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Introduction

Hi friends, today I joined this project, my first time joining a project, so forgive me if this post isn't follow protocol. And thanks Ipigott for the nudge to join this group. I've been working on a few themes on wikipedia (humanitarian stuff, mining/environment stuff and trying to chip away at the gender gap). On the third one, I've had mixed success. The failures are probably a combination of me trying to create articles on women too early in their careers, or about women that are not well reported on, despite their good work, but it's also because I'm still learning to find souces and don't have access to many academic papers that I see some people have, presumably due to univerity affiliations. Anyway, I've just added WIR tags to drafts that I'm working on, and also ones that I submitted via the AfC process. Any help on any of them is greatly appreciated. CT55555 (talk) 13:54, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

CT55555, thank you for joining. This is an amazing project and Ipigott is an incredible ambassador of the project. You'll find everyone here to be insightful and most are willing to help and offer the best advice, even if it goes against what we hope to hear. We want the best free and inclusive encyclopedia possible within the guidelines and policies. You are so welcome here at WiR. I look forward to reading the great articles you have and will create and learning about the amazing people, places and things within them. --ARoseWolf 14:09, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
CT55555 What ARoseWolf said. As for library materials, you can gain access to lots of sources via the Library after you have been editing for 6 months and have made 500 edits with 10 of those being in the month prior to applying. Until then, just ask here, as someone will probably have access and if they don't you can ask at the Resource Exchange. There are also helpful primers, look in the gray box at the top of this page for essays, that give clues about writing articles on women. I personally don't recommend sending an article to AfC, but if you have one declined there, just post it on this talk page to see if anyone can help. Good luck and welcome aboard! SusunW (talk) 14:38, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
@CT55555 To access various academic and other "not so easy" sources you can try the Wikipedia Library. It has access to many normally paywalled sources. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:48, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. SusunW and User:ARoseWolf Relevant articles that I have in AfC process right now: Draft:Juliet_Donald Draft:Muzna_Dureid Draft:Jennifer_Evans_(activist) Draft:Elizabeth_Pfiester Draft:Shari_Kasman
Articles that I've had rejected: Draft:Alexis_Matos Draft:Jennifer_Evans_(activist) (resubmitted) Draft:Sana_Mustafa Draft:Nmesomachukwu Umenwofor-Nweze Draft:Vanessa_Redditt Draft:Wendy_Porch
Articles that I'm still working on: Draft:Claudia_Patricia_Vaca_González Draft:Natasha_Freidus
@CT55555: I've looked through your rejected drafts, and here are my views: Matos is probably not even notable enough as a footnote in Drake's article, distressing as that story is, but maybe comments about her passing could be incorporated into media perspectives on cyberbullying over at those articles. Evans could be notable, but so far the coverage is mostly about homelessness and has passing mention of her efforts to combat it. You may need to wait for true notability to arise; that might be when she is fully profiled (not fluffy stuff) or if media covering homelessness seeks her out as an activist/expert to comment, rather than her being a drip in the story. What makes Mustafa any different from any other refugee? It seems that her coverage in media comes from her father being prominent and some of the sympathy for refugees angle - unfortunately, I think her father is more notable here, and she is just the kid that got out. To determine is Umenwofor-Nweze is notable, I would need to know the selection process of the Youth Council, which is the only possible notable thing mentioned: many people go to college, work in the community, get awards. The Youth Council doesn't have a WP article so I will assume it is like similarly-named initiatives in other countries, where a variety of student leaders give (generally performative) advice, and thus the position is an extension of their student leadership. In countries where student leadership isn't inherently notable, it also doesn't confer notability on its own. Redditt is a doctor, I thank her for her service, but no. Porch is probably in the same place as Evans notability-wise, as in, she is trying to be an activist but her story isn't getting picked up. The particular issue here is that they don't yet meet GNG and giving them an article could be seen as trying to platform their causes where other media isn't. Wikipedia reflects the sources that exists, doesn't try to force them into existence - if they're not yet risen to public prominence, it is not our place to suggest they are prominent as activists (and having a WP article does that). Kingsif (talk) 21:58, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
Kingsif Thanks, this is really helpful advice that will help me hone where I should be spending my energy. Seems like I should give up on all the rejected ones, re-actovate Porch or Evans if the media picks them up more. On the later, she is picked up plenty, but it's always quotes and therefore primary stuff. CT55555 (talk) 22:35, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
@CT55555: Yeah, the other issue with writing biographies is privacy, if someone isn't explicitly notable, is it even right to be putting their life story on Wikipedia... Now, where it comes to historical women, there is the gender gap in sourcing, and some lower standards can be accepted if there is a source that makes it clear the woman was considered notable in her time. Present day sourcing can be both better and worse. Better in that is often more accessible and there may be more of it, but without historical perspectives we can only try our best. Kingsif (talk) 23:57, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
Thank you @Kingsif for bringing up the privacy angle. @CT55555, I had considered bringing that up before in response to some questions you'd had earlier, but I couldn't come up with a way of saying it that didn't have more ambiguity than I wanted. is it even right to be putting their life story on Wikipedia does it. I know your intentions are good, and that you want to bring attention to people you think deserve it. But I would emphasize that, especially for women, and especially for further marginalized women, attention is not always a good thing, even if it's neutrally written, well-sourced attention. If you can't write an article longer than a stub, perhaps you should not.
For Mustafa, I think you can add some information on her into the article on her book. She doesn't pass WP:NAUTHOR as far as I can tell. But the book is clearly notable, and a "plot summary" would include a reasonably sized chunk on Mustafa. -- asilvering (talk) 01:03, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks both for the privacy reminder, I consider myself diligent insofar as I am writing about people who have themselves chosen to make things public (while also doing my best to reject primary source material) but I do agree that none of us can be careful enough here. Also good tips on Mustafa. I've been working on the article since mentioning it above, so you might both have seen different versions of it and writing about her book yesterday was inspired by as earier conversations we had, asilvering. I'm guess that the irony that wikipedia rules clearly consider a book about her life notable while and yet herself as an individual not notable is not lost on any of us. :-) I'm giving up (and already speedy deleted) some of the rejected ones, will focus my attention elsewhere, again, thanks to the above (and earlier, similar chats with asilvering) CT55555 (talk) 13:17, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

C/e help request

Draft:Women's World (Ottoman magazine)

Thanks

Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 23:47, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Robbie Ethridge

Is an interesting and noteworthy scholar. FloridaArmy (talk) 12:27, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

And mentioned around fifty times in Wikipedia, so definitely within the scope of Women in Red. TSventon (talk) 13:54, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
I created Wikidata ID Q110548687 as the barest of starting points. Nick Number (talk) 16:10, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
I started a brief draft for her: Draft:Robbie Ethridge Thriley (talk) 18:47, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
Added links to book reviews. I wouldn't publish it in this state, myself, but the article does now show that she's notable. -- asilvering (talk) 19:05, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

I forget what the policy is, but is a CV from a university website an acceptable source? I am looking at this one in particular: [1] Thriley (talk) 00:48, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

The explicit policy is that the university's website is an acceptable source for various facts (eg, said professor has a named chair at said university) that count for WP:NPROF, but not for proving whether or not the institution itself is notable. Whether a CV counts, I've seen people argue both ways. Out of mercy, I wouldn't use this one in particular because she's left a highlighted add-this-info note-to-self in there, which is basically every writer's nightmare. -- asilvering (talk) 02:09, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
I did see that. Shame it’s there. Otherwise, it seems to be a well composed and information rich CV. Thriley (talk) 02:18, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Silver seren Did you see any biographic inflation in any of many many reviews you have dug up? Thriley (talk) 02:20, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

I didn't look too closely. Once I finish adding all the reviews, I'm going to go into the Newspapers.com database to look for actual info on the author. SilverserenC 02:29, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
It would be highly unlikely for that to be in a review of an academic book. -- asilvering (talk) 02:35, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Alice Walker at AfD

Hi. Please see this AfD. Thanks. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 18:07, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

So, does she have significant coverage? Because I'm pretty done with WP:NSPORTS as an argument and am at the end of my rope with it. If significant coverage can't be shown to meet the GNG, the only notability requirement that actually matters, then I'm going to have to be a Delete vote as well. And I've been doing the same on all the male sports AfDs as well. No coverage, no article. But I will help look for coverage as well. Maybe there will be a lot to turn up in the newspaper archives. SilverserenC 18:53, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
I didn't find anything in the Newspaper archives. But since she was based in the UK, that makes sense. Barely any non-US papers are currently available in said archive. Maybe Gale would work? Though I'm not sure if Gale goes that far back in time. SilverserenC 19:48, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
Relatedly, this led me to Suzanne Bonnard, a Swiss competitor in the same Olympics, whose article was redirected today by User:Fram. The redirected article was even more stubby (just a statement that she competed, sourced to two databases) and would need better sourcing and more content to make a plausible standalone article. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:59, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

I spent some time recently looking over a few of Lugnuts's articles just like this one, particularly stubs of female olympic athletes and developing them into moderately significant articles (Cindy Shatto, Betty Slade (diver) and Judy Stewart are a few that come to mind, among many others). I think it's fair to say there are many articles just like this, a stub which conveys that the athlete was an olympic participant and without any information about any other career achievements. I won't criticise Fram for the nomination, which would have been well intentioned, though sometimes sources and coverage show in the most unlikely of places, or where you expect if you're prepared to put the effort in to find them. Of course, that doesn't go for everyone and in some cases the individual is just not notable, though usually to get to the olympics, they would have had to have some prior recognition. I leaned keep on this occasion. Bungle (talk • contribs) 21:48, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks to everyone who was able to find and access sources for this. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 08:24, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

request for advice on article rating

I see that the article on Joan Mitchell is rated as a "start" Talk:Joan Mitchell. What should I do to get this article re-rated? My first thought was to remove all the current ratings, but perhaps there is a way to flag it for re-review. Any suggestions? WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 22:44, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Rerated a cautious C - could be higher. Frankly these ratings hardly matter at all. Johnbod (talk) 22:51, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
I use User:Evad37/rater it's really handy! Mujinga (talk) 22:58, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Johnbod and Mujinga. It might not mean much in the scheme of things, but it was bugging me to have the article rated as a start :) WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 02:20, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
WomenArtistUpdates: Thanks for bringing this to our attention. On browsing through the article, it immediately looked to me as at least B class, if not a candidate for GA. This was confirmed by both ORES and Rater. I agree with Johnbod that assessment may not be very useful for general Wikipedia users but it seems to me that for editors, it provides a useful indication of how an article is progressing. It also shows which articles could be further developed to meet GA or FA. Joan Mitchell is a well known painter. It might therefore be worthwhile making an additional effort to bring the article up to GA.--Ipigott (talk) 10:46, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
I can immediately spot some things I think a GA reviewer would want changed, but at a skim anyway it looks like it wouldn't be that much work to get it through. With the GA backlog drive going on, it seems to me like now would be a good time. But one person has a dramatically higher authorship attribution than anyone else [2]. I know anyone can nominate any article for GA, but it seems a bit weird to do so when another editor has put so much work into it. What's the etiquette here? Am I just overthinking this? -- asilvering (talk) 23:48, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
The editor in question, JennyHemlock, has spent almost all her editing time on this article and has little wider experience. Since 19 November she has no longer been active. If you, Asilvering, feel interested in taking this article to GA, I would go ahead, perhaps with support from wp:Women in Green. You could start by addressing some of the problems you have identified and then nominate.--Ipigott (talk) 07:16, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for tagging me into this discussion Ipigott. No concerns from me on you making the necessary fixes and nominating the article for GA asilvering. Cheers, --JennyHemlock (talk) 13:43, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
JennyHemlock: Good to hear from you. If we go ahead with development for GA, you'll no doubt be able to lend a hand.--Ipigott (talk) 14:58, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
@JennyHemlock Since you're here, I think you should do the honours! The instructions are at WP:GANI (all you have to do at first is to add a template to the talk page of the article). I made the most obvious changes (lead was too short and had citations in it, etc), and while there are more things that could be changed I think it's ready to go. One thing I did not do, which you might want to do before submitting, is check the references. I only checked (and fixed) the ones that looked more obviously busted. I'm happy to pitch in during the review process if the reviewer asks for specific changes. -- asilvering (talk) 21:41, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
Very good, Asilvering! I just submitted the nomination, will keep you posted. --JennyHemlock (talk) 15:41, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
Cool I'll take this on for review, looking forward to working with you both Mujinga (talk) 17:31, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem - GA nomination & images

Hello all, I wondered if someone could help with the copyright for images used in this article on archaeologist Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem, which I'm helping to move through GA process, having picked up the suggested changes from the person who began the nomination. There's a number of images used on the page - most are fine, but I'm a bit puzzled by this one which is extracted from here, but they have different copyright tags? Just tagging @Eritha: and @BlueMoonset:, who are the reviewers for the nomination. Thanks in advance Lajmmoore (talk) 09:11, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Lajmmoore #1, while the photo does say it's from the WWI era, nothing from the origin source actually gives a date. The style of dress would indicate to me that it was more than likely actually taken after the war as it a later style to my eye. In any case, rules are given by date, so we need an actual date. #2 the rule for whether it is under copyright is not that it was made prior to X date, but that it was published. Neither the original image, nor the one from which it was extracted give a publishing date. Thus, unless you can find proof of publishing showing that it appeared in a paper prior to 1927, even though it says public domain, I don't think we can use it. On the two photos by Frédéric Boissonnas, it's a different case with them. They are probably okay in the PD per Never Published, Never Registered Works, because Boissonnas died prior to 1952 and the photos are 70 years past his death. But, you would still need to try to date them and confirm whether they were published to meet the never published bit and check to see if they were ever registered. I have no idea if Switzerland publishes copyright books by year, like the US does, but you can't even really check to see if a photo was registered without knowing the year (or seeing the back of the photograph, upon which many countries require the copyright info to be marked). Possibly shooting an e-mail to the Rath Museum and just asking them if there is any information on the back of any of these photos would answer a lot of the questions if they say yes. SusunW (talk) 14:28, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks so much SusunW for the detailed reply. Will give it all some thought, the picture of her could be used on the page under fair use still, so perhaps (for now, and for the GA review) it's a case of doing that. Lajmmoore (talk) 09:47, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Fair use was my thought as well Lajmmoore, but I'd probably shoot off an e-mail anyway. I've usually gotten good response from them. SusunW (talk) 14:15, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

WiR Literary Lists

Hi, all! I just wanted to share that I've created a few lists of literary awards that include a number of red-listed women. I'd love to have your help building these book lists out!

Significa liberdade (talk) 02:40, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

These look FAB - Significa liberdade thank you! Lajmmoore (talk) 09:45, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Maybe we should create a page on LGBT literary awards? Perhaps there are others.--Ipigott (talk) 11:45, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
We could do that, but there is already List of LGBT-related awards, so it would mostly just be an expansion of that page.Significa liberdade (talk) 15:48, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Ipigott, Would you want to take a look at this draft? Draft:List of LGBT Literary Awards? I feel it's a bit messy right now. Do you have a better idea for how it should be organized? Significa liberdade (talk) 19:23, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
It looks to me as if it's coming along very well. I'll take a closer look tomorrow.--Ipigott (talk) 20:04, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Significa liberdade: The Stonewall Book Award looks important too. There seem to be quite a few more in Category:LGBT literary awards. There's no real urgency to include them all but it would be good to have the more important ones listed as time permits.--Ipigott (talk) 12:03, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Consider cross posting this over at WP:WikiProject Women writers, too. pburka (talk) 14:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Thank you, Significa liberdade! I support Ian's suggestion. Create List of LGBT literary awards; add Category:Literary awards by genre and type. The List of LGBT-related awards page would have a link to List of LGBT literary awards. Just my $0.02. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:30, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Barbara Feinman Todd

I recently came across Barbara Feinman Todd, a ghostwriter for several celebrity authors, including for Hillary Clinton’s It Takes a Village. She’s had some scuffles with Clinton and Bob Woodward. Quite a life! Thriley (talk) 22:40, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Mary Elizabeth Wieting Johnson

I've come up with a draft at User:Eddie891/Mary Elizabeth Wieting Johnson, but I feel like there's some bits missing. Can anyone find more references? Eddie891 Talk Work 00:54, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

The lead paragraph needs geographical context - her nationality and the location of her playhouse. Please don't write as if everything happens in the USA unless otherwise specified: this is an international encyclopedia. Thanks. PamD 06:22, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Zobeda Khanom Chowdhury

My language skills prevent me from finding sourcing on this one, which is up for deletion. bn:জোবেদা খানম চৌধুরী may have some, but I am in no position to evaluate them. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 20:25, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Please be very careful about evaluating sources: what appeared to be a solid source at first glance was copied off the bn.wiki entry. From my previous experience with a Bengali topic, the vernacular media frequently plagiarizes content not only from sites like Wikipedia but also from each other. Books/journals from academic publishers etc. are the best. TrangaBellam (talk) 21:17, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

GAR for Burundi women's national football team

Burundi women's national football team has been nominated for a community 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. -Indy beetle (talk) 04:01, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Smithsonian looking for "Because of Her Story" interns

In conjunction with its American Woman's History Initiative, on 10 January the Smithsonian announced it was opening applications for interns. There are opportunities for 13 undergraduates or recent graduates to join an eight-week paid virtual internship from 13 June to 5 August. The Smithsonian actively supports improved coverage of women on Wikipedia.--Ipigott (talk) 11:06, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Hazel Hutcheon at AfD

Please see this AfD for the Scottish skier. Thanks. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 08:56, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Yara Salman - administrator advice needed?

Hello all, A new thing occurred to me this morning! I'd made a draft for entrepreneur Yara Salman, but when I tried to move it to mainspace, the name was blocked. My draft is here - which is an edited version of a translation from Arabic Wikipedia, with some new additions. I'm new to this aspect of page creation, so I wondered what the best course of action was? I think they meet GNG, especially due to their work in cryotherapy and the award from the Bahrain Businesswomen's Society, but I got a bit confused in trying to find out what the history and the reason's for the special permission for page creation were. Many thanks! Lajmmoore (talk) 09:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Looks as if Seraphimblade could sort this out.--Ipigott (talk) 11:50, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Lajmmoore: Looks as if Seraphimblade has not responded. Maybe Rosiestep or another administrator could help you to create the article.--Ipigott (talk) 12:11, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
  • @Seraphimblade: Conversation here, to avoid admin edit conflicts. It looks like you blocked Yara Salman on April 26, 2021, after two previous admin deletions by Materialscientist for G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion. Please have a look the sandbox draft above, and either move it to mainspace for us, or give advice on what needs to be done to make that happen. Thanks for your assistance. — Maile (talk) 16:21, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
  • FYI, admin Seraphimblade has answered on their talk page that they'll take a look at the block possibly later in the week. I'm not linking their user talk page for reasons that are explained therein. But since it's already linked above, you can find your way there to wait for their reply. — Maile (talk) 14:43, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
  • Ipigott, I notice now that I was pinged. Sorry to be tardy to the conversation. I tend to avoid BLPs, so please consider pinging other WiR admins as they might have time/inclination for follow-up if it's still needed. Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:39, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
  • Rosiestep: I'm afraid I don't know of any administrators who could deal with this. Despite Seraphimblade's message that he could probably deal with this by the end of last week, nothing has been done. I feel sorry for Lajmmoore who in my opinion has made a good start on this article and has now been waiting for a response for some time. If you can't suggest any other administrators who might be sympathetic to this request, perhaps there's some kind of procedure which can be followed.--Ipigott (talk) 21:20, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
  • Ok... though I'm unclear why you thought of me as I thought you were aware that I don't work on BLPs. Nonetheless, it might make sense to compile a list of admins who are "Friends of WiR"; some names that come quickly to mind, in alpha order, include:

@Gamaliel, HickoryOughtShirt?4, Megalibrarygirl, and Victuallers and pagestalkers might be able to add other admin names. If we need more admins, someone might start a new section for that and make some recommendations and provide some encouragement to a few folks (Ipigott, looking at you!). --Rosiestep (talk) 21:27, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

  • Rosiestep: Sorry about this misunderstanding. I was thinking more about your interest in women in business but in future I'll remember not to bother you with BLPs. Your suggestions of others who might help obviously worked.--Ipigott (talk) 09:42, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
  • Rosiestep I personally thought of you for different reasons, that had nothing to do with what project this is on. As long as I've been on Wikipedia, you're the one I've been most seeing around as helpful to any number of individuals. Never knew you don't deal with BLPs, so maybe nobody else thought of that, either. I've always had a great respect for your ability to get things handled, and still do. If I erred ... ah, well. — Maile (talk) 22:20, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
Lajmmoore Boldly moved to main space. Victuallers (talk) 21:42, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
Victuallers Today you are a hero. The issue has been, IMO, that if we reverted what that other admin did, would we trigger some kind of back and forth from the blocking admin, who doesn't like being pinged. Thank you for being the brave one among us. — Maile (talk) 21:49, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
Victuallers: Thanks very much for sorting this out. I should have pinged you earlier. Good to know that WiR members can rely on assistance.--Ipigott (talk) 08:38, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Sylvia Froos

I would be happy to have help with this draft on a singer, actress, and recording artist. FloridaArmy (talk) 05:06, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

I'll take a look tomorrow. Must sleep now. SilverserenC 06:04, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Things from Gallica I suspect are important, but am not knowledgeable enough to identify.

Names of conferences are funny things. Oftentimes, we have one generally accepted title for an event now, and thirty when you go to primary sources. As such, a selection of potentially valuable images I don't know enough about.

Conferences

Having checked, I think the first three in this category are the 12th conference of the International Alliance of Women. A couple state that they were taken in 1935 and published 1936


Posters



Individuals at conferences

Text -only posters (I've only included ones obviously out of copyright for simplicity)

File:Rose O'Neill - When We All Believe (Santa Claus and children illustration from the 1903 December 2 issue of Puck).jpg

So! You probably saw this - the initial work was my Christmas message this year - but I'm about ready to nominate this to Featured picture candidates after some more cleanup. If anyone sees any articles that could benefit from this image, it'd help spread a fascinating woman's work around a bit - and the more links to Rose O'Neill on Wikipedia, the better, I figure. It's a bit of a seasonal image, though, so try to keep the uses relevant. Fingers crossed to getting her work on Wikipedia's main page next Christmas! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 11:37, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

And it passed. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 11:58, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

What was the Gary Society?

I'm working on Draft:Sylvia Froos with FloridaArmy and I ran across this news piece that repeatedly mentions the "Gary Society" as a group that tried to enforce child labor laws. It mentions the ladies of the society, but I can't seem to find any further information about this group that seems relevant. Was Gary a shortened or alternative term for some other name I should be looking up? Is Gary just referring to Gary, Indiana? But then why would they show up elsewhere? I've also seen some books and things discuss the "Gary schools", though I'm not sure if that's relevant here. Anyone have any idea or extra knowledge regarding this 1910's and 1920's group? SilverserenC 15:31, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

There was one in Rochester, New York ([3]), so probably not a Gary, Indiana, thing. It's attested elsewhere as "Gary Society" ([4], [5]), but I'm wondering whether it was actually "Cary Society", which was a women's missionary organization around the turn of the 20th century ([6]). AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 15:53, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
"Doris Eaton Travis" (Ziegfeld Girl) makes reference to, "Each year until she turned 16 she had to change her name (aka: Doris Levant, Lucille Levant) to avoid the ('Gary Society') Child Labor Laws." — Maile (talk) 16:23, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
So, is it just a nickname for anyone involved in advocating for child labor laws or was it an actual official group of people? SilverserenC 16:31, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
Not a lot out there about this. But this PDF [7] says " Doris had to frequently change her name to avoid the Gary Society, a watchdog organization created to uphold child labor laws" This was in New York, so it had nothing do with Gary, Indiana. We know it was an organization in New York, but who or what it was named after, I have not found. — Maile (talk) 17:00, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
There's a reference to it in Hold the Roses which also spells it as the Gerry Society. The child actor Rose Marie's mother wants to avoid calls from the society, so moves the family to New Jersey, suggesting it may have been specifically a New York organization. pburka (talk) 17:11, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
It's Gerry Society, definitely. [8], etc. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 17:14, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
There we go then. Great job! So there's already an article on it. Looks like I need to make a redirect for this spelling then. SilverserenC 17:25, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
According to The Wall Street Journal, vice president Elbridge Gerry's name was pronounced more like "Gary", and he was Elbridge Thomas Gerry's grandfather. So I suspect the "Gerry Society" was properly pronounced "Gary Society", leading to the historical spelling confusion. pburka (talk) 17:29, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Feminism and Folklore Wikipedia Campaign 2022

Dear member users of Wiki project Women in Red,

You are humbly invited to participate and organise Feminism and Folklore 2022 writing competion on the English Wikipedia from 1st February 2022 till 31st March 2022. This year Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women biographies and gender-focused topics for the project in league with Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus with folk culture theme on Wikipedia.

You can help us in enriching the folklore documentation on Wikipedia from your region by creating or improving articles based on folklore around the world, including, but not limited to folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer personalities in folklore, folk culture (folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales and more. Users can contribute to new articles or translate from the list of suggested articles.

Organisers are requested to work on following action items to sign up their communities for the project:

  1. Create a page for the contest.
  2. Set up fountain tool/dashboard.
  3. Create the local list and mention the timeline and local/international prizes.
  4. Request local admin for site notice
  5. link the local page and the fountain/dashboard link on the meta project page.

Learn more about the contest and prizes from our project page. Feel free to contact us on our meta talk page or reach out to us on Email if you need any assistance.

Looking forward to your immense coordination.

Thank you.
Tiven Gonsalves
Feminism and Folklore Team

--✝iѵɛɳ२२४०†ลℓк †๏ мэ 06:27, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

  • Thanks for alerting us, Tiven2240 and including so many of our EN Wikipedia articles as a basis for coverage in other languages. Perhaps we can include Folklore as part of Art+Activism in March, as we did in 2020.--Ipigott (talk) 07:27, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Sure that would be great. :) --✝iѵɛɳ२२४०†ลℓк †๏ мэ 07:30, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
@Tiven2240 and Ipigott, yes, that sounds lovely: Art+Activism(to include Feminism)+Folklore! --Rosiestep (talk) 17:05, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Marie-Claire Chevalier and the legalization of abortion in France

Marie-Claire Chevalier died a few days ago. Her case, known as the Bobigny trial, lead to the Veil Act which eventually legalized abortion in France. I created two brief drafts for the trial and the legal act, but if anyone reads French or enjoys translating, it would be great to have some assistance. Thriley (talk) 05:31, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

I did most of the Veil Act article for you and copied it into your draft, but I'm not sure it's an "Act"? The other French laws we have listed in Category:French law are all "Law" not "Act" and I don't know which is preferable. Actually, I think you might want to rename it Loi Veil (that's what I used in the translation I tossed you) to avoid the possibility that people read it as a law about veils. Warning that not all the citations came through properly, so you or someone else should check it against the fr article, and also warning that I haven't verified any of the content against the citations. -- asilvering (talk) 03:02, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I agree with you on the article name. I used Veil Act just because the red link in the Marie-Claire Chevalier article called it that. It is a work in progress certainly. I’ll check the citations. Really surprised it wasn’t covered in English Wikipedia already. Always fun to expand the encyclopedia to new territory. Thanks again, Thriley (talk) 04:57, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Roza Sarkisyan

Hello all, Would a couple of people mind watchlisting Roza Sarkisyan - a very new editor took all the references out earlier, and while I want to show Ripsimer1987 good faith, extra eyes would be appreciated. They did make some spelling changes e.g. Sarkisyan to Sarkisian, so I'd be grateful if anyone here with Ukrainian could take a look. Happy Tuesday all Lajmmoore (talk) 08:24, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Watchlisted. --ARoseWolf 15:05, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
@Lajmmoore: Interesting variety of names: her blog podcast is at https://aristocrats.fm/podcasts/taking-the-stage-roza-sarkisyan-psihoz-o-4-48/, so that is a form of her name she has presumably chosen to use; this source, the only latin-alphabet source in the article, uses "Rosa Sarkisian" (note first name). I'm sure she needs redirects from all variations (including her middle name), but I don't know which is the "right" title for the article.
Also, the article reads as if she is "the" Director of the theatre, but I can find no mention of her on its website under either spelling - it has a couple of Directors at the head of its staff - General Director and General Director-Art Director (who was previously General Director). She may be "a" director who has worked with the theatre, but that's not quite the same. Searching the theatre website for her under either spelling in English or under the Ukrainian spelling found no hits ( not 100% sure the search is working...). PamD 16:46, 25 January 2022 (UTC) (corrected 17:04, 25 January 2022 (UTC))
Another source for the spelling "Rosa Sarkisian" (only a namedrop). PamD 16:51, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
And the French article is at "Rosa Sarkisyan" and the Dutch at "Roza Sarkisyan". I don't know what the standard is for transliterating Ukrainian into Latin alphabet (and are there different standards depending on the language of the target use? not my area!). PamD 17:02, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
See also the range of spellings at Sargsyan. That says it is an Armenian name: one of those words which, to me, is an alert to "May be a topic with massive historic and political sensitivities and contentious edits, tread carefully" (much the same effect as WikiProject Rodeo after a recent run-in). PamD 17:09, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
Seems to me if we have a reliable source that matches how she has preferred to spell her name then we would title it with the spelling she chose in deference to the fact it is a BLP about the subject and alternate spellings would be redirects. I would yield final say to anyone with a deeper understanding than I of naming policy on Wikipedia. --ARoseWolf 17:22, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
I've created redirects from all likely variations. I've added their "Rcat" templates, so with luck no-one will edit the redirects, and it would be possible to move the article to any of those variations quite simply! @ARoseWolf: I think all we have in Latin alphabet is her choice (or someone's choice, anyway) of URL for the podcast (Roza Sarkisyan); two probably RSs using Rosa Sarkisian, and an editor determined to spell it as Roza Sarkisian, to which it has just been moved! PamD 17:24, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
And I've just noticed that this source spells her name both Rosa and Roza! PamD 17:34, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
(edit conflict) The source which is supposed to verify her as the Director does call her a young director but does not specify her as the Director of the theater and the only way one could make that leaping conclusion is because the theater she is/was a part of is in parenthesis next to the play being performed. If you look at the other directors though you will find they are not necessarily the Directors of their respective theaters but young up and coming directors who won this competition and were selected to translate and direct these respective British plays by the British Council. Perhaps she is the Director but nothing points to that so far. --ARoseWolf 17:43, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
She's had about as much luck with her name as I've had with mine! Asareel, Asreel, Azriel, Azariel. I've even had someone spell it Asarell before. Pronunciation is even more fun. --ARoseWolf 17:49, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Asa footnote, there is no easy way of resolving Latinised versions of names in Ukrainian or Russian. Just take a name like Tchaikovsky. Variations include Tchaïkovski, Tschaikowski, Tjajkovskij, Tsjaikovski, Čajkovskij, Chaikovski, Czajkowski, etc., etc. Such names in European languages simply depend on an approximation of the spelling which would best render the sound of the name in question.--Ipigott (talk) 14:37, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

We have WP:RUROM and WP:UKROM as guidance for transliterating Cyrillic in these cases on wikipedia, though! I don't know if there is a compelling reason not to use WP:UKROM here. This gives us "Roza Volodymyrivna Sarkisian", which is the current form in the article. -- asilvering (talk) 21:12, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
Yes, those work pretty well for English but I think the question here was to what extent should we include redirects from Romanized spelling in other languages. I would be inclined not to include all possible variations but only those which are used in key sources in languages other than English if they do not duplicate info in the English-language sources. If the person or place in question is important enough, there will be links to articles in other languages with the appropriate spellings.--Ipigott (talk) 12:36, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Hello all! What an interesting discussion, big thanks to PamD and ARoseWolf for their investigations, and thanks to Asilvering for the links - I'd not come across them before, very useful. Thanks to you Ipigott too! Lajmmoore (talk) 16:38, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Ah, my bad, that's not the impression I got at all. Though I think PamD's redirects here are a good idea because they prevent the page from being endlessly moved back and forth between spelling variations. -- asilvering (talk) 00:35, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
Those redirects don't prevent any future page moves - you can move a page over a redirect as long as the redirect hasn't been edited since creation, which is why I flagged up the fact that I had added the "Rcat" templates as those tend to be added by other editors and make a redirect into one which can't be moved over. I added the redirects to (a) help readers who might look for an alternative form, (b) help future editors who might otherwise create a duplicate article accidentally (c) make sure to pick up any incoming links already in Wikipedia as red links from other versions of the name (there weren't any in this case). @Ipigott: I don't think "the question here was to what extent should we include redirects from Romanized spelling in other languages", but there was an initial question over what spelling should be the title of the article, which was one of a raft of changes (including losing the middle name altogether) introduced by an inexperienced but determined editor. I think we should in general include redirects from any plausible spelling used in any of the English-language sources we see, and any more complete form of name, and a reasonable number of combinations of those variations. PamD 08:35, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Barbara Lisicki

Barbara Lisicki is the subject of forthcoming BBC docudrama Then Barbara Met Alan and Googling suggests she is notable as a pioneering disability activist. Anyone interested? (I really ought to do some nonwiki stuff today ...) PamD 06:46, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Here's a source PamD 06:49, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
Also: The wheelchair warriors (BBC News, 2016), When disabled people took to the streets to change the law (BBC News, 2015), Choices and rights: The story of the Disability Discrimination Act, (BBC News, 2015) Piss on pity: How a new archive captures the radical spirit of the Disability Arts Movement (Independent, 2018), The 25 must-see TV shows of 2022 (Guardian, 2021), The best new TV for 2022: all the shows you’ll be talking about, from House of the Dragon to Derry Girls (Evening Standard, 2022). Beccaynr (talk) 20:32, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Forgive me showing off...

Figured out some tricks for this which made the initial fixes really easy, and I think the image improved leaps and bounds with only a little work.

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February with Women in Red

Women in Red Feb 2022, Vol 8, Issue 2, Nos 214, 217, 220, 221, 222


Online events:


Other ways to participate:

Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:09, 31 January 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-01-30/Special report

Interesting article, for the feminist angle. In my opinion, the discussion got a bit sidetracked by the usual social media topics of canvassing in WikiEd deletion discussions, but I wanted to post here because the deleted article Black Women Radicals (useful the incoming links, because it has been protected from multiple recreation attempts due to Twitter backlash) is about a typical edge case that has always been problematic for WiR since the beginning. I recall Rosie discussing the need for an "influencer" occupation model and I still can't quite wrap my head around that. Anyway, this is an influencer network, not an individual herself. The importance of such social networks has been very much in the news lately and most of the media coverage has been extremely negative for being 100% disinformation. This website though is a great example of a social network promoting information that I believe is important, though to be honest, I can't find if there is any official academic sponsor. With an eye to Black History Month I do think it may be worthwhile to see if there can be a sub-project for some of the women profiled by this website. I clicked on the database but that is not all that they do. It looks like a bunch of events are promoted as well. They certainly have enough Twitter & Instagram followers! Jane (talk) 10:44, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Here are redlinks for women in the BWR database:
Africa
Caribbean
Europe
North America
South America

Dsp13 (talk) 14:25, 31 January 2022 (UTC). PS where needed, I've added them to wikidata. Dsp13 (talk) 15:06, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Oh nice, thanks! I created items for the network and the founder too, but those are better left as items for now. Jane (talk) 15:27, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Beverly Moran

This biography is interesting and notable for various reasons but could use secondary sources to meet Wikipedia inclusion criteria if anyone can help or offer guidance. FloridaArmy (talk) 18:52, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Edit-a-Thon Being Planned for Women's History Month 2022

Hi! I work at the American Society for Microbiology, handling public engagement and science communication. Working with our members, I'm planning to organize an edit-a-thon on March 25, 2022 that focuses on editing/improving/creating biographies of female scientists (as part of Women's History Month). I'll be collaborating with staff from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the American Chemical Society to recruit, train and guide our member scientists through the editing process. I wanted to make you all aware and see if you had any advice or guidance, or particular individuals or areas of focus you'd recommend. Please let me know! Thanks! Geoffhunt3 (talk) 18:48, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

hello Geoffhunt3 that sounds such a fun event! Have you seen the list of Microbiologists? We have a lot of other redlists, which might include micro-specialists on them too. There's quite a few things on the resources page too! If you're meeting lots of scientists, you might encourage them to get involved with our year-long focus on climate too! Lajmmoore (talk) 16:45, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks so much, Geoffhunt3, for organizing that edit-a-thon! If it's a virtual event, and if you need a couple of "veteran" editors to assist with anything (planning stage; day of), just let us know the particulars, and a couple of folks will likely raise their hands. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:02, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Rosiestep and Lajmmoore, these are really helpful resources! Right now we have the event penciled in for March 25, and I'll let you know once the date gets confirmed. My hope is that our participants will be inspired by the event to become regular editors. I'll be in touch. Geoffhunt3 (talk) 20:02, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Candy Montgomery

I just started a draft for Candy Montgomery, an American woman who was accused of murdering her lover’s wife with an ax, a notorious criminal case in Texas. She is the subject of two upcoming television shows. Any help would be appreciated! Thriley (talk) 23:47, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I am happy to help. I added few lines and I will add more slowly if that is okay with you. Pinguicverse (talk) 20:42, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Isabel Leighton

Would anyone be able to adopt this DYK for Isobel Leighton? It was the nominator's first go, but they have been off-wiki for a while and it seems a shame for the DYK to not go through. Many thanks Lajmmoore (talk) 11:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Smithsonian Black Women in Food History edit-a-thon - Feb 1, 2022

Hi there,

You're invited to an edit-a-thon related to Black women in food history hosted by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and National Museum of African American History and Culture. We'll be demonstrating editing articles on women chefs and food activists - Tambra Raye Stevenson, Cleora Butler, and Toni Tipton-Martin.

Hope to see some of you there to help edit articles and contribute to the conversation! Fuzheado | Talk 15:38, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Soliciting suggestions for moving navboxes

Template:United States Women's Halls of Fame has now come to include international halls of fame. But not all of them. Women's sports halls of fame, for instance, have their own navboxes - but not all of them. Would anyone care to suggest a more appropriate naming of this particular template? WIR has been influential in creating many, if not most, of the articles in these template categories. Suggestions on how we move these to something more organized in categories/titles? The effectiveness or WIR over the last 7 years has been phenomenal. This has to have been one of Wikipedia's most successful projects. — Maile (talk) 16:12, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Image help

Can anyone help me find who did this cover page for Holiday House by Catherine Sinclair (an article that could use some cleanup? I think the initials on the bottom left corner are "W J C" but that's not hugely helpful and I didn't see an illustrator credit elsewhere in the book. It's this edition on Google Books; I grabbed a higher-res version from the British Library, which is here. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 04:50, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

I find that checking all the illustrations helps sometimes, they'll often spell out on the first they did or something then abbreviate elsewhere. Let's see. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 12:28, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
...Which works great until one of the others is signed T.H. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 12:32, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

https://www.nls.uk/learning-zone/literature-and-language/themes-in-focus/women-novelists/catherine-sinclair/ claims an illustration as by her, so maybe we're seeing engraver initials? I doubt it, though. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 12:36, 1 February 2022 (UTC) Huh. There's apparently a monument to her in North Charlotte Street, and the remains of her drinking fountain on a path in Leith. Want me to go out with a camera one of these days? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 12:41, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

The closest I've come to a name is this catalogue entry, which says one edition has a lithograph by William Home Lizars, but "W J C" is not an abbreviation for his name. Hmm, but this says yet another edition "contain[s] a hand-coloured frontispiece after a design by the authoress". Doesn't get closer to a name but is interesting. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 16:40, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Edith A. Perez

Not quite an article in red, but...

This article turned up in my ramblings today, and it's a bit of a mess - full of peacock words, for one thing, and without inline references. It's about an oncologist who, at first blush, appears to me to be notable; however, as I am not science-minded in the least, I wouldn't know where to begin to work on the article. Anyone fancy taking a look and seeing if anything can be done with it? --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:44, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

There are some very high cites in publications in which she is an author, but with very large author lists in a high citation field it is hard to know if there is sufficient individual achievement to pass WP:Prof. I agree that the BLP is a bloated mess and needs to be vastly trimmed, at least. Xxanthippe (talk) 00:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC).
The named professor title in the lead makes a clear case for WP:PROF#C5, without even trying to wade through the rest of the article. "Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology" might also be worthwhile for #C3, I'm not sure (it depends on how selective they are). The rest of the awards, if anything, take away from notability by being such junk, and should be removed from the article along with a lot of other junk. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:25, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Is the standing of the Mayo Clinic Florida sufficient to assure a C5? There have been people pushing the boundaries of C5 of late. Xxanthippe (talk) 04:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC). Xxanthippe
I made a tweak- the source states "Serene M. and Frances C. Durling Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine." Not sure if it is the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science or the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. She works in Jackson, FL which is where the Mayo Clinic Florida is located. [9] TJMSmith (talk) 02:23, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Agreed. I added the professorship to the lead to establish notability. The rest of the article needs editing for tone and inline citations. TJMSmith (talk) 01:12, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
TJMSmith, David Eppstein, and Xxanthippe, thanks to you all: the article looks a lot better now. I'm glad it could be salvaged. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:46, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Image requests

Feeling a little uninspired by my current queue - a lot of it's images I rejected for reasons before, or have made several attempts on and failed at. If anyone has any research topics or large, good quality images they want me to look into, I'm very open just now. (Not to say I have nothing: I do have a couple, but I try to do at least half woman-related content (pictures of women, pictures by women, women's history, images for creations of women - you get the idea) with my restorations and I do not have enough to keep that up without more research. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 13:44, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

For the record, here's my rough queue:

@Adam Cuerden: I have one, who doesn't have an article yet: Marguérite Priola. (I intend to work something up...sooner or later. Perhaps having an image will lead to "sooner" rather than "later".) She created a handful of roles in French operas of the 1870s. Sad story: Emma Calvé claims in her autobiography that Priola died a suicide after being excoriated for a poor performance in Mignon in Marseille (a story whose veracity I doubt, for one reason or another...though Priola did die quite young, alas.) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:22, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

@Ser Amantio di Nicolao: How about [10]? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 17:41, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

@Adam Cuerden: Oooh, I like that. That'll do nicely, I think. Let me work up an article this weekend - there should be enough for DYK length, at least. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:00, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
@Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Restoration will be at File:Mademoiselle Priola de l'Opéra Comique, rôle de Javotte dans "Le Roi l'a dit" de Delibes.jpg - for now, that's just the intended crop. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 20:36, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
@Adam Cuerden: You're a marvel, thanks. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:37, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
Great improvement, Adam. Now all we need is a biography of Marguérite Priola. As we are told above, she came to a tragic end after being hissed off stage in Marseille when only 26. She died a few days later.[11], [12], [13], [14], [15]. I was going to put together a short piece myself but now I see Ser Amantio di Nicolao intends to work on it this weekend.--Ipigott (talk) 07:43, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

And, hey, we got an illustration for Le roi l'a dit as a bonus, which is always nice, as the more crosslinks to an article (and more prominence they have) the better. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 12:53, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

@Ser Amantio di Nicolao and Ipigott: And done. Would've been nice if the scan was bigger, but I'll give it a go. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 16:31, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
Ah, well. What to do next? Might see if I can get my computer to handle one of the big files (I'm honestly a bit more excited by File:Neysa McMein - For Victory - Allied Women on War Service - Conference and Mass Meeting - Original.jpg than anything I've put on the list at present), but... uh... Y'know. Unless Wikimedia suddenly decides to throw money at me, I'll be doing what I can do, which is... honestly a lot, but not everything, and the size of that image scares me a bit after how much a recent Pénélope FP of half the size made things chug. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 17:59, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
RosalindGoodrichBates
@Adam Cuerden: I uploaded one today that might be big enough for your magic: Rosalind Goodrich Bates, a Latina lawyer who passed the California bar in 1926, and was president of the International Federation of Women Lawyers in the 1940s. (She was murdered in 1961, and the case remains unsolved.)- Penny Richards (talk) 04:22, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
That looks fantastic! I am dubious about whether that CC-by license is legally enforceable or if it's really public domain, but the two are adjacent, at least. Adding it to the queue. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 11:42, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Well, I'm not seeing my queue really increasing. My finished pile is going up nicely, though. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 19:47, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Adam Cuerden How about Amélie Perronnet or perhaps [16]? She still needs a biography in English.--Ipigott (talk) 15:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Looks like a good choice, as does her... sister? Joanni who apparently collaborated with her [17] [18]. Not loving the Nadar photo - kind of has that creepy frozen smile that you can get from having to hold it too long - but [19] is nice. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 03:13, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Marguerite Priola

Adam Cuerden: As she was still redlinked today, I made a start on her biography. Please feel free to make any corrections or additions. I see by the way that there are many more images of Priola you might like to improve.--Ipigott (talk) 15:58, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

I've added a little, including the relevant passage from Calvé's autobiography. I think it would make a good hook for DYK, in case anyone would like to nominate it. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:45, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, Ser Amantio di Nicolao, for this useful addition. Some of the sources I came across refer to her voice breaking while she was on stage but there seem to be lots of theories about how she died. I suppose the local press documented the events at the time but we would need someone like SusunW to help with access, if digitized copies exist. (Probably not worthwhile as I think we probably have sufficient info as it is. After all, it's her life rather than her death which we should be covering.) As for DYK, I'm sure Adam would welcome the promotion but I don't usually get involved in DYK myself. Perhaps you would like to go ahead and nominate?--Ipigott (talk) 11:45, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Ipigott Gallica has 4 pages of articles, but someone who speaks French would have to see if there is anything useful there. SusunW (talk) 15:07, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
SusunW: Thanks for these. As you will see, the article has now been considerably improved.--Ipigott (talk) 10:04, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Glad to have been of some help Ipigott. Finding them was easy, you did all the heavy lifting by sorting through and translating them. Glad to have the death sorted. SusunW (talk) 13:54, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
@Ipigott: I also don't get involved in DYK much myself these days, for a variety of reasons. But I'd welcome the nomination if someone else wishes to shepherd it through. As for the nature of her mistake, I'd never seen any account which described it in great detail, but I see no harm in adding it into the article for completeness' sake; I doubt the complete story of her final performances will ever be completely known for one reason or another (though I have my doubts as to Calvé's account.) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:42, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
I'm going to hold off on nominating it on WP:FPC for a little bit as I feel that people tend to compare things directly against the last couple things you did, and it might struggle against Rosalind Goodrich Bates or Juanita Hall. Better it get a chance separate from those expectations. As for DYK, it probably can't hurt. I'll get it up ASAP.Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 03:09, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Starter questions

Hello, experienced web editor here. I've followed you for ages on Twitter and support your work, and seeing the tweet about Black History Month made me think it's about time I got involved.

Looking into it though I can't see how you get started. How much of a specialist in the subject matter do you need to be? Say I work my way through the list of women from Burundi, a country where I've got very little knowledge of the people or history or culture. Where am I getting the source information from so I can create the page? Is it a case of Googling for news articles and starting from scratch, or would be given a head start in some way?

Thanks, Sue (@sookio) 109.148.179.208 (talk) 08:07, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

First step is to choose a name and establish an account. You don't have to be a specialist. You need access to reliable sources for subjects you wamt to work on. FloridaArmy (talk) 11:15, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello and Welcome! There's a neat guide here for getting going editing Help:Getting started! If I were you, before you start a new article, I'd spend some time getting used to the different tools - the Wikipedia Adventure is quite fun to show your around. Once you feel a bit more confident, I'd start by copying editing and adding references to existing articles. This builds both your confidence and your edit count! Once you feel you have the hang of things, why don't you then post back here and lots of us will be happy to point you to the next steps to go. Please free to get in touch any time! Looking forward to seeing you learn! Lajmmoore (talk) 11:21, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
At the top of this page there is a gray box. Press on the show button and there are a series of essays about writing women's biographies on Wikipedia. You don't have to be a specialist on the subject matter as WP does not allow, as academia requires, original research. You simply have to paraphrase the material that you are able to find in reliable curated sources, i.e. not blogs, not social media, etc. My process is to pick a topic, gather all the sourcing I can find and then start reading through it and incorporating it into a draft. As I write, inevitably, I discover other notable topics that are missing and create red links so that other missing articles can be written. For example, right now I am working on a woman from South Africa/Zimbabwe. You can look at various versions in the history to see how it has progressed and see all the red links that need to be written. Once it is written, I move it to mainspace and never submit it to AfC. If I get stuck, I usually post here or on other members of WIR's personal pages and ask for help. If I can help, either ping me, or drop a line on my talk page. SusunW (talk) 14:15, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

A few random musings as we start our Women in Red celebration of Black History Month

Look, first off, I need to say I'm probably quite ignorant on some subjects. I know this. I'm also a white guy who grew up in a very, very white American rural area near Pittsburgh in the 80s and 90s and has lived pretty much his entire adult life in the United Kingdom, so I suspect that I'm going to be expressing surprise at things that African-Americans reading this are going to be surprised I didn't know. And if so, I apologise for my ignorance.

That said, my research on Gallica (the website for the National Library of France) had surprising success when using vague terms like "femmes droits" and then seeing what images came up. So I thought, "Hm. Well, maybe a vague search for... let's see.... we'll go with "African" - which should get "African-American" - and then add woman, and see what interesting people come up.

(As it turns out, the category I wanted was African-American women, and it's used rather spottily: Most named people aren't categorised, so I was getting fairly poor results, but let's let that pass for now)

First off, W.E.B. Du Bois did a photographic exhibition on types of African people, which I presume (it's W.E.B. Du Bois, after all) was important for its time, but at the same time, it meant that I had to skip past literal hundreds of images created for that exhibition. I pressed on.

...And then slowly started to wish I hadn't. Besides your basic racist "humorous" cartoons - which, while vile, I think we all at least suspected existed, what first got to me was learning that people were having professional photographers come in and take photos of their slaves. Professional, high-quality photos (or, well, for the time). Which is... okay, it makes sense, but.... y'know....

Then there's the language. Like the "redeemed" slave I found. Okay, I'm not going to say that buying a child out of slavery is bad, but the description was pretty much all about bringing her into the church, and how it brought her into their religion, and... it really didn't seem to care about her as a person. At all. And, y'know, I was aware that some of the anti-slavery campaigners didn't actually want black people staying in America after they were freed - seperatists were a thing - but... it's different seeing someone just fail utterly to recognise someone as a person.

Big section of ex-slaves done as a photographic documentation in something like the 1910-1930 period by the US government. All are named, though I'm not sure whether we'd get enough documentation to make them women in blue. I mean, I knew there was going to be slavery coming in.

Drawing of the Ku Klux Klan doing a home invasion of a nice African-American family. https://loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.71959/ - Disturbing, though I'm not sure if Wikipedia could use it sans any context. If we had the "Page 157" it tells us to "See", we possibly could. Anyone have access to old Harper's Weekly issues?

(NSFW-ish: Childbirth and breasts) https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.51275/ is a very strange image. It's really well-drawn, but... my brain can't properly parse it. I try to read it as a sexualisation of black people or humour, but it had a date so it's at least based on an actual event - isn't it? ...Who lets a random group of soldiers watch them give birth? ...What is going on there?

There's the stuff that's just stupid anti-feminist. "Here's a fresh young 7-year old. In this path, she dares read... CLASSIC FRENCH AUTHOR ALPHONSE DAUDET, and thus is doomed to be a flirt, then a Wild Woman! Oh no! And in the other path she's "studious and obedient" and gets to be a... mother and grandmother, the "truest gift for a woman". Ugh.

And in the end, what do I find? Well, I'm not going to say that I'm displeased with finding good pictures of - well, I'll pull up the list I made.

...I mean, it's great to have so many people of the Harlem Renaissance and Broadway. It's not really the variety I was hoping for, though. And, honestly? It's not like I didn't know Carl Van Vechten did a lot of work documenting the African-American arts world of New York City before I started any of this

Still, I'm going to do all of them, unless Wikipedia has better images for them already. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 14:48, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

While closing tabs, I discovered I had almost missed Anna Julia Cooper. Which would have been quite a shame. Not a woman in red, but I'm not sure my methods are effective for finding new important women. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 15:03, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Chinese image?

Hallo, I've created a minimal stub, so far, for Ho Chung Chung for our Hong Kong and Macau editathon (I reckon MBE - perhaps OBE - and two honorary degrees establish her notability, and the one online English-language source I've found so far has a lot more biography from which to fill out the article, even before someone can expand by translating from the Zh.wiki article). I'd like to include this picture which is on Chinese Wikipedia but not in Commons. Any ideas how to do so, if it's possible? Does the fair use statement "work" for Commons? Advice, please! I'm sure someone here will be able to help. PamD 12:52, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Hey PamD, fair use images have to be uploaded for each language version of WP as they are not freely distributable. Basically, if you have done a search and have not found another image that can be used, the requirement is that the subject be deceased and appear at the top of an article about them. You can upload it as fair use on English WP by following the Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard steps. I am sure there is a way to replicate the existing image as it's already uploaded, but I have no idea how to do that on WP. I would just reclip it and upload it again ;) SusunW (talk) 14:33, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks SusunW I've now boldly uploaded it to en.wiki as fair use, having sourced it from an archived version of the website of the school where she was principal (which was the source used for it in zh.wiki) - it may exist in the current version of the school website but as I don't read Chinese I'm at a disadvantage! Thanks for giving me the confidence to have a go at uploading a fair use image - I've done company logos etc but not historic portraits before. PamD 23:53, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
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