Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/119

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    May 2019

    Mayors

    Global initiative (continuing): #1day1woman Global initiative (continuing): Focus on Suffrage

    May: Women associated with May Mayors Environmentalists Geofocus: CEE countries

    June: Pride Royals Space Mediterranean

    See also: Future events

    Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)!
    Our objective is to turn red links into blue 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 to Humaniki, only 19.81% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed? Content gender gap is a form of systemic 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!
    Online event
    1–31 May 2019
    Maria Magnani Noya, Italian mayor
    Use social media to promote our work!
    FacebookWiki Women in Red
    Twitter@wikiwomeninred
    PinterestMay 2019 editathons
    Hashtag#wikiwomeninred
    Add to articles
    .
    • Authority control should be included at the foot of every biography: {{Authority control}}. It will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata.
    • Choose applicable Categories including relevant subcategories of Category:Women.
    • If applicable, add a stub template at the foot of an article:{{stub}}.
    Add to article talk pages
    .
    • {{WikiProject Biography| }} or {{WikiProject Biography}}
    • {{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}}:: if born before 1950.
    • Editathon banner: {{WIR-119}}

    In May 2019, Women in Red is focusing on women mayors. While not all of them are sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia, there are many who have contributed much to the towns and cities they represent, receiving wide recognition.

    We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about "May" women, as well as their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards. This virtual editathon encourages enthusiasts from around the globe to participate. You 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 our Ten 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.

    Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)[edit]

    A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on our Redlist index. Those relating to women mayors are listed below:

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

    Participants[edit]

    Outcomes (articles)[edit]

    Promote our work[edit]

    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

    New or upgraded articles[edit]

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

    Did You Know features[edit]

    New/expanded articles featured in the Did you know... column of the Wikipedia Main page

    Outcomes (media)[edit]

    Add here – most recent at the top

    Press about the event[edit]

    Event templates[edit]