sent out. I think nevertheless that within a week or two we should use our mass messaging list to try to revive more interest in creating new articles. Some of us have been spending a greater proportion of our time on improving existing articles rather than creating new ones. While this is admirable, it does appear to have an effect on the proportion of new women's biographies. We can brainstorm further on how to formulate the message.--Ipigott (talk) 09:00, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, and Victuallers:, Thinking about it, perhaps such a message could contain more info than just shifting metrics and a call for more participation, e.g. our first "newsletter". We haven't done that before so it will take a bit of work to develop it. Victuallers probably has the most wiki-marketing experience of the bunch of us, but clueless if he has the time and inclination to be the Editor-in-chief. Whoever wants that role could craft its tone, with the input of content by all. As for when is the best time to send it... middle of July... with the August offerings? I suppose the Editor-in-chief will decide. :) I reckon it would be good to carry on this conversation further on the WiR talkpage if the idea of a "newsletter" seems worthwhile. There may be some editors who would want to be on the Editorial Board... but I'm getting ahead of myself. Going back to your earlier comment, Ian, if you think we should send a MassMessage to revive more interest in creating new articles, then let's make that happen, either with this July invite, or separately. --Rosiestep (talk) 11:18, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
I think a Newsletter might be a good idea, Rosiestep, or even just have someone prepare a single article for Signpost each month, but my plate is full. I am still trying to create 10-15 articles per month but am also, as Ian said seeing more need to clean up and work on existing articles. Quantity is not beneficial if it is not quality, and with the reinvigoration of Women in Green, I am trying to target one article per month to get rid of the cruft and take it to good article. I also see the need to create anchor articles to better be able to integrate women into the encyclopedia and all of those take much more time than a single bio. I do think it should be discussed on the talk page, as maybe there are people there who have the time and willingness to work on it. Bri has worked hard to give us coverage in each Signpost issue and maybe we start there? SusunW (talk) 14:01, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
A monthly newsletter will take time and effort. Why don't we start with a message to our participants in mid-July, explaining our problems and inviting suggestions as to how the project could be reinvigorated? A newsletter could always be an option for the future but, like Susun, I think it would be more effective at the moment for us to contribute to Signpost or other sites such as GLAM and perhaps some of the other WikiProjects.--Ipigott (talk) 14:42, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Me, too. I've been simultaneously working on improving articles (five just this month) and I feel a little guilty when I add an "improved" one into the Outcomes section of one of our events, instead of a new one But like others have said, quality is important and if I come across resources which can significantly improve an article (Stub to Start; Start to C; C to B), I feel compelled to act on this. I admire those of you who can get an article to GA. That is not my forte, though I wish it were, but I lack the punctiliousness to do so. Ipigott, do you want to draft something, maybe on a WiR subpage, and give a link to it so that others can contribute, too; or do you have other suggestions on the way forward with crafting the message?
All (@Ipigott, Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, and Victuallers): ok for me to MassMessage the July invite? --Rosiestep (talk) 16:31, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: yes! Thank you! :) Also, (@Ipigott, SusunW, and Victuallers) I love the newsletter idea. The New Page Patrol sends one out and it does catch my attention. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:46, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, and Victuallers well I was bold and I created this draft combo July invite to inlcude a link to our "news-feed". The 3 sections I point to include the important one for momentum, one regarding women mathematicians (seems noteworthy to me), and to Toolhub (which might interest the more technical recipients of our Invite and/or their pagestalkers). What do you think? Remember, it's a draft; change it if you wish; and we don't have to use it if it doesn't feel right. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:18, 27 June 2018 (UTC) And just added a fourth... the "London calling" link... what a gem! --Rosiestep (talk) 18:24, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

I like the links Rosiestep. And yes, Sue and Rosie. I ran across three uncited stubs this month that I just had to "fix". It does no good to add info if it is just going to be AfDed because it is poorly presented. I also am hesitant about "improved" but I do it as maybe it encourages others. SusunW (talk) 18:41, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, SusunW; glad you like it. I think it's best to wait to hear from Ipigott before MassMessaging as it is his idea to comment on "momentum" in a MassMessage, and perhaps he would like a chance to edit the draft or craft something entirely different. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:07, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
As usual, Rosie, you've come up with a fantastic compromise which I think will satisfy all concerned, myself included. I would nevertheless like to clarify my position on article improvements: while I seldom include improved articles on our editathon lists, I think editors should feel free to make any enhancements they feel are important, especially to articles which were originally created on WiR or the addition of new images. I now look forward to reactions on the items you have included in the invitation. Please send it out a.s.a.p. And thank's for commenting so usefully on my concerns.--Ipigott (talk) 08:09, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, Ipigott, and Done! --Rosiestep (talk) 14:05, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

August 2018

Indigenous women (#87)

I'd like to do indigenous women again for indigenous people's month. It always results in adding to our diversity. SusunW (talk) 17:40, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Untouchables Women of Marginalized Populations (#88)

I like this, but would probably change the name to Women of Marginalized Populations. "Untouchables" by its very name is stigmatizing. SusunW (talk) 16:09, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
I found these women who are Dalit feminists: Kumud Pawade, Cynthia Stephen, Bama Kandaswamy, Meena Kandaswamy. Also, I think there's enough info out there to have an article on Dalit feminism which "analyses Dalit women's oppression as a triple jeopardy of oppression by double patriachies..." page 2-3, [47], [48], [49] Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:42, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Women writers (#89)

Being bold and adding here. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:54, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Geofocus 'Bottom 10' (#90)

As suggested by Dsp13 [here, let's focus on countries that have very few articles about women. [50] We may need to use Wikidata lists and I'll see what I can dig up in each country for a crowdsourced list. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:33, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

How about a completely new format?

(copied from the WiR talk page where a general discussion started on 1 May)

  • I don't know whether this is the right place to suggest it but it might be an idea to change the format of our monthly priorities. How about introducing something along the lines of "10, 20 or 30 new articles per person per month" or "cover 5, 10 or 15 different countries"?. These could be presented as "challenges" with variants on WiR barn stars/laurels as awards for those who make the mark. Participants might like to list up-front the people or works they intend to cover during the month. We might even find trendy names for the challenges such as Shoot for 10, 20 or 30 and Raise 5, 10 or 15 flags (and we could actually add appropriate flags to the lists of new articles as in the World Contest). I also think editors might like to list their names next to the articles they create. This would not only provide additional incentive but would be a basis for checking out the results. We could try to revamp our editathon pages, invitations, etc., along the same lines. It just seems to me that a new approach might encourage more participants to write more new articles. June might be too soon to undertake any such radical changes but it would be interesting to hear what you all think about it, including any other ideas you may have on how to attract more enthusiasm for Women in Red.--Ipigott (talk) 06:40, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
Ipigott I did not answer on the talk page, as I do not want to discourage discussion. I will go with the majority on this, but am not a fan contests. They may motivate others, but for me, competition with others is not a motivating factor and rather has the opposite effect. My focus has always been on quality rather than quantity and I never have any idea how many articles I can write in any given month, as it depends on the sourcing I find. If others want to go the contest route, I will simply carry on and contribute as I am able, as committing to completing a large number of articles which I may not be able to do is self-defeating. I committed to writing one article for each country in Latin America and the Caribbean for the world contest and dug up notable women with sourcing. When others wrote 2 sentence stubs from those sources, it was frustrating for me and forced me to then find other women to write about since only creation counted. Not my cup of tea, but as I said, if others want to I won't protest. SusunW (talk) 15:19, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
Ipigott Depending on my interests, I may do more than 1 article per month for Women in Red (i.e. Women in Sports). However, depending on the monthly contests and my mood, some months might be lower than others with the number of articles I make. The goal that I've been doing is at least 1 article per month for the monthly contests of Women in Red. However, I've also been making articles for the #1woman1day initative as well. Maybe that would work? --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:43, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
SusunW: Thanks for your useful comments. I realize you yourself need absolutely no further encouragement to continue writing great biographies on a wide variety of women each month but I have noticed that despite the considerable number of new WiR members, many do not continue to participate. I thought it might be worth trying out a slightly different approach to see whether we can persuade more of our members to participate over the medium term and not just when we target art or sports. Even if we run contests, I think we should try to encourage articles which at least offer a summary of the most important items in biographies or descriptions of works. I agree with you 100% that we should be not encouraging two-line stubs from editors who can do better. Maybe irrespective of quantity, quality should become a more explicit goal.--Ipigott (talk) 06:29, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
MrLinkinPark333: The challenges I was suggesting are not intended to be an obligatory target for everyone but rather an additional incentive for those who like to participate in them. Past experience seems to indicate many do. But certainly consistently creating just one or two new articles a month is fully in line with our goals. Keep up the good work.--Ipigott (talk) 07:00, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
  • On the basis of these comments, we could perhaps start experimenting with this in August when we will probably need to encourage support for the proposed topics. I also think we should aim for "quality" new articles, as suggested by SusunW, and not just mini-stubs.--Ipigott (talk) 08:37, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Ipigott August seems like a good place to start and since Sue and Rosie chimed in on the WiR talk page, seems that the consensus is to try a new format. SusunW (talk) 13:16, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
Strong Support. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:31, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

Proposal for a Monthly achievement scheme

As promised, I have put together a short proposal on a WiR Monthly achievement scheme. Initially, to avoid confusion and keep things staightforward, I suggest we should limit it to new biographies as these are by far the most popular type of article on WiR and they also form a basis for statistical assessment of progress. I look forward to general reactions here or on the WiR talk page where I have also made an announcement. More detailed comments could be made on the scheme's talk page. If all goes well, we could trial it in August for just one month. We could then assess whether/how to proceed in the months ahead.--Ipigott (talk) 14:30, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Thoughts. This is going very well. A minimum article might be helpful. Maybe three refs and 500 words? Also this would be a great opportunity to include other languages. We would just need to add en:article to allow es:article to be also added. Victuallers (talk) 10:02, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Firming up August

Invite template: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2018#AUGUST 2018
Recruitment template: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2018#AUGUST recruitment
Indigenous Women: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/87
Women of marginalized populations: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/88
Women writers: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/89
Geofocus: Bottom 10: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/90

I know we haven't flipped the calendar to July yet, so it may seem early to talk about firming up August, but lots of people travel or spend time doing outdoor things in July, so I figured to get a jump start. Because the other offerings for August seemed narrow-scoped, I added Women Writers as it's a broad category. But maybe we should put all of these away to implement Ian's idea for a new format. Truly, it intrigues me. I think we have the most potential to enthuse our members/participants if we implement something new/broad/fun. Where do we go from here, @Ipigott, Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, and Victuallers? --Rosiestep (talk) 18:54, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

I thought that from the talk page, this idea was to replace 1 day 1 woman, as a catch all for any article on women which did not meet the monthly targets. Maybe I misunderstood. As always, I will go with whatever the majority decides, but have already selected two indigenous women that I will definitely be writing on, regardless of whether WiR has those as a topic for Indigenous People's Day/month. SusunW (talk) 19:15, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, Rosiestep, SusunW, and Victuallers:I really like the ideas for the month since they mainly fit into a theme of focusing on marginalized or under-served groups of women. There's a lot that can be written about for Dalit feminism, for example. Hopefully I'll be able to work on that (There's just so much nonsense going on in the world, though and I've been contributing to articles relating to Trump protests and the child detention centers recently.) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:36, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, Rosiestep, SusunW, and Victuallers: Plus, at least one editor,[51] wants us to keep #1day1woman. So maybe, in order to incorporate Ian's idea, we add another offering(s); waiting to hear from Ian how he thinks that might be best executed. One thing is for sure, it doesn't seem like the number of offerings is a problem, e.g. different editors just like different things. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:50, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
As far as I'm concerned, we don't need to change anything. The "notable women" link on the invitation goes to #1day1woman. Over the next couple of weeks, I'll expand on what we could do to introduce a new format, possibly in August, possibly later.--Ipigott (talk) 08:07, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, and Victuallers: I am not going to be able to help much with August preparations because of getting ready for and then traveling to Wikimania. Sorry. :( --Rosiestep (talk) 22:24, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, Rosiestep, SusunW, and Victuallers: No worries, Rosie! I'll make up the pages once everything's decided and I don't mind sending out invites or making the invite. Just let me know. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:38, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
I'm not much help with the technical parts unless there are crowd sourced lists I can help add people to. SusunW (talk) 22:48, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Megalibrarygirl: I'm really pleased to hear you are willing to work on the editathon pages and the invitations for August. Now that I have tidied up the Monthly achievement initiative page, it would be great if it could be included in the August invitations. If you have time to work on them, maybe it would be possible to send them out rather earlier than usual, perhaps around 20 July. Let me know if you need any help with anything. In the meantime, I'll make some preliminary announcements of the initiative. Rosiestep: Now that the "initiative" page is ready, perhaps you can also promote it among your frieds at the Wikimania event. It would be great if it is picked up by the international press.--Ipigott (talk) 08:57, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott: I can probably put the pages together today or tomorrow. :) I don't mind making the pages and if it would be helpful, I'll make them every month as long as I'm pinged when the final decision on the topics are. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:36, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, Rosiestep, SusunW, and Victuallers: I'm going to start putting pages together soon if there's no objections. I'm going with Indigenous Women, Geofocus Bottom 10, Women of Marginalized Populations and Women writers. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:15, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl: That looks good. If you manage to do the editathon pages for these, I could perhaps help with the invitation, adding an announcement on our Monthly achievement initiative.--Ipigott (talk) 08:28, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl Aren't we also rolling out Ian's new scheme? SusunW (talk) 14:03, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
SusunW Doh! Yes, we are. Will that need a new page? I'm fuzzy on the details, but I like the idea and the badges I saw. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:26, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
@Megalibrarygirl and Ipigott: the way I read Ian's note above is that he has his page ready, it just needs to be included on the invitation. Just didn't want you to forget or send the invite without him adding links. ;) SusunW (talk) 16:57, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
SusunW Oh! Got it. I'll start putting together the pages in just a bit then. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:23, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Megalibrarygirl: There's no mad rush although it would be good if we could send out the invitation in the next few days. The page for the Monthly achievement initiative is ready at Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Monthly achievement initiative: August 2018. Let me know when you've put together a draft invitation for August and I'll adapt it to include an announcement on the achievement initiative. Let me know if you need any help with anything.--Ipigott (talk) 08:46, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Ipigott awesome! Thanks. I'll give you a heads' up very soon. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:41, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl: Thanks for the editathon pages. I've put together the invitation for August. Feel free to mass message it wheneven you have time.--Ipigott (talk) 09:16, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
Ipigott thank you so much! I'll send the invite out. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:27, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

September 2018

Academic staff and researchers

With an emphasis on living people, as suggested earlier by Victuallers.--Ipigott (talk) 09:20, 23 January 2018 (UTC) Thx Ian Victuallers (talk) 15:28, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

I think we should consider living academics (need a better term). As you know I've been tweeting lots of new articles but the high profile profs that Wiki misses are very popular - once written. I guess this is WikiScientists and WikiClassics all in one Victuallers (talk) 13:16, 22 January 2018 (UTC) See September Victuallers (talk) 15:28, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Law + Women

The idea comes from: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red#Women in History: Lawyers and Judges. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:12, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

I certainly think we should make this our top priority for September. Thanks to Montgomery28, we now have at least 60 lists of first lawyers and judges.--Ipigott (talk) 10:59, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott: Do you think there should be a focus on List of female state supreme court justices and Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/United States judges and justices? These women on these lists are inherently notable. :) --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 17:04, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
Yes, these are certainly important but we should also try to cover women outside the United States.--Ipigott (talk) 17:36, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
Yep. Two birds one stone ;) --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 18:01, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Geofocus Hispanic countries

Hispanic heritage month starts on September 15, so we could do Spanish speaking countries maybe. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:16, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Firming up September

Invite template: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2018#SEPTEMBER 2018
Recruitment template: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2018#SEPTEMBER recruitment
Women currently in academics: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/91
Women + Law: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/92
Geofocus: Hispanic countries: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/93
Monthly achievement initiative: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Monthly achievement initiative: September 2018

@Ipigott, SusunW, Rosiestep, and Victuallers: should I start making the pages? Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:36, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

I'm good with these topics :) SusunW (talk) 20:41, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
Me, too. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 04:50, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
So off you go, Sue. Let me know if you need any help.--Ipigott (talk) 08:07, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl I know you are buried right now in real life, congrats on the promotion, but have you had a chance to get the pages ready for September? It is upon us. SusunW (talk) 15:30, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
If there's no progress on this, I can probably take care of it on Monday or Tuesday. I can prepare everything but no one has given me permission to do the mass messaging.--Ipigott (talk) 19:01, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, Rosiestep, and SusunW: Sorry I missed all this! If I'm not pinged, I'm slower to notice I was replied to! >.< Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:23, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl: It was always my understanding that if you specifically ping people on a talk page, you "watch" for their replies. But don't worry. In future, I'll make sure I ping all the time. Have you time to do the editathon pages or should I do them early next week?--Ipigott (talk) 20:29, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
Ipigott I'm sorry, too, I should do that, but I'm a bit scattered sometimes. I'm getting them together right now as I have some time for that. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:32, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, SusunW, Rosiestep, and Victuallers: OK, pages are made, templates ready and invitation is done. I haven't sent it yet, though. Thanks for everyone's patience with me and my scatter-brain. :P Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:34, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
I checked everything and all looks great! Thank you, Megalibrarygirl, for all the heavy lifting. I'll MassMessage. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 01:43, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl Rosiestep: Thanks for taking care of everything. I was however rather surprised to see the Monthly Initiative revived for September. I thought we were going to have some kind of assessment of how well it had worked in August before going any further. I'm glad to see you consider it useful but I don't know how much time I can devote to it each month. Since it started, it's been consuming quite a bit of my wiki time. Maybe we should just see how it runs without any special maintenance. As far as I can see, the initiative has not yet had much impact on the metrics but maybe progress will be reflected on WHGI once it starts working again. On the other hand, it seems to have encouraged quite a few experienced editors to join Women in Red.--Ipigott (talk) 06:03, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Ipigott since it said monthly initiative, I figured we were going to keep doing it, so I went ahead and made the pages. I can delete the pages if you'd like, though. I didn't mean to step on any toes. :( Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:42, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

Megalibrarygirl: Now that the invitations gave gone out, I think we should leave it and see how it works out. We could also invite comments and suggestions for improvements. Thanks once again for preparing everything for September.--Ipigott (talk) 05:56, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

@Ipigott: is there anything I can do to help with the project? Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:43, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl: That's a really nice offer. Maybe you have some ideas about how it could be improved - unless of course you think it is fine the way it is.--Ipigott (talk) 20:20, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott: I was thinking we could have different badges to earn for each month in that they'd look different. It might attract the "gotta catch 'em all" type of person. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:10, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl: At the very least, we'll need new templates replacing August with September. The problem with redesigning is that you would need to come up with something new every month. It might be better just to keep things simple. What do you think?--Ipigott (talk) 07:36, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
I seen you have already created templates for September. They look fine to me.--Ipigott (talk) 08:38, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott: I was thinking I could come up with new barnstar looks based on the month or the editathons. I was thinking something fall-like or back to school themed for September. It's not too much trouble for me to modify an existing graphic usually. :) I just copied the existing templates for Sept this time. But if there some other heavy lifting that needs to be done maybe you can share it with me. I don't want you having to do everything yourself. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:18, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
As I gotta catch em all I support the idea of a new look per month. Even if it's only colouring of the template. But a new look would be great. When I'm not in a foreign country I'd be happy to help if I can.... ☕ Antiqueight chatter 20:31, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
We only have a couple of days left but if Sue can come up with a minor change, easy to implement, it might be worthwhile. Perhaps we could review one or two suggestions today or tomorrow.--Ipigott (talk) 07:31, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott and Antiqueight: I've mocked up one fall-themed star so far. Also, I changed the background of the first box.
 Participant: Women in Red September 2018 achievements
 
Uses Women in Red logo with File:Fall Leaves (199582361).jpeg by Dana Hutchinson.

Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:19, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Super cool barnstar, Megalibrarygirl! --Rosiestep (talk) 02:39, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl: Looks great! Please go ahead and update all the September templates.--Ipigott (talk) 05:34, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott: I changed most. I'll have to edit the last barnstar later but I should have it ready pretty soon. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:26, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
  • I've made some suggestions for variations on the Monthly Achievement Initiative for October onwards at the foot of this page.--Ipigott (talk) 09:03, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

October 2018

Clubwomen

Being bold with a suggestion. We could do a focus on clubwomen and the clubs, conventions and publications they've created. Also the buildings they used are often historic. I could make a list---and also see if there were similar club movements in Canada, Europe and Mexico. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 01:23, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Sure! I think there have always been "clubs", with one name or another, where women around the world meet on a regular basis. I just don't know what they might be called in other languages... organization, society? Unfortunately, Woman's club movement is only EN-wiki so that's not a help. Beyond the US, I'm thinking that historically, Bible study, temperance, suffrage, peace, quilting, sewing would be club-like activities, right? --Rosiestep (talk) 02:08, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
"Women's groups" or "women's organisations"?? Plenty of material down under for this topic :-) MurielMary (talk) 03:01, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
Love the idea! SusunW (talk) 16:17, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
SusunW I started a redlist for Clubwomen. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:15, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
@Megalibrarygirl, MurielMary, and SusunW: I love women's organizations plus the conferences they convened as often, they yield lots of names. But I recognize that clubwomen and women's clubs are different than women's organizations so no worries if you don't want to include. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:29, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep I don't see why an editathon cannot encompass both, as they were often entwined. SusunW (talk) 15:35, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep I agree with SusunW: they were totally entwined. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:56, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Hooray! --Rosiestep (talk) 02:38, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
  • While I see that there has been quite a lot of enthusiasm for clubwomen, I'm rather afraid that the vast majority of women's clubs are in North America. As the geofocus is also North America and the other priority seems to be basically Irish women, there doesn't seem to be much opportunity for those of us keen on improving the coverage of women around the world. Perhaps it would help if we could specifically extend clubwomen to women organizers. That could cover not only those in women's clubs but women in business, women in cultural organizations, women in civil rights, women in sports organizations, women in educational associations, etc., etc.--Ipigott (talk) 12:45, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
While on the whole I agree with you Ipigott, the focus on Irish women isn't in October - that's women in Science fiction and Fantasy - though in conjunction with an event in Ireland. However otherwise I don't entirely understand what "clubwomen" are? Women's groups I get but what are clubwomen? I would happily put my support behind women organisers as I "get" that. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 13:49, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Witches

Per this suggestion by Nattes à chat. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:55, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Strong support. --Camelia (talk) 17:16, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
@Nattes à chat and Camelia.boban: have you started a list of redlinks? --Rosiestep (talk) 23:44, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
In French ;-). --Camelia (talk) 11:54, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Rosiestep and Camelia.boban: The correct link is here: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_victimes_de_chasses_aux_sorci%C3%A8res The map contains links to articles in French, Norvegian, German and English. --Nattes à chat (talk) 19:06, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Women in Science Fiction

August 2019 will see Ireland host the world convention of Science fiction with Dublin2019. If the October panel at Octocon is a success we will be hoping to host an even bigger version at the Worldcon the following August. It's an event with several thousand genre type people attending. There will be writers (Science fiction, fantasy, horror, comics, computer games etc) and tech types in the crowd. I'm hoping to go for marginalised groups in that crowd (women, POC, non gender binary etc). Does it seem fair to have another month focused on this group within the year? While there would be such events annually these are the 2 that I will be able to have an impact in and drive having a wikipedia event at, with those goals. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 13:44, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Love this one and would join in. Penny Richards (talk) 18:08, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Penny Richards Can't remember if I replied anywhere to this - but Yay! thanks. Good to have interest and support on this idea. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 22:30, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
Antiqueight You're welcome! I started an article yesterday on Gertrude Minnie Robins, who published some spooky stories and novels in the early 20th. She turned up in a database of SFF writers, though she's really more gothic/ghosty, from what I can tell. A good topic for the autumn/winter! Penny Richards (talk) 23:38, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Discussions on our Twitter feed (@wikiwomeninred) have identified the poor percentage (14%) of Irish women who have Wikipedia articles including @wikimedia_ie. I am asking them to turn up here to explain, enthuse and commit. Victuallers (talk) 09:28, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

As part of the Wikimedia Community Ireland we have run a couple of events in the past that were focused on women. These have taken place at various locations around the country. There is certainly scope for further events and it would be amazing to have a themed month when we could co-ordinate events. I'd certainly be interested in hosting a follow-up to our very successful WikiWomenIE event in Galway in March 2017. Sharonlflynn (talk) 18:28, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Hello! I'd be delighted to bring in a number of our events to coincide with an online drive. We do monthly editing events in the Dublin Hackerspace we could theme. I could look at some collaborations with groups and institutions we've worked with to run some events as well. Smirkybec (talk) 18:36, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
I'm working at getting as many SFF genre people as possible to assist in improving the number of SFF people on wikipedia with a more specific personal goal of improving the women in SFF on here. Also I got in touch with someone who works with Richmond Barracks about improving the 1916 women on Wikipedia. It would be great to be able to have a themed month where we could try to hook as many of these people up with events online and IRL to improve the numbers of women and reduce the gap in general, but especially to improve the condition of the gap for Irish Women. We've had events in Galway, Dublin and Cork so far this year. To keep the momentum going of getting more voices online would be wonderful. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 20:06, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Next available GeoFocus date is December 2018, but that is traditionally a slow editing month with the holidays. I would suggest putting it on the calendar before it gets filled up. Just saying ... SusunW (talk) 20:24, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
We're intending to run a genre event (of some small nature) in October to put the SFF people in. It might be good to have a geofocus on Ireland asap after that so people can get excited and then take part. um... The "put it on the calendar" - Victuallers is that something you know how to do? Or? ☕ Antiqueight chatter 20:33, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Antiqueight, I have no idea what SFF is, but if you want to put it on the calendar for October, just move this whole section up to October. A Geo-focus of North America is already there so name it something other than Irish women (like maybe what SFF is?) SusunW (talk) 22:24, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
SusunW, My apologies - I spent the day with the folks I know in the field so I was thinking in shorthand. Science Fiction and Fantasy. I am intending to have a panel about Wikipedia and how it impacts (and is impacted by) people in the science fiction and fantasy world - particularly women and POC- at Ireland's Con in October. (Tweet thread - this came on top of realising that Ireland's gender gap has only 14% women bios unlike the average of 18% based on the data from here. Do you think perhaps so that moving the request up to October and calling it 'Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy' would be a good idea? And continue to aim for Irish women in December? I'm not sure how this works... ☕ Antiqueight chatter 22:41, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

Yes, that is exactly how it works. Stuff goes down here until it gains support, then just moves to the calendar. If you don't post it (in this case them), ASAP, there will be insufficient space, as we typically keep to no more than 4 events per month. SusunW (talk) 22:56, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

@Victuallers, Sharonlflynn, Smirkybec, Antiqueight, and SusunW: I think this will be a fun event with good participation if we promote it heavily. Have we started lists of redlinks for Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy? I'm unfamiliar whether these would be two separate lists or all on one list. Also, does this topic refer to authors or to fictional characters or both? If fictional characters are included, does that also include characters from anime, videos, etc.? --Rosiestep (talk) 23:52, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
I imagine it could include authors, editors, illustrators, screenwriters, filmmakers, translators, leaders in fandom, and fictional characters. Plenty of possibilities. I'm happy to help with a redlist if someone sets up the basics. Penny Richards (talk) 04:02, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
While I was thinking mostly of authors it actually could and should involve the list Penny Richards has there. I have started a list on my to do pages (not exclusively though mostly women) but I will move it to a public redlist and absolutely could do with some help. I know from women in the area that women in the field don't get anything like as much coverage as the men. So it's going to be a challenge as usual to find all the reliable sources to give notability even to some relatively big names. But that's what makes it important to do. I've been focused on trying to get new editors and ensure the presentation at Octocon in October is a success. But after tonight (meet up with Dublin2019 volunteers and wikipedia interested folks - if anyone shows up) I will be all in to prep for October. All help and suggestions completely wanted. There would be no need to break the list into Science Fiction v Fantasy since the two often overlap- in fact there will be a number of Horror people in there too. Currently my work for this (on the wiki) is here - User:Antiqueight/Octocon ☕ Antiqueight chatter 07:32, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Antiqueight: It looks to me as if we should include this in October but we really need a red list pretty soon. Any chance you can start something in the next few days? We can then try to expand it.--Ipigott (talk) 07:35, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
Yep. Now that last night's meet up is over I can start focusing entirely on October. I'll get that started today. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 07:42, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Science Fiction and Fantasy ☕ Antiqueight chatter 08:16, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
Great! Looks as if there's plenty to work on.--Ipigott (talk) 07:02, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
Hey Jane023, do you have time to create a Wikidata-generated redlist for "Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy" to support this event? Per Penny (see above), we'd like to include authors, editors, illustrators, screenwriters, filmmakers, translators, leaders in fandom, and fictional characters. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:33, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
I am good with making lists from Wikidata when the data is in the items for the list, but it's not clear to me how to query this group of women. You could create an item for a "SFF" wikiproject as a subgroup of the Wikiwomen project and just add this with the property P5008 for "on focus list of Wikimedia projects" I guess. Jane (talk) 16:19, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
Jane023, maybe 2 lists would suffice: women Science Fiction writers and women Fantasy writers. Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:37, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Geofocus: Mediterranean?

North America

Being bold and suggesting North America geofocus in support WikiConference North America, which will occur October 18-21, 2018. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:24, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

More plural biographies

Many of the biographies that are being created are of women from North America, specifically from the United States. I believe that Geofocus has to be more of a project to create biographies of lesser or lesser-known countries characterized by a less feminist society. I propose, for example, that in October 2018 it will focus on the Mediterranean, the Caucasus region or South-African countries, not in just North America. What do you think? A greeting. Alsoriano97 (talk) 14:20, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

I don't think we've ever done "Mediterranean Women", Alsoriano97 so I think it's a good idea. Do others have an opinion? (pinging Megalibrarygirl) --Rosiestep (talk) 16:34, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
Mediterranean women would be good but we need to decide who they are. Perhaps for simplicity's sake, we should include women from any of the listed Mediterranean countries rather than those considered to be ethnic Mediterraneans. We are after all dealing with geographical focus.--Ipigott (talk) 06:42, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep, I'm making the pages right now. It sounds like we're doing Mediterranean. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:24, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Sounds great! Thank you very much! Ilso propose these others: From Caucasus countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia), Roma women, Islamic ones, with disabilities (thus we promote equality, more aimed at activists for the rights of the disabled), from the considered micro-nations abroad (Andorra, Monaco, Tuvalu, etc). What do you think? Kind regards Alsoriano97 (talk) 21:01, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Women in STEM

Women In Tech

I don't know if it's been done before, but maybe an editathon Women In Tech? Just an idea I got after writing the stub Roxanne Varza. SL93 (talk) 23:51, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Good idea, SL93, especially, I think, if we include redlists for the subcats and sub-subcats of Category:Women in technology, and promote/advertise all of them so that editors who focus on gaming and electronic music and DJs etc. might be interested in participating. I couldn't find a cat for Digital Archivists, but maybe there are women in this field we should include? Thoughts, @Megalibrarygirl, Missvain, MurielMary, and SusunW? --Rosiestep (talk) 04:45, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
@SL93 and Rosiestep: we do have some lists to draw on, but I should really beef up the Women in Tech list. We could also probably draw from the wikidata list Women engineers. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:07, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
@Megalibrarygirl:, do our redlists include all the subcategories, eg women in electronic music, of Category:Women in technology? PS, this is my 2nd edit on a phone. Definitely doable, but not easy. Can't imagine writing an article this way. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:50, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: Yes, editing on phone is terrible. >.< As for the lists, we have women in video games, computer science and other related topics. We don't have a list of women in electronic music, but I can look into that. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:08, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, @Megalibrarygirl:! --Rosiestep (talk) 17:22, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
Being bold and moving this one out of the discussion area. Been there a long time and has yet to be on the calendar.

Women in Engineering

What about Women in Engineering? I see there's a crowd-sourced list of engineers on Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Redlist index and will make a point of adding to it, particularly if this idea is accepted. Otherwise being really bold, what about Women in STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics — all in one hit? I think it's important to focus on fields that are so-called non-traditional ones for women.Oronsay (talk) 23:54, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Just my 2 cents but in September we are doing women academics, which will include a bunch of women scientists, though it is impossible to know if they will be STEM scientists or social scientists. Engineers, however, I don't think we have had a specific focus on. I'd support it. SusunW (talk) 14:08, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
You are correct about Academics taking in all-comers, SusunW. I'm happy to go with the flow! Oronsay (talk) 21:16, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
I will always support a suggestion of Women in Engineering. We need more of us. :-D ☕ Antiqueight chatter 21:26, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
@Oronsay: Perhaps you would like to add the List of female Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering to this idea? There are currently almost 40 women that are not linked and could be used to generate names of missing women. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 17:19, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Strong support. With WikiDonne we organized 2 itinerant editathons (at University of Padova and Open Source School in Bari) about women in STEM fields (computer science). At least other 2 are to come in Pisa (women in physics and chemistry) and Genova or La Spezia (oceanography and women in scuba diving). --Camelia (talk) 17:32, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

@MrLinkinPark333: Thanks for suggestion. As you are aware, I have been working on the List of female Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering. I have created a draft in my sandbox and will add more details to it, before adding it to the CS list of red-linked engineers. Oronsay (talk) 01:55, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

I think Women in Engineering is a great idea. Would really like for us to consider bumping it to October in time for (a) Ada Lovelace Day, and (b) Victuallers is helping facilitate an Ada event in the UK along these lines. What do you think of moving it up on the calendar, Megalibrarygirl? My thinking is that there will probably be a lot of publicity in media/social media, and we could take advantage of that. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:15, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

STEM in October supports Ada Lovelace Day

Ada Lovelace Day: On the 9th of October. The Pankhurst Centre and a set of mostly WomeninStem activists are going to organise an editathon (lots on twitter). They may be short on expertise and I'm encouraging them to badge this as Women in Red. I have spoken to them on the phone and intend to drive halfway to meet them next week.... they are in Manchester. This is a heads up. Are there any people close to Manchester? I'm several hours away but willing to travel. It will not be open to all genders. Not sure how this links it to the monthly offers. Victuallers (talk) 09:55, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Rosiestep: Are you suggesting we should replace witches with engineers? I would certainly support it.--Ipigott (talk) 15:51, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
Ipigott I'm suggesting moving it from November to October. If that seems like a good idea, the team to decide if it will replace something already on the calendar vs. be an addition. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:56, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
SusunW, what do you think about moving this one to October vs. leaving in November? I'd be reticent about bumping anything already scheduled for October at this late date as some people have probably started developing personal redlists for one or more of the events, so it would mean adding to the calendar. I've always been of the mindset that more offerings are better than fewer as people have different preferences, but what are your thoughts? --Rosiestep (talk) 15:31, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Strong support. I'm at the monthly Women in Red event at Edinburgh Uni right now and the October 9th theme is Women in STEM. Pity to lose the tie in with Ada's day. I feel that we need to be telling people that Women in Red is like International Women's Day or Ada Lovelace Day .... but all year. Victuallers (talk) 16:26, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
It sort of all ties up well together - women in STEM, women in Science fiction and Ada Lovelace. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 18:27, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
As there seems to be consensus about this as an October event, I moved it from November to here. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:31, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Firming up October

Invite: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2018#OCTOBER 2018
Clubwomen (#94): Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/94
Science Fiction & Fantasy (#95): Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/95
STEM (#96): Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/96
Geofocus: the Mediterranean (#97): Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/97

@Victuallers, Antiqueight, Rosiestep, and SusunW: Sounds good to me. I can work on the pages later today as I have a pretty free day ahead of me. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:21, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Sorry Rosiestep, I'm still trying to get back in the swing of things. I think 5 is a whole lot of events for one month, but it certainly gives people a lot of options. I don't think we should move any of the events that have been scheduled for months, except possibly changing the geofocus. I totally support doing Mediterranean women. Seems to me that since we just did academics, doing STEM the following month probably gives folks an opportunity to keep up momentum, but then we may need to reconsider doing tech again in December. I have no idea. What I have learned is that people are going to write about what they want, regardless of our topics ;) (And for the record, I know absolutely nothing about science fiction or fantasy. I only put it on the calendar to help. My husband found it hysterical, as he loves the genre, but totally gets it is not my thing.) SusunW (talk) 18:58, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
SusunW, good catch. I just moved it from December into October. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:14, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
Just asking, as either I missed a notification after Sue said she was working on the pages. Megalibrarygirl have the invites been prepared for October? It's days away. SusunW (talk) 17:56, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
I agree with Susun that having five items is too much for one month but as far as I can see Sue has only created pages on Clubwomen, Science Fiction & Fantasy, STEM and Mediterranean. I've created a basic invitation for October. If you agree with this Rosie, perhaps you can edit is as you wish and send it out asap.--Ipigott (talk) 11:06, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Sent. Thanks for pulling together on the Event Pages and Invites, @Megalibrarygirl and Ipigott. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 14:56, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, SusunW, and Rosiestep: Sorry for missing the discussion yesterday. I was under the weather and spent most of the day sleeping! :( Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:00, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl, no worries! I appreciate what you do, and uou did most of the work yourself. And, of course, we're a team! Hope you feel better soon. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 18:09, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Ditto what Rosie said. SusunW (talk) 18:42, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
@Megalibrarygirl: Please let me know if ever you need any help with the monthly preparations. I'm able to put things together quite quickly as long as I know what our intentions are. Thanks also for your work on the initial drafts of the meetup pages. Next month we should try to sort things out by around the 15th so we know what to plan for. Enjoy your weekend.--Ipigott (talk) 20:22, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, SusunW, and Rosiestep: Thanks everyone! The cold kind of took my by surprise. I was feeling fine and then whomp! I'm a little better today and plan to be bright eyed and bushy tailed tomorrow! :D Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:25, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott, SusunW, Rosiestep, Megalibrarygirl, and Victuallers: Are we doing a Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Monthly achievement initiative: October 2018? Or is the page somewhere else or the plans something else? This one is still blank. I could create most of it but I'm not certain of the plans enough to go ahead and I can't create the templates yet (haven't tried that sort of thing yet). ☕ Antiqueight chatter 08:02, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

@Antiqueight:: As it was far less popular in September than in August, we decided we should give it a rest for a while. We might come up with a new initiative to attract more editors in a month or two. Please let us know if you have any suggestions.--Ipigott (talk) 08:13, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

As others may be wondering whether we are continuing it or not, I've added explanations to WiR talk page.--Ipigott (talk) 08:40, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Makes sense @Ipigott:. I was one who couldn't devote the same level of energy in September that I did in August- it takes a lot to create an article every day (or more). It isn't something I can commit to every month though I was rather intending to in October. So I totally get it. Thanks. (That lack of energy meant I probably missed all the discussions about it!! (I still will do as planned in October - it won't stop me!) ☕ Antiqueight chatter 09:02, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

November 2018

Geofocus: Asia

Supporting WikiAsiaMonth. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:46, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Deceased politicians

In light of the election cycle, I'd love to do women politicians, but to prevent recentism and a lot of AfDs on current candidates, could we focus on 1950s-1970s women politicians? There are so many of them and the articles that we do have tend to be poorly written, that I think there is a lot of room for improvement.SusunW (talk) 19:35, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

I like the idea of politicians but wonder if mid-century is too narrow, especially considering non English language countries. I love the idea, however, of avoiding recent politicians, so offer these suggestions, "dead politicians" or "pre-internet politicians" or something like that? --Rosiestep (talk) 19:45, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you Rosiestep. I've changed it to 20th-century deceased politicians. Recognizing that often they are controversial and certainly if they are alive and in office, seems less likely to be contentious if we focus on those who have died. (Besides which, it will give the opportunity to work with Women in Green on the likes of Sirimavo Bandaranaike 1st woman head of state :-) ) SusunW (talk) 19:52, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
SusunW, as we're focusing on XX-c women this month, what if we broadened the politician event to simply: deceased politicians? I think there would be few of the pre-XX-c era, but there might be quite a few of the present century. This might appeal to those editors who like to focus on more present-day biographies. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:15, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Works for me, Rosiestep. I cannot imagine there are very many women who were politicians before the 20th century, as we couldn't even vote, but based on that logic, 20th century become redundant anyway. The goal of using deceased is so that we avoid those who have recently been elected and have no notability as a politician yet. I've changed it above. SusunW (talk) 20:31, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Women in Religion

The 1000 Women in Religion Project is a partnership between the Women's Task Force of the Parliament of World Religions and the Women's Caucus of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature. Through this project, we aim to add 1,000 names and contributions of religious/spiritual/wisdom women to Wikipedia. We are working to do this by soliciting names of women who do not already have a biography on Wikipedia from women attending the 2018 Parliament, from women who are members of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature and from women within their various networks. This goal is in line with the 2018 Parliament of World Religion’s focus on the dignity of women in the world’s religious and spiritual traditions. The 2018 Parliament takes place in Toronto, November 1-7. Over 6,000 people are expected to attend this event. Our project is a major initiative of the Parliament’s Women’s Task Force and in conjunction with the Women’s Assembly at the Parliament of World Religions which takes place on November 3, we are announcing our project and then facilitating a presentation where we will inform and train interested women. In short, we are gathering the names of notable women in religion and spirituality, we are writing biographies and we are recruiting and training women editors. Here is the link to the Parliament’s Women’s Task Force page and a description of this project as well as the link for submission, https://parliamentofreligions.org/parliament/womens-task-force/1000-women-religion-project --Dzingle1 (talk) 16:59, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Given this opening for wide-scale collaboration, I certainly think we should make Religion a priority for November. If you all agree, I'll try to create a meetup page soon which should also be useful for Dzingle1 and her colleagues. The only question is whether we should cover all four items in November. Perhaps it would be more sensible to reschedule Social workers for December (in place of Stub Fest, moving Stub Fest to January), This would give us more time to expand redlists on social workers and related occupations. I would then suggest we go ahead with #98 Religion, #99 Deceased politicians and #100 Geofocus Asia. I think WAM would be pleased to see our 100th event connected to their initiative. I now await responses from @Rosiestep, SusunW, and Megalibrarygirl: and any others who would like to comment.--Ipigott (talk) 09:59, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Sounds good to me. Also, let's move Stub Fest out of any particular month and give it more discussion. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:38, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Sounds good to me, too, Ipigott. I actually enjoy doing the articles on women in religion. It's interesting how women navigate and create roles in religion from the perspective of religion as a social structure. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 00:16, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
@Rosiestep and Megalibrarygirl: Thanks for your support. I've put together a preliminary meetup page. Please make any changes or additions you think would be useful. I'm also awaiting reactions from Dzingle1 by email. In order to get things moving, I'll also prepare pages on Deceased politicians and Asia which you can review later today.--Ipigott (talk) 06:37, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Ipigott, a friendly FYI that I'm out of town on an extensive national/international travel schedule through October 30th. I'm hopeful that others can assist with event preparation this month. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:45, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep: Thanks, Rosie. I think everything has now been prepared. I'm just waiting to see if there are any further reactions. I would then suggest Sue sends out the invitations around 15 October, giving people plenty of time to prepare for November. Enjoy your trips and report back on any successes for WiR.--Ipigott (talk) 05:33, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
Ipigott I'd just be sending out the invites for the Women in Religion editathon in this case, correct? Thanks! Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:56, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
Megalibrarygirl: I have actually prepared everything as there were comments last month about how late we were with the invitations. We are also supporting Wikipedia Asia Month; several participants have already joined up. So I really think it would be a good idea to send out the full invitation on Sunday or Monday. You might like to check everything through before you send them out.--Ipigott (talk) 07:05, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
Ipigott Thanks for getting all of the invitations put together. I'll send them out sometime on Sunday. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:34, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Recent article (Nov 2018) in United Church Observer: Gender bias on Wikipedia: Why notable women in religion are missing on the site. StrayBolt (talk) 19:57, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Redlist for deceased politicians

  • @Megalibrarygirl and SusunW:: I see that our crowed-sourced list on politics contains very few names of women who are no longer living. Are either of you interested in adding names with year of death or compiling a new red list of deceased politicians? There seem to be several biographical directories listed here. I see there is also a biographical database of Women in Politics which might prove useful. Some of the names listed here might be useful. Sue, if you start a list, I'll try to add to it.--Ipigott (talk) 11:46, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
This might be helpful too List of the first women holders of political offices. I'll be happy to help add to the list. SusunW (talk) 16:02, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
@SusunW and Ipigott: I'll add to the list, too. I think we can just add the dates of birth/death to our current list. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:27, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
OK, let's just concentrate on the main crowd-sourced list, making sure the years of death are mentioned when applicable.--Ipigott (talk) 18:59, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
The List of first women mayors has many red links which include the year elected. StrayBolt (talk) 20:44, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

AfroCine

There are a lot of communities in the wiki movement who are participating in AfroCine in October and November. Will we be joining in or taking a pass? --Rosiestep (talk) 02:50, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

I think it would be a bit much to have "official" focus on both Africa and Asia. Let's just keep things as they are.--Ipigott (talk) 07:09, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Rosiestep: I posted this on the WiR talk page on 4 October and have today also included an announcement on our main WiR page. Until now, there do not appear to have been any contributions from our members but perhaps Mediterranean women from North Africa could provide opportunities.--Ipigott (talk) 09:57, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
  • From a global perspective, my concern is that if we don't participate, we will appear un-collaborative. While some of us may not be interested in the AfroCine initiative, I have been informed that many people are interested in it. I guess the real question is: why would we not have our own event page for this initiative if people from around the world are planning to participate in the work? Practically speaking, it would be a documentation issue, grouping those types of articles together on a WiR event page, instead of on the #1day1womanpage. My $0.02. cc: @Megalibrarygirl, SusunW, Penny Richards, MauraWen, Ipigott, and Victuallers: --Rosiestep (talk) 15:55, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep: I'm afraid in this case I have to disagree with you Rosie. We did not receive notification of this initiative until 4 October, too late for inclusion in our October invitation. I copied the invitation I had received onto our WiR talk page, encouraging our members to participate and receiving thanks from the organiser. I do not therefore think we can be accused of not being collaborative. Unfortunately, until now, I appear to be the only one to have added my name to the list of AfroCine participants and to have contributed an article. In order to encourage wider participation, I have also added an announcement to our main page. I hope this will encourage other WiR participants to show an interest. The reason we should not have our own event page for this is that we are already supporting two other external events in November, Religion and Asia, both of which are quite ambitious and will require further preparatory work. Some of us feel that four different priorities in one month is too much. So if we were to include AfroCine in November, we would probably have to cancel Deceased politicians, for which we already have an editathon page and which looks to me like a useful line to follow. As we were so late with things last month, I tried to make an early start on preparations for November. Of course, there's nothing to prevent your being bold and just altering the editathon pages and the invitations before they go out. Perhaps until this issue has been settled, Megalibrarygirl should hold back the invitations until you give her the green light.--Ipigott (talk) 16:34, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
@Rosiestep and Ipigott: Maybe the easiest way to solve the question is to put the link to their event on our invitation in the Announcements section? I noticed that on the October invite the section that previously said "Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!):" went away. We could add their link WikiProject AfroCine launches and maybe a link to the on-going discussion on the Notability page about historic sourcing? If we did that, we would be helping them promote their event, but not taking responsibility for monitoring the event and participation?
@Rosiestep:, I vote for linking their event on the WIR invitation in the Announcements section. I am interested in writing articles about African women, specifically women filmmakers and activists. I found that most filmmakers had existing Wiki profiles. It was difficult to find notable filmmakers with enough sources that weren't promotional. I had forgotten about the language issue, there are so many non English-speaking films, directors, etc, it made the task even more time consuming. I have stopped researching this group and am currently waiting for new International film awards to find new female directors to write about. I am not participating in the AfroCine project. MauraWen (talk) 17:40, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: I second linking to the event. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:33, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
I posted some Nollywood web stars to #1day1woman today - they are tricky to cover as most of the stuff online appears to be made up or it tells you about the latest outfit or wedding she went to. Victuallers (talk) 22:39, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your input, everyone. Seems like linking from the invitation is the consensus, so I'm good with that!! :) --Rosiestep (talk) 00:40, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
Good compromise. Now everyone's happy.--Ipigott (talk) 06:19, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

December 2018

Geofocus

Geofocus: Ireland

Geofocus: Caucasus?

I am seeing that there is a proposal that the geofocus of the month of November be about Ireland. I think it is not entirely correct because it is not good to focus only on one country and, being an English speaking country, has many biographies in this Wikipedia. What do you think if we focus on the three countries of the Caucasus and the territories with sovereignty discussed? I apologize if it seems I'm insisting, but I like to treat less popular countries. A tender greeting. Alsoriano97 (talk) 17:40, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

  • Support Those countries are still underrepresented on the English Wikipedia. @Alsoriano97: Excellent suggestion. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  18:46, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Women laureates

I'm not sure how easy it would be to create redlists for this, but this event could cover woman recipients of awards, prizes, honors of all sorts, plus women's awards which don't have an article yet. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:50, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

@Rosiestep: Highly support. This could help tackle my Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Awards list I made ;) --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 21:00, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: What is your definition of laureates? Would hall of famers count as well? --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:04, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
For me, MrLinkinPark333, it would be anyone who got an award of any kind... broadly construed. Famers, of course! --Rosiestep (talk) 20:32, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Photographers

I'm being bold and putting this here, based on this [52] conversation about The Royal Photographic Society focus on influential female photographers. SusunW (talk) 13:00, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Entries should also be added to List of women photographers and the sister pages listed there.WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 03:58, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Stub Fest

I'm being bold, too. Without a contest on the horizon, I think the only we could –maybe– get to 18% in 2018 is a stub fest. I know stubs aren't everyone's thing, but there is something to be said for the fact that there are a lot of notable women who are missing an article and we could being honoring them in December with at least a stub. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:33, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

@Rosiestep: For me, I try to have any article I make at least 1500 bytes. If we make stubs, there's a chance they get deleted based on the size of the article, even if we believe these women are notable. It also depends on what your definition of stub is as well. Finally, there was the Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The 1% Contest planned but put on hold due to Dr. Blofeld's retirement. What are your ideas? --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 17:36, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
MrLinkinPark333 - My idea was pretty broad: create stubs that stick (meet WP:N). If the idea seemed worthwhile to others, the details could be sorted out through consensus. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:40, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Rosiestep Ah okay. So if they pass GNG or are presumed notable per specific criteria, then I think that would be okay. I'd also would like others to chime in on how large the articles should be. I personally would aim 1500 bytes above to prevent my articles from being tagged as stubs, as it'd only create an increase number of stubs that need destubbing. What are other peoples thoughts? --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 17:46, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
What if we focus on the list of declined drafts at AfC now that we have a list? Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Drafts SusunW (talk) 13:44, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
@SusunW: That could be useful. Two birds/one stone. I'm also making lists of women that are presumed notable per specific criteria provided they pass GNG as well. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 23:42, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
For the October Women in STEM, I added a section Works in progress (Drafts, AfCs, AfDs,…) late in the event. Haven't checked if anyone other than me worked on them. I tried to pick a few that were likely to pass GNG or PROF. For Drafts, I listed some that seemed abandoned (not edited for several months). Also, what is the latest on using Quicksilver or something like it? There was this discussion a few months ago.[53] StrayBolt (talk) 23:13, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Firming up for December

As you can all see, there have been quite a few suggestions for December. Would anyone like to suggest how we go forward?--Ipigott (talk) 14:04, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

I think we have sufficient lists for laureates and photographers. Not sure whether there was support for doing the drafts/stubs, as not many people weighed in and our focus is typically creation, not improvement. As for the geofocus, I am fine with either, but as the Caucuses are in western Asia and we just did an entire month of Asia, maybe it is overkill? Or maybe the reverse, Asia focus spurs more creation via continuance? Ireland's official language is Gaelic, not English and typically articles of the British Isles focus on English subjects. However, that being said, we also did Great Britain and Ireland in January 2018, so I am undecided. Maybe @Rosiestep, Megalibrarygirl, Antiqueight, and Alsoriano97: can weigh in? SusunW (talk) 15:05, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
I'm fine with either -or both!- for Geofocus. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:48, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
I'm fine with any of those. Ping me today or tomorrow and I can make the pages. I'm just chilling on my days off here. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:37, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
Just an FYI it's Irish, not Gaelic. And both it and English are official. But as for the geofocus I'm easy. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 00:26, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Why not Ireland for December and the Caucuses for January? As for the stubs, I'm not too sure how committed Dr. Blofeld was to helping with this. Perhaps we should wait until we have further clarification. As for improvement rather than creation, I had assumed the emphasis for WiR would be on the creation of short but informative biographies. They could of course be pinpointed for a later destubbing exercise.
I must say I am rather disappointed with the response to religion and deceased politicians in November, although perhaps many have been distracted by WAM. When we focused on religion in 2015, we had 131 new articles. This November, up to now we have only 38 (and it looks as if I have contributed about half of them). Although we haven't specifically covered politicians, we had 183 on leadership in 2015. Up to now, on deceased politicians we have only 54. In May 2016, we created 121 new articles on photography. Is there any way in which we could encourage just as much enthusiasm this time around? Perhaps it would help if contributors could add their user names to the lists of articles created, as in the monthly achievements.
It would indeed be great if Sue could make a start on the preparations.--Ipigott (talk) 08:46, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Well, I understand your position. I think that only one country will give for a little. Surely making entire continents or very large regions limits future proposals. If I'm honest, I think there are not many options that are not similar to what has already been done so I'm not against Ireland's proposal. Regarding what @Ipigott: expresses, I am a student so this month it has been impossible for me to focus on Wikipedia, I have only been able to do three. I also take advantage of this to express my disappointment when I see that, in general, a lot of articles about women in the US are being created. It's not a bad thing, but I try to focus on other countries, especially those similar to mine, and sometimes I do not get to do many articles, as happened in the Geofocus: Hispanic countries. A greeting and nice to help you!--Alsoriano97 (talk) 22:26, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Alsoriano97, I also try to spread my creation efforts around. Pointedly, I write few articles on UK or US subjects, as I figure others will cover them. For Asia month, I avoided China and Japan and mostly worked on Central Asia, which is a really neglected area on the encyclopedia. Your efforts (and continued input with ideas) are very much appreciated. SusunW (talk) 00:49, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
@Ipigott: I have many politicians on my lists to do - but only a handful of them are deceased. If it was politicians as a whole, I'd be making much more women articles this month (still working on mines). But it is what it is. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:28, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
MrLinkinPark333 I must admit that I added two not deceased politicians to the list because they are retired. The purpose of deceased was to prevent bios being written on those just entering the field via recent elections, as those are always targeted as being too soon. SusunW (talk) 19:54, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
@SusunW: Ah. Makes sense. Some people on my list are not in politics anymore but still alive. In any case, this month's theme allowed me to find someone who was not on my list already :) --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:00, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
I did have some plans but I went and broke my wrist. It's rather put me out of the running.... ☕ Antiqueight chatter 21:04, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Antiqueight so sorry to hear this. Been there, done that. I hope you heal quickly. SusunW (talk) 00:49, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
SusunW, Last time I did this it was much worse. I'm regaining a lot of movement. I managed to write a bio today. Short but a start to getting back on the horse, though it doesn't fit any of my usual set! Edited to add the THANK YOU I came to actually say! ☕ Antiqueight chatter 00:54, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
Some of my religion ones ended up in the Asia Month list because they were Asian women missionaries; I guess I should add them to WIR-98 too, just haven't done. Penny Richards (talk) 21:40, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Ireland sounds good, though could also do with general content expansion as well.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:03, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

How about Geofocus "countries starting with I"? Ireland, India, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia... ? Ireland on its own seems a very narrow focus. PamD 14:11, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
I agree Ireland is very narrow focused. And Irish coverage isn't so bad anyway. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:17, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
Countries starting with I sounds good. Or countries with populations under 5 million? Or Island nations? Small island nations (ie both)? ☕ Antiqueight chatter 02:42, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
@Antiqueight: @PamD: That reminds me of @SusunW:'s idea way at the bottom of the page - doing countries that start with a specific letter. I'm glad you brought it up again :) --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 04:40, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
  • There seems to be so much confusion and so little attention to the priorities we should be putting forward for December that the best solution may well be to leave everyone to their own preferences, just encouraging them to contribute to #1day1woman. (See also the lack of constructive responses on our main WiR talk page.) So let's just see how things develop with a free for all. If there are no further reactions by this time tomorrow, I'll prepare the invitations.--Ipigott (talk) 18:56, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
I would have been pushier but with a broken hand my editing capability is limited so it feels wrong to push my personal agendas.. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 19:07, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
I guess my issue is that we have to figure out a better way to be flexible but at the same time move the work ahead. Things are placed on the calendar months in advance. If people don't object for substantial periods of time, or even bother to check and see what is on the calendar, it seems somewhat dismissive to continuously make changes at the 9th hour. Repeatedly doing this bumps things off the calendar that may never find a way to get back on. I don't think that we should rigidly hold that once something is on the calendar it cannot be moved, but we have to be more respectful of those whose proposals have been scheduled for months. I also think we have to be more proactive in visiting the calendar regularly and participating in dialogue. It just seems to me if there is no clear consensus, that we move newer proposals to another month, rather than trying to accommodate every suggestion. But again, that is just me. I am doing photographers, I already have several picked out. I also am doing laureates and am glad to focus on "I" countries. SusunW (talk) 19:30, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
I'm definitely doing laureates for sure. If "I" countries are done this month or months later I'm up for it. :) --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:46, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
It would be interesting to see how many articles we could get written and recorded under the #1Day1Woman project in a single month. My record for the year is that I've added only six names to monthly projects of the 25 articles I've created on women in 2018. I've listed the other 19 in the #1Day1Woman event. Oronsay (talk) 20:25, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
I will be doing Ireland - I have plenty of time though I'm limited for now...I hope to become less so as the month progresses.. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 21:25, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
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