Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/17

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The template to be affixed to articles, {{WIR-HF 2016}} says the editathon is being conducted in June 2016, not July. Yoninah (talk) 22:49, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

I am not remotely technical, but I think I figured out how to fix this. Thanks for the heads up Yoninah SusunW (talk) 13:09, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Yoninah (talk) 15:09, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

US-centric this month!

Halls of Fame seem to be something the USA does far more than the rest of the world!

I usually try to find a UK woman to write about in each WiR Editathon (though failing that I'll go for the initial "P" or anyone/anything else who/which catches my interest), but even when I picked the CEO of Sun UK she turned out to be an American. Ah well, it'll even up in other months. And I did manage to find a Brit in a Hall of Fame earlier. (One reason I tend to leap in and do an article near the start of each Editathon is to get the widest choice from the lists, in case someone else nicks all the most interesting-looking ones). PamD 12:25, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Roz Prior might be a good one; inducted into the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame in 2006. (Just checked, she was British. Some inductees aren't, but she was.) She held the best elapsed time record for a British woman drag racer for twenty years (1978-1998).Penny Richards (talk) 14:06, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Adina S. Ochert is a British diver and immunologist. Adina S. Ochert, 2006 She is in the Diver's Hall of Fame and held a world record for the Women’s Deepest Wreck Dive until 2007. Deepest woman wreck diver: Nina Preisner SusunW (talk) 14:51, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Moved conversation from WiR Ideas Cafe to here

(Coped from the main WiR talk page) There is an important discussion going on here in connection with the proposed deletion of Category:Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame. Rosiestep in particular might be able to recommend how we go forward if the categories are really prohibited by Wikipedia rules.--Ipigott (talk) 11:30, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Specifically, the policy concerns I raised were with WP:OCAWARD and WP:DEFINING. Thanks! RevelationDirect (talk) 20:11, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

July 2016

• Hall of Fame laureates

• Women in Halls of Fame
• July 1-31
• possible sponsor

• Hall of Fame laureates. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:14, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

I am totally in favor of this one Rosiestep. Added it to the calendar. SusunW (talk) 16:06, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

I love the idea of doing Hall of Fame laureates. Working off the Kentucky Women Remembered list I learned about women that I might never have heard about otherwise. But some of these women are going to be tough to write.

Many of these lists are created by State agencies or other organizations. They may have information about where to find images or sources that are not obvious. I'm going to create a list of the organizations to contact. Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Halls of Fame/Contact organizations. Once I get it sorted out maybe we can add the name of sponsoring organization to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Halls of Fame page or link to it. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 21:47, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Very cool FloNight The lack of pictures and trying to find them is certainly a pain in my side. SusunW (talk) 05:13, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

I found this link with some additional halls of fame but haven't followed any of the links listed so unsure about notability, etc.[1]. --Rosiestep (talk) 11:09, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Just found this one... Dame Hall of Fame. Its awards ceremony is in July in Louisiana! --Rosiestep (talk) 14:43, 5 June 2016 (UTC)