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As a result of interest in the tools and technical support for WikiProject Women in Red, we are drawing up the lists of tools we have found useful and of editors who have offered technical support. (Additions and adaptations are welcome.)

List of tools

Citation bot

• User:Citation bot – Automatically cleanup, standardize, and expand existing citations
  • Wikipedia:Citation expander – Add shortcuts to citation bot to your editing interface
  • User:Citation bot/use – User guide to Citation bot
  • Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-08-01/Tips and tricks – Advanced tutorial on how to do cleanup with Citation bot

Found to be useful

• AlexNewArtBot: The main AlexNewArtBot page provides an index of the most recent articles for a wide variety of WikiProjects. The listing for the latest WiR results is particularly useful. Similarly, you can find recent articles on:

• Women artists,
• Women's football
• Women's ice hockey
• Women's history
• Women scientists
• Women's sport
• Women writers

• WE-Framework: The gadget allows you to make additions to Wikidata while working on a Wikipedia article. Particularly useful for biographies. Fairly easy to add it to your user environment.

• Catnap: Allows you to make category-based searches.
• Earwig's Copyvio Detector, allows you to check articles and drafts for copyright violations
• Access to Wikipedia Library
• Access to the RX, source finder service
• Access to the Language reference desk

List of editors providing technical support

• Adam Cuerden (talk): Improving images
• Drmies (talk): Help with tracing editing history
• Edgars2007 (talk): Has provided assistance with metrics and Wikidata
• Envlh (talk): Collaborator on Humaniki
• Gamaliel (talk): General help with technical problems
• Headbomb (talk): "Big Structure" in general, e.g. {{WIR}} templates for edit-a-thons, WP:AALERTS, WP:RECOG, page tracking via categories, etc... Can also help with templates in general, both in terms of design or in terms of helping you figure out how to use them.
• Jane023 (talk): General editor-based assistance, created the d:Wikidata:WikiProject Women WikiProject for Wikidata
• John Cummings (talk): Editathon registration, user support
• Magnus Manske (talk): PrepBio for starting a biography from Wikidata and Mix-n-Match for facilitating additions to Wikidata items
• Maximilianklein (talk): Created Humaniki
• Megalibrarygirl (talk): Image creation and logo design
• MSGJ (talk): template and lua module editing, including Template:WikiProject Women in Red and Module:Women in Red event
• Pigsonthewing (talk): Wikidata, infoboxes & other templates
• Tagishsimon (talk): Assistance with redlisting, templates
• The Earwig (talk): Overall technical support, tools developments

Have also offered assistance

• Piotrus
• Xxanthippe

See also

• Wikipedia:Tools