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Happy editing! Kj cheetham (talk) 10:21, 8 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Women in Red edit

Hi there, Nina2307, and welcome to Women in Red. Good to see you are interested in helping us to improve coverage of women in science and history. You'll find lots of suggestions on women who perhaps deserve articles if you browse through our Redlists. When you feel ready to create your first biography, you might find it useful to look through our Ten Simple Rules. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 05:54, 9 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Ipigott Thank you so much! I am happy to contribute to writing biographies in the space of science, environment and women in the historical period. I have a few doubts, it would be great if you help me with those:
1. If I have some ideas for new initiatives or activities, where should I post them?
2. If I would know/come across some people who might be notable enough to have a Wikipedia page, I should not create one for them, am I right? Could I list the names in the CS?
3. And, after creating a draft for the biography, if I would like someone to review it, could I ask someone in the WiR community for help?
Thanks! Nina2307 (talk) 20:34, 9 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
  • Good to see you already have these constructive queries, Nina2307.
Re 1: If your ideas are in connection with the Women in Red project, you can post them on our WiR talk page. If they are more in connection with the focus we should give to our monthly events, it would be better to mention them on our Ideas page.
Re 2: Yes, by all means add people you know to our CS lists, if possible with links to some good secondary sources. If the names already appear in existing articles, it might be useful to redlink them. This will encourage other contributors to write about them.
Re 3: I would be happy to help you with your first biography. You might find it easier to write about someone who is no longer living. You will find further guidance in our Primer. Rather than just using your basic user space, I suggest you use the format [[User:Nina2307|Article title]] for your draft. This will allow you to work on more than one draft at a time and will leave your user space free for other things.
I noticed you added Shantha Mohan to the redlist of engineers. It would be useful if you could add links to two or three good secondary sources as they are the basis on which a biography is considered suitable for Wikipedia. These could include coverage in newspapers and journals (but not interviews with her), accounts relating to her awards, or assessments/critiques of her writing by those not associated with her or her publishers. As you can see, it's not all that easy to justify the inclusion of a living person. Hope this helps.
If you require any further assistance, just let me know. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 06:15, 10 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
  • I just noticed you have not yet added our WiR project template {{User WikiProject Women in Red}} to your user page (without the nowiki stuff). I think it would be useful for people to see you are a member of the project. If you have any difficulties with this, let me know.--Ipigott (talk) 06:36, 10 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Women in Red April 2023 edit

 
Women in Red Apr 2023, Vol 9, Iss 4, Nos 251, 252, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266


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Women in Red May 2023 edit

 
Women in Red May 2023, Vol 9, Iss 5, Nos 251, 252, 267, 268, 269, 270


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Women in Red - June 2023 edit

 
Women in Red June 2023, Vol 9, Iss 6, Nos 251, 252, 271, 272, 273


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Women in Red July 2023 edit

 
Women in Red June 2023, Vol 9, Iss 7, Nos 251, 252, 274, 275, 276


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Women in Red 8th Anniversary edit

  Women in Red 8th Anniversary
In July 2015 around 15.5% of the English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. As of July 2023, 19.61% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women. That's a lot of biographies created in the effort to close the gender gap. Happy 8th Anniversary! Join us for some virtual cake and add comments or memories and please keep on editing to close the gap!

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Women in Red August 2023 edit

 
Women in Red August 2023, Vol 9, Iss 8, Nos 251, 252, 277, 278, 279, 280


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September 2023 at Women in Red edit

 
Women in Red September 2023, Vol 9, Iss 9, Nos 251, 252, 281, 282, 283


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Women in Red October 2023 edit

 
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Women in Red January 2024 edit

 
 
Women in Red | January 2024, Volume 10, Issue 1, Numbers 291, 293, 294, 295, 296


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Women in Red February 2024 edit

 
Women in Red | February 2024, Volume 10, Issue 2, Numbers 293, 294, 297, 298


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Women in Red March 2024 edit

 
Women in Red | March 2024, Volume 10, Issue 3, Numbers 293, 294, 299, 300, 301


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Women in Red April 2024 edit

 
Women in Red | April 2024, Volume 10, Issue 4, Numbers 293, 294, 302, 303, 304


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Women in Red May 2024 edit

 
Women in Red | May 2024, Volume 10, Issue 5, Numbers 293, 294, 305, 306, 307


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