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    Welcome! This is where Women in Red plans future events and discusses ideas for more general improvements. Everyone is welcome to make suggestions or work on tasks. What we decide to do is based on consensus. No one is in charge. You don't have to be a member to participate. Like elsewhere on Wikipedia: be polite, be bold. Join the discussion here or on our

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    2024

    Apr 2024

    Firming up for April

    WiR Health 2024 - draft
    #1day1woman 2024 
    ** Event #293: #1day1woman #1day1woman 
    Education  - Year long initiative 
    ** Event #294:  Education Year long initiative Education Year long initiative 
    
    NEW - Alphabet run S & T
    * Alphabet run S & T
    ** Event #302: Alphabet run S & T Red XN
    
    NEW -  Gender studies - 262 as go by
    * Gender studies
    ** Event #303: Gender studies Red XN
    
    NEW -  Health - 263 as go by
    *  Health
    ** Event #304: Health Green tickY
    
    ANNOUNCEMENTS (EVENTS FACILITATED BY OTHERS) 
    * TBD
    
    INVITATION: 
    * Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2024#April 2024 Red XN
    ** logo Green tickY
    
    COMING UP:
    * Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Events Green tickY
    TIP OF THE MONTH:
    * If you run into technical problems, you might find help on our Tools and technical support page Green tickY
    

    Oronsay, Ipigott, Rosiestep, Lajmmoore, CT55555, Victuallers, Cielquiparle, SusunW, Chocmilk03, Penny Richards, Silver seren, PamD, Curbon7, MSGJ and all WIR helpers: Here's a rough draft of the to-do list. We need to decide on the 3rd event. I would prefer Health over Environment because Environment was our annual event last year. I have created skeleton pages for #302: Alphabet run S & T and #303: Gender studies. Anyone wanting to work on the actual content please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/265 and Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/262

    Please state your preferences or ideas for the 3rd meetup for april. Thanks. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 20:54, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    +1 for Health. Looks like a great line-up! --Rosiestep (talk) 22:00, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Agree, health sounds good to me. Thanks @WomenArtistUpdates! Chocmilk03 (talk) 22:15, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Another vote for Health. Thanks, @WomenArtistUpdates, for getting us started again. Oronsay (talk) 00:14, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank y'all. Health it is. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:22, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I've added the content and redlists to Health. Also, all the redlists have been updated in March for both Health and Gender, except for Mental health professional which is in the update queue.--Oronsay (talk) 20:06, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Not sure who is following up on the "One biography a week" project. Do we need to remind everyone about it in the April invitation as it's the beginning of a new quarter? Oronsay (talk) 20:15, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I have just added description and redlists for the Alphabet run: S & T for April as the end of the month is fast approaching. I would like to have included an image of Catherine Helen Spence but have no idea how to do this under the new system, which I have found tricky to navigate (I withdrew an offer to create an event page last month for this reason). Also, there is a problem with the Most frequently linked redlists and I've approached @Certes, who created the original lists, about it. At this stage, I've left mention of these lists for S & T commented out. Oronsay (talk) 20:26, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi Oronsay, I couldn't quite remember how to do it either, so I opened Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/299 (Q & R) and used the top of the page as a templete. I knew I was looking for Rosa Parks. Thank you so much for doing this one :) WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 21:12, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Added text to Gender studies. Still awaiting a response on who is following up on the "One biography a week" project. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:07, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Technical side conversation up for April

    MSGJ, Thank you for reviewing the pages. As of now would this be the best "example" of the beginning of a page? Changing the event number and the month? Also, did I make the three new pages (302, 303, and 304) correctly or did I miss something? I ask, because I used the instructions we drafted last month and I'd like to edit them If I misunderstood a step or two. Best, --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 15:58, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Looks good! If you check my edits to each page then you will see the tidying/fixing I did, but mostly it was fine — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I did see the further tidy updates! User/creator/editor is placing most info (background color, template info, graphics) about the page in Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/events which then cascades through the WiR ecosystem. I did remember to purge the cache! --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 16:18, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Annual

    Environmentalists

    Suggested by Kazamzam on WIR's talk page to coincide with Earth Day on April 22. Also related to World Health Day.--Ipigott (talk) 09:14, 4 December 2023 (UTC)¨s[reply]

    Alphabet run S and T

    Alphabet by month
    Month Letters
    July A & B
    August C & D
    September E & F
    October G & H
    November I & J
    December K & L
    January M & N
    February O & P
    March Q & R
    April S & T
    May U, V, W
    June X, Y & Z

    Tip of the Month

    If you run into technical problems, you might find help on our Tools and technical support page.

    May 2024

    Press

    To coincide with the UN's declaration that World Press Freedom Day occurs on May 3, and in support of the newest EN-WP women-related WikiProject, WP:WikiProject Women Do News, I'm suggesting we do something like "Press Women" in May. Women journalists are included in our annual "Women Writers" event, but "Press Women" would go beyond journalists to include the photographers, the newspapers/magazines/journals created by women, their conferences, notable books about women of the press, etc. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:29, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Annual

    • Education
    • CEE women (with CEE User Group)

    Alphabet run U, V, W

    Alphabet by month
    Month Letters
    July A & B
    August C & D
    September E & F
    October G & H
    November I & J
    December K & L
    January M & N
    February O & P
    March Q & R
    April S & T
    May U, V, W
    June X, Y & Z

    Jun 2024

    Annual

    • Pride (with LGBT+ User Group)
    • Music (
      World Music Day
      is 21 Jun)

    Alphabet run X, Y & Z

    Alphabet by month
    Month Letters
    July A & B
    August C & D
    September E & F
    October G & H
    November I & J
    December K & L
    January M & N
    February O & P
    March Q & R
    April S & T
    May U, V, W
    June X, Y & Z

    Jul 2024

    Proposing Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Science Fiction and Fantasy again. Looking at July because there is a major convention to take place in Glasgow in August so it would be a nice run it to that. ☕ Antiqueight chatter 11:03, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Annual

    • Summer sports

    Aug 2024

    Annual

    Sep 2024

    Annual

    • Writers (with
      WP:WPWW
      est. 30 Aug 2014)

    Oct 2024

    Annual

    Nov 2024

    Annual

    • Wiki Asia Month

    Dec 2024

    Annual

    • Religion
    • Winter sports
    • Women who died in 202x

    Tip of the Month

    Table of annual events/collaborations

    Month Annual event considerations
    January
    • Public Domain (Public Domain Day, 1 Jan)
    • Women who died in 202x
    • Education (International Day of Education, 24 January[1])
    February
    • WP:BLM
      )
    • Justice
    March
    • Artists+Activists (with Art+Feminism)
    • Folklore
    • #VisibleWikiWomen (photos/Wikimedia Commons; with Whose Knowledge?)
    April
    May
    • CEE women (with CEE User Group)
    June
    • Pride (with LGBT+ User Group)
    • Music (
      World Music Day
      is 21 Jun)
    July
    • Sports
    August
    September
    • Writers (with
      WP:WPWW
      est. 30 Aug 2014)
    October
    November
    • Politics
    • Wiki Asia Month
    December
    • Religion
    • Women who died in 202x

    Potential/Suggestions

    Starting over as of Dec 2023 see Potential/Suggestions Archive. Bring back any ideas for reconsideration. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:46, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    Geofocus ideas

    Non-geofocus ideas

    Ideas page administration

    Common tasks for each event.
    This list is incomplete. Please add to it
    .
    • identify sponsors and/or WikiProject hosts
    • create list of potential participants, including active editors from the area(s) to be covered
    • create editathon banner
    • create/find editathon icon
    • develop the WiR redlist, find related redlink lists
    • create meetup page, completing sections on
    • "Add these to articles" (stub templates, applicable categories, useful lists)
    • "Add these to article talkpages" (WikiProject banners, editathon banner for the event)
    • create the invite
    • distribute the invite
    • develop social media campaign (FB, Twitter)
    • We haven't been doing this but it would be great if we had a social media volunteer
    • add Authority Control if missing to all the articles created during the event
    • double-check each article for categories
    • double-check each article for talkpage banners
    • create the thank you and/or barnstar
    • develop a list of contributors (overlaps to some degree with registered participants)
    • distribute the thank you and/or barnstar after the event to the contributors
    • create Wikidata entry if none exists

    Checklist for updates of virtual meetups

    This section is purely administrative. It is not about the ongoing discussions of topics.

    WiR generally has a variety of monthly, quarterly and annual events. WiR also sends out an “invitation” to its registered participants notifying them of those events. This is an effort to list tasks associated with the administrative tasks of updating and adding pages. We will be maintaining this list to assist with Quality Assurance. This is a working document and should be maintained to reflect current bast practices. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 16:52, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    As of March 2024 we are working with a new set of cascading templates. Because the template speak to each other the preview of the template might not be as expected. For example 302 might look like 304. Additionally some pages won't preview correctly unless the editor

    purges
    the page to update the cache.

    The interrelated templates allow us to make changes and pages once, without updating new and past events throughout the WiR ecosystem. This will ultimately reduce mistakes, bad directs, and misinformation. The coders involved are watching these pages to ensure they work correctly. March 2024 is the first iteration. If direction are not clear it is the drafter's fault - not the coders, so please be gentle.

    This is a working document and should be maintained to reflect current bast practices. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 21:43, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Basic overview of tasks using March 2024 as a guide

    Each month there will be new events and ongoing events

    YEAR-LONG INITIATIVES
    #1day1woman 2024 
    ** Event #293: #1day1woman #1day1woman 
    Education  - Year long initiative 
    ** Event #294:  Education Year long initiative Education Year long initiative 
    
    NEW - Alphabet run Q & R 
    * Alphabet run Q & R
    ** Event #299: Alphabet run Q & R
    
    NEW -  Women's History Month | Art+Feminism  - 260 as go by
    * Art+Activism
    ** Event #300: Art+Feminism Green tickY
    
    NEW -   Find Her  
    *  Find Her  
    ** Event #301: Find Her Green tickY
    
    ANNOUNCEMENTS (EVENTS FACILITATED BY OTHERS) 
    * All content gender gap events, in every language Wikipedia, in March 2024
    * Francophone Women★ Writers Fortnight 2024
    * Feminism and Folklore 2024
    
    INVITATION: 
    * Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2024#March 2024 Green tickY
    ** logo 
    
    COMING UP:
    * Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Events 
    TIP OF THE MONTH:
    * When creating a new article be sure to check various spellings, including birth name, married names and pseudonyms, to be sure an article doesn't already exist. Green tickY
    
    1. Add details of the event to Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/events (see instructions at Template:WikiProject Women in Red/doc#Technical info). This will automatically update the various lists of events, and also allows editors to tag the article talk pages with {{WikiProject Women in Red}} or its shortcut {{WIR}}.
    2. Create the event page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/n where n is the number of the new event. You can use the {{WIR meetup header}} template to help you.
    3. Create a new category for meetup articles (e.g. at Category:WikiProject Women in Red meetup 304 articles). Add the template {{WIR category}} to the new category.
    4. Create the invite (e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2024#March 2024) using the previous month's invite as a go-by.
    5. Invite and receive feedback from a sufficient number of WiR enthusiasts that the event page and invite are okay. Mark reviewed items with {{ok}}
    6. Send out MassMessage notification.

    (For ongoing re-write of instruction Archived: Basic overview of tasks using March 2021 as a guide

    NEW
    * Art+Activism
    ** Event page: Art+Activism 
    ** Talkpage template: Template:WIR-192
    * VisibleWikiWomen
    ** Event page: VisibleWikiWomen
    ** Talkpage template: Template:WIR-193 
    CONTEST (Jan/Feb/Mar)
    * Africa
    ** Event page: Africa
    ** Talkpage template: Template:WIR-186
    CONTINUING
    ** Women's rights
    **Template:WIR-188
    ** #1day1woman2021
    ** 
    Template:WIR-184 & Template:WIR-00-2021
    INVITATION: * Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2021#March 2021
    • Step 1 – Add each new event, by next available number, to
      Template:Women in Red
      . It will be a redlink. (topic needs to be expanded).
    • Step 2 – Using the Step 1 redlink, create a new event pages. The easiest way to do this is by either referring to an event page from the current month, or copying from the previous year’s similar event (like "Black History Month" in February) , or a combination of the two.
    • Step 3 – Add details of the event to Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/events (see instructions at Template:WikiProject Women in Red/doc#Technical info). These allow editors to tag the article talk pages with {{WikiProject Women in Red}}, whether it's a new or improved article. Note, editors are welcome to add multiple talkpage templates to an article talkpage if it meets the criteria, e.g. an African woman artist would qualify for templates #186 and #192.
    • Step 4 – Update the template Template:Women in Red navigation to include the new events. Click on the "edit source", scroll down to "group4 = Events" and add events.
    • Step 5 – Create the invite (e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2021#March 2021) using the previous month's invite as a go-by.
    • Step 6 – Invite and receive feedback from a sufficient number of WiR enthusiasts that all event pages, talkpage banner templates, and the invite are okay. Mark reviewed items with {{ok}}
    • Step 7 – Send out MassMessage notification.
    • Step 8 – Update Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Events, e.g. the templates embedded in that page.

    Leaving on this page until we have a few more months of events. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 21:45, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    General ideas for improving Women in Red

    This section provides room for suggesting and discussing more general improvements to the project. There are no limitations here but topics could include membership, contests, collaboration, promotion and future expectations. Feel free to come forward with anything you think would make the project more effective.

    One biography a week

    Not many of us are able to write a new article every day but most of us should be in a position to create one biography a week. How about making this a subsection of #1day1woman, starting in January 2024? Each participant could have a separate slot in which their new biographies could be listed. There would be no need for biographies to meet specific criteria such as minimum length but all new articles should meet normal standards of acceptance. We could provide virtual awards for those who manage to continue for three months (with at least 13 articles), six months (26 articles), nine months (39 articles) and for the whole of 2024 (52 articles). Participants should of course be able to create and list more than one new biography a week if they wish but everyone should try to create at least one per week. If contributors are able to keep this up, I believe it could have a significant effect on how we progress. There should be no need to participate from the beginning of January. Participants could join whenever they want and simply calculate periods of three months from the date of their first addition. Is this workable as it is or does anyone have other suggestions?--Ipigott (talk) 10:43, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    @Ipigott: I really like this idea, especially the awards for different lengths of time (it's a lot easier to commit for three months and then keep going!). I'd be keen to commit to #1week1woman :) Chocmilk03 (talk) 20:57, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    This idea is really attractive to me. Doing 1 article a day is just not workable for my schedule, especially since my free time to edit is largely just on the weekends. But managing one women's biography a week seems way more doable. I wholeheartedly support this proposal. SilverserenC 21:05, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ipigott: Just jumping in to say: I like this idea too. I haven't managed to carve out much time for article creation in a long while, and I'd really like to get back to that in 2024. One biography a week sounds doable (at least for a portion of the year!). Alanna the Brave (talk) 20:22, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    #1week1woman? Should it be a separate event? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:59, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Are we in touch with what events the world wants WiR to facilitate?

    In a recent discussion on my talkpage with Ipigott regarding WiR events, I asked, ... I'm also curious if we aren't in touch with what events the world wants us to facilitate... I suggested 3 quarterly campaigns for later this year: social influencers (Apr, May, June), sports (Jul, Aug, Sep), politics (Oct, Nov, Dec). There were also other salient points made in that section of my talkpage. Ian suggested that I shift the proposal regarding the 3 quarterly campaigns here. So, What do you think? --Rosiestep (talk) 19:46, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I think these three-month opportunities could serve as an important additional attraction. Contributors will have time to become familiar with the background and will be able to write about women who are gaining significance in the modern world. Many of our younger contributors should find the topics more in line with their interests than those requiring an interest in history. While I don't often write BLPs, I look forward, for example, to writing about notable TikTokers and YouTubers. It will be interesting to see if there is wider support for this venture.--Ipigott (talk) 09:29, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    New editor retention As a general follow-up to a chat at my user talkpage with Ipigott about mentoring new contributors and ideas related to incentives to improve participation, I don't really have specifics to offer, but instead a few general perspectives to perhaps consider.

    My perspective is based on how as an attorney, I became familiar with what is known as 'client-centered lawyering' (brief example overview: Client Centered Lawyering: An Avenue for Change, Aqdas Khudadad, October 12, 2022, University of Cincinnati Legal Clinic), and later in my M.Ed program, 'student-centered teaching' (there are a variety of monikers for this practice) (brief example overview: Student-Centered Learning: In Principle and in Practice (Christa Green and Christopher Harrington, July 20, 2020, Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute). Ipigott, not to put you on the spot too much, but you seem to take what could be considered an 'editor-centered mentoring' approach, and I think this is a solid foundation upon which further efforts could be developed.

    There is substantial research literature available on these subjects that may be helpful to review and adapt for new editor support and retention purposes. I use the term "retention" intentionally because of its use in the education field as a metric, so this may be a helpful keyword.

    On a more specific note, maybe it would be helpful for new editors to have access to reflections from editors with more experience, about what it was like to be a new editor, what they wish they knew/what was a surprise to learn, and strategies that helped for coping with challenges. For this Wikiproject, perhaps we could tailor reflections to also include a focus related to writing about women. Beccaynr (talk) 19:24, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]