Women in Red

Women in Red
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Abbreviation	WiR
Formation	July 18, 2015
Founder	Roger Bamkin; Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight;
Founded at	Hilton Mexico City Reforma during Wikimania 2016
Headquarters	Virtual
Methods	Edit-a-thons
Budget	US$0
Staff	None
Award(s)	2016, shortlisted, ITU/UN Women's GEM-TECH Award
Website	WikiProject Women in Red

Women in Red is a WikiProject addressing the current gender bias in Wikipedia content. The project focuses on creating content regarding women's biographies, women's works, and women's issues.

The project is named after the hyperlinks in existing Wikipedia articles that display in red to indicate that the linked article has yet to be created. Since the inception of Ada Lovelace Day, Wikipedia edit-a-thons have been popular activities.^[1] Research at these events often discovered notable women in STEM who did not have Wikipedia pages, therefore a red link could be created for that person.

^ "UK Women in Science Wikipedia edit-a-thon - Mill Hill, London | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

[1] "UK Women in Science Wikipedia edit-a-thon - Mill Hill, London | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

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