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!

Indigenous women edit‑a‑thon
Online event August 2024
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Every August, to celebrateInternational Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, we give special attention toIndigenous women from around the world. We hope both new contributors and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies about Indigenous women, as well as articles on their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards.

Please be cautious when creating articles about North American subjects. If you need sourcing help or have questions about tribal identities for North American subjects, you can contactWikipedia talk:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America. For understanding who is and is not Indigenous, seeDetermining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities. You can of course also write articles on any other notable women, for example under our#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 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

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 share any of the articles on social media (thank you!), please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

We have a wide variety ofred-link lists. In addition to those on women from pertinent countries, the following should be particularly useful in identifying Indigenous women who deserve to be covered (remember though to checknotability before you start):

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

• Iyekiyapiwiŋ Darlene St. Clair[1][2]
• Tracy Westerman[3][4][5][6],one linked article in Wikidata,also misspelled asTracey Westerman

Most recent on top, please, specify upgraded if not new and add to updated articles section below

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 in 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.

• ... thatMitch Torres is a "self-proclaimeddamper destroyer"?(2024-11-02)
• ... thatCathy Merrick was the first woman to be elected grand chief of theAssembly of Manitoba Chiefs?(2024-10-14)
• ... thatTuhi Martukaw led youth delegations to theUnited Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for ten years in a row?(2024-10-05)
• ... thatAlexina Kublu, a linguist, translator, Languages Commissioner, and the firstjustice of the peace in Nunavut, is her grandmother's father and her daughter's son, as per the Inuitnamesake tradition?(2024-09-21)
• ... thatDorothy Stanley was once said to be one of the last speakers of theMiwok languages?(2024-09-13)
• ... that Greenlandic content creatorQupanuk Olsen petitioned theInatsisartut to move Greenland's time zone toUTC−03:00?(2024-09-09)

• Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons:

Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2024Add here – most recent at the top

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  Tomassa
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  Cathy Merrick
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  Marja Mortensson
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  Daniela Albizu
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  Luella Marciano
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  Ora Eddleman Reed
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  Alsu Kurmasheva

• Invitation:August 2024
• Editathon banner for talk pages – Indigenous women{{WIR-314}}