Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/294

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 19.90% 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!

Education initiative
Online event 2024
Meetup	294
Type	Initiative
Articles	Meetup 294 articles (695)
Use social media to promote our work!
Facebook	Wiki Women in Red
Twitter	@wikiwomeninred
Instagram	@wikiwomeninred
Pinterest	January-2024-editathons
Hashtag	#wikiwomeninred
Add to articles
Authority control	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.
Categories	Choose applicable categories including relevant subcategories of Category:Women.
Stub	If applicable, add stub template at the foot of an article: {{stub}}.
Add to article talk pages
{{WikiProject Biography}}
{{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}} if born before 1950.
Editathon banner: {{WIR|294}}

Each year Women in Red chooses a theme to run throughout the year. Education was chosen by editors as the theme for 2024. In addition to teachers, educators, administrators and researchers, the topic can also cover schools founded by women, schools for girls and women, and notable women alumni. You are also welcome to write about significant awards for women in education and the books they have written.

This virtual edit-a-thon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work. There is a Competition for the first editor to create 24 new "start" articles about a women (not from US/UK). The article must have 1500 characters of original text, 3 references and do try and add a pic. When you add it to New Articles below then can you add your name and number created so far? e.g. Marie Curie Wikieditor666 #1. The prize is a tee shirt and a barnstar mailed to any address.

What else?

• The lists of redlinks should provide inspiration.

• There is a section where you can list the articles you create this month, and another section where you can add the images you uploaded to Commons.
• This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newcomers.

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 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