Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/301

Finding women in our Editathons.

I suggest that a good way to find a list of women's articles as candidates for improved "finding" is to work through the list of "Outcomes" from a WiR editathon. You can see the list of our past editathons at WP:WikiProject Women in Red/Events (click to expand the "Previous events" list at the bottom).

I've started on WiR 25: Archaeology, and in the first ten entries I've found seven who needed entries in surname lists (or a redirect from a unique surname, or the creation of a surname page), and/or redirects from different versions of their names (short name, long name, birth name, alternative names already noted in the infobox but not yet a redirect - see my contributions list if you're interested). I'm planning to carry on with the other 37 in that list, but I suggest we keep a list here of any WiR editathons which people are going to "adopt" for this current exercise, so that we don't duplicate our efforts. I suggest that if you adopt one, you create a heading for it below, in numerical order, to make it easier for other editors to check that the one they've chosen isn't already being worked on. PamD 15:00, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

WiR 20: Polar women

Making a start. PamD 21:32, 8 March 2024 (UTC) 1-8 checked PamD 21:57, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

WiR 25: Archaeology

Adopted, 1-10 examined so far. PamD 15:01, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

and 11-20. PamD 16:30, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

And 21-30 PamD 23:22, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

And finished 31-47. PamD 13:16, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

WiR 176: Women writers & their works

This is a great idea! I'll take edit-a-thon 176, Women writers & their works, because why not. Have started working through the list slowly, just up to #2. Chocmilk03 (talk) 01:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Up to #14

Apparently the above was my 10,000th edit! And I forgot to sign it, that's awkward...! Chocmilk03 (talk) 08:25, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Now up to #30. Chocmilk03 (talk) 07:54, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

How do I become a participant?

Hello! How do I become a participant? I want to write articles of Women in Red of my own hometown. TepeyacPilgrim (talk) 21:00, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

@TepeyacPilgrim Hallo and welcome to Women in Red. Find out more about the project at the main project page WP:Women in Red, and just start creating articles -making sure that you understand WP:Notability, the rule about who gets to have an article. Happy Editing! PamD 21:45, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks TepeyacPilgrim (talk) 09:39, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

@TepeyacPilgrim: So great to see someone interested in creating new articles about women! PamD's already pointed you in the right direction, and if you ever need any help or advice, the main project talk page is a good place to ask. We all appreciate Wikipedia is a steep learning curve, so don't hesitate to ask for help if you need it. :) Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 22:17, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks TepeyacPilgrim (talk) 09:39, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Just created an article as part of the project

I just created Brenda Cardenas Thomae as part of the Women in Red project. She was already listed as Women in Red in different lists, like female lawyers and such.

Do I need to add a tag or anything else on the article wikicode? Or in the Project page? Please advise. TepeyacPilgrim (talk) 09:28, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Hallo @TepeyacPilgrim. The page you've created looks great, and is relevant to Women in Red, but not particularly to our Editathon 301, which is specifically about adding links and redirects for articles which already exist. This talk page is the talk page for Editathon 301: the general Women in Red talk page is at Wikipedia talk: WikiProject Women in Red.

Women in Red has several Editathons each month (this month being this 301, and also 300: "Art + Feminism", and 299: "women with names beginning Q or R". There's an all-year 294 "Education". But there's also the all-encompassing 293: #1day1woman, which welcomes all articles about women and their works, whether you're writing one every day or just one, once.

I'll edit the talk page you've created for you article, to reflect this.

Just one thing I noticed about your article: we don't use a person's given name except in the lead: we use surname only. I'll tidy this up for you. But congratulations on what looks an excellent article, and Welcome to Women in Red. PamD 17:46, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

I suggest you go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/293, the page for the "#1day1woman", and proudly add yourself as a participant and Brenda Cardenas Thomae as an "outcome"! Again, welcome! PamD 17:55, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Ok. I'm officially confused. Thanks anyway. TepeyacPilgrim (talk) 07:50, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

@TepeyacPilgrim:, you're posting on the talk page of Women in Red edit-a-thon number 301, which is an event about adding redirects/categories/wikilinks to existing articles. You don't really need to worry about this, it just makes more sense for your article to be listed as an outcome of a different edit-a-thon which is running all year and which is about creating any articles about women.

I probably haven't explained this any more clearly, but you don't need to worry about it too much. Just keep making contributions, and ask on the main talk page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red if you have any questions. You can certainly ask here as well, but you'll get a quicker response on the main page. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 08:00, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

• I've just copied this thread over to the main talk page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red where it's more appropriate and where more people will see it. PamD 18:02, 8 March 2024 (UTC)