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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!

Folklore edit‑a‑thon
Online event February–March 2023
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From 01 February through 15 April 2023, in collaboration with theFeminism and Folklore campaign on Meta, Women in Red is focusing on folklore and folklorists. We encourage their coverage in both articles and media. You are welcome to address folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers and folk musicians as well as their festivals, traditions, costumes, music, organizations, awards, and related activities.

This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to take part. There are also opportunities for contributors to add articles on any other women who deserve to be covered, for example under the other topics of the month or our comprehensive #1day1woman priority.

Themain 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 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

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.

This event is the local version of the internationalFeminism and Folklore 2023 contest. For your articles to be eligible for the international contest, use the blue button below to submit your articles using the Fountain tool. Articles for the international contest must adhere to the rules below. Of course, you can participate in Women in Red's writing event without participating in the international contest.

• The expanded or new article should have a minimum 3000 bytes or 300 words.
• The article should not be poorly machine translated.
• The article should be expanded or created between 1 February and 31 March 2023.
• The article should be within the themes of feminism and folklore.
• The article must not be anorphan.
• There should be no copyright violations and notability issues and the article should have proper references.

A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on ourRedlist index. A list relating to Feminism and Folklore is given below:

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

• Yaw tuba (talk)07:07, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Chocmilk03 (talk)07:52, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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
• Add IG after the article if you post it on Instagram
• Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn
• Add ITN after the article if it was posted on the main page viaWP:In The News

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

• ... thatGloria Cameron was the first native Jamaican in the UK to appear on the British television programmeThis Is Your Life?(2023-03-19)
• ... that American folkloristEsther Shephard collected tall tales from logging camps in the state of Washington to complete her 1924 book aboutPaul Bunyan?(2023-02-19)

• Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons:Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2023

Add here – most recent at the top

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  Maria Ascensão
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  Grace Partridge Smith
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  Sofía Noel
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  Dorothy Gladys Spicer
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  Bertha Koessler-Ilg
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  Emilie West
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  Priscilla Capps Hill
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  Eloise Ramsey
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  Berit Skjefte
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  Eda Lou Walton
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  Emelyn Elizabeth Gardner
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  Eleanor Hague
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  Leah Rachel Yoffie
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  Amy Bernardy
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  Margaret Park Redfield
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  Immeke Mitscherlich
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  Sarah Jim Mayo
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  Maja Forsslund

• Invitation:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Outreach/2023#February 2023
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