Notes for May:

• Please go and "watch" this page:Article alerts. You will quickly see if any issues arise.

• Here is a list of other pages to watch as well:Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Watch

• Congratulations to ourBarnstar awardees!
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It is with sadness that we note the passing ofJim Howes. Throughout his life, Jim worked to make the world a better place. WikiProject Scouting now has no administrators listed as willing to help the WikiProject. If you are an administrator and are willing to help, please let us knowhere.

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• Please go and "watch" this page:Article alerts. You will quickly see if any issues arise.

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• Congratulations to ourBarnstar awardees!
• We want to develop a featured portal,look here if you want to help.
  

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Notes for June:

• Hey! Hey! We have updatedPortal:Scouting/Recognized content, go give it a look!
• Congratulations to ourBarnstar awardees!
• Westill want to develop a featured portal,look here if you want to help.
  

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Notes for August:

• HappyScout Scarf Day! You wearing your neckerchief today?
• We are working to develop a featured portal,look here if you want to help.
  
• These three articles are our top candidates to work up intoGood Articles.
  • Gilwell Park
  • Girl Guides
  • World Organization of the Scout Movement

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Notes for January:

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• These three articles are our top candidates to work up intoGood Articles.
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Notes for March:

• The article on theThe Scout Association was recently "delisted" from Good Article status. Help is requested.
• We are working to develop a featured portal,look here if you want to help.
  
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Notes for July

• On ourTo do list, we need to prioritize some tasks for articles outside of the US or the UK.

• The Scout Association has been nominated for a good article reassessment.
• 25th World Scout Jamboree, this may be a good time to improve this article. Anyone going?

• We want to develop a featured portal,look here if you want to help.
• Wood Badge,Brownsea Island Scout camp andPhilmont Scout Ranch all need attention.

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See also

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• AllAfrica can now be searched on the ProQuest tab at the WP Library.

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• Continuing:#1day1woman |Education(year-long initiative)

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• Celebrate Women – All content gender gap events, in every language Wikipedia, in March 2024
• Francophone Women★ Writers Fortnight 2024
• Feminism and Folklore 2024 Writing Contest

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• When creating a new article, check various spellings, including birth name, married names
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• Continuing:#1day1woman |Education(year-long initiative)

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• The second round of "One biography a week" begins in April as part of#1day1woman.

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• If you run into technical problems, you might find help on ourTools and technical support page

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• New:Press women|Alphabet run U, V & W|Central and Eastern Europe

• Continuing:#1day1woman|Education(year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Wikimedia CEE Spring 2024 - contest with certificates of participation and prizes
• The Wikipedia Library:#1Lib1Ref - May 15th to June 5th

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• Useopen-access references wherever possible, but apaywalled reliable source
  is better than none, particularly for biographies of living people.

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Notes for May:

• Looking for something to work on? Try looking at,Category:Scouting articles needing attention.

Some important articles that need help:The Scout Association,NAYLE,Philmont Training Center,BSA Leadership Training,COPE

• We are working to develop a featured portal,look here if you want to help.
  
• Looking for a new project? perhaps authoring an article onAids to Scoutmastership

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• New:LGBTQ+ women | Wiki Loves Pride|Women in Music|Alphabet run X, Y & Z

• Continuing:#1day1woman|Education(year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Women in Green Good Article Edit-a-thon June 2024 - Going Back in Time
• The Wikipedia Library:#1Lib1Ref - May 15th to June 5th

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• Find a Grave isNOT a reliable source (as it is user-generated content). Itcan be used
  to look for biographical clues.

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• New:Translation contest 2024|Science Fiction and Fantasy|Women in Sports

• Continuing:#1day1woman|Education(year-long initiative)

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• Wiki Loves Sport 2024 22 July - 22 September

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• A foreign language biography does not guarantee notability for English Wikipedia.
  Check theguidelines before you start.

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• Continuing:#1day1woman|Education(year-long initiative)|
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• TBD

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• Check yourathlete's notability before researching and creating her bio.

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• Continuing:#1day1woman|Education(year-long initiative)|Translation contest 2024(Jul, Aug, Sep)

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• August 30 is the tenth anniversary ofWikiProject Women writers!

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• Try herpen name when searching for sources, and remember to add her to any of these that apply:
  List of pen names,List of literary initials, andCategory:Pseudonymous women writers.

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• Continuing:#1day1woman|Education(year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• October is Women in Green's "Around the World in 31 Days" Good Article Edit-a-thon

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• Unsure how to expand a stub article? Take a look atthis guidance

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• New:Asian women|Geofocus: Islands Q-Z|Women in engineering

• Continuing:#1day1woman|Education(year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• AnnualWikipedia Asian Month (WAM) is an online campaign designed to boost
  Asian content on Wikipedia each November.
• Unreferenced articles backlog drive. These Wikiproject clean-up lists offer a start
  to November's backlog drive, e.g.Women's History andWomen writers

Tip of the month:

• Looking for an image? Sometimes you can find openly licensed images at
  search.creativecommons.org/

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• New:Women who died in 2024|Religion

• Continuing:#1day1woman|Education(year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Women in Religion have a monthly virtual edit-a-thon and the next session is
  December 2nd 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. CST. For Zoom meeting details, contactDzingle1 or
  RosPost.Women in Red members are welcome to join the Zoom Meetinghere

Tip of the month:

• Think of rewarding contributors, especially newcomers, with abarnstar.

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• New:Music(year-long initiative)|Alphabet run A & B|Internet personalities
• Continuing:#1day1woman(year-long initiative)|Women who died in 2024

Announcements from other communities

• CelebrateWikipedia Day on Jan 15, 2025
• Participate in#1Lib1Ref Jan 15 – Feb 5, 2025

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• Celebrate WiR's 20% achievement by adding {{User:ForsythiaJo/20%Userbox}} to your user page.

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• New:Black women|Alphabet run C & D
• Continuing, year-long initiatives:#1day1woman|Music

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• Wiki Loves Ramadan begins on 25 February - a great opportunity to focus on women from Islamic history

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• Looking for an image? Sometimes you can find openly licensed ones onCreative Commons search

Suggestion:

• Consider helping to promote women underIn the news andOn this day onWikipedia's main page

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• New:Alphabet run E & F|Artists+Activists|Women of the Arab World
• Continuing, year-long initiatives:#1day1woman|Music

Announcements from other communities:

• March editathons around the world
• Celebrate Women 2025 office hour series

Tip of the month:

• You can access theWikipedia Library if you have made 500+ edits, and 6+ months editing,
  and 10+ edits in the last 30 days, and No active blocks

Moving the needle:^[1]

• 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)
• 23 Dec 2024: 20.009% (2,041,741 bios, 408,531 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,669 articles during this period!

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• Continuing, year-long initiatives:#1day1woman|Music

Announcements (Events facilitated by others):

• The European Destubathon – a stub improvement contest/editathon from 1–30 April 2025

Tip of the month:

• When creating biographies, don't forget to useTemplate:DEFAULTSORT.
  Accessible from "Wiki markup" at the foot of the page being edited,
  it allows categories to be listed under the subject's family name rather than their first or given name.

Moving the needle: (statistics available via Humaniki tool)

• 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,057,083, 412,857 women)
• 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 2,657 articles during this period!

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• Continuing, year-long initiatives:#1day1woman|Music

Announcements (events facilitated by others):

• WikiProject Women in Green - aGood Article editathon from 1-31 May 2025

Progress ("moving the needle"):

• Statistics available viaHumaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period!

• 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women)
• 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women)

Tip of the month:

• Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women
  are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on theWomen in Red talk page.

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