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Women in Engineering
I am doing a big piece of research for the Women's Engineering Society in preparation for their centenary in 2019. As a part of that project I am indexing all the women's names in WES's journal, The Woman Engineer from 1919 to the present. My problem is that I would ideally like to upload the index to Wikipedia because of the wealth of hitherto unknown engineers who are coming to light in the development of this index. Can anyone advise me if there is a way I can persuade the Wikipedia reviewers to accept this sort of Wikipedia entry? thanks --Lovelacepullinger (talk) 09:35, 4 May 2016 (UTC)nina
- Lovelacepullinger, as a first step, I would suggest you take your list and add it to Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Engineering. WP:WPWIR is a project that is dedicated to increasing the coverage of notable women in Wikipedia, and we're always looking for more ideas on who else should be included. However, for those names to be valuable, we need to know more than just the name. The more data you can include with each woman, the better. Where did they work, what papers did they publish in the journal (with full citation, doi, or link), what was their field of work, did they have a leadership position or award with WES, where did they get their degrees, and so on? If you have further questions, try WiR's talk page, you would be most welcome! 1bandsaw (talk) 21:46, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
- 1bandsaw, Thanks for responding. I have taken a look at the WIR Engineering list page and dont think this quite fits the bill for what I need to be able to do. There are two principal functions I need to achieve: one is as an index to the journals that will soon be online elsewhere, so we can direct people to the index and help them find people of interest to them in the journals and the second is to put names out into the web of women engineers about whom almost nothing is currently known so that others can find them and add whatever info they may have, such as family historians etc. This is pretty much how I have pieced together the lives of engineers who are otherwise not fully written up - by stitching together tiny factlets from here and there. The list will have hundreds, maybe thousands, of names, the vast majority of whom have not contributed articles themselves but are mentioned in some way. I couldnt figure out where on WIR's talk page a general query like this could go. Wikipedia's insistence on "notability" is giving me difficulties as in many cases these women should be notable but their histories are hidden and not written about in the places that Wikipedia prefers. Lovelacepullinger (talk) 22:20, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
- Lovelacepullinger, I would suggest that the WiR list of women engineers is the right place to meet your second objective. That list of redlinks (along with all the other WiR redlink lists) is a way to get some data out about women who have done something meaningful in the world, so that others can then add their bits of data until we get an article about the woman. Yes, notability is a challenge, and particularly more so for women who have often been ignored by history. As for where to ask this question on WiR's talk page, there's a bar toward the top of the page that says Click here to start a new discussion thread, and just go ahead and ask! I think others there who have much more experience than I do will be able to help you even more. 1bandsaw (talk) 22:38, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Useful Wikidata lists
See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Women#Useful_Wikidata_lists--Alexmar983 (talk) 13:09, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
Help with the biography of Khema one of the two main female disciples of the Buddha
Hello. I'm a new editor and am delighted to find this project and know of the good work you are doing on Wikipedia. I have added my name to the membership list.
I'm currently beginning to work on the biography of one of the two main female disciples of Gautama Buddha, Khema (c. 558 – c. 491 BC). The other main female disciple was named Uppalavanna (which has a little more content and better sources, yet also needs work). The current article on Khema has some material but no references. I'd like to begin to start collecting sources so that I can flesh out the current biography with additional material and authoritative citations and move it out of the danger zone of potential deletion or copyright violation.
I'm more familiar with the later tantric, Tibetan Buddhist, and Vajrayana sources, literature, and histories, I'm not as familiar with material relevant to the development of Buddhism during the Buddha's lifetime. So I'm reaching out here in hopes that some of you might be able to send sources and source material my way to contribute to this article, or perhaps are interested in collaborating with me on this article.
Thank you and best wishes, AD64 (talk) 02:24, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, this is not anywhere near my area of expertise, but I would encourage you to go ahead and start with the sources you have. Then if someone else comes along with the other sources, that can be added at that point. Be bold! 1bandsaw (talk) 16:57, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for your encouragement, @1bandsaw:, yes, I shall continue onwards. Best, AD64 (talk) 17:45, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
- That's the wrong continent for me, I'm afraid. You might try asking on WP:BUDDHISM as well, though their talk page doesn't look particularly active... Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 12:53, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
- I appreciate the suggestion, Caeciliusinhorto. Best, AD64 (talk) 17:11, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
Women in Greece and Women's rights#Greece in need of a checkup
Hey there, just leaving a quick notice as you all seem to be the most active WikiProject that deals with the pages in question. The sections Women in Greece#Women in Ancient Greece and Women's rights#Greece seem to be copies of each other, and could use a thorough review by some editors with expertise in the area. I left a more detailed post here; won't type it all out again. Thanks in advance for looking into this, and happy editing. -- 2ReinreB2 (talk) 19:30, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
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Notice of name change request, only five days to comment, Woman suffrage parade of 1913 or Woman Suffrage Procession
The name change discussion is taking place here. Comment if you'd like. Using my indoor neutral voice. Randy Kryn 22:37, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
A discussion of interest to this project...
...can be found at Talk:Prostitution#Sin. BMK (talk) 18:28, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
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Requested move
There is a requested move at Talk:Ayşe Hafsa Sultan#Requested move 13 June 2016 on pages that list this WikiProject as interested in the articles' subjects. You are invited to the talk page to give your input. OUR Wikipedia (not "mine")! Paine 01:12, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
Help with an article?
I'm going to be posting this in several different areas, but I was wondering if anyone could help out with the draft Draft:Rape joke. I think that this could be independently notable outside of rape culture, but the draft needs a lot of work and it'd stand a better chance of holding up to scrutiny (since let's face it, this would get a ton of scrutiny once it was accepted) if we had multiple editors working on it. Anyone interested? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:45, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
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OF interest
Project members may find this of interest: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Lincoln Beckwith. Montanabw(talk) 23:22, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Looking for feedback on a tool on Visual Editor to add open license text from other sources
Hi all
I'm designing a tool for Visual Editor to make it easy for people to add open license text from other sources, there are a huge number of open license sources compatible with Wikipedia including around 9000 journals. I can see a very large opportunity to easily create a high volume of good quality articles quickly. I have done a small project with open license text from UNESCO as a proof of concept, any thoughts, feedback or endorsements (on the Meta page) would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Request for comments
There is a request for comments that is likely of interest to this project at Talk:Rajka_Baković#Request for comments. --- Otr500 (talk) 16:01, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
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Beauty Pageant winners
This discussion Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Beauty_Pageants#RFC_on_creation_of_consensus_standard might be of interest to some people connected with this project. John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:36, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
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RM notification 11 November 2024
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:First Spouse of the Philippines#Requested move 3 September 2016, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, — Sam Sailor 00:21, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
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Notice of AFD
Project members are invited to comment on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iron Lady. – S. Rich (talk) 01:45, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
Request for comments/feedback
Hi all,
My name is Brittany Lai, and I'm currently a second year university student. As part of a class assignment at my university, I am planning on making revisions to the article Women in Vietnam, which is a high-importance article in this WikiProject. Specifically, I plan on revamping the "Contemporary society influences" section of this article, and details of my plans and sources I have culminated so far can be found on the article's talk page, where I have included an annotated bibliography. Furthermore, additional information regarding what I plan to add can be found on my sandbox page. I look forward from hearing from you guys, and feel free to let me know if you have any questions or requests for additional information (such as an outline, etc.) Thank you! Brittany Lai (talk) 06:30, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
Details of my rationale and a comprehensive plan and outline can also be found at this Google Doc. Brittany Lai (talk) 02:34, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
Malleus Maleficarum
Malleus Maleficarum is an important case of discrimination against women that led to many of them being burned at stakes after being tortured during trials (some not even surviving the trial). Section "Major themes" also discusses the title itself. Women who did not cry during their trial were automatically believed to be witches. See also talk page. --Asterixf2 (talk) 11:35, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
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Family abandonement
I recently discovered, that in some jurisdictions there is or was in the past such a legal concept as "family/household abandonement/desertion", that historically somehow disadvantaged women (or, probably, still disadvantages them in some parts of this Best of possible worlds). In Wikipedia there is only a brief mention of it in the article Abandonment. It would be instrumental to the Project, if someone makes an article on this topic. Эйхер (talk) 18:33, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
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Comments on draft - a notable school 1790s-1810s
I've written a draft article and would appreciate feedback before it goes live, specifically on what I should call it. We lacked an article on a significant, albeit defunct, girls' school. Readers of Jane Austen may remember the description in Emma of "a real, honest, old-fashioned Boarding-school"; this is based on the one Austen attended, and it counted several other notable writers among its alumnae. It is a bit of a Ship of Theseus paradox, because the school changed location and owners and names over the decades. Whatever title is decided on, I'll create various redirects. Possible titles include:
- Reading Abbey Girls' School
- Gateway School, Reading
- Latournelle and St Quentin School (I believe this is most recognisable to Austen scholars)
- St Quentin School
Note that two schools still active today bear similar names, Reading Girls' School and The Abbey School, Reading. And the very name of the town is confusing at first glance, when combined with any mention of education. (Reading, writing, school.) How best to create a title that does not mislead? Reasons for or against any of the above, or any new suggestions, welcome. Probably most productive to add them to the draft talkpage. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 16:07, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
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beauty pageant winner notability
I am not sure this is a good place for this notice, but I am trying to make it widely know. At Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Beauty Pageants I proposed a tentative rule for beauty pageant winner notability as a followup to an RFC a few months ago to try such. Now I am trying to publicize it.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:16, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Polygyny
Please provide comment at Talk:Polygyny#Map of polygyny w.r.t. Russia. (This project is being pinged because the topic-in-question is listed as a topic under this WikiProject's umbrella.) --Izno (talk) 13:49, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
I am proposing a moratorium. Come and join to improve consensus. --George Ho (talk) 20:38, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
Good Article reassessment for Pontius Pilate's wife
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January 2017 at Women in Red
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Barbour Aberfeldy Wool Jacket Navy
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Wikipedia:Peer review/Liliuokalani/archive1
Please help in the improvement of Liliuokalani by commenting Wikipedia:Peer review/Liliuokalani/archive1 for suggested improvements. Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:38, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
1978 March for the Equal Rights Amendment
There was not a Wikipedia page for the March for the Equal Rights Amendment in Washington DC in 1978. So in a sense it was a "redlink." 100,000 people marched, and altho there wasn't that much press coverage, it seems like a notable event. I just created a stub, and if anyone would like to contribute to it, that would be wonderful. Netherzone (talk) 02:17, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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I've expanded this article but it needs a review since I'm not native English speaker. Thank you! --Generale Lee (talk) 19:31, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, and hope some opera buff might assist
I was directed to the page of Virginia Zeani today, by someone noting that the bulk of the BLP article was plagiarised/wholly unattributed. Indeed, I found a half dozen sections or so, all with material that had been section tagged since 2015 as unsourced. I pasted the mess into Talk, and began searching for sources, and moving sourced, verifiable content back into the article. Problem is, (a) I am now in business, and not academia, and so academic references in the humanities and arts are unavailable to me, (b) I am not an expert, or even a devotee, and so even the non-professionals access to these sources. So, for instance, I can only access a snippet version of the Grove Book of Opera Singers, etc., etc.
Hence, I would call this to your attention, for a careful return of the article to a more complete version, after the few days work that would be required to make it encyclopedic, rather than sixth form plagiarised in quality and honesty. Cheers, hope someone with biography and music background can turn their attention, or at least properly post this. Cheers. Le Prof 73.210.155.96 (talk) 23:19, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
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Salon
Please merge Salon (gathering) & Salon (France) & Historiography of the salon since they have identical content. Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 00:41, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Notice about adminship to participants at this project
Many participants here create a lot of content, may have to evaluate whether or not a subject is notable, decide if content complies with BLP policy, and much more. Well, these are just some of the skills considered at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship.
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Day Without a Woman
Project members and page watchers are invited to help expand Draft:Day Without a Woman. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:49, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Day Without a Woman. ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:52, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
International Women's Strike
Editors are invite to assist with the expansion of the International Women's Strike stub. ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:25, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
"Nasty woman"
Should the article "Nasty woman" be tagged with the WikiProject Women's History banner? The article has been nominated for deletion. Project members are invited to participate in the AfD discussion here, if interested: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nasty woman. ---Another Believer (Talk) 04:00, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
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March Against Hate
Project members are invited to participate in the AfD discussion re: Portland Women March Against Hate. I've expressed an interest in moving the article to March Against Hate, and expanding its scope to cover more than just Portland. I welcome editors to either contribute to the ongoing discussion or help expand this article's section for other cities. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:18, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
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Barbara Jane Harrison
Does Barbara Jane Harrison fall under the scope of this WikiProject? Mjroots (talk) 18:59, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
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The article Esther Liebmann has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.
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- BSOleader it is suggested that you do WP:BEFORE before attempting to delete clearly notable files. I added two sources as well as additional information to the stub. Fairly certain that "most powerful woman in the country" responsible for minting the crown's coinage and buying jewels for the king, was notable. You would have determined that yourself, had you done even a rudimentary websearch. SusunW (talk) 17:54, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
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A merge discussion at Talk:Blanche Wheeler Williams#Notability could use your input 
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Adella Hunt Logan
I am wondering if participants of this project see this person, Adella Hunt Logan, as qualifying for a stand-alone article. She seems to be a minor player in the suffrage movement and did not gather a lot of notice in her time. I also queried members of WikiProject Feminism on that project's talk page.---Steve Quinn (talk) 15:41, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
- Steve Quinn Let's see, a free black woman living in Georgia before the civil war, who was educated and became a teacher. She became a teacher at Tuskegee, the most noted training institution for African Americans. She was published as an author, at a time when women, much less black women, were rarely published. I'd say that easily meets "unique", thus notable. Is the information then verifiable? Yes, as there are reliable sources, including 2 from Oxford University Press. Is there significant coverage? Yes, sufficient to create a comprehensive biography, requiring no original research. All that verifies that she meets GNG. Why do you assume she "did not gather a lot of notice in her time"? Most of the black press is not available on line. If she was published in The Crisis and The Colored American Magazine, it is probable that the black newspapers covered her. The problem with trying to base notability on one facet of someone's life is that it doesn't evaluate the totality of their notability. She definitely qualifies for a stand-alone article. I am curious as to what guideline you believe she fails to meet? SusunW (talk) 16:09, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
- @SusunW: Thank you for your wonderful response. I was not trying to say that she fails to meet notability guidelines. I am trying to gain perspective on how this person is to be considered notable. I am aware that sources available to us Wikipedia editors from that time period may be difficult to come by, and when I reviewed the article I sensed there was something notable about this person, so that is why I am asking for input from these projects. You have aptly placed Ms. Logan into context for me, and I appreciate it. Her accomplishments are remarkable and unique given the time period, including her training. I hope others from this project will also comment. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 16:38, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
- @SusunW: I was also trying to figure out how to apply the references toward notability. Apparently, I am not familiar with using these types of references to say a person is notable per Wikipedia standards. Your articulate response is showing me how the references apply in this instance. This could be useful for other such articles. Hope this makes sense. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 16:45, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
- Steve Quinn this [1] collaborative essay might help in assessing articles on women. SusunW (talk) 16:51, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
- I rewrote the lede, to make it clearly evident why she is notable. SusunW (talk) 17:41, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
- @SusunW: Really good! I thought the lede was OK before, but this *IS* better. It does indicate her notability right away. Also, I am probably going to copy this discussion to the article's talk page sometime soon. I think it is important to have this available. It shows how her notability has been discussed. And thanks for linking to the "Primer for creating women’s biographies". ---Steve Quinn (talk) 23:33, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
- Steve Quinn Thanks! Would that I had even a penny for every lede I've rewritten. Makes a ton of difference, especially for drive by reviewers. If it doesn't look notable up front, the assumption is that it isn't. Totally important to put the subject in the context of time and place and state why they were worthy of an encyclopedic article. SusunW (talk) 01:11, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
- @SusunW: Really good! I thought the lede was OK before, but this *IS* better. It does indicate her notability right away. Also, I am probably going to copy this discussion to the article's talk page sometime soon. I think it is important to have this available. It shows how her notability has been discussed. And thanks for linking to the "Primer for creating women’s biographies". ---Steve Quinn (talk) 23:33, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
- I rewrote the lede, to make it clearly evident why she is notable. SusunW (talk) 17:41, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
- Steve Quinn this [1] collaborative essay might help in assessing articles on women. SusunW (talk) 16:51, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
September 2017 at Women in Red
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:19, 28 August 2017 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Bust bodice
The redirects Bust bodice and Bust Bodice, which currently target the bra article, have been nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 September 15#Bust bodice. Input from editors with knowledge of this subject area would be most welcome in the linked discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 10:02, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:54, 25 September 2017 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Feedback needed on project proposal: Investigating the Impact of Implicit Bias on Wikipedia
Hi Friends! Here is the current draft of my project proposal: Investigating the Impact of Implicit Bias on Wikipedia. I value your input and would greatly appreciate your feedback. Please share it on the project proposal discussion page. Thank you in advance! Best, Jackiekoerner (talk) 04:23, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
sexist?
It would seem that this project exists to call out women's achievements over history however by calling out women separately, how does this achieve equality? Equality means everything is equal, so why have separate categories for only women? This in itself is sexist and unequal to men. 80.13.151.45 (talk) 20:49, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
#MeToo
Are there any project members who care to help improve the Me too (hashtag) article, or participate in any of the related ongoing discussions? ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:26, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
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-Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:19, 21 October 2017 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Cento vergilianus de laudibus Christi FAN
A month or so ago, I nominated the Latin poem Cento vergilianus de laudibus Christi at FAN. The work is unique and pertinent to this project for a number of reasons, namely that it might be the first Christian poem written by a women, as well as the the first work by a women to have been printed and disseminated via the printing press. If anyone would be so kind as to drop by the candidate page and offering some comments/suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it!--Gen. Quon (Talk) 16:12, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
Article alert
Eugena Washington Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eugena Washington 7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:56, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
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--Ipigott (talk) 13:50, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
Fatimah listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for Fatimah to be moved to Fatimah bint Muhammad. This page is of interest to this WikiProject, and interested members may wish to participate in the discussion here. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 15:43, 25 November 2017 (UTC)