Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/14

Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)!

Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's representation on all language Wikipedias (biographies, women's works, women's issues, broadly construed). Did you know that, according to Humaniki, only 19.97% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed? Content gender gap is a form of systemic bias, and this is what WiR addresses. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome to participate in the work of Women in Red!

Logo depicting poet Emma Lazarus and social reformer Alice Salomon
Dates	June 2016
Location	This is a virtual, global event... you can participate from anywhere in the world
Hosts	Women in Red, Center for Jewish History, Wikimedia NYC
Hashtag	#wikiwomeninred
Facilitators	Rosiestep; Lange.lea; Victuallers; add your name here

In June 2016, Women in Red is focusing on women in Jewish history. Anyone can take part in this event, whatever their previous experience. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies of some of the many past and present Jewish women of note who are still red-linked or underdeveloped on the English Wikipedia. Other articles regarding Jewish women, such as the works they created, and so on, are also welcome. The virtual edit-a-thon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work. See the "Resources and Red links" section below for guidance.

The main goals of the event are:

• to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of some of the world's most prominent women
• to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
• to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works

In addition to the virtual edit-a-thon, the Center for Jewish History will host the Women in Jewish History 2016 Edit-a-thon on June 5th, 2016 in New York City. For more on previous Wikipedia events at the Center for Jewish History, visit Center's GLAM Wiki page.