Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight

Dame
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight in front of the Cardboard W in Wikimania 2023. She is a middle-aged white woman with blonde hair wearing a red dress.
Stephenson-Goodknight at Wikimania 2023
Born
Rosie Gojich Stephenson-Goodknight

(1953-12-05) December 5, 1953 (age 70)
Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Other namesRosiestep
EducationCalifornia State University, University of California, San Diego, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Los Angeles
OccupationBusiness administrator
Known forWikipedia editor
Children2[1]
RelativesDavid Albala (grandfather)
Paulina Lebl-Albala (grandmother)
AwardsWikipedian of the Year (2016)
Stephenson-Goodknight's voice
Recorded July 2018

Dame Rosie Gojich Stephenson-Goodknight[2] (born December 5, 1953)[3][4] is an American Wikipedia editor, known on the site under the pseudonym Rosiestep, who is noted for her actions addressing gender bias in the encyclopedia by running a project to increase the quantity and quality of women's biographies.[5][6] She has contributed thousands of new articles.

Stephenson was named co-Wikipedian of the Year in 2016. In May 2018, she was honored with a Serbian knighthood as a Dame of the St. Sava Order of Diplomatic Pacifism. She was elected to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees in October 2021.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hussain-2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Milošević-2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Allen, Rachael (April 11, 2020). "Wikipedia is a world built by and for men. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight is changing that". Washington Post. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  4. ^ @WikiWomenInRed (December 5, 2016). "Happy Birthday @Rosiestep - Thanks for all your work last year" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Wikipedia editing marathons add women's voices to online resource". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Redden-2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation Board of (October 13, 2021). "Wikimedia Foundation welcomes new Trustees Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Victoria Doronina, Dariusz Jemielniak, and Lorenzo Losa". Diff. Retrieved May 4, 2022.