BBC 100 Women Online Editathon
21 November to 15 December 2016

Aug-Dec: Philosophers Apr-Dec: Scientists

21 Nov/15 Dec: BBC 100 Women

December: Women in Aviation December: Women in the Military December: Caribbean Women

See also: Future events


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 19.81% 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. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome to participate in the work of Women in Red!

Women in Red logo

Dates21 November to 15 December 2016
LocationJoin this Women in Red virtual, global event, and you can participate from anywhere in the world.
Learn more about the projectWP:GLAM/BBC's 100 Women
Affiliated organizationBBC & Wikimedia UK
Social media#wikiwomeninred

#100womenwiki

Pinterest board
FacilitatorsRosiestepVictuallers

Celebrating BBC 100 Women

Wikimedia BBC 100 Women is a partnership between the BBC and Wikimedia. Its objective is to raise awareness of the gender gap on Wikipedia, improve coverage of women and encourage women to edit. BBC 100 Women is one of the BBC’s most successful news series which names 100 influential and inspirational women around the world every year, creating documentaries, features and interviews with them, as a way to look at women’s rights around the world. It is broadcast on the BBC World Service’s TV, radio and online services in 28 languages and bbc.com to reach global audiences of over 320 million a week. The series is entering its fourth year in 2016 and will be on air between 21st November to 8th December.

There are three ways you can participate!

  1. Virtual participation: Women in Red will facilitate a virtual editathon from 21 November to 15 December, extending a week beyond the dates set by the BBC. Anyone, anywhere, can participate anytime.
  2. In-person events: On 8 December 2016, edit-a-thons will be held in BBC Broadcasting House in central London, at BBC Archives in Reading, and in locations around the world where there are BBC bureaux and active Wikimedia communities: Beijing, Cairo, Cardiff, Delhi, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Jerusalem, Kathmandu, Kabul, Miami, Nairobi, Rome (Italy), São Paolo and Washington, DC. See also the BBC's invitation: BBC 100 Women 2016: Who are our forgotten women? Join our edit-a-thon.
  3. Social media:

Participants edit

  1. Rosiestep (talk) 22:43, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Ipigott (talk) 11:01, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. SusunW (talk) 17:28, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Penny Richards (talk) 19:32, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Camelia(talk)- WikiDonne's event page in Rome. 13:47, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. PamD 21:30, 21 November 2016
  7. ☕ Antiqueight haver 22:50, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Dr. Blofeld 23:02, 23 November 2016 (UTC), and I can help arrange something with the challenges to reinforce this and next month's focus. :-)[reply]
  9. Victuallers (talk) 13:44, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Oluwa2Chainz »» (talk to me) 14:44, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Andrew D. (talk) 18:27, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  12. gobonobo + c 02:10, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:45, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Edwardx (talk) 01:08, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Obangmoy Obangmoy (talk) 11:26, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:56, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 14:28, 14 December 2016 (UTC) (I was the second to sign up meta, but only just saw this sign-up list as well. I was at Broadcasting House on the day, and guided many newbies through their first efforts.)[reply]

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created) edit

Add other red links here, if possible with a source:

  1. add here

Add these to articles edit

  • Add to the foot of every biography: {{Authority control}}; it will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata.
  • Add a stub template if appropriate to do so.

Add these to article talkpages edit

  • {{WikiProject Biography}}
  • Important: Please also include the editathon template for this event: {{WIR-BBC 2016}}

Outcomes edit

New or upgraded articles edit

(most recent at the top)

During the BBC editathon edit

Articles created or moved from draft to mainspace on 8 December 2016.  Y indicates no potentially fatal issues (has enough refs to appear notable).  * means there are issues which need attention. Please attend to them, and move the status on to at least a tick.

Mainspace articles edit

  1. Hafsat Abdulwaheed  Y - 1 incoming link, needs photo, wikilinks
  2. Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita  Y - needs photo
  3. LaDonna Brave Bull Allard  Y - needs photo
  4. Nazma Akter  Y - needs photo, wikilinks
  5. Emily Alemika  * tagged for notability (was upgraded with RS), needs photo
  6. Victoria Alonsoperez  Y - upgraded with RS
  7. Tess Asplund  Y needs photo
  8. Tamar Ariel  Y - needs photo
  9. Seyhan Arman  Y fine
  10. Judi Aubel  Y - needs photo, has 1 incoming link
  11. Geetanjali Babbar  Y - AfD resolved as keep, needs photo
  12. Chanira Bajracharya  Y - needs photo, has 1 incoming link
  13. Ethel Baxter  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  14. Rachel Bentley  * poor referencing, needs photo
  15. Bianca Berlinguer  Y - needs photo, has 1 incoming link
  16. Anne Bevan  Y - needs photo, has 1 incoming link
  17. Gangubai Nivrutti Bhambure  Y - needs photo
  18. Razia Bhatti  Y - needs photo, has 1 incoming link
  19. Carole Souter  Y - needs photo
  20. Dorothy Lee Bolden  Y - needs photo
  21. Mary Bristow  Y - needs photo
  22. Meredith Jemima Brown  Y - needs photo
  23. Evelyn Browne  Y - needs photo
  24. Elizabeth Brunner  Y needs photo
  25. Betty Campbell  Y - needs photo
  26. Jessie Campbell  Y - needs photo
  27. Justa Canaviri  Y - needs photo tweeted
  28. Regina Catrambone  Y - needs photo
  29. Sairee Chahal  * - flagged as copyright violation
  30. Touria Chaoui  Y - needs photo
  31. Bidhya Chapagain  Y - 1 incoming link, needs photo
  32. Sirikan Charoensiri  Y - upgraded, deorphaned
  33. Krishna Chattopadhyay  Y - needs photo
  34. Avani Chaturvedi  Y - needs photo, has 1 incoming link
  35. Shanta Chaudhary  Y - needs photo, has 1 incoming link
  36. Pratibha Choudhary  * - Prodded
  37. Charlotte Cheverton  Y - needs photo
  38. Gouri Chindarkar  * - 1 incoming link, needs photo - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gouri Chindarkar'
  39. Pratibha Choudhary  Y - needs photo
  40. Mishi Choudhary  Y - needs photo, 1 incoming link
  41. Betty Corrigall  Y
  42. Laura Coryton tweeted broadcasted  Y AfD resolved as keep
  43. Rosanna Costa  Y - weak references, 1 incoming link, needs photo
  44. Jackie Crookstone  Y 1 incoming link
  45. Augusta Curiel  Y
  46. Maggie Cusack  Y - weak references, 1 incoming link, needs photo
  47. Sue Darlow  Y - weak references, 1 incoming link, needs photo
  48. Jennie Dean  Y
  49. Koili Devi - needs photo
  50. Mallika Dua  Y orphan, needs photo
  51. Nay El Rahi  Y orphan, needs photo
  52. Dooa El-Adl  Y bare url refs, orphan, needs photo
  53. Paula Escobar  Y fine
  54. Ieshia Evans  Y
  55. Rose Evansky  Y
  56. Lucy Finch  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  57. Nigist Fura  Y 1 incoming link, refs weak
  58. Diana Gardner  Y
  59. Mary Gillham  Y - fine
  60. Xenia Ghali  Y needs photo
  61. Dorothy Ghettuba  Y needs photo
  62. Aditi Gupta (author)  Y orphan, needs photo
  63. Megan Grano  Y poor quality refs, needs photo
  64. Jean Halley  Y fine
  65. Mary Crovatt Hambidge  Y needs photo
  66. Sireen Hamsho  * tagged for notability, needs photo
  67. Marci Harris  Y bare refs, orphan, needs photo, maybe wikilinks
  68. Stephanie Harvey  Y fine
  69. Shabnam Hashmi  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  70. Mary Hepburn  Y orphan, needs photo
  71. Nancy Honey  * tagged for notability, 1 incoming link, needs photo
  72. Cat Hulbert  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  73. Ella Ingram  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  74. Suhani Jalota  Y orphan, needs photo
  75. Tori James  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  76. Lisa Jên  * tagged for notability, 1 incoming link, needs photo
  77. Sminu Jindal  Y orphan, needs photo
  78. Samantha John  Y orphan, needs photo. I have doubts about notability
  79. Danielle Joyce  Y orphan, needs photo
  80. Hatoon Kadi  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  81. Sophie Kanza  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  82. Christina Keith  Y needs photo
  83. Lisa Kemmerer  * tagged for primary sources, orphan
  84. Muthoni Kirima  Y orphan, lacks wikilinks, needs photo
  85. Veeru Kohli  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  86. Rimppi Kumari  * tagged for notability, stub, 1 incoming link, needs photo
  87. Anu Lamp  Y fine
  88. Lexi Lawson  * At AfD
  89. Marne Levine  * suggested merge of Draft:Marne Levine
  90. Liv Little  Y weak refs, 1 incoming link, needs photo
  91. Beca Lyne-Pirkis  Y orphan, needs photo
  92. Zimasa Mabela  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  93. Nanita Maharjan  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  94. Amara Majeed  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  95. Hester Dickson Martineau  Y orphan, needs photo
  96. Nabomita Mazumdar  * multiple issues, notability not in question
  97. Rose McDermott  Y weak refs, 1 incoming link, needs photo
  98. Kathryn McDowell  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  99. Rachel McKendry  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  100. Erin McKenney  Y 1 incoming link
  101. Radhika Menon  Y - needs photo
  102. Cindy Meston  Y - 2 incoming links, needs photo
  103. Anna Mghwira  Y needs photo
  104. Frances Micklethwait  Y 1 incoming link
  105. Yasmin Modassir  Y - needs photo
  106. Siyanda Mohutsiwa  Y orphan, needs photo upgraded with RS
  107. Ashwaq Moharram  * tagged for merge, barely sufficient assertion of notability, orphan, needs photo
  108. Lili Monori  Y needs photo
  109. Marion Moon  Y needs photo AfD AfD marked as Keep.
  110. Loubna Mrie  Y orphan, needs photo
  111. Naja'atu Bala Muhammad  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  112. Siza Mzimela  Y orphan, needs photo
  113. Lavanya Nalli  Y orphan, needs photo
  114. Kavita Nehemiah  Y orphan
  115. Helen Nibouar  Y orphan, needs photo
  116. Sellappan Nirmala  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  117. Mary Noble  Y needs photo
  118. Daisy Nyongesa  Y orphan
  119. Binda Pandey  Y cleaned up by Dr. B, rm tags, needs photo
  120. Helen Pankhurst  Y fine
  121. Khofifah Indar Parawansa  Y needs photo
  122. Una-Mary Parker  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  123. Zulaikha Patel  Y photo probably inappropiate - 13-year old
  124. Frances Freeborn Pauley  Y needs photo
  125. V. Spike Peterson  Y weak refs, orphan, needs photo
  126. Jane Plant  Y - needs photo
  127. Natalia Ponce de León  Y orphan, wikilinks
  128. Gopika Poornima  Y - needs photo
  129. Caroline F. Putnam  Y - orphan
  130. Sarita Rai  Y orphan, needs photo
  131. Margaret Read (musician)  Y orphan, needs photo
  132. Sharmadean Reid  Y - 2 incoming links, needs photo
  133. Margery Spring Rice  Y needs photo
  134. Conchi Ríos  Y orphan
  135. Elvira Ríos  Y fine
  136. Maureen Rooney  Y needs photo
  137. Mitali Roy  Y orphan, needs photo
  138. Fatuma Ali Saman  * tagged for tone, orphan, needs photo
  139. Archana Sardana  Y orphan, needs photo
  140. Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont  Y - needs photo
  141. Scorpia (journalist)  Y needs photo
  142. Nalini Shekar  * tagged for sources remain unclear, orphan, needs photo
  143. Astalaxmi Shakya  * - tagged for verificability, multiple issues
  144. Shradha Sharma  Y - AfD closed as keep, needs photo, has 1 incoming link
  145. Kate Shand  Y - 1 incoming link, needs photo
  146. Bahia Shehab  Y - needs photo
  147. Rachel Sibande  Y - 1 incoming link
  148. Neha Singh  Y - 1 incoming link, needs photo
  149. Mabel Murphy Smythe-Haith  Y orphan, needs photo
  150. Nancy Sottos  Y - 1 incoming link, needs photo
  151. Preethi Srinivasan  Y - 1 incoming link, needs photo
  152. Andrea Stark  Y - 1 incoming link, needs photo
  153. Nancy Staudt  Y - needs photo
  154. Jean Stoffregen  * tagged for single source, COI, orphan, needs photo
  155. Rebecca Strickson  Y orphan, needs photo
  156. Amna Suleiman  Y - needs photo
  157. Erin Sweeny  * tagged as incomplete. 1 incoming link, needs photo
  158. Lubna Tahtamouni  Y - 1 incoming link, needs photo
  159. Upasana Taku  Y - 1 incoming link, needs photo
  160. Mary Tape  Y - 1 incoming link, needs photo
  161. Rebecca Stiles Taylor  Y - needs photo
  162. Kanika Tekriwal  Y - 1 incoming link, needs photo, tagged for tone
  163. Isabella Springmuhl Tejada  Y 1 incoming link, needs photo
  164. Jana Tepe  Y stub, fine
  165. Premi Viswanath  Y orphan
  166. Manizha Wafeq  Y
  167. Carla Marie Williams  Y needs photo
  168. Mary Evans Wilson  Y fine
  169. Kunwar Bai Yadav  Y
  170. Mary Helen Young  Y - 1 incoming link
  171. Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering  Y needs links

Drafts edit

Articles started in userspace or draft namespace on 8 December 2016.

  1. Draft:Monica Dinosaurescu  * Refused - lacking independent sources
  2. Mary Esslemont in User:G20gail/sandbox  *
  3. Draft:Leah Fontaine  * not submitted
  4. Draft:Mary Hepburn  *
  5. Draft:Kayla Iacovino  * declined - notability
  6. Draft:Denise Jallais  *
  7. Draft:Harshini Kanhekar  *
  8. Sheema Kirmani in User:Smsarmad/Sheema Kirmani  * - not moved
  9. Naomi Miles in User:Sfmark/sandbox  * - AfC submission declined
  10. Daisy Kanainza Nyongesa in User:Ambogo  *
  11. Auma Obama in User:Squilt/sandbox  * - draft expanding on material at the redirect Auma Obama
  12. Draft:Malka Puterkovsky  *
  13. Saran Sérémé Séré in User:Mizmoy/sandbox  * - not moved
  14. Draft:Sara Weir  *
  15. Draft:Sarah Waiswa  *

Articles started on 9 December edit

These articles appear to be a result of the BBC editathons.

  1. Virginia Tyler Hudson - no links, orphan (fixed)
  2. Etta Lee
  3. Lisa Kemmerer - no links
  4. Erin McKenney
  5. Praveena Solomon - not notable
  6. Shradha Sharma - AfD
  7. Mary Zappone
  8. Robyn Fivush - orphan
  9. Patricia M. Bricklin - orphan
  10. Irene Claremont de Castillejo
  11. Olga Uskova
  12. Catherine White (doctor)
  13. Jackie Crookstone
  14. Avani Chaturvedi
  15. Eileen Kennedy (judge)

Did You Know features edit

New/expanded articles featured in the Did you know... column of the Wikipedia Main page

  • Add here - most recent at the top with date of publication


Featured pictures edit

Slideshow edit

Here are five pictures that I took at the Broadcasting House event. Andrew D. (talk) 18:47, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Press about the event edit

Event templates edit