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Our objective is to turnred links intoblue 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 toHumaniki, only20.13% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed?Content gender gap is a form ofsystemic bias, and this is what WiR addresses. We invite you to participate, whenever you like, in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome at Women in Red!

May Mays edit‑a‑thon
Online event May 2021
Mary Mary quite contrary
Meetup	197
Type	Edit-a-thon
Articles	Meetup 197 articles (59)
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Last year we had a successful focus on women associated with the name May. This year, we've decided to focus on those born in May as well as all the corresponding names and all its variants, for example Mary, Maria, Marie, Mariah, Miriam, Miryam, Maryam and Máire, as well as its occurrences in other scripts. You are also welcome to write articles on women associated with the name "May". Women born in the month of May can also be covered.

Anyone can take part in this event. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about women associated with Mary or May, as well as their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are of course also welcome to add articles on any other notable women who deserve to be covered, for example under our #1day1woman priority.

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

What else?

• Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create this month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
• This essay on creating women's biographies and ourTen Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
• If you tweet about any of the articles, or upload any of the images to Pinterest, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on ourRedlist index. Some of those relating to women named May or Mary are listed below:

Add other red links here, if possible with a source:

Key:

• Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
• Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest
• Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter

Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new

New/expanded articles featured in theDid you know... column of the WikipediaMain page

• Add here – most recent at the top with date of publication
• Maria Calegari - 7 June
• Marie Hartig Kendall - 6 June
• Margaret Tracey - 3 June
• Mary Speke - 31 May
• Marie Empress - 19 May~23,000 hits!. Highest bar one at DYK this month so far

• Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons:Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2021

Add here – most recent at the top

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  Maybelle Stephens Mitchell
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  Seven martyr nuns named Mary
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  Mairi Gougeon
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  Lois Kingsbery Mayes
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  Marysole
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  Marie Bartête prisoner in French Guiana
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  Thomas Macklin's daughter (not as reported at the British Museum asMaria Macklin)
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  Mary Docwra
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  Mansi Joshi
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  Maria Borounov at wikidata
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  Mame-Marie Sy
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  Mai Kragballe Nielsen at Wikidata
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  Marie Empress disappearance
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  Mary Goddard
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  Mary Rogers
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  Mary Fenwick
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  Mary Ann Parkers 1795 book
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  Mary Ramsey
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  Mary Trevelyan in 1907
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  Mary Bell
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  by Mary Caroline Milbanke
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  by Mary Love

• Invitation:MAY 2021
• Editathon banner for talk pages:{{WIR-197}}