Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/52

Celebrating Women in peace

August: Indigenous women August: Women in peace August: Canadian women New in August: #1day1woman Global Initiative September: Hispanic and Latina Women September: Women in the Olympics September: Women from New Zealand See also: Future events

Hello and welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR) whose objective is to turn redlinks into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's biographies and women's works. Did you know that according to WHGI only 17.06% 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. We invite you to participate whenever you like in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Women in Red warmly welcomes you!
Emira Woods011
About
FacilitatorsRosiestep
Online event
1-31 August 2017Join the Women in Red online editathon from anywhere in the world.
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.Authority control should be included at the foot of every biography: {{Authority control}}. It will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata.
.Choose applicable Categories including relevant subcategories of Category:Women.
.If applicable, add a stub template at the foot of an article:{{stub}}.
Add to article talk pages
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  • {{WikiProject Biography| }} or {{WikiProject Biography}}
  • {{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}}:: if born before 1950.
  • Editathon banner: {{WIR-52}}

Women in Red is hosting a virtual editathon from August 1 to 31, 2017 on Women in peace, providing an opportunity for you to create or improve articles on women who are notable in various fields of endeavor. The virtual edit-a-thon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work.

  • 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
  • to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter)