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Happy editing! Regarding Gilot: While your idea and reasoning is good, the lead has to be a summary of the article, not new facts with new sources. Please first include the facts in the body of the article, and only then summarize in the lead. - I am not happy with the article as it is, and asked for help, but all I asked are too busy. Perhaps you can do it, but not the way you tried. Perhaps read a bit first. We have a project Women in Red, did you know? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:42, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
- Hello, Yes, I know about Women in Red. I teach a course at the University of Vienna examining how women are represented on Wikipedia. I am now learning how to edit myself in order to improve the representation of notable women. I made one attempt in July on Franciose Gilot's page but it was deleted because I changed the lead without changing the body. I have now tried again. Please let me know if my edits work and offer any suggestions as to how I can improve my editing. I hope to make this an ongoing project. Thanks for your message. EnglishDepartmentVienna (talk) 15:48, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
- I would like to work further on this page. The existing structure focuses on Picasso, his own affairs and abuse, rather the being structured around Gilot's work and notability. I would like to re-structure the body and some of the info provided in the body. Of course, her relationship with Picasso is important but the way it is represented needs further editing. EnglishDepartmentVienna (talk) 16:12, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
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