Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/53

Use social media to promote our work!
Facebook	Wiki Women in Red
Twitter	@wikiwomeninred
Pinterest	August 2017 Editathons
Hashtag	#1day1woman

	Eva Ault.
About
Facilitators	Rosiestep
Online event
1-31 August 2017	Join the Women in Red online editathon from anywhere in the world.
In-person event
	Wednesday, 9 August, 1pm-5pm at BAnQ-Vieux, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Facilitated by WikiConference North America.

	Women in Red
	Hello and welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR) whose objective is to turn redlinks into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's biographies and women's works. Did you know that according to WHGI only 17.06% 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. We invite you to participate whenever you like in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Women in Red warmly welcomes you!

Celebrating Canadian women

August: Indigenous women August: Women in peace August: Canadian women New in August: #1day1woman Global Initiative September: Hispanic and Latina Women September: Women in the Olympics September: Women from New Zealand See also: Future events

Welcome!

Add to articles
.	Authority control should be included at the foot of every biography: `{{Authority control}}`. It will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata.
.	Choose applicable Categories including relevant subcategories of Category:Women.
.	If applicable, add a stub template at the foot of an article:`{{stub}}`.

Add to article talk pages
.	`{{WikiProject Biography\| }}` or `{{WikiProject Biography}}` `{{WikiProject Women}}` if born after 1950; or `{{WikiProject Women's History}}::` if born before 1950. `{{WikiProject Canada}}` Editathon banner: `{{WIR-53}}`

Women in Red is hosting a virtual editathon from August 1 to 31, 2017 on Canadian women, providing an opportunity for you to create or improve articles on women who are notable in various fields of endeavor. The virtual edit-a-thon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work.

The lists of redlinks below should provide inspiration.
This essay on creating women's biographies might be helpful to newer editors.
The main goals of the event are:

to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of some of the world's most prominent women
to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter)

Work list

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

Participants

Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:44, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 03:01, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ipigott (talk) 11:57, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
PamD 22:14, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Penny Richards (talk) 13:10, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
SusunW (talk) 13:11, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Rosiestep (talk) 14:56, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Camelia (talk) 22:36, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Zanimum (talk) 13:04, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits
Elisa.rolle --Elisa.rolle (talk) 20:10, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Big_iron (talk) 13:05, 5 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Victuallers (talk) 14:07, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
GorillaWarfare (talk) 17:20, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Earlyspatz^Talk 17:59, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Missvain (talk) 16:53, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Alafarge (talk) 18:47, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Outcomes

Remember to promote our outcomes via social media. Here's a key:

Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest
Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter; include #1day1woman. Note, if you are tweeting from the @wikiwomeninred twitter page, the tweet automatically shows up on the wikiwomeninred FB page.