Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women writers

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--Chocmilk03 (talk) 20:13, 29 March 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Crossposting

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Please add additional citations to this article. Thank you in advance. Bearian (talk) 21:56, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

I discovered this essentially unsourced article about a woman writer. Can someone please add reliable sources? Thanks again. Bearian (talk) 00:01, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

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--Chocmilk03 (talk 04:43, 30 April 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging

I have prepared a user-space draft about the writer Lakshmi Iyer (myself, with conflict of interest disclosed) and would appreciate review by an uninvolved editor before any move to mainspace. The draft is at User:Prabhakannan01/Lakshmi Iyer.

The subject is the author of the children's book Why Is My Hair Curly? (Westland / Red Panda imprint, 2020), an essayist published in The Hindu, Indian Express, Financial Express, The Week (India), HuffPost, and India Abroad, has been featured on NPR's The Takeaway and the BBC Asian Network, and is a central subject of the documentary Love Chaos Kin (2025) by Chithra Jeyaram, which premiered as the Centerpiece selection at CAAMFest 2025. The documentary has played twelve-plus festivals and won several awards, with reviews in Mediaversity Reviews and Film Festival Today that name the subject substantively.

COI disclosed on user page and on the draft talk page. Happy to revise based on feedback. Thanks.

Prabhakannan01 (talk) 22:39, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Updating: three weeks in with no reviewer feedback here, so I have also submitted the draft via Articles for Creation per the standard escalation path. Happy to address any concerns from this project in parallel. Prabhakannan01 (talk) 00:45, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Shweta Bachchan Nanda#Requested move 1 May 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 05:07, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Julia Alvarez has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 14:28, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Please add reliable sources. Thanks in advance. Bearian (talk) 02:09, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Here's another writer whose article needs more sources, please. Bearian (talk) 02:16, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Added a couple. The page really needs a rewrite to be more encyclopedic, though. pburka (talk) 03:03, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Cross-posting the notification from Women in Red. And adding links to list 1 and list 2 for ease of access. Perhaps someone has time/inclination/proficiency to add the names (900+) to Wikidata. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:42, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

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

Please add reliable sources. Sadly, they should be easy to find. Bearian (talk) 09:31, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Improved. pburka (talk) 22:05, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Fantastic, Pburka! Bearian (talk) 18:14, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Here is another writer who should be notable, but needs a few more citation to her article. Bearian (talk) 10:45, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done. pburka (talk) 21:33, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Great job, Pburka! Bearian (talk) 18:13, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

The article Ani Phyo has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Bearian (talk) Bearian (talk) 05:52, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done. Rescued by Omegarightarrow. Bearian (talk) 18:12, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

The article Whitney Gaskell has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Insufficient independent in-depth sources to establish notability. Unreferenced for nearly 20 years. Fails WP:BLP

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion based on established criteria.

If the proposed deletion has already been carried out, you may request undeletion of the article at any time. Bearian (talk) 18:10, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Rescued. Thank you very much for these notifications. pburka (talk) 19:29, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

The article Sarra Manning has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Poorly sourced BLP. 1 source in 20 years of article existence. Fails WP:JOURNALIST.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion based on established criteria.

If the proposed deletion has already been carried out, you may request undeletion of the article at any time. Bearian (talk) 02:10, 11 June 2026 (UTC)