Welcome toWikiProject Women in Red (WiR)!
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!

Alphabet run: X–Z edit‑a‑thon
Online event June 2024
Z is forZora Neale Hurston
Meetup	310
Type	Edit-a-thon
Series	Alphabet run
Articles	Meetup 310 articles (29)
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From July 2023 to June 2024, Women in Red is embarking on their second collective "alphabet run", where editors work consecutively through the letters of the English alphabet. The June 2024 letters areX,Y andZ, and can be applied to any first, middle or last name of a subject e.g.Yoshiko Yamaguchi, or individuals named likeMalala Yousafzai orZora Neale Hurston would both be appropriate.

For the rerun, we are providing lists of themost frequently redlisted women. Based on database searches, these are listed under the first name in the article title. While the searches take account of women's given names, you will discover there are quite a number that are inappropriate (e.g. names like Yuri that can apply to any gender have been captured by the redlist). If you decide to choose to write a biography for these lists, you might like to mention "most frequent" when you add it under New or upgraded articles.

We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about notable women.

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 women who deserve to be covered, for example under the 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 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 and improved articles and images through social media and via nominations toMain Page features "Did You Know?" and "In The News".

What else?

• Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create month by 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 share any of the articles or images on social media, or successfully nominate for Main Page, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on ourRedlist index. Any of these lists can be used to find subjects who may have a first, middle or last name, beginning withX,Y orZ. Editors canclick the column header to rearrange names into alphabetical order.

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

Use the following symbols to note how you have promoted the article and the project's work:

• ... that afterWong Sau Ying attempted to assassinate a British colonial official, the police and press began to associate thebob cut withanarchism?(2024-07-31)
• ... thatoperaticsopranoMaria Zamboni was the first person to record the title role ofPuccini'sManon Lescaut in its entirety?(2009-01-10)

• Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons:Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2024

Add here – most recent at the top

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  Mary Young Sewell

• Invitation:June 2024
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