Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red

I've just started getting involved with templates, and it occurred to me that their creation also fits nicely with the Cascading women theme. I started one today for the Template:Susan Smith Blackburn Prize but i expect there might be others that the month-long event might highlight! Lajmmoore (talk) 11:29, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Seems very useful I may have to create a couple for the presidents of WES and SWE that I've been focusing on. TheResilientEngineer (talk) 09:54, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Lajmmoore, Wow! I'm seeing the Cascading women templates on several pages now and I think it'ss not only beautiful, but also a wonderful way of providing participation acknowledgement for one of our events. We should do this more often! In the meantime, would you please add the template to this category: Category:WikiProject Women in Red templates (I would have done it myself, but I couldn't find it). I suppose it could also be added to Category:WikiProject Women in Red awards, if/when we create that category. Thank you. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:43, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

done! Lajmmoore (talk) 02:06, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

I've written a couple of articles for Women in Red focusing on deceased Welsh writers who have a Welsh-language Wikipedia page but not an English-language equivalent. I've started with the person's Welsh-language page, then translated into English, edited and added additional sources. However, a couple of my articles have been rejected or queried with reviewers quoting WP:GOLDENRULE and WP:GNG. I wondered if someone could explain what I'm lacking:

• Draft:Mair Garnon - her death was reported on by BBC Cymru Fyw and NS4C
• Draft:Glenys Mair Lloyd - her death was reported by Golwg360 and Barn, as well as 2 regional newspapers

I believe all these to be reliable sources providing significant coverage; however, they are written in Welsh, which may make it difficult for non-Welsh-speakers to verify.

And I've written the following pages for Welsh women which haven't been reviewed yet:

• Draft:Florence Thomas (surgeon)
• Draft:Bethan Phillips
• Draft:Nesta Wyn Jones

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks! Kimbarrett92 (talk) 12:02, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Regarding Mair Garnon, I think the sourcing is borderline. You've got two obituaries, and the other references are all, I think, to a bookseller and a funeral home. Only the first two are reliable. I would try to replace the unreliable or primary sources with reliable sources, ideally published while she was living. In my opinion, including too many primary or unreliable sources probably hurts the page's chance of being approved. (I'll also point out that AfC is not mandatory and you're welcome to move drafts to mainspace without going through that bureaucracy.) pburka (talk) 12:33, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Please be advised that taking the mainspace route is not an ideal option either, there are a HUGE number of poor quality women in red articles at WP:AFD see WP:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Article_alerts. Theroadislong (talk) 12:56, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I understand, I think I'd rather have something rejected than deleted anyway. Plus I appreciate the overview while I'm still learning! Kimbarrett92 (talk) 13:06, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

That's a very misleading statement. Those are all of the recent AfDs of women or topics related to women. Very few of them are tagged with WiR banners (and many are lugstubs). pburka (talk) 13:17, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I apologize for accusing Tril of making a misleading statement. The alert page does claim to only include WiR pages, but in fact it doesn't, so this is a case of the alerts being misleading. See discussion below. pburka (talk) 15:19, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, that's very clear and helpful. I'll look for sources while she was alive - and I didn't realise that the bookseller would count as an unreliable source, I just thought it didn't justify notability. Kimbarrett92 (talk) 13:04, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I would treat it as unreliable. I imagine they're just republishing blurbs from the publishers with minimal editorial oversight. Regardless, including lots of non-GNG sources just dilutes the sourcing, making it harder for reviewers to quickly assess notability. (And you should mention the Tlws Coffa Mair Garnon James Memorial Award). pburka (talk) 13:12, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

OK, thank you, that makes sense to me - and thanks for that link, you're right I definitely should mention that! Kimbarrett92 (talk) 13:17, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

@Kimbarrett92 It took a bit of prodding, but the page is now in mainspace. Congratulations! pburka (talk) 22:05, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Awesome! Thank you - that's great to hear :) Kimbarrett92 (talk) 22:08, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

What do you think of this alternate way to present our invite?

Women in Red | May 2026, Vol 12, Issue 5, Nos 358, 359, 370, 371, 372 Online events: New: Countries starting with G and H | Women's scientific works | Religion and Spirituality Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements, tips, participation... Announcements from other communities: Contest: Destubathon of the Americas Tip of the month: Struggling to find scientific works to write about? Start with review articles or textbooks, which may highlight influential studies, theories or methods by women. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram & Pinterest

The idea is based on this trimmed version of our May invite: User talk:Gerda Arendt#Women in Red – May 2026. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:35, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

• Looks good to me, especially as the full version can be viewed using "show". I have noticed that the user talk pages of many of our members appear to be unnecessarily full of our fairly lengthy newsletters.--Ipigott (talk) 08:49, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Looks good to me too. (I usually like something more low-key, so this suits my tastes anyway, but for the reasons mentioned above, I think it's a useful version too.)Penny Richards (talk) 02:47, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

I like it! I tend to go through and regularly delete old WiR invites as they otherwise take up too much space on my talk page; this would save me that step. Chocmilk03 (talk) 06:12, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

yes, this is very neat! Lajmmoore (talk) 02:10, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

In 2021 it was discovered that a prolific editor had been plagiarizing online and offline sources since at least 2008. The user created hundreds of articles, many of which were Good Articles, had DYKs, and were well linked throughout the encyclopedia. The user was blocked, and a large cleanup effort was undertaken. While many articles were salvaged, many more were deleted. There were no concerns about notability raised: only copyright issues were identified.

See Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 (and the linnked subpages) for all of the details and affected articles.

The editor seemed primarily interested in United States topics, but the range of topics is quite diverse. They didn't focus on women, but did write about quite a few notable women. The list below includes all of the articles about women that weren't saved during the cleanup (based on my evaluation of the titles). These are generally notable, but I haven't evaluated them individually.

1. Mary Augusta Dickerson
2. Sulpicia (wife of Lentulus Cruscellio)
3. Gertrude Hull (Talk:Gertrude Hull)
4. Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald (Talk:Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald)
5. Persis Foster Eames Albee (Talk:Persis Foster Eames Albee)
6. Olive Hoskins (Talk:Olive Hoskins)
7. Mary Shotwell Ingraham
8. Mary F. Hoyt
9. Woman's World's Fair
10. Mary Whitcher
11. Bathsheba's spring and bower
12. Effie Maud Aldrich Morrison (Talk:Effie Maud Aldrich Morrison)

pburka (talk) 22:33, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

It feels like it would be better for the encyclopedia in Copvio cases like this for obviously notable subjects if the text was just TNTed and a single sentence or two was made with one of the reliable sources used prior. So we would at least still have the article and the incoming wikilinks to it. Silverseren^C 01:09, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

A huge number of the editor's pages were cleansed or rewritten. I think that, in this case, there were so many pages that some weren't reached before the (self-imposed) deadline. Interestingly, they did preserve some of the talk pages. When I (re)created Mary F. Hoyt and moved it to mainspace, I was a bit surprised to find that Talk:Mary F. Hoyt was already populated with projects and an extensive discussion about its GAN. pburka (talk) 02:00, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Bearian alerted me to this, so I'm pinging him for comment as well. This article has been PRODded by the article's subject, and my recommendation is that it be put up for deletion so that the community can make a final determination. I'm dropping it here as well for some review. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:43, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Given that the article has been at AFD before, doesn't it preclude another PROD (which is literally indicated on the PROD template)? In that case, it likely has to go thru another AFD in order to get it deleted. JuniperChill (talk) 18:57, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Agreed. Avanzeeland acknowledged that she is the subject of the article. I'm having trouble with installing Twinkle on my device. Can somebody else nominate this please? Bearian (talk) 21:40, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Are you confident the user really is the subject? We've had problems recently with users related to scam editing services claiming to be subjects of Wiki bios. pburka (talk) 22:22, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

I will volunteer to nominate the article. I'll also reach out to the subject via LinkedIn to double check that the request is legitimate. pburka (talk) 23:48, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. Bearian (talk) 14:33, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello! I LOVE the idea of this project! I’m not able to create articles (thanks, migraine brain fog!) but I have been adding illustrations of women illustrators before I even knew of this project. Is that enough to join up? What other simple tasks could I help with? Thanks for any help! Stampdragon (talk) 17:18, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Of course, you're welcome to join. There are all kinds of ways to help that don't involve writing new articles from scratch. You may want to keep an eye on the Article Alerts, in particular the Articles for Creation section. Those are drafts waiting in the queue to be reviewed by an AFC reviewer. If you spot something wrong with them before then, like a lack of sources, you can help by fixing up the draft before a reviewer spots it. -- asilvering (talk) 21:40, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Another way to contribute, also related to Article Alerts, is deletion patrol. Watch for WiR pages nominated for deletion (AfD and PROD). With some familiarity with the notability guidelines and the shorthand often used in the discussions, and a bit of research, I find quite a few pages that can be rescued with some small improvements and a concise argument to keep them (today's target: Merrilyn Gann). This is a particularly rewarding task if you enjoy arguing with strangers on the internet :) pburka (talk) 00:15, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

@Stampdragon: welcome! It's great to have you here, and there are many other tasks apart from creating articles. Copy-editing or proofreading existing articles is one easy option. Another could be looking at orphaned articles of women (articles that don't have any incoming wikilinks). These pages can still be found by searching Wikipedia, but they're likely to receive much less readership if there's nowhere else that people can see them linked.

• Orphaned articles about women artists
• Orphaned articles about women scientists
• Orphaned articles about women writers
• Orphaned articles about women's history

You could add these women to relevant lists of people (e.g. "List of women writers", "List of [nationality] writers"), or check the articles for places they're from or schools they've attended to see if you can add them to notable people lists on those pages. For example, I just picked Anna Louisa Miller randomly off the list. I've added her to List of American women artists, List of American artists 1900 and after and List of 20th-century women artists. I've also added her to the Anna Miller (disambiguation) page and List of people from Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Hope that all makes sense, and also feel free to reach out any time if you have any questions or would like support with anything. :) Chocmilk03 (talk) 01:22, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

• Hi there, Stampdragon. and thanks for your interest in Women in Red. You can join the project under "New registrations" on Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/New members. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 09:43, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello! I'm recruiting for Wikiproject Feminism, an inactive wikiproject about feminism, if anyone is interested or wants to join I'd love to see you there! Goetia [She/They/Any] (talk) 21:57, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt, The Ars Goetia. I've been contributing directly and indirectly to the project for many years but see my name was not on the members list. I've now added it.--Ipigott (talk) 09:59, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

I was doing a little research online into a composer whose name was unknown to me (Saskia Apon); one thing led to another and I ended up here, at The Big List of Women Composers. It describes itself thus: "The BIG LIST of Women Composers is an ever-expanding list featuring more than 5,000 women composers (and counting). From pre-medieval composers to 21st century singer-songwriters, pick a country, a century, a music genre: you will find a woman there!" It reminded me of a similar list put out by the Boulanger Initiative, their database of works by gender-marginalized composers. I know the latter group is Wiki-aware, as they run monthly edit-a-thons in the field of classical music. What overlap the two databases have I do not know; either way, there seems to be some likely fodder for investigation here (Apon, for instance, has no articles, and seems to have a fairly scant web presence, although she is on Wikidata.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:25, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Another website I have come across, and this one is very interesting - here is a link. It's a collection of biographies of opera singers of the Baroque and classical eras, and while it's not exclusive to women it's nicely broken down by voice type, so there are lists of sopranos and contraltos. Cursory inspection suggests that there are a number of artists here for whom we lack articles, and the site looks scholarly enough that it ought to be useful as a source. There is also a bibliography, which I have not investigated. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:31, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

I noticed an article about the television show Margo's Got Money Troubles, and still nothing for the book's author Rufi Thorpe. I started a stub article as a draft, but then just decided to publish it as an article (this is a no-no and I learned my lesson about cutting and pasting a draft to an article). Anyway, my draft has been rejected for "reads like an advertisement." There are factual statements of literary awards and critical acclaim, but I wasn't trying to be overly promotional. I was honestly trying to prove notability. If someone feels like helping out, I would appreciate it! signed, @Spacecat711 Spacecat711 (talk) 21:16, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

There's nothing seriously wrong with the page in my opinion. There are a few weasel words (e.g. "critically acclaimed", which sounds grandiose, but doesn't really mean anything), and some minor formatting issues (e.g. the first reference to the subject should be in bold). This is another case of AfC reviewers ignoring WP:AFCPURPOSE and leaving vague, unactionable feedback. If the subject is notable, the draft must be accepted. I would ask the reviewer to be more specific about their concerns, so that you can address them or refute them. (BTW, the correct way to move a draft into mainspace is to use the "Tools"->"Move" function.) pburka (talk) 22:03, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

I've moved Rufi Thorpe to mainspace where it belongs.--Ipigott (talk) 09:06, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Can I do them and then add onto the event page? Also, I just want to say: Although I've been participating in WIR, I have just realised I have been incorrectly tagging my articles. For example, see Michele Singer Reiner; see the talk page, it had the WikiProject, but not the correct event, which was 357. I did not realise the values "1", "2" etc were so you can put the event numbers. Just pointing this out. jolielover♥talk 12:15, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't think there are very strict rules. I've certainly seen pages added to events a few days before or after the official dates. And if you just didn't tag a page correctly there's no deadline for going back and fixing that. If the pages you're working on don't fit into the current month's "themes" you can always use the perpetually ongoing #1woman1day event, too. pburka (talk) 13:42, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, I was just pointing it out here incase people thought I was just stacking articles months later, when I honestly didn't know how the parameters worked jolielover♥talk 13:50, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi there, Jolielover, and thanks for getting in touch. I fully understand your difficulties in coping with the numbering system for our events but it is never too late to sort things out. It's good to see you have been creating biographies of women and adding WP Women in Red to their talk pages. With all your experience, it would be good to have you as a full member of our project. You can sign up under "New registrations" on Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/New members. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 09:27, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, I've already signed up! jolielover♥talk 09:38, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, identifying the event is great because we can track articles by event. For example all the articles from 357 are in Category:WikiProject Women in Red meetup 357 articles. Please note the "1" and "2" are not required. You can just type something like {{WIR|357|358}} — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:29, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I've been know to add articles to an event page before the month starts if I'm super eager to start on the topic. ;) --Rosiestep (talk) 12:12, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Ideas#Alphabet_run_-_Countries_starting_with_U,_V,_Y_and_Z Here. This event is for December 2026. jolielover♥talk 12:37, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

WomenArtistUpdates added Alphabet run - Countries starting with U, V, Y and Z here. I am pretty sure that not including United Arab Emirates is an error. TSventon (talk) 14:59, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Jolielover TSventon, Indeed, just an error, not deliberate omission. We always miss one (or two) when rounding up country names. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:13, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Should we add former countries, e.g., U.S.S.R, Yugoslavia, and/or Zaire? --Rosiestep (talk) 04:17, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

No, but that's a good idea... an event for women from countries which no longer exist jolielover♥talk 09:39, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

My own preference would be not to add these. In the majority of cases, people are associated with the recent or former equivalents which coincide with our current listings. If we were really interested in listing former states, we would also need to go through lists such as List of former sovereign states - no easy matter and probably not very productive.--Ipigott (talk) 09:46, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Anopther question is why "W" has been omitted. I am assuming there are no countries beginning with "X" but what about Wales and Western Sahara? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:35, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Wales falls into the above linked month as part of the United Kingdom. • Quinn (talk • it/its) 11:39, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I will note that last month (D, E, F), a number of England articles were still included despite it not being listed. So, take the previous comment with a grain of salt I suppose. • Quinn (talk • it/its) 11:42, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Generally we're pretty liberal about how these events are interpreted. My preference would be to include W (and X), even if there aren't any countries listed with those letters. If someone wants to add some biographies of women from West Germany, Wales, or Wessex, go for it! pburka (talk) 03:02, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

So, I'm working on a draft for this lovely woman at the moment and I appear to have come across either a chronological or name-based inconsistency. Start with this 1950's source that's about the unfortunate death of Mrs. Eiler's brother. It notes the whole family by name (except for the mother, annoyingly with these old sources and perhaps the source of contention here), her parents, her sisters, and her other brother. It also notes Elsie is in Omaha at the time, which lines up when she and her husband were there for less than a year finishing his Air Force requirements.

Now, I decided to look up sources under her maiden name ("Elsie Piklapp") to see if I could find some older biographical material. And I found this. It also mentions the, then alive, brother, and even her two sisters prior to their marriages, along with Elsie herself.

Except this is impossible. That article is from 1933. If you look at this more recent article from 2005, it says she was 71 at the time. That would mean she was born in 1933/1934. You see the problem?

Now, I suppose if someone is able to dig up specific genealogical or census data on her exact birth date, it's possible she was born prior to the date of this article, since it was in December of 1933. Maybe the "role" she played in the play was as a literal baby? Otherwise, the only other possible thought for me is that her mother's name was also Elsie and she's the one with the role instead? Any ideas/comments/opinions? 21:38, 13 May 2026 (UTC) Silverseren^C 21:38, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

@Silver seren: have you tried Ancestry? I looked for Elsie Piklapp, born 1933 in the US.

• According to the birth ledger Elsie M Piklapp was born on 11 Oct 1933 (no image)
• According to the 1940 United States Federal Census Elsie Piklapp, age 6, born Nebraska, was living in Bush Township, Bush, Boyd, Nebraska, USA
• As was her mother Elsie Piklapp, age 38, born Nebraska

TSventon (talk) 22:04, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Well, that answers both questions. She was both born and her mother was also named Elsie. I'm gonna guess that was her mother in the article then. Silverseren^C 22:27, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for bringing up Ancestry by the way, TSventon. The marriage records for Eiler also linked to this source, which is extremely useful. Silverseren^C 04:52, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Women in Red editors might be interested in an new longish editathon looking at improving the pages of the 72 women of science proposed to be added to the Eiffel Tower, and then linking them to all the other pages they should be connected to. I've teamed up with EriedgenArc, Topics for Impact Coordinator at Wikimedia UK to organise it. You can find out more, explore the Googledrive of potential tasks and register here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:EiffelWomen or join the Dashboard.

It starts this weekend (16 May) and runs until end of July - timed to conclude with Wikimania which is in Paris this year.

It would be great if we hit our target of 500 edits to help get these Women in STEM better represented and better connected across the wiki world. Hope you can join us.

MumphingSquirrel (talk) 21:46, 13 May 2026

Great initiative, MumphingSquirrel. It would be good if you could create a Wikipedia event page.--Ipigott (talk) 09:33, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks Ipigott - I seem to have messed the original link up to event page - replaced in above and here as well. Event:EiffelWomen MumphingSquirrel (talk) 09:39, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

• @MumphingSquirrel:: I was interested in participating but could find no easy way to register. I lokked at the Dashboard participants page but could not edit it. I finally discovered that there was a registration button on the basic Dashboard page. I registered but was not happy about providing the details requested and was not able to state that I was registering for the English-language event. I would have preferred to register on the Wikipedia events page but that is apparently not possible and I realize the dashboard is designed to provide statistics. I find it confusing that so many other language versions are involved. I think you need to make it clear that your English-language pages are limited to the English version of Wikipedia (if that is the case) and that we are working towards 500 edits in English. Sooner or later it would be good to add the rating of each biography listed so that priority can be given to those requiring improvement. It would also help to include a feedback section where problems encountered can be discussed. Hope this will not cause any problems.--Ipigott (talk) 12:22, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

  If you go to the Dashboard's Articles tab, then click Available Articles (right hand side of page) you can see the list of articles and what their ratings currently are. MumphingSquirrel (talk) 20:45, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

• I should add that this link to the dashboard provides no means of registration, This caused me additional problems. There is however now a link to dashboard registration on the Wikipedia event page which I finally used.--Ipigott (talk) 15:17, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

For some reason, this event is not currently included in the official list of Women in Red meet-ups and it has a custom banner template {{2016 Women in Philosophy Drive}}. I propose to incorporate it in the official list and merge the banner into the usual {{WikiProject Women in Red}} — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:31, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting this one, MSGJ. Yes, it should be incorporated into the official list, and the banner merged. IMO, it should also have a redirect with a sequential number, though I'm not sure what's the best numbering convention, e.g., Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/20/2, Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/20b, something else? Others that would benefit from number sequencing, etc.: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00 (Aug-Dec 2017), Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest (Nov 2017), Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00/2018 (Jan-Dec 2018). Thoughts? --Rosiestep (talk) 12:35, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I was thinking of using 19b, but 20b works just as well. I'll look at those others too ... — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:15, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Proposals:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/2016 Women in Philosophy Drive -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/19a  Done
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00 -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/32a  Done but template parameters need updating
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/WikiclubNT -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/38  Not done already exists at 38
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/60  Not done redirect already existed at 60
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00/2018 -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/63a  Done but template parameters need updating
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/PankhurstCentre -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/139a  Done

— Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:53, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

You're right, MSGJ. Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/2016 Women in Philosophy Drive should be Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/19a. I agree with all the others. Plus thanks for finding the additional ones. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:32, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Following up on a request I made in April for Louise Maureen Pankhurst (born September 3rd 1943), British charity director, town planner, and women's rights advocate who was awarded an OBE in the 1996 New Year Honours for services to road safety.

The original request is now in the archive: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red/Archive 152.

She has good coverage across reliable sources, including:

• [1996 New Year Honours](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_New_Year_Honours)
• Director of the Child Accident Prevention Trust (with Princess Diana as patron) and author/contributor to Injury Prevention journal (1995)
• Head of the Greater London Council's Women's Committee Support Unit (covered in [The Guardian, 1999](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/dec/20/londonmayor.uk))
• Roles at Peckham Settlement, Deptford Fund/The Albany (opened by Princess Diana), Grandparents Plus (now Kinship), and founder/director of Understanding Childhood Limited
• Additional mention as a supporter: [Children Are Unbeatable! campaign](https://www.childrenareunbeatable.org.uk/about-us/supporters.html) (listed as Louise Pankhurst OBE)

Would any editors be interested in creating a stub or draft article? Feedback on notability would also be welcome. Thanks! ~2026-24270-40 (talk) 17:43, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Keep in mind that there are probably millions of notable women missing from Wikipedia, and editors each work on the priorities of most interest to them. Unless you have a conflict of interest, you may wish to write the article yourself and ask for assistance with that, rather than asking other volunteers to start from scratch. Regarding notability, OBE generally doesn't automatically confer (wiki) notability, so you'll need show that she satisfies WP:GNG. To do that, it's best to provide links to three (Not more! Choose the best!) articles, chapters, or books published by independent, reliable publishers, which provide significant coverage of her life. A long list of mentions or achievements is not sufficient: Wikipedia needs to see that she's already been covered in other publications before we can include her here. (For reference, the Guardian article is a good start, but it's marginal for significant coverage. I'd like to see at least two more news articles with much more in-depth coverage of her. None of the other links contribute to notability.) pburka (talk) 22:01, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I came across this post doing dataviz homework and thought WiR might find it interesting too. Would be interesting to see how they stack up against enwiki's bios and wikidata items for the same people! - Yupik (talk) 12:03, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

I created a short article for the German ceramic designer Trude Petri (1906-1998) as part of the country alphabet run for May. I do not speak German and I am having trouble determining some facts:

• What is the difference between Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin (KPM Berlin) and the Staatliche Porzellan- Manufaktur State Porcelain Manufactory Berlin (also KPM?).
• When did she emigrate to the United States? Sometime in the 1950s but sources conflict about the actual year.

Any clarification would be appreciated. Thanks, WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:27, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

To answer the first question, according to Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin, the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur of Berlin was renamed as Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur in 1918 and returned to the old name in 1988. The information is unreferenced, but sounds plausible.

According to The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, here, she married John Gerard Raben (Q117120842) on 30 November 1949, in Chicago. TSventon (talk) 07:04, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks TSventon! I will think about how to incorporate this information properly into the article. I am going to have to side step her employment dates at KPM (for now). Thank you again for the assistance. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 15:20, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

@WomenArtistUpdates: I am hoping that someone with a newspapers.com subscription will find a good obituary. Based on current information you could say something like "she moved to the US after getting married in 1949" and mention possible dates in a footnote. It would be interesting to know more about what happened at the end of the war: as the factory was destroyed and then temporarily moved to Bavaria, it obviously wasn't business as usual. The KPM factories in both Tiergarten, Berlin, and Selb, Bavaria, were in the Western zone of Germany. I believe that de Wikipedia is generally accurate, but often lacks the citations needed here. TSventon (talk) 15:59, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello folks, Just flagging this months' Scientific Works event - it's a new one! I'm wondering if there's a list of women's inventions anywhere off-wiki? Lajmmoore (talk) 15:45, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

@Lajmmoore: You are probably aware of our List of inventions and discoveries by women. I see that many of the citations point to "off wiki" listings.--Ipigott (talk) 09:11, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Came across this draft (Draft:Jennie Miller Faggen) that might be of interest to WiR editors for the ongoing Religion and Spirituality event. Coqui002 (talk) 01:10, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

• The enthusiastic level of language could be toned down a bit but the article could soon be moved to mainspace.Thanks, Coqui002 for your recent improvements.--Ipigott (talk) 16:07, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

• Now in mainspace. Thanks, Coqui002, for bringing this to our attention.--Ipigott (talk) 09:32, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello! Enthusiastic new wiki writer here. I have written a comprehensive multi-section expansion for the current live stub of Canadian contemporary ceramic artist Heidi McKenzie.

I'm requesting a quick peer review on my edits (writing and code) in hopes that it meets community standards. All efforts have been made (from a beginner) for structure and neutrality without sacrificing detail and nuance. I would appreciate any suggestions on my draft that I can consider for the comprehensive edit as well as for future learning.

You can view the full draft in my Sandbox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RFerns/sandbox. Thank you so much for your time!

RFerns (talk) 00:46, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

This looks great. My only feedback is that it could use more wiki links. For example, Stelco is more interesting to link to than Hamilton, Ontario. And the museums, such as Gardiner Museum, could be linked. pburka (talk) 02:03, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi there, InnerSpace0112, and thanks for your efforts, You now need to be careful about how you introduce your improvements. You must make sure that you edit the current version of Heidi McKenzie, keeping all relevant information and links. I might be useful to proceed step by step. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 09:55, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Definitely appreciate the note on approach. Will take this on with a bit of strategy. Thanks so much! InnerSpace0112 (talk) 23:32, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely do a comb-through with that in mind.

InnerSpace0112 (talk) 23:31, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

If any classical music lovers have time we could use an article on conductor Daniela Candillari who is one of the more high profile woman conductors working at the moment. She is currently principle conductor of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis (since 2022), and has guest gigs with major orchestras routinely like the London Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She also conducts operas as a guest at places like the Metropolitan Opera. There aren't very many women conductors working at that level even now, sadly, so we should write on the few who have managed to break the glass ceiling. I've got too many irons in the fire at present to write one myself any time soon. Best. 4meter4 (talk) 02:05, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

I see a number of primary source references but not finding secondary readily. —DIYeditor (talk) 02:14, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

There are lots of critical reviews of her performances in newspapers.com Enough to pass WP:NCREATIVE. It would be very easy to access those through the WP:Wikipedia Library. Stuff like , , , , Best,4meter4 (talk) 02:43, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Based on a Wikipedia search, her mother seems to be Tatjana Ječmenica (table tennis), reference 27 is an article about Daniela in Slovenian. TSventon (talk) 03:09, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Is anyone working on a draft? I would make a stub biography for her if nobody else is. —DIYeditor (talk) 23:47, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Go for it, I searched for Daniela Candillari in draft and user spaces and didn't find anything. This looks useful, by the way. TSventon (talk) 00:23, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Well I started it to get it in motion. Feel free anyone to contribute to this Draft:Daniela Candillari. —DIYeditor (talk) 01:01, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

I looked for another youngish woman conductor and found Stephanie Childress. The article structure there looks reasonable. TSventon (talk) 02:56, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done —DIYeditor (talk) 23:11, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

A page on Tessa Hulls was recently deleted as it had been created by a blocked user. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her graphic novel memoir in 2025 (see e.g. CBC). The book was also reviewed by a number of notable literary sources: the LA Review of Books, Publishers Weekly, The NY Times, etc. There's certainly enough material here for someone to create a new page for her. I'm happy to pick it up if need be, but my to-do list is becoming quite long so I'm posting here in the hopes that someone else will get to it first. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 03:06, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Saw this was created earlier, and I wondered if anyone wanted to take a look and clean it up some. I've tried to do a few things, including add categories, but I don't speak Japanese, and I'm not familiar with the history of geisha or Japanese popular music, so I'd rather hand this over to someone who knows the subject better. The article itself appears fine...it mostly needs some work with presentation, I think. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 08:58, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Another list which I came across in my ramblings: here, with a further list here. There's quite a bit to sort through here - the latter list, for one thing, has something like 900 entries, and I can't imagine that they all have Wikipedia articles. And while I don't speak Yiddish myself, and so cannot review sources, I have a suspicion that there's quite a lot of source material to work with here. Once again, it's something that I would pursue if I had more time and more wherewithal - as I do not I'd rather leave it here so that at least somebody else can take a look and work with it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 09:07, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

These are great lists, Ser Amantio di Nicolao. Thank you for finding them. JFYI, I cross-posted at WikiProject Women Writers. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:44, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red | June 2026, Vol 12, Issue 6, Nos 358, 359, 373, 374, 375 Online events: New: LGBTQ+ women | Alphabet run: Countries starting with I, J, K and L Article improvement campaign: Orphaned women Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements, tips, participation... Announcements from other communities: Eiffel women Tip of the month: Consider contributing to two of our monthly events at once, and improve coverage of LGBTQ+ women by de-orphaning their articles. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram & Pinterest

--Rosiestep (talk) 22:49, 25 May 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging

What a wonderful surprise to learn about this article published yesterday by Science, the peer-reviewed academic journal of the AAAS. In part, the article states, "Nearly half of the women’s biographies created since 2015 were written by editors affiliated with Women in Red, a volunteer effort aimed at addressing Wikipedia’s gender imbalance." Congratulations to everyone who has been part of this journey since July 18, 2015! -- Rosiestep (talk) 19:30, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Unlike the researchers, or Rosiestep, I am not in the least surprised by these findings, which I'm sure could be replicated for BLPs in many other areas. So now we have, at least in places, a reverse gender gap. Will members of the project now feel the need to tone down some of their rhetoric? I very much doubt it. Johnbod (talk) 21:22, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Obviously not everyone has the same passion for the Wikiproject. —DIYeditor (talk) 23:37, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

@Rosiestep: This is a fabulous find, thank you for sharing. Great that WIR is having such a real world impact. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 01:52, 28 May 2026 (UTC)