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Women in Green | Good Article Edit-a-thon
June 2024 – Going Back in Time
From June 1–30, WikiProject Women in Green is hosting its sixth virtual editathon event with the following goals: to nominate and review GA-class articles related to women and women's works, and to help editors build a greater capacity for bringing articles up to GA status. Participants of all experience levels are welcome! We will provide instructions, learning resources, suggested article topics, and assistance from editors more experienced with the GA process. To participate, just add yourself to the list of participants.
What is Women in Green?
WikiProject Women in Green works to bring core articles on women and women's works up to minimum Good Article (GA) status. Our aim is to improve the general reliability and quality of Wikipedia while also addressing gender bias in Wikipedia content. Currently, articles about women and women's works comprise just 4849 articles out of 40,532 Good Articles on the site, roughly 12%. Each year we organize a number of specific group goals related to nominating and reviewing GA articles, and this event is partly organized to help us reach and/or surpass those goals.
Going Back in Time
During this event, we're encouraging editors to work on articles about women and women's works (books, films, etc.) from as many different time periods as possible. We hope to collectively nominate and/or review articles about women from each era of human history (i.e. ancient history, the middle ages and modern history) and from at least 20 different centuries – this may refer to when the article subjects were born or when they spent the most significant portion of their lives. Want to improve an article about an ancient queen or medieval empress? Go for it. How about a pioneering woman scientist? Absolutely. An advancement in women's education? Yes! There are thousands of interesting articles about women and women's works on Wikipedia, and this event is here to provide a focused, supportive environment for us as we work to bring some of them up to GA status.
Article Suggestions
Editors may be interested in working on some of the following article suggestions, but are welcome to choose articles from elsewhere:
- Aglaonice – 2nd-century BC Greek astronomer
- Brigid of Kildare – Irish abbess and saint (c. 451 – 525)
- Catherine the Great – Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796
- Isabella I of Castile – Queen of Castile and León from 1474 to 1504
- Enheduanna – Sumerian high priestess of Inanna
- Fu Hao – Shang dynasty general, diviner, Queen consort to King Wu Ding
- Kassi – empress of Mali
- Anna Komnene – Byzantine historian (1083–1153)
- Lucy – 3.2-million-year-old fossilized hominid
- Mahapajapati Gotami – Foster mother of Gautama Buddha and the first Buddhist nun
- Mary the Jewess – First Western alchemist (1st century)
- Mary Jane Patterson – American educator (1840–1894)
- Quilago – Caranqui queen and military leader
- Regina Jonas – First woman to be ordained as a rabbi (1902–1944)
- Sak Kʼukʼ – Maya queen
- Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh – Leader of the Dahomey Amazons
- Twosret – Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty
- Wu Zetian – Empress regnant of China from 690 to 705
- Kono Yasui – Japanese biologist and cytologist
- Zewditu – Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930
Links to find other articles:
- Category:Women by century
- Red link lists:
WiG 20-Minute Article Assessments
Are you new to the GA nominating process (or just want some early feedback)? GA nominators have the option to request a basic assessment of their article from an experienced Women in Green editor before nominating it for a full GA review. The WiG 20-Minute Article Assessment will aim to identify any major issues that remain in your article and suggest improvements for you to focus on. This support is intended to help less-experienced GA nominators build their confidence and avoid frustrating "quick-fail" situations. Make your request for a 20-minute article assessment here.