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Advice on declined draft about a woman artist (Olympe Ramakrishna)

Hello, I would be grateful for advice regarding a declined draft about a contemporary woman artist.

The draft is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Olympe_Ramakrishna

The subject has received substantial coverage in independent national media (more than 15 press articles dedicated to her work), and a Wikipedia article already exists in French: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympe_Ramakrishna

I would greatly appreciate any guidance on how best to address the notability concern raised during the review.

Thank you very much for your time and support. Saloj Nair (talk) 05:47, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi there, Saloj Nair. I'm sorry to see you are experiencing difficulty with your first article. In connection with artists, you can find guidance here. More generally, you can follow the tips in our Ten Simple Rules. Above all, it is important to find independent reliable sources which show the subject has obtained significant appreciation, for example by means of generally recognized awards or the inclusion of artworks in permanent exhibitions in museums or galleries of note. Please let me know if you are able to improve your draft along these lines. Unfortunately, the requirements for inclusion of new articles in the English Wikipedia are more demanding than those in many other language versions. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 09:46, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I think this is a good example of what's wrong with AfC. The page was declined with a terse explanation that the sources aren't independent. My best guess is that the reviewer is using a very narrow interpretation of "independence" and discounting any source which quotes the subject. In my opinion, this article is suitable for mainspace and the rejection was inappropriate. pburka (talk) 13:54, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I tend to agree with you, pburka, but the page was rejected by no less than three AfC reviewers. I would not have rejected it myself but was simply trying to offer some suggestions for improvement. In my experience, Theroadislong is normally more supportive.--Ipigott (talk) 18:02, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much @Ipigott and @Pburka for your feedbacks. I could not find information about artworks in permanent exhibitions or awards in the press. What do you suggest I now do with my draft ? Saloj Nair (talk) 05:37, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

@Saloj Nair: I'm afraid that unless you are able to improve the draft, it will be rejected once again if you resubmit it, I suggest you spend your editing time creating women's biographies which meet the requirements of our Ten Simple Rules. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 08:48, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

OK thank you Saloj Nair (talk) 04:44, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

• Saloj Nair, Ipigott, Pburka, I have moved the article to mainspace. Saloj Nair, I would advise you never bother using Articles for Creation ever again and just work on articles in your personal userspace or sandbox and then move them to mainspace yourself. It's a waste of time to use AFC, as they don't ever follow their own rules at WP:AFCPURPOSE anyways. Not to mention that the reviewer comment about WP:NARTIST was a joke of a claim, as WP:NBASIC right above it clearly showcased why the subject was notable, with over a dozen full length articles on her art across years. Easily and obviously notable. Apologies that you had to waste so much time on that, Saloj Nair, but at least the article is active now. Silverseren^C 01:47, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

  I strongly agree. Any editor who's advanced beyond the rank novice stage should not be using AFC. While I think AFC probably weeds out a lot of obviously unsuitable garbage, I also think the impenetrable bureaucracy of the process discourages and drives away a huge number of potential new editors. pburka (talk) 16:34, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

  The only problem with that approach, can be seen in the HUGE list of articles for deletion relating to the project. Theroadislong (talk) 09:34, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

  Thank you very much, @Silverseren. I really appreciate it. This is very encouraging and motivates me to write more articles. Saloj Nair (talk) 09:26, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

COI Edit Assist For Daily Harvest

Hello: I’ve been requesting edits to the Daily Harvest Wiki page for six months now and receiving fairly regular responses. However, I posted an update to the recall section on December 2 of last year and have yet to receive a reply. I know the COI queue is very long. Given this is a woman-founded, I was wondering if someone here might be able to assist?

That, and my edit request of February 3 updating their business model away from a subscription service are my last two requests. If someone here is able to help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you! Marksherr16 (talk) 15:36, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

I've updated there. Valereee (talk) 12:29, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Las Que Construyen editing sprint (Mar 23–27, 2026)

Hi WiR network, this week we're running a short editing sprint called Las Que Construyen in connection with Women’s History Month and Equal Pay Day, focused on improving coverage of Latina labor, pay equity, and representation on Wikipedia. If anyone is interested in contributing, sharing sources, or helping review content, you can find more details here, thanks! Oscar_. (talk) 16:53, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Cascading women

Great idea - I polished up the image to remove the Kenya link. Its here, not sure how to load it. Victuallers (talk) 11:06, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Maybe WomenArtistUpdates or MSGJ.--Ipigott (talk) 14:03, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:38, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Bar chart

Reaching a milestone of 20% in December 2024, Women in Red changes notable women's representation on Wikipedia from red-linked obscurity to an encyclopedic presence.

I don't think this is an appropriate chart to indicate progress on improving coverage of women on Wikipedia, because it suggests that 100% is the target which of course can never happen. Is there an actual target that we are aiming for, e.g. 50%? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:32, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

I think the chart is useful as it clearly shows the extent to which women are underrepresented on Wikipedia. In my opinion, this provides an incentive for encouraging wider participation. It might nevertheless be useful to have a graph showing how the proportion of women's biographies has increased since WiR was launched. I believe we used to have something along these lines on our Metrics page but the graph there is no longer able to function. As something of a technical expert, MSGJ, you might be able to sort things out.--Ipigott (talk) 09:59, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Regarding your question, MSGJ, is there an actual target, the answer is "no". Instead, the goal, since Day 1, has been to "move the needle". --Rosiestep (talk) 11:20, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

The chart confuses editors organising in-person edit-a-thons. They visit our home page looking for the current %. We should make it easy for them to update their training slides and keep encouraging newcomers to contribute. Oronsay (talk) 20:06, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

As I thought established by old discussions here and elsewhere, 50% can never be a feasible overall target given we cover all of human history, not to mention geography. If you look at categories of people that are automatically notable, and that go back some way from the present, the % of women is way lower than that. The 650 MPs in the UK House of Commons included 263 or 40% of women at the 2024 general election, with at least one addition since, but the number of women ever elected to the UK Parliament is 700 out of some 20,000 over history - that's 3.5%. We don't have articles on all those, but I think our % on those with bios is still well below 10%. All the missing articles are of course men. Similar calculations can be done for most types of people with non-subjective notability criteria - think of football players in either form of the game. I think most people familiar with the issues think some figure up to about 25% is the most that can be achieved without unbalanced selection of women as article subjects (which I am sure some areas already have to some extent). Johnbod (talk) 23:22, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Draft: Mary Claire Haver

Hello - I've written a draft for Dr. Mary Claire Haver. Draft here. She is a board-certified OBGYN and perimenopause/menopause expert. Context: After reading about the gender gap on Wikipedia and your initiative to solve, I became passionate about ensuring prominent women in medicine (longevity, women's health, hormonal health) appear in equal number. Per wikipedia rules I disclosed a connection to the subject as I have consulted with her before, but I researched and stuck closely to the rules regarding neutral tone, sourcing and notability. Feedback welcome and I'd be delighted to author drafts other women nominated through this project. EllenMiller1 (talk) 02:29, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Welcome! Victuallers (talk) 11:06, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Many thanks! Any advice on getting this article moved from draft to approval phase would be much appreciated! EllenMiller1 (talk) 03:13, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

100 Women: Architects in Practice

The RIBA publication 100 Women: Architects in Practice may be of interest to this project. We already have articles about some of the people covered in the book, however many of these women are missing from our pages. (Nb. I've added some to 100 Women: Architects in Practice, although many are still missing there too.) Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 08:48, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red – April 2026

Women in Red | April 2026, Vol 12, Issue 4, Nos 358, 359, 367, 368, 369 Online events: New: Countries starting with D, E and F | Women's Works: Written works | Cascading Women Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements from other communities: CEE women Tip of the month: When creating a new article, take a moment to ensure any notable woman is redlinked. Someone might be inspired to create an article for her. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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

MoMA exhibition redlinks

This 1969 Museum of Modern Art exhibition has a number of redlinks that may be of interest to participants in this Wikiproject. Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 13:12, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, Cl3phact0. As several of the redlinked women in Wall Hangings (exhibition) have articles in other language Wikipedias, perhaps some of our polyglots will be inclined to work on those. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:43, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Amplifying Women’s Voices on Financial Independence

Earlier this month, I was a speaker at the Smithsonian's women associated with financial independence editathon. If you're interested in the topic, there are many notable redlinked women (including references) on that event page. -- Rosiestep (talk) 12:52, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

@Rosiestep: An excellent topic, and very timely. Thank you for sharing! Chocmilk03 (talk) 22:46, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Using the dashboard, I looked through the results of the editathon and reviewed some of the articles created or edited. There are still a few interesting drafts which need citations.---Ipigott (talk) 09:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

My generative AI case study focused on historical women writers' articles with short leads (update)

Referring back to this conversation regarding my research project using generative AI to improve the short leads of articles I created within the scope of my work as a Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University, I've started fleshing out the Results, Conclusions, Future work, and Lessons learned sections in this document. Questions and comments are welcome. -- Rosiestep (talk) 17:20, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

As I said in a previous discussion, I do not support this case study at all. I do not know why other methods can't be used instead of feeding information into generative A.I. models, considering some of those models (like Gemni and Open AI) are already being used to kill people, after all. Historyday01 (talk) 18:32, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

In my opinion, it is rather narrow-minded to rule out the possibility that AI tools will be able to help improve the quality of articles on Wikipedia. Although there are a number of recognized shortcomings in their performance, I strongly welcome efforts to investigate how they can be used to good effect. By comparison, over the years the EN Wikipedia strongly opposed the use of machine translation as a means of creating or improving articles. With the development of more reliable systems such as DeepL Translator, there is increasing evidence that articles from other language versions of Wikipedia can be successfully translated with only minimal requirements for further revision or post-editing. I believe the same will prove true for AI applications, provided they are used with adequate care. It will be an interesting story to follow in the years to come and could offer interesting research opportunities in connection with our coverage of women.--Ipigott (talk) 09:27, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

I can agree with you, generally, on welcoming efforts to improve / update / create articles on here, but I have to strongly disagree with pushing for the use of A.I. here (as it is pushed everywhere else in society and used to determine people's wages in companies like DoorDash and Uber, and many others, in a clear act of wage theft to give one recent example). I'm sure that others on here have similar viewpoints to me on this. I am very skeptical and do not believe A.I. models, and related tools (sometimes called "machine learning" almost to make it seem more palatable) can be used to "good effect" despite what the A.I. evangelists tell us, and I'm concerned that their use could cause much more harm, than good, especially requiring additional work to fix A.I. errors. I would much rather support increased efforts to organize events and coordinate with organizations to improve / create / update pages than leaning into A.I., any day.--Historyday01 (talk) 12:54, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining your views in more detail, Historyday01.. For clarity, I am "pushing" for the investigation of the potential of AI rather than for its immediate application. One of the great advantages of Wikipedia is that we are able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of innovative technologies here. I'm pretty sure you represent the overall current consensus on AI here but I think it would be a mistake to refuse to investigate ways in which we could benefit from developments. As a new page reviewer, I am aware that new articles are frequently suspected of being based on AI assistance and can indeed be deleted as a result (to the dismay of enthusiastic new contributors). Nevertheless, a careful examination of the sources used and the accuracy of the information presented can often stand up to our basic principles. We need to take a more objective view of all the pros and cons before we simply dismiss results as unacceptable. In connection with Rosiestep's efforts to examine the extent to which AI could facilitate the expansion of inadequate leads, it seems to me that unless we undertake serious investigation we are unlikely to progress. I'm happy to see that thanks to her well organized approach, we are likely to be able to take account of the outcomes in the not too distant future.--Ipigott (talk) 13:52, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

But it takes longer to clean up the mess, or determine if the LLM generated info is correct or incorrect, than to just write in your own words. And it is almost NEVER the editor who introduced the "improvements" who has to come along with the mop. Google presents the AI condensation in their search results for those who want it. Or jump over to Grok. Why duplicate AI slop over into Wikipedia? The use degrades the whole encyclopedia. Some of us are going to die on this hill or give up editing Wikipedia. -WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 16:01, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

I sympathize with your views, WomenArtistUpdates, but I still think Rosie's attempt to investigate whether and/or how short leads can be more easily expanded is likely to produce interesting results. Unless we begin examining the advantages and limitations of evolving technologies, Wikipedia will indeed be threatened by Grok-based nonsense. Just look back at how far Wikipedia itself has progressed since the early days when articles were written with few reliable references and the academic community issued strong warnings against its authenticity. We have progressed beyond all expectations. As for current AI search tools, I am not recommending the use of their output as a basis for creating or expanding articles without further care but I am certainly interested in research into how some of their features can be applied to meaningful improvements, perhaps with substantial savings in time and effort without loss of reliability. It will be interesting to see how things evolve in the coming months and years. In this connection and my general interest in large-scale natural language processing, I have been happy to see how some of our WiR contributors have been closely involved in university-based AI research. It is to be hoped that their interest will lead to further progress on women's coverage.--Ipigott (talk) 15:34, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

Ipigott, I urge you to consider WHY there needs to be a bright line of zero tolerance for AI generated content. Please read through Wikipedia:WikiProject AI Cleanup or spend some time with a mop. If each instance of AI is subject to being vetted and evaluated, the slop could not be efficiently (or even practically) removed. This is an uphill battle and Wikipedia editors need weapons to fight. Now is no the time to cave to this idea that AI is going to rule, so just roll over. However, this discussion may be moot. See below. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 22:59, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm not against AI (within reason that is) like everyone else. In this particular case though, I don't think it helps anything. Trillfendi (talk) 17:08, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models
• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/wikipedia-bans-ai
• https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/wikipedia-editors-ban-ai-content
• https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/wikipedia-bans-ai-generated-content-in-new-policy-change-with-only-two-exceptions/

Thanks for alerting us to this policy change, WomenArtistUpdates. Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models/RfC is the background RfC if anyone else is interested in understanding the discussion that led to this policy change. Chocmilk03 (talk) 00:18, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

There appears to be a serious misunderstanding here. At this stage, there are certainly no plans for a change in policy. This discussion is in connection with an investigation into whether AI could be usefully applied to expanding the leads of women's biographies. It would be a mistake to dismiss all possible findings of the study before it has been completed. I would urge both WomenArtistUpdates and Chocmilk03 to look more carefully into how Rosie has been organizing her investigation and how it emerged from a session at Wikimania 2025 titled, "Unpopular Opinions". The results could well present limitations or shortcomings of the approach but they may also pave the way to a promising new application. Given Rosie's vast experience of Wikipedia in general and of Women in Red in particular, I don't foresee any danger of the kind of degradation you fear.--Ipigott (talk) 08:40, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

@Ipigott: I'm not sure if we are talking at cross-purposes here but there has indeed been a policy change (as at 20 March), in that the relevant Wikipedia guideline is now not to use LLMs to generate or rewrite article content, save for basic copy-editing and translation tasks.

For what it's worth, I personally think Rosiestep's work is useful and demonstrates the potential value of AI tools when used intelligently and responsibly. I have no intention of dismissing her findings (although I do understand and sympathise with others' concerns about the ethics of AI use in general). I just was interested to see the RFC had passed and wanted to share the link in case anyone else was interested. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 09:48, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for this clarification, Chocmilk03. I've now had a chance to look at the recent evolution of Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models and am pleased to see that machine translations based on LLMs are now considered acceptable. I have been pushing for this for some time in connection with the increasingly wide use of DeepL Translator. (See for example Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki/OKA). As for banning the use of AI for creating articles, I think we need to be really attentive to reviewers who suspect contributors have made use of AI tools when they have in fact carefully researched the sources themselves. The style used in the output of searches using AI tools frequently coincides with that used by contributors, particularly those who are non-native speakers (who may well have used MT to provide better English output). But I think this discussion needs to be split into two sections, one specifically related to Rosie's research and the other on the more general use of AI for creating or editing articles. Perhaps Rosiestep can sort this out.--Ipigott (talk) 11:55, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

To split or not, that's for others to take on if they wish. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:25, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, one and all, for the comments made thus far. I'm happy to see that my research project is a catalyst for this discussion, a discussion that, IMHO, we need to have, calmly and out in the open. I hope that additional WiR contributors recognize that their opinions would be welcome and valued, and that this is a safe space to make those points of view known. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:25, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Rosiestep, I’m very interested in the potential use of AI to create wikipedia articles more quickly. My question: is there a way to get a list of the sources AI uses to generate its content? Thanks. T. E. Meeks (talk) 12:54, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

T. E. Meeks, as ... the potential use of AI to create wikipedia articles more quickly ... is contrary to EN-WP policy (as of 20 March; see relevant Wikipedia guideline), it's a moot point. As for ... is there a way to get a list of the sources AI uses to generate its content?, I'm sorry, but I have no experience in this regard nor do I know which on-wiki pages might have the answer. Perhaps other editors might have a fuller answer. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:15, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi User:T. E. Meeks, there are a few ways to interpret your question:

• If by "list of the sources AI uses to generate its content" you mean the sources in the training data the model was originally created from, this is an active research area called "training data attribution" or "influence analysis". The short answer here is that there's not an easy way to tell. (Further reading)
• If you mean "how do LLMs search the web to include sources in their responses?" the answer is that they use tool calling. Here's how Anthropic describes how Claude uses web search: "Claude decides when to search based on the prompt. [A separate web search tool] executes the searches and provides Claude with the results. .... Claude provides a final response with cited sources." Using a web search tool, you get a list of sources (web pages) along with the generated content.
• If by sources you mean the sentences in an article's body that inform the lead generated by User:Rosiestep's process, there's again no easy way to tell. However, using a different prompt, you could create a lead that explicitly "cites" segments of the existing article. I suspect this is what you're asking about, so please feel free to clarify and I'm happy to provide more detail about what that could look like.

Cheers, Suriname0 (talk) 23:38, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

The LLMs will happily generate citations for the sources they claim to have used. About half the time the cited source even exists, and might be relevant! But as we see frequently at AfD, many of the cited sources are completely invented, and the URLs the LLM inserts point to different pages, or nowhere at all. pburka (talk) 00:22, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Frequently, when I research an article, an AI-generated paragraph pops up - often a good basic overview of the subject, but with no references. I hope that sometime in the future, AI will improve enough so that we can use it to write wikipedia articles. It would certainly speed things up! Currently, of course, it is against wikipedia guidelines which is good, because AI provides no references and is frequently inaccurate. Hoping for improvement. . . . T. E. Meeks (talk) 12:44, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

No Ipigott I don't think it would be productive to split this conversation. The idea and research presented here User:Rosiestep/WVS Northeastern University/Research is for use of LLM that is now prohibited by consensus of the English Wikipedia community. I don't believe there will be a "carve-out" or exception to employ AI in a project (expanding ledes) that has the caveat a rigorous review process by a human in the loop (the principal investigator) will correct any such biases.. The argument just becomes "'for thee, but not for me' (because I will be really, really careful...promise I will.". The community was leaning toward an AI ban way back at Wikimania 2025 Nairobi and the controversial stance to use AI was acknowledged in the papers findings. I hope you can see how the prohibition has to apply to all, even those with very good intentions. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 14:55, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

This is what I came to say: isn’t this application of AI banned now (for which I am thankful)? Isn’t this conversation moot? Innisfree987 (talk) 18:29, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

• I think it's wonderful that our dedicated contributors are so keen to express their views here, even if some of them do not seem to be directly related to research but rather to the current rules regarding the creation or editing of articles using AI or related technologies. For you, WAU. and any others interested in completely avoiding any applications of AI in regard to truth, there's a telling leader in today's Financial Times. Nevertheless, I still think investigation into particular circumstances deserves further examination. There are always two sides to any argument (in its primary sense) and they seem to be evolving ever so slowly here.-Ipigott (talk) 15:48, 30 March 2026 (UTC).
• Writing leads is one of my favorite activities on Wikipedia. It requires a solid understanding of Wiki practice, grasping what is key in an article, and the skill to put it together in a readable fashion that will withstand edit warring. I have no reason to doubt the correctness of Rosie's research: adding an AI generated lead improves ORES outcomes. But as the recent RfC against AI indicates, the community is going in a different direction. Is there a list of WIR articles that have short leads? Could we generate such a list? Maybe I'm just a digital John Henry, but I bet you I can write a better lead than an AI any day, and I'm happy to do my part. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 20:54, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

  @CaptainEek: I'm not aware of any specific list of articles with short leads, but just to flag that we have previously run an event on increasing article leads; the suggestion there was just to look through the recently created article lists. I think leads are so commonly lacking that you could probably quite easily find a number of candidates. Another option could be to look at C-class articles that are within WIR's remit (e.g. Category:C-Class Women writers articles), as I'd venture to suggest that most C-class articles will have inadequate leads but have enough content that one can easily be developed. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 22:43, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

• One of the options for new page reviewers is to add Template:Lead too short. The category associated with this template is Category:All pages needing cleanup, which also permits a listing of articles about women. However, as far as I can see there are no lists specifically of articles about women with "Lead too short" but it should not be too difficult to produce such a list. Perhaps JTtheOG can help out here.--Ipigott (talk) 08:37, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

I have just discovered that it is already possible to search for women articles containing "Lead too short". Using this search option, I found that it identified only one article, namely Rose Spector. So either the short leads in new articles are being processed quickly or the template is not being used very often.

I've now deleted the template on Rose Spector as I discovered Penny Richards had adequately expanded the lead in 2021.--Ipigott (talk) 09:12, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

• Far more pertinent to this discussion is the list of pages about women which contain the template AI-generated. These probably deserve closer examination.

Interestingly, the list of seven articles mistakenly contains two biographies of men but no biographies of women. The same reviewer is responsible for tagging three of the articles about women as well as the bio of Rene Van Acker. I was particularly surprised at the tagging of Women in Pakistan in September 2025 as the lengthy article has been under development since May 2005. Thanks to the explanations on the article's talk page, I was able to identify and check the passages in question. I found everything was in order and removed the tag. The tagging of the other articles listed seems to be justified.--Ipigott (talk) 15:49, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

April's event, "Written works" (WiR #368)

For those of you who are interested in our "Written works" event, there's helpful information here (including essays), with thanks to LEvalyn. -- Rosiestep (talk) 22:03, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Carmen Palacios-Berraquero

Carmen Palacios-Berraquero seems like a pretty uncontentious WIRED BLP omission. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 19:23, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

@Cl3phact0, thank you! It also looks like she is based in England so she would be a great fit for this month's alphabet run which is countries starting with D, E and F. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 22:52, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Bonus! Good call. Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 06:28, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Menna Gallie

I am interested to learn whether Menna Gallie might qualify for inclusion in the Project. John Desmond (talk) 18:44, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

@John Desmond, it depends a bit on what you mean by 'qualify for inclusion'. :) Strictly speaking, she isn't a "women in red" as she already has a Wikipedia page (and the goal of Women in Red is to turn redlinks, where there is no article, into blue links). But more generally speaking, this project is about improving the coverage of women on Wikipedia, and she clearly falls within that scope.

I see you've made a number of recent improvements to the article. If you like, you could add the {{WIR}} template to the talk page, which helps flag it as within the project's scope and ensures that things like Good Article nominations or other review processes appear in the project's list of article alerts. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 22:48, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

@Chocmilk03, I apologize for the ambiguity. I've assigned Menna Gallie to the Project because of the very reason that I had in mind which you commendably identified. Thank you very much. John Desmond (talk) 08:54, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Unreferenced articles about women

Today (1 April) is the final day of the March 2026 Unreferenced article backlog drive, which ends at 23:59 UTC. (See WP:MAR26)

There are a few unreferenced articles about women:

• Antonia Pilars de Pilar - unreferenced since 2010 so could be headed for deletion soon
• Ayako Okamoto - golfer appears notable but it's an unreference BLP
• Ly de Angeles - another unreferenced BLP

Cielquiparle (talk) 06:07, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

• @Cielquiparle: It's good to see almost 9000 articles of all types have now been referenced over the past month. In addition to those you mention, we still have about 30 unreferenced biographies of women, mostly historical members of European nobility. In some cases, pertinent references can be found in the equivalent biographies in other languages.

I suggest that those who work on any of these should mark them as referenced or simply delete them from the list once sources have been added.

• Claude-Françoise of Lorraine
• Élisabeth de Bourbon
• Louise d'Orléans (1869–1952)
• Princess Yukiko
• Princess Louise of Savoy
• Louise Marie d'Orléans
• Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
• Princess Leopoldina of Savoy
• Joanna Sophia of Bavaria
• Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
• Princess Sophie Christine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
• Princess Pauline of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
• Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein
• Princess Małgorzata Izabela Czartoryska
• Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
• Anne of Ostfriesland
• Luise Marie of the Palatinate
• Infanta Catherine, Duchess of Villena

• Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt-Dessau
• Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
• Sophie of Württemberg, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
• Anna Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt
• Sonia Viveros
• Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnewalde
• Anna of Pomerania, Duchess of Lubin
• Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Neuburg

There may of course be others which are not tagged as unreferenced. Although the backlog drive ends today, this list should prove useful for those interested in ensuring all our biographies are referenced. If time permits, I'll try to work on a few myself.--Ipigott (talk) 09:10, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz and Kaisa Aquino

I came across these articles just now; both require quite a bit of work. I added some categories and formatting to one, but not the other - I may get to it shortly. Regardless, I'm not quite convinced of the notability of either; at the very least both articles would require a severe rewrite, something which I'm not inclined to looking into at the moment. Leaving them here in case anyone else might like to take a look. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 08:55, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Now to be found at Draft:Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz and presumably Draft:Kaisa Aquino. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 12:17, 4 April 2026 (UTC).

Pearl Foley

I have been on an extended wikibreak due to irl commitments, but found a few minutes to make this stub: Pearl Foley. My intuition tells me that there are likely to be newspaper articles about her (including this reference to an article in the Toronto Star from 1938), but I have lost my old access to various historical databases of newspapers and magazines. Could I have some kind assistance de-obscurifying this author of near-pulps? AleatoryPonderings (talk) 03:17, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

*cracks knuckles* Alright, give me a bit. Silverseren^C 03:21, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Here's what I found, AleatoryPonderings, including both of the Toronto Star articles from 1938. If you have any issues viewing these Newspapers.com links (because it might try to do the "only 5 free article views" nonsense if you don't have an active account), remember that you can get through the blurring by opening the image url directly on the source code. Anyways, here goes, chronologically:

• A Story of China by Thomas Allen (November 5, 1921)
• New Serial Next Week (April 5, 1923)
• Author Quite Ill (April 28, 1924)
• Foley Novel Is Mysterious by Mira Dana (September 22, 1929)
• Octagon Crystal Hides No Mystery by J.G.C. (September 29, 1929)
• Mystery Tale, Minus a Detective (October 6, 1929)
• "The Octagon Crystal" review by W.S.B. (October 23, 1929)
• The Octagon Crystal review (November 2, 1929)
• The Narragansetts (November 2, 1929)
• The Literary World by Margaret E. Lawrence (December 11, 1929)
• North American Writers Seek Inspiration In The Indian (January 18, 1930)
• Mystery by A.B. MacPherson (August 31, 1930)
• The Globe's New Serial (September 30,1933)
• The Yellow Circle review by Alice Seneff (October 11, 1937)
• "The Yellow Circle" review by R.W.L. (October 14, 1937)
• A New Thriller by D.F.B. (October 27, 1937)
• By Canadian Women Novelists (November 26, 1937)
• Foul Play (December 11, 1937)
• Sets Credit Rating By Day, Gets Book Plot In Sleep (October 15, 1938)
• Best Critic Is Her Mother, Detective Writer States (November 11, 1938)
• Bury Pearl B. Foley Wrote 'Gift of Gods' (October 14, 1953)

There we go. Silverseren^C 04:22, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Many thanks, Silver seren. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 17:41, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Just so you know, AleatoryPonderings, there's a decent enough photo of her in the second of the Toronto pieces, this one. Silverseren^C 18:28, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Anita Rowe Block

Great collaboration. Cut a slice

I just knocked off a quick article on Block's play Love and Kisses which played on Broadway in 1963. She was also a novelist and short story writer. Her publications have plenty of critical reviews, but unfortunately I am hitting a brick wall on any biographical details on this writer other than she was married to a pharmaceutical executive in New York. I'm wondering if she published under a pseudonym. This is the best source I could find with personal details. If anyone is able to locate anything definitively on her I would appreciate it. If I can find something more solid I'd be up for creating a short article on her. Given the dates, it's possible but unlikely she is still living (if so she would likely be over 100 years old). I am guessing she was born in the late 1910s or early 1920s but that is only a guess based on the ages of her children and the fact her husband was serving during WWII. She's included in a book of short stories by Jewish writers so that is another possible clue. Best.4meter4 (talk) 00:37, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Adding for any folks who might be searching - note that there is also an Anita C. Block from New York City who is a separate person (Jewish American women involved in newspapers). The Jewish Women's Archive has a bio for her (link). So be sure to take care if you're combining keywords like "Anita Block" and "New York/New York City". ForsythiaJo (talk) 02:08, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

I found a little extra here. And there's possibly something good in this, if you can get access. There might also be something good in here. Silverseren^C 02:32, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

According to an American Druggist article, her husband was Melvin Block of the Block Drug Company. This might be his obituary? And if this obituary is for their son, James Block, then Anita might have also gone by the surname Wangrow. If that's true, this New York Times announcement might refer to her bat mitzvah in 1929. This article from Cosmpolitan might have something about Anita's career, but I can't access the full page.

None of the above have substantial information, as far as I can tell, but I'm hoping they might offer some leads. ForsythiaJo (talk) 02:36, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Based on ForsythiaJo's research, "BLOCK , Melvin A. , pharmaceutical exec" of Block Drug is in Who's Who via Google books. Searching for him in Ancestry finds that his wife was Anita Wangrow Block, 7 Feb 1915 to Jul 1979, both in New York City (citations needed). The mention in Cosmopolitan in 1960 seems to be a single sentence, the next sentence is about Cid Ricketts Sumner. TSventon (talk) 16:16, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks this was helpful. I went ahead and created an article.4meter4 (talk) 16:18, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

@AleatoryPonderings: thank you for creating the Wikidata item, I have put maiden name Wangrow, married name Block, pseudonym Anita Rowe Block, please correct if I got anything wrong. TSventon (talk) 22:46, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Superb collaboration. Joint barnstar to all. Victuallers (talk) 08:33, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Draft page proposed for creation: Amita Gupta

The director of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins had no page, so I created a page about her here: Draft:Amita Gupta. There and on my talk page I have acknowledged my COI - I work with her (hence my use of the page creation wizard). I think the page is aligned with the goals of this project, and hope that others might enhance the article if it gets accepted. Thanks for considering! — soupvector (talk) 20:40, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi, soupvector, there's some additional sources you should add that better showcase notability.

• Khusru, Rumaisa (May 1, 2025). "Hopkins India Conference debuts: In conversation with Dr. Amita Gupta". The American Bazaar. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
• Haniffa, Aziz (June 7, 2013). "True fighter for India" (PDF). India Abroad. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
• Rahim, Fazal (November 20, 2024). "How an Indian-American at Johns Hopkins University is planning to fight against TB in India". Forbes India. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
• "Breaking Silos: How Amita Gupta is Harnessing Global Collaboration for Public Health Innovation". The Philanthropist. January 28, 2026. Retrieved April 5, 2026.

These should help. Silverseren^C 20:56, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

She holds a named chair (Florence Sabin Professor of Medicine), so should be an easy pass of WP:NPROF. However I note that there's no citation supporting this claim, nor most of the other claims in this draft. It's best practice to support every claim – especially in a biography of a living person – with an inline citation to a reliable source. pburka (talk) 21:01, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi, soupvector. You work with her? ..... but you havent donated a photo of her? You are missing making a trick! Get asking and snapping pictures! There is no coi about donating photos and there must be other notable women at Johns Hopkins. Victuallers (talk) 22:44, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

That's a great suggestion - I do know a lot of notable women in science. If anyone would like to suggest priorities, I'll will work that list, but I could start with (making notes for self..., and I'll start with Amita Gupta) Rachel Green, Keshia Pollack Porter, Alexis Battle (helpme) (should have a page), Cindy Sears, Mary Armanios, Deborah Persaud, Deidra Crews, and Kelly Gebo. I will make a point of adding photos of them to Wikimedia Commons. — soupvector (talk) 23:13, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Great! So I've created a stub for Alexis Battle and it awaits a photo. Your eagerness I'm hoping will deliver some gold. I've lost count, but this may be my 3,000th woman's biography, and too many are not visib(le|ly) women. If you get a chance to chat then you could ask the rhetorical question "Why do university's copyright the photos of their role-models?". Do post your additions here, I'd love to see them, and consider Wikiportraits (I'm applyimg at the mo). Victuallers (talk) 10:59, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Sorry my article about Alexis Battle got damaged for "namedropping" and excessive 3rd part refs (sic). They even deleted a photo of her. sigh. Victuallers (talk) 09:55, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

What do the editors here look like?

The 100th (or so) Women in Red editathon is on 24 April on line or in person in Edinburgh. Sign up here. Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 09:55, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red - Norway

I wanted to share that Women in Red in Norway has reached 5,000 new articles on women, including 1,121 in March 2026 alone. One category we have highlighted this year is female scientists. Brita Rojahn (WMNO) (talk) 08:33, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Congratulations all! This is a brilliant achievement :) Lajmmoore (talk) 11:25, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Congratulations! Davidindia (talk) 08:42, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Indeed, Brita Rojahn (WMNO), congratulations! If you decide to write a Diff post, please let us know. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:33, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

This is good news, Brita Rojahn (WMNO). I assume you are referring to Kvinner i rødt rather than to Kvinner i raudt. Is there a list of the articles in question? It looks to me as if they must be articles which were specifically created under the WiR project rather than those in connection with women in general. I see that last June Humaniki listed 51,795 women's biographies in Norwegian out of a total of 205,114, i.e. 25,25%. That's a really good figure. In any case, it looks as if you are making really good progress.--Ipigott (talk) 12:34, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Just to clarify: Kvinner i Rødt and Kvinner i Raudt refer to the same initiative. In our work, we operate across four languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Northern Sámi, and Inari Sámi. The articles in question are indeed written as part of our campaign, and you are right in observing that these are not general articles about women, but contributions developed as part of our campaign work. And thank you for your encouraging words – we really appreciate it! Brita Rojahn (WMNO) (talk) 14:15, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

I ran the stats on April 1st for Inari and Northern Saami in conjunction with the start of Wikimedia Finland's Women in Red month-long contest:

• Inari Saami: 319/616 = 51.786 %
• Northern Saami: 206/629 = 32.75 %

Wikimedia Finland's competition also includes Skolt Saami, which is still in the incubator. Its stats on April 1st were:

• Skolt Saami: 5/6 = 83.333 %

During Wikimedia Norway's month-long contest, 6 new articles were created in Inari Saami and 0 in Northern Saami, as far as I know. I hope to see Skolt Saami included in Wikimedia Norway's contest next year if Wikimedia Finland can get the contest bot to recognize edits in the incubator by then!

- Yupik (talk) 12:35, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

@Ipigott We don't keep lists, but all articles are listed in each year's writing contest under the heading "Resultater". Those marked with N are new articles (5000+), whereas the other entries show work done on existing articles.

2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 Elisabeth Carrera (WMNO) (talk) 14:26, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

International Roma Day Edit-a-thon 2026

Hi! Tomorrow is International Romani Day and Wikimedia Serbia and Wikimedia CEE Hub are hosting their annual international, online editathon so us editors can write and improve articles on Roma minorities, their identity, history and culture. The edit-a-thon started already on April 1st, but it will still continue for another week, so please join in! The edit-a-thon page has ready-made lists of potential topics and new topics are always welcome. To make it easier to create, edit, and expand articles solely about Roma women in various languages, I have filtered the list of people on the edit-a-thon page into a separate table. - Yupik (talk) 10:52, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

I love this initiative! Lajmmoore (talk) 11:19, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Me too! Let's hope they arrange it every year forever and ever! - Yupik (talk) 12:38, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Last day of Women's History Month 2026

As March comes to end, I've been reflecting on us ... our WiR community and our place in the wiki movement. The comments above are helpful in that they document some of what's been important to us. I have some gadget installed (don't remember what it is) that shows things like number of editors for each page, and my eye caught on the fact that, as of today, 1,400 unique editors have written on this talkpage. Now that's something! Happy last day of Women's History Month 2026! -- Rosiestep (talk) 13:46, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

And we're still the most active content-based wikiproject according to this listing. The priority now should be to attract even more contributors.--Ipigott (talk) 16:02, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Like --Another Believer _(Talk) 13:26, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Yordanos Bezabih

Can anyone access sources regarding Yordanos Bezabih, besides this The Guardian piece and this Business and Human Rights Centre article? Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:34, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

@Rosiestep: You can find lots of items in TikTok, etc., by searching for የጆርዲን በዛብህ አዳዲስ ቪዲዮዎች. The English Jordin Bezabih also provides results. Perhaps this from AFP, or this from Okayafrica will be acceptable for establishing notability.--Ipigott (talk) 13:02, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

I just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything I was missing, although I appreciate other people taking a look. I suggest shifting focus to the Women in Ethiopia article? It's in pretty rough shape and doesn't mention anything about everyday feminists getting death threats on the regular, which was the main subject touched on in The Guardian piece. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 15:21, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

A more general approach seems sensible. While I agree with Clovermoss that Women in Ethiopia should also include something about it, it would be useful to create an article on Ethiopian feminists facing digital gender-based violence. This could include the names of several women specifically mentioned in the various press reports while drawing on the more general coverage in The Guardian (more recent article) and the Association for Progressive Communication. This might be of interest to Balance person if Rosiestep would prefer to create biographies of individual women. Once the article has been created, some of the more active women concerned could of course be created as redirects. Does this sound reasonable?--Ipigott (talk) 07:55, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

I guess my concern would be if there's enough sourcing for a spinoff article? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 08:27, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I would be happy to look at individual women if people can point me to likely ones that nobody else is working on? Balance person (talk) 10:47, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, Balance person, but I was actually suggesting you might be interested in creating a more general article on "Ethiopian feminists facing digital gender-based violence" (or some similar title) rather than writing biographies on individual women. You'll see from the links mentioned during this discussion that the names of several women are mentioned in reports describing the evolving problem. I think you'll find there are adequate sources for notability, including two articles from The Guardian. I also came across several other interesting sites as I was looking into the background. If you take this on, I would be happy to provide additional help if you need it.--Ipigott (talk) 08:17, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Breastfeeding in art

Unless I've overlooked an article, I was surprised Breastfeeding in art did not already exist. Seeking collaboration, if any project members are interested! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 22:28, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Draft Review Request: Ning-tsu Malmqvist (Pioneering Chinese-Swedish Educator)

Draft link: Draft:Ning-tsu Malmqvist

Hi everyone! I’m working on a draft for Ning-tsu Malmqvist, a foundational Chinese-Swedish educator and cultural intermediary. She was a founding member of the Stockholm University Chinese Dept and one of the earliest pioneers who introduced Chinese culinary culture to then monocultural Sweden. The draft was previously declined for 'academic notability,' but I’ve since added significant sources (DN, Oxford University Press) and clarified her role as a rare Asian female voice in the 1960s-80s Sweden. I’d love some feedback or support to ensure her history is properly categorized. Thank you! Florenceytse (talk) 16:51, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Why is she being judged under notability guidelines for academics? She meets imo notability guidelines for authors and translators just fine. I've created a Wikidata item for her. BTW her husband's article here on enwiki has not a single mention of her, unless the mention of "wife" is related to her and not his second wife. - Yupik (talk) 00:08, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

The Wikipedia:General notability guideline says A topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject., see the link for more detail.

The three best independent sources in the article seem to be the Dagens Nyheter obituary (10), Eva Hung's book (6) and Etnografiska Museet (4). I can't access the first two, so it would be interesting to know how many paragraphs are about her. AfC reviewers may have the same problem. Also, if there are reviews of her books, that would help establish notability. TSventon (talk) 16:32, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks so much for taking a look at this. You’re right—accessibility is the biggest hurdle here since so much of her 'paper trail' is in physical Swedish archives. I’ve been doing some deep-archival digging in the National Library of Sweden (KB)

Eva Hung’s book: I’ve checked the physical copy, and while the chapter mentions both names, it’s a deep dive into Ningtsu's life. The foreword by Prof Zhang Manyi actually calls this out explicitly, noting that the author 'doesn’t focus much on the Swedish sinologist Göran Malmqvist, but instead devotes considerable attention to... Chen Ningtsu' (p. viii)

The Obituaries: The SvD obituary (1996-11-15) is a full-column memorial feature (11 paragraphs) by Prof. Torbjörn Lodén.- updated this in the draft

Also, I’m currently processing the book reviews and her covers on Swedish newspapers (translating the key 'Golden Quotes') and will add them to the draft! Florenceytse (talk) 19:52, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

@Florenceytse:, thank you for your answers.

Eva Hung’s book: you could use {{cite book}} and adding the chapter title and translated chapter title. There seems to be an English translation published in 2020, if you have access to that it would help English speaking readers. I suggest using citation templates like {{cite web}}, but they are not compulsory.

SvD obituary: I see you have used {{cite news}}. If you are quoting, please quote the original language as |quote= or |script-quote= for Chinese and the translation as |trans-quote=.

Book reviews: the "Culinary" section relies on citations to her books. Claims about the importance of her work should be cited to independent sources, not to her own books.

As a side note, Eva Hung should probably be on Wikidata, several papers of hers are already there. TSventon (talk) 20:55, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Joyce Thies

This article could use some additional sources if anyone has the time. Best.4meter4 (talk) 03:53, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

@4meter4: Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I see it was created way back in 2010. Without further citations, it doesn't look as if she is notable enough for mainspace. It would help to include reviews of her books from recognized sources. BLPs need to be supported by at least three valid sources before they are moved to article space.--Ipigott (talk) 08:16, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Draft Review Request: Tamzin Cuming (British surgeon)

Draft link: Draft:Tamzin_Cuming

Hi! Just over two months ago I created a draft for Tamzin Cuming. Cuming is a senior British surgeon whose work on sexual misconduct in surgery was the front page article in an issue of the (London) Times in September 2023, and she has become a spokesperson on this topic as well as being the current chair of the International Anal Neoplasia Association; she has also recently stepped down as the chair of Women in Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Since the report on sexual misconduct in surgery she has been interviewed several times by the media (Radio 4, the Observer etc). She was also the surgeon in a 2016 viral video about gender bias which has been cited by UN Women, the OECD, UNESCO, the World Economic Forum etc. Disclaimer: I am Tamzin Cuming's partner. It seemed to me that she was a senior figure in UK surgery (an area dominated by men) and thus worthy of a Wikipedia page so I made a draft for her; following the instructions I declared that I had a conflict of interest. Have I been foolish? Should I have got someone else to make the draft? This is the first time I have contributed to Wikipedia in this way. KevinBuzzard (talk) 13:59, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Your COI makes the review tricky. The one area where Wiki doesnt care about COI is in the pictures. Why only one reduced res picture of her? Why not a dozen hi res showing not only her but other notable people she works with? Do have have interest in broader objectives like the ones she demonstrates? We could have work for you. Victuallers (talk) 16:14, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

In light of the COI disclosure, I added the {{COI}} template to the draft. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:43, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas

You are invited to join this in May. There is a £50 ($67) prize for most women's bio destubs. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:19, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Tagging discrepancies

Susannah Carr is tagged for unreferenced assertions that she is a granddaughter of the singer Robert Carr and niece of the detective novelist Antony Carr. But these 'facts' are included in both men's profiles, and they aren't tagged. Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 23:17, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

@Allthemilescombined1: Why not tag them, then? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:51, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Interestingly the information seems to have been added by @Rgcarr:, who started the Antony Carr article in 2008 with the unsourced total content "Antony Carr(1916-1995) was an English author who published 5 crime novels. He was the son of the singer Robert Carr", and non-one has challenged it. Possibly a family member, so WP:COI, as well as unsourced. Their first edit was a large unsourced addition to Robert Carr (baritone) in 2007. The statement about the relationship crops up in a few google hits, but I haven't checked whether any of them predate the en.wiki statement, so we don't know whether the info is available anywhere independent or whether a family member's unsourced statements have been copied into wiki-generated "reliable" sources.PamD 07:45, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

And the {{cn}} tag was added in 2020 by User:Melcous, whose recent contributions list shows no indication of gender bias as they copyedit vast numbers of articles on men, women, and other topics. PamD 07:52, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

The Susannah Carr article may have received more scrutiny because it is a WP:BLP. Also her article gets many more page views: 36 a day over 90 days compared to 3 and 2 for the other two.

I can find John and Anthony Carr on Ancestry, so I have added details to their talk pages. As Susannah is alive, her records are unlikely to be available. TSventon (talk) 17:42, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Draft:Manon Bannerman

Hi everyone! I’ve been working on Draft:Manon Bannerman, a draft about the Swiss singer and Katseye member. The draft had previously been questioned on standalone notability, so I’ve since added more independent coverage and reworked the career section to keep it more conservative and BLP-compliant.

I’d be very grateful for any feedback on whether the sourcing now makes a stronger case for a standalone article, and whether there are any final improvements you’d recommend before AfC review. Thank you very much. 21mis (talk) 09:48, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Members of groups do not normally deserve individual biographies unless there are other notable achievements. That does not appear to be the case here.--Ipigott (talk) 12:34, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

This is another case of AfC overreach. She passes GNG. If anyone wishes to discuss merging or NOPAGE that belongs on the talk page after the article has been moved to mainspace. pburka (talk) 12:42, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas and overlapping with WIR events in May

Dr. Blofeld has organized a destubathon for articles related for the Americas for May 2026. There is a small cash prize funded by the Open Knowledge Association for the editor who destubs the most women biographies as one part of that event (also other prizes). I note that WIR's concurrent event Alphabet run: Countries starting with G and H would encompass biographies related to Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, etc. so editors could double count those biography expansions. Of course the year long #1day1woman: 2026 initiative and Sports initiative could also be concurrently participated in. Note that the destubifying event is focused on improving stubs to a start class or better rather than creating new articles. Anyone interested is welcome to sign up.4meter4 (talk) 18:27, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Just saw the message above, lol. Oops. Well over communication isn't a bad thing I guess.4meter4 (talk) 18:28, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:32, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Female writers from Ecuador

While going down a rabbit hole related to Ecuadorian classical music (currently listening to a symphony by Luis Humberto Salgado - ah, the wonders of YouTube and idle curiosity), I found this website devoted to Ecuadorian literature. Poking around a little bit reveals the fact that it can be sorted to show only female writers...a little over 200, I think. The fact that it's a blog isn't ideal, but it still appears to be a useful source for at least a starting point. I know at least two or three of the women listed are the subject of articles in other languages. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:38, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

This is a gold mine of names, Ser Amantio di Nicolao. Thank you for finding it and mentioning it. At the very least, I think if they don't have a Wikidata item, we could create it. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:05, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Lovely website, thanks for sharing it with us! I turned the names into a table to make it easier to see which ones have articles in what language version. If my calculations are correct, there are 222 women in that category, of whom we have Wikidata items for 70 71. As I pulled the qids based on articles in 7 language versions, if the remaining 152 151 are not in eswiki, enwiki, cawiki, frwiki, dewiki, quwiki, or aywiki, but have an article somewhere else, they are missing from the table. This is also true, if they are listed in Wikidata under a name different than their name as it is listed on the Ecuadorian literature website. - Yupik (talk) 19:22, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

I've now gone through Wikidata and have hopefully caught all the ones that didn't for whatever reason show up the first time around. So we now have wikidata items for 121 of these authors, of which 69 have articles in enwiki already; some of these are stubs and can be fleshed out during the Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas. There looks to be 100 women left to be added to Wikidata. - Yupik (talk) 20:45, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

@Yupik: et. al., not bad for the fruits of an evening's idle listening, eh? :-)

I seem to recall seeing a similar blog dedicated to Paraguayan biography, but a cursory search doesn't turn up much of anything...but if anyone would like to have a look, it was out there at one time (even if it's been lost to the dunes of the internet.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:07, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Women in Italian Futurism

I'd been keeping this one in my back pocket, hoping I would have a chance to write a couple of articles. But as that's not looking likely any time soon, I'll add it to the list here so that anyone who would like to can take a look at some sources. The Library of Congress recently posted on one of their blogs about women in Italian Futurism, which led me to do a little research. Which eventually turned up this page (click on "Themes" and then on "Women" for a list of women's biographies.) There are at least a couple of writers here who lack articles, at least in English, but about whom there's enough material that can be written up. Hopefully this is of use to someone. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:14, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Any French readers able to help at Madame Yorska?

I just knocked off an article on this actress. I found a French language publication I'd like to add but I don't read French and it's a bit of a headache having to hand type this into a translator. If any French speakers/readers could help incorporate this content into the article I would appreciate it. Also there is a nice photograph there that would be great to add to commons, but I am not familiar with licensing for photographs published outside of the United States. Thanks for any assistance with either uploading the image or expanding the content from the French publication. Best.4meter4 (talk) 18:46, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Request: Louise Maureen Pankhurst

• Louise Maureen Pankhurst (born 1943) – British charity director, town planner, and women's rights advocate. Awarded an OBE in the 1996 New Year Honours "for services to Road Safety". She began her professional career as Assistant Corporate Planner at Lewisham Borough Council (July 1975 – February 1980). She then served as Deputy Director of the Deptford Fund (The Albany Empire) (March 1980 – January 1982), where Princess Diana (as patron) officially opened the rebuilt centre on 18 May 1982. She next became Head of the Greater London Council's Women's Committee Support Unit (January 1982 – June 1985), where she established and ran a unit with 50 employees and a £7 million annual budget. She then served as Director of Peckham Settlement (June 1985 – March 1987). She was Director of the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) (March 1987 – September 1995), authoring or contributing to publications including the journal *Injury Prevention* (1995), and then Director of the Child Psychotherapy Trust (October 1995 – November 2002). Princess Diana was also patron of CAPT. She later served as co-director of the charity **Grandparents Plus** (now Kinship), contributing to research and advocacy on the role of grandparents and kinship carers. She subsequently founded and directed **Understanding Childhood Limited** (2005–2022), a company that produced and distributed a wide range of free educational leaflets on child development and family issues for parents, grandparents, carers, and health professionals. Citable sources for the Albany/Deptford Fund period (1980–1982) are currently being researched in archives. Sources: [1996 New Year Honours](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_New_Year_Honours), [The Guardian (1999)](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/dec/20/londonmayor.uk), [Injury Prevention (1995)](https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/injuryprev/1/1/49.full.pdf), [The Guardian (28 Feb 2005)](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/feb/28/childrensservices.earlyyearseducation1), [Companies House – Understanding Childhood Limited](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05402666), [Peckham Settlement official history](https://www.peckhamsettlement.org/history/), [Southwark Heritage Blog – Peckham Settlement](https://southwarkheritage.wordpress.com/category/peckham/), [The Albany official history (1982 reopening)](https://www.thealbany.org.uk/about-us/our-history), [Albany Theatre Wikipedia (1982 reopening by Diana)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Theatre).

~2026-24270-40 (talk) 15:02, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

New WIRED BLP

I've just added another WIRED artist BLP: Simone Brewster. Please have a look over my shoulder. Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 15:43, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

If her "c." year of birth is from her age being given in the NYT article (I can't read it, it's paywalled), then use the {{Birth based on age as of date}} template to derive a pair of possible years of birth.

I've added her to Brewster (surname) and Simone (given name). I think surname pages are very important, as sometimes people are referred to by surname only, and these are also lists where we need to make women visible in among all the men; given name pages seem pretty useless, but as they exist we ought to include the women whose articles we create. PamD 15:22, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Draft:Ellen Cassidy

Any silent film aficionados? I would be happy to have some help with this draft. Thanks!!! FloridaArmy (talk) 22:43, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Wow!!! Majorly fixed up and expanded. Awesome. Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 00:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

I've added her to Cassidy (surname) and Ellen. PamD 15:26, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Giang Le-Huy

Hello - if anyone has time, expertise and inclination to look at the BLP Giang Le-Huy, that would be great. I'm not clear whether she is notable as a writer, a community worker or an actress. Sourcing is poor. Thanks, Tacyarg (talk) 10:10, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Australian Woman in Religion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Merrill_Kitchen Submitted for AfC by a new editor. I have improved the article, but it has been declined by Cmajorftw(talk). Interested in a 2nd opinion and if anyone can improve further and/or move to mainspace from draft. Thanks Kerrieburn (talk) 02:14, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

She looks notable enough to me.--Ipigott (talk) 08:54, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

The Women You Should Know source looks like significant independent coverage, but none of the other sources look like they count towards WP:GNG, and I don't see an obvious claim that she passes WP:NPROF, either. Can you find two more independent, reliable sources that discuss her (beyond a passing mention)? pburka (talk) 10:56, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

@Pburka: There's this and the background to her OAM medel (already referenced). Probably much more in the local press but I don't have time tp look. For me, these establish notability.--Ipigott (talk) 13:10, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

I think it's questionable if the article, as is, would survive AfD were it nominated, and that's the standard for AfC. The ABC link is just her bio blurb, which is generally provided by the subject and therefore not independent. OAM is the lowest rank of the Order of Australia; only the highest ranks would satisfy WP:ANYBIO#1. Regarding local prerss, I did search for her name in TROVE, but nothing showed up. Another route to notability would be WP:NAUTHOR, if someone can show that two or more of the books have received significant coverage (e.g. published reviews). pburka (talk) 20:46, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Norah Davis

Could I prevail on some kind soul again as I wait with bated breath for my Newspapers.com subscription to be approved? I am hoping there is an obituary somewhere but it is not appearing in my other searches. says she died in 1936 but unhelpfully does not say where the author found this information. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 19:10, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Not seeing an obituary in Alabama papers in 1936 on first glance, but her estate was in probate court in June 1936, and there was an auction of her belongings in July 1936.Penny Richards (talk) 19:28, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Her obituary is here. The obit spells her first name Nora with no h at the end: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-huntsville-times-miss-n-davis-dies/195925800/ Best.4meter4 (talk) 09:20, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

If anyone is interested, I have made some detailed comments at Talk:Norah Davis#Date of birth. TSventon (talk) 16:25, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

An update, having now received my subscription: Miss Norah Davis Insane? Inquiring minds want to know. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 02:40, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

New Jersey Women’s History Project

Another site I have come across in my recent ramblings online. There's a list of biographies here. Some of them might be a little difficult to flesh out, but as is often the case this looks like it could be a useful starting point. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:42, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Another great find, Ser Amantio di Nicolao. Thank you! At the least, I think each woman on the list is worthy of a Wikidata item. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:41, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Women filmmakers in red at 2026 SIFF article

For those who are interested, at 2026 Seattle International Film Festival, there are a number of women in red who have articles in other languages or Wikidata items. According to the Media Guide Seattle International Film Festival 2026, 49% of filmmakers identify as female / non-binary. Thus, this festival promotes women filmmakers as well as 1st & 2nd time filmmakers, so a lot of upcoming directors. Peaceray (talk) 01:23, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Nice suggestion! 49%? that will do! thank you Victuallers (talk) 09:14, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

• Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi (Q139556447)

Heya! Anyone good at writing articles about female authors/researchers/professors and up for creating a new article about one? I've been reading a fiction book by Omolola (Ijeoma) Ogunyemi and thought to see if she has an article here or an item in wd, but she had neither (I've created and fleshed out the wd item though; could still use some work), but she really needs a brilliant article here in enwp imo! It blew my mind to find out she is a massively accomplished academic in addition to writing fiction.. Nothing I could write myself would do her justice, which is why I'm reaching out :) - Yupik (talk) 17:58, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Well, here's the stuff about her book for someone to use.

• Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions

• From Nigeria to the United States — and to the Future - The New York Times
• Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions - Kirkus Reviews
• Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories - Library Journal
• Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions - Isele Magazine
• Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions - Publishers Weekly
• Review: Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories - Shelf Awareness
• Book Review: ‘Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories,’ by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi - Easton Courier
• Review: 'Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions,' by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi - The Minnesota Star Tribune

Hope that helps. Silverseren^C 18:36, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Wonderful, thank you! This will be so much help to whoever ends up doing her article. - Yupik (talk) 10:22, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Happy World Book Day 2026!

As some/most/all of us use books as sources for our work, I thought it would be nice to give a shout-out to World Book Day, 23 April; and grateful that one of our events this month supports the books that women have written. If you have a favorite (or two) book written by a woman, be bold and tell. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:23, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

• The Cats Convention by Eunice Gibbs Allyn. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:23, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

  Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons Lajmmoore (talk) 18:42, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

I thought I already celebrated that on 5 March, but that's only for UK/Ireland, and is independent of the one celebrated internationally. But anyway, its Stormy Skies at the Beach Hotel by Francesca Capaldi. JuniperChill (talk) 18:56, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Can I do three? the bone people by Keri Hulme, Potiki by Patricia Grace and The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox. All New Zealand classics.

Reminds me I haven't yet done a book article for our event this month. Biographies feel easier for some reason. I might do one of Catherine Chidgey's novels, as they're also favourites.

What about you, @Rosiestep? Chocmilk03 (talk) 23:44, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

The bone people; excellent book, Chocmilk03! I, too, don't write as many book articles as biographies, but I did create three book articles this month by splitting the book from the author's biography: Darkness Over the Valley: Growing Up in Nazi Germany, A Complicated Marriage: My Life with Clement Greenberg, and Easy Money. I might do another one or two on my own. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:05, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Not a book, but a play, if I might (hey, it counts - I read it, I didn't see it.) Fashion, by Anna Cora Mowatt; it was written in 1845, but apart from a few anachronisms feels like it could have been written yesterday. And it's one of the funniest things I've ever read, to boot.

Honorable mention goes to Dorothy Sayers for The Nine Tailors, which is my favorite of her novels and among the best of all Golden Age mystery novels. (My late father was always partial to Gaudy Night, which I like...but I think The Nine Tailors has it beat, just barely.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:52, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Statistics by age and sports/non-sports - 2026 update

Some recent discussions on VPR have led me to revisit some gender gap numbers which I last calculated in 2023. That analysis was by decade of birth for BLPs, and I've now drilled it down to year level for all bios, though using a slightly looser methodology.

Graph of the proportion of biographies on the English Wikipedia which are about women, by listed year of birth, 1600-2010

Looking at the percentage of women by year of birth, it seems to run in a few distinct waves

• until about 1820 it jumps around, mostly around 5-12%
• from ~1820 to ~1870 there is a steady rise to ~15%
• from ~1870 to ~1940 it dips briefly then stabilises at 15%
• from ~1940 to ~1975 there is a steady rise to ~25%
• from ~1975 onwards it is stable at ~25% until a spike upwards starting in ~2005 (ie only our youngest biographies)

(Beyond 2010 the numbers go all over the place and the absolute counts are very low, since we have only a few people who are notable as children.)

The numbers become more interesting when we look at "athletes" versus "non-athletes". We have a lot of articles on athletes, broadly defined (here the test I have used is "the article has a sports-related infobox"), and it is most pronounced among younger article subjects, with a sharp increase starting in the 1950s. But, as we saw back in 2023, there are very pronounced gender biases among those sports articles.

Graph of the proportion of biographies on the English Wikipedia which are about women, by listed year of birth, 1900-2010 (blue) and non-athlete biographies about women (red).

What this means is that the gender gap for "non-athlete" articles shrinks much faster - we go from about 20% female in 1940 to 25% in 1960, 30% in 1970, 40% in the mid-80s, to 50% in the mid-90s. Between 1993 and 2001 it is stable at about 50%, then for the youngest cohorts it starts drifting to majority female (as high as 62% in 2006). That said, the numbers in the most recent years are relatively small - after 2001 there are less than 1000 non-athlete bios a year, and that drops off quite quickly to under 100 by 2010.

There are of course a lot of caveats here, most notably cases where we don't know people's years of birth, which represents a lot of articles, but nonetheless I think this is quite informative in showing the effects of both a) the gap driven by older rather than contemporary biographies, and b) gaps attributable to our disproportionately high coverage of sports biographies, which are overwhelmingly male.

Outwith sports, we have a healthier balance, and among non-athletes of "working age", say 20 to 65, the overall ratio is about 35% female; if we restrict it to those aged 20 to 45, the ratio is about 45%. Which is a lot closer to what we would like to see. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:46, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for this; it's awesome.

I believe you said in past years that Olympic athletes were the most gender-balanced subgroup. Since then, we've made WP:NOLY more restrictive, which is probably going to slightly reduce the sports ratio again, over time. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:59, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

All of the sports criteria have been tightened, so it might well balance out as footballers and baseball players lacking significant coverage are slowly deleted. pburka (talk) 13:06, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks so much for doing this. Very heartening results. Johnbod (talk) 21:19, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Very interesting results, especially as Women in sport is our year-long focus.--Ipigott (talk) 08:34, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Nice to see your work again, its really interesting. Its good to see that are either helping to create or documenting a positive change. I believe that these changes will be self confirming. For the same reason that particular genders believed that they could or could not do x, was based on example. Thanks for sharing Victuallers (talk) 09:21, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Graph showing biographies on English Wikipedia categorised by birth decade, with total numbers (red, log-scaled) and approximate gender split (blue)

Had some fun chipping away at this over the weekend and here's every article in a year/decade category for the past two thousand years. A few distinctive things: firstly, the growth in total articles gets to a peak about 1600 then flattens out for a century and doesn't start growing again until around 1700. Secondly, the gender ratio declines as you go back in time... which we expect... but it goes back up again. 1600-1800 is a bit of a nadir, around 8-10%, but in the late medieval and renaissance periods it was often around 15-20%, sometimes up to early 20th century levels. Which is not something I expected to see!

The gender split values are unsurprisingly very volatile in earlier years, because the totals are very low, but it does seem that generally they are still better than that early modern dip. I'll see if I can get some data rounded to centuries as well. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:00, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red – May 2026

Women in Red | May 2026, Vol 12, Issue 5, Nos 358, 359, 370, 371, 372 Online events: New: Countries starting with G and H | Women's scientific works | Religion and Spirituality Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements from other communities: Contest: Destubathon of the Americas Tip of the month: Struggling to find scientific works to write about? Start with review articles or textbooks, which may highlight influential studies, theories or methods by women. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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

Belle Adair (actress)

Can someone take a look at this. I'm pretty sure we've confused two different women in this article. The Belle Adair ("Mrs. Ewald Buchal") who died May 4, 1926 in Sarnac and was born Belle Louise Adair on February 7, 1889 in Wallingford, Vermont (not California as our article say, I found her birth certificate in ancestry) may not have been the silent film actress. In fact it looks like she was just a rather normal school teacher in New York. Her obit makes no mention of an acting career or work on the stage/film. The articles on the actress state she was from California and that Belle Adair was not her real name. I'm inclined to agree that's true, and that we don't actually have a verified date of birth or death, or even the real name of this actress; all of which makes researching difficult. Also in looking in Vermont newspapers the school teacher Belle Adaire was teaching at a public school at Tarbelville, Vermont in 1911 when Belle Adair the actress was appearing in vaudeville in California. In 1912 she was teaching in Brooklyn, all while the other Belle Adair was performing in California. The newspaper records show different activities all through the 1910s.4meter4 (talk) 15:35, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Update. I've trimmed the OR.4meter4 (talk) 16:05, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

4meter4 I can't see the Newspapers.com clippings, but agree that there seem to be two women. I think the actress was born in around 1890. She "confesses to twenty-three years" in "Belle Adair for Eclair Leads", Moving Picture World, January 10, 1914, p. 154, https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor19newy/page/154/ . TSventon (talk) 17:15, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I found her real name in a newspaper article. Its Eleanore Palmer. See https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-carmel-item-belle-adair-in-musical/196686436/ Best.4meter4 (talk) 19:11, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

4meter4 my Newspapers.com access to 5 articles seems to have reset. Can you find anything in Ancestry? Her uncle Father Galligan of Locust Gap is interesting, he seems to be Charles Joseph Galligan, died 1915(?). So presumably her mother was a Galligan and her father a Palmer. TSventon (talk) 21:19, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Just found a marriage announcement. She married Rudolph Frederick Baar on 10 Oct 1914 in Manhattan. Do you not have access to newspapers.com through the Wikipedia Library? You should apply for access if not.4meter4 (talk) 21:25, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

I hit the jackpot and got a decent obituary under her married name https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-mrs-eleano-baar-ex-vau/196696586/ That took some doing.4meter4 (talk) 21:44, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

4meter4 I am impressed by your research. I have finally found Palmer and her husband on Ancestry in the AMOS-1 tree. It appears that she was born in 1889 in New Jersey, I think the primary sources are probably more reliable than her telling a newspaper she was a Californian. Also all the sources I have seen spell her married name Baar not Barr.

• Eleanor A. Palmer
  • Birth 27 Jul 1889 • Keyport, Monmouth, New Jersey (Source of exact date and location is 1941 passenger list)
  • Death 03 Mar 1971 • New York, New York
• Rudolph Frederick Baar
  • Birth 14 Mar 1885 • New York, New York
  • Death 12 Feb 1968 • New York, New York

TSventon (talk) 23:38, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. I added the date of birth and source. She died in South Orange, New Jersey (not NYC) on March 3, 1971 according to her obituary and the New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1848-1878, 1901-2017. Best.4meter4 (talk) 00:11, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

4meter4 yes, the details are copied from Ancestry to help find the records, so they may well be inaccurate, apart from the birth details which I checked. She had another son, who predeceased her, called Frederick. He is mentioned on a death notice clipped at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92309142/eleanor-a.-baar (I don't know where from) and also on the 1940 census.

By the way, I think this discussion should be copied to the article talk page. Also Wikidata will need some updating, I think incorrect information should be kept but deprecated. Once the article is stable, I am happy to try to contact editors on other wikis to update their articles, unless you want to, of course. TSventon (talk) 01:01, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

I copied the discussion as requested.4meter4 (talk) 01:08, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Susan Sniader Lanser

• redlink Susan Sniader Lanser
• Wikidata Susan Sniader Lanser (Q106636394)

Hi. I found this women, seems to be a defining expert in narrative theory and seems to be well referenced. She really needs an article. Can somebody please add it to the appropriate list. scope_creep^Talk 12:03, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Draft article: Viola Irene Cooper, 1920s American travel writer

I have prepared a draft biography of Viola Irene Cooper (active 1926 to 1929), an American writer who sailed from Vancouver to Fiji and New Caledonia in 1926 as one of two women serving as midshipmen aboard the French barque Bougainville on its final Pacific crossing. She published an account of the voyage, Windjamming to Fiji, with Rae D. Henkle Co. of New York in 1929; it was reprinted the same year by A. L. Burt and again multiple times in the 21st century. She also published an article on Gandhi in The Open Court in 1926, and four items connected to her are held in the Hartzell Spence Papers at the University of Iowa.

The draft is at Draft:Viola Irene Cooper and was submitted to AfC on 9 April 2026.

The notability case currently rests on her authorship of Windjamming to Fiji and contemporary press coverage of the voyage. The weakest part of the sourcing is the absence of a contemporary book review; I have not yet been able to access Newspapers.com or ProQuest Historical Newspapers to search for one. If anyone has database access and is willing to look for a 1929 or 1930 review of the book, I would be grateful. I would also welcome any other source leads, structural feedback, or a review by an editor with AfC rights.

Cooper's birth and death dates are not yet established. Any leads on genealogical sources would also help.

Thanks. SilentMeridian 2026 (talk) 11:13, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi SilentMeridian 2026. Thanks for your work on this article. Here's what I found at Newspapers.com:

• Oakland Tribune. (June 15, 1927). Woman Writer Brings Cargo of Chrome Ore. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-woman-writer-brings-carg/196725152/
• San Francisco Chronicle. (June 15, 1927). South Seas Romance All 'Bunk,' Says Girl. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-south-seas-roman/196725480/
• Brooklyn Eagle. (October 7, 1927). Girl Completes South Sea Tour as Able Seaman but Clings to Powder Puff, by Alice Cogan. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-girl-completes-south-sea/196725221/
• The Kalamazoo Gazette. (October 9, 1927). Woman Acts as Midshipman on Windjamming Trip to Fiji Isles. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette-woman-acts-as-mids/196725074/
• The Winona Daily News. (October 17, 1927). Sailor Girl Spurns Fiji Chief's Offer, by Alexander C. Herman. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winona-daily-news-sailor-girl-spurns/196725258/
• The News Journal. (November 30, 1929). Windjamming to Fiji Entertaining Story. Reviewed by E. P. Cunningham. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal-windjamming-to-fiji-ent/196725438/
• Oakland Tribune. (January 26, 1930). Fiji. In "Star of Peru," Known to This Port, Viola Irene Cooper and Another Girl Sailed to Adventure. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-fiji-in-star-of-peru/196725111/
• The Houston Post. (February 2, 1930). Around the World With a Typewriter, By Claire G. Sifton. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-post-around-the-world-with-a/196725391/
• The Minneapolis Journal. (February 9, 1930). Cannibal Queen? This Minneapolis Girl Said "No". Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-journal-cannibal-queen/196725324/
• Edmonton Journal. (January 31, 1931). As Dances Are In the Fiji Way. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-as-dances-are-in-the-fi/196725605/
• Daily News. (April 3, 1932). A Call to Arctic Dianas, By Ama Barker. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-a-call-to-arctic-dianas-by-a/196725655/
• Daily News. (March 23, 1951). Obituary. Viola Irene Cooper. Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-obituary-viola-irene-cooper/196725174/

Also, I started her Wikidata item and included her Familysearch ID. --Rosiestep (talk) 12:22, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

It appears in later life she became an editor of medical journals and co-wrote a pamphlet about wartime medicine ( ) but I can't find anything besides the biographical dictionary that clearly says the windjammer Cooper and the wartime medicine Cooper are the same one. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 15:00, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Nina Browne librarian

Can we have a photograph of Nina? There is only a photo of a man on the page, her co-editor. There are no photos online of her anywhere, despite her living until the nineteen fifties so presumably there are photos of her. She had to gain her degree in a storeroom because women weren’t allowed in classrooms, I feel like the least we could do nowadays is move her from the back room is to have her picture on her wikipedia page Gisela Bear (talk) 13:34, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

@Gisela Bear: There aren't many good options to choose from. Yearbook photos are usually a good place to look but as near as I can tell, Smith College didn't have a yearbook until 1897. The American Library Association archives has four group photos featuring her, but they are all low resolution and don't have a great angle to see her face. I found a passport photo on Ancestry that is equally terrible. I'll take another look at all of these and try to find one that is somewhat acceptable. Gamaliel (talk) 15:14, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for responding and taking a look to see what’s available. I’d even like seeing the group photos even if it isn’t great, but thank you for trying to find one. Good luck with the search! Gisela Bear (talk) 21:48, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip about yearbooks for finding photos of people!, @Gamaliel! Lijil (talk) 05:24, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Draft review request Draft:Gina Moseley

Hi,

I am the subject of Draft:Gina Moseley and I have declared my COI on my user page. I understand that COI drafts are often overlooked, but I have added strong, independent references to the draft and I believe it now meets Wikipedia's notability criteria.

My draft was previously abandoned and deleted. When I retrieved it and resubmitted it, I worked hard to add stronger, independent sources and submitted it through the Articles for Creation process to follow the rules properly. I know that as the subject, I am not the right person to take it further — that is why I am here.

I am not asking for special treatment. I am simply asking if someone would be willing to review Draft:Gina Moseley, adopt it, or tell me honestly what it still needs.

Could someone please take a look?Zirbenschnaps (talk) 10:22, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Generally, a biography must be supported by reliable, independent sources, which demonstrate that the subject is notable (in the WP:N sense of "notable"). Many editors do not consider interviews as counting towards notability. With that in mind, can you identify the best three sources which discuss the subject (you) in depth, which were published in outlets not associated with you or your employers, and which are not interviews? (You may also be eligible for an alternate route to notability via WP:NPROF, but associate professors rarely qualify.) pburka (talk) 21:31, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

@Pburka, Thank you for the feedback. As the subject, I want to be transparent and let the sources speak for themselves. The three strongest independent, non-interview sources I can point to are:

1. Rolex Awards (2021) – rolex.org/rolex-awards/exploration/gina-moseley – independently selected international prize with substantive coverage of my research.
2. National Geographic – https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/greenland-secret-caves-exploration – a feature on my Greenland fieldwork, not an interview.
3. The Explorers Club 50 (2023) – https://www.50.explorers.org/community/gina-moseley – independent selection naming me among fifty people changing the world through exploration.

Additional one,

University of Innsbruck newsroom (2021) – https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/2021/geologist-gina-moseley-receives-prestigious-rolex-award/

I would also flag possible eligibility under WP:NPROF:I hold a competitive €1.2M FWF START Prize(https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/discover/awards/fwf-start-awards/2018), awarded by the Austrian Science Fund in 2018. and I have also published in Science (doi.org/10.1126/science.aad4132) and Geology (doi.org/10.1130/G36063.1), which I understand may support eligibility under WP:NPROF.

I konw I am not the right person to make this judgment — I am simply providing the evidence and leaving it to you to decide.Zirbenschnaps (talk) 09:58, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

The National Geographic article looks like good WP:SIGCOV (although independence could be arguable given your membership in the organization). If you could provide one or two more articles like that I think it would be a clear pass of WP:BASIC/WP:GNG. The Rolex Award and Explorers Club might count towards WP:ANYBIO, but I'm not sure if either is "a well-known and significant award", and editors at AfD have become more skeptical of ANYBIO claims in recent years. Coverage of your awards from independent sources (i.e. not your university or the awarding organization) would make them more valuable. I'm not very familiar with NPROF criteria (apart from named chairs, which are a shoo-in), so I'll leave that for someone more experienced in that area to comment on. Regarding the draft, I would recommend removing the "Membership" section, as that's something one would expect in a CV rather than a biography. pburka (talk) 13:12, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

I agree the media coverage helps. Publishing in journals doesn't as that's WP:MILL - but being highly cited would. Getting grants doesn't count for a lot. Not sure about the Rolex Award. Coverage by the awarding organisation isn't completely independant. Not sure about Royal Geographic Society fellowship given for instance Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(academics)/Archive_8#Request_for_Comment:_paid_fellowships_as_an_academic_notability_criterion. So overall I'm a bit on the fence. -Kj cheetham (talk) 09:15, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Meredith Rawls

Hi all. Astronomer Meredith Rawls (Q111689336) is a colleague of mine, so I have a clear COI, but she looks to me like she's notable enough for a Wikipedia article if anyone's interested. See e.g., , , rawls and more. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 17:02, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Only rarely creating bios these days, but I have added IDs and more info to her Wikidata item. Oronsay (talk) 20:03, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Do you want to stand for election in the latest Administrator election cycle?

If this interests you, check this out. Hope some of you do stand for election! -- Rosiestep (talk) 20:27, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Alexandra Jakob

We have spent a lot of money to build a page about Alexandra Jakob, but someone has attacked it. We feel she is being unfairly framed. We have engaged a reputation management firm, but they advised us to post it on this noticeboard to get keep votes. Please help us to save the page. ~2026-26864-46 (talk) 14:49, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

I think you should ask for your money back. You should review this essay: Wikipedia:The truth about paid Wikipedia editing. Also note that canvassing for "votes" is a violation of Wikipedia guidelines (Wikipedia:Canvassing). pburka (talk) 15:01, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for your guidance. I think we were misguided and will not use Wikipedia for promotion. We just want a basic, neutral biography. She is a successful businesswoman. ~2026-26864-46 (talk) 15:04, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

This is blatant lie. I would like to clarify that I have not paid anyone to edit or manage this article. Any suggestion that I have engaged in paid editing is incorrect. I received scam emails from a website (wikipediasupport.com) asking for payment and implying that the page could be deleted if I did not proceed. I have also submitted an official complaint regarding this to info-en@wikimedia.org from my official email. Alexandra23091 (talk) 02:59, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Note subsequent discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Report of Scam on Wikipedia. PamD 08:14, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

New article

I would like to request an independent Wikipedia article for Professor May Ng OBE, a British paediatric endocrinologist, Professor of Child Health at Edge Hill University, and consultant paediatrician with Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. I have a conflict of interest, so I am not seeking to publish the article myself. I can provide independent sources, including a Lancet profile, Diabetes UK coverage of her OBE, and Diabetes Times profile/interview. Would an experienced editor be willing to assess notability and consider creating a neutral draft? ~2026-26909-11 (talk) 15:08, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Article alerts description mismatch

In the topic above, @Theroadislong linked to our article alerts section, which claims to be "based on the {{WIR}} banners of WikiProject Women in Red". However, the deletion section actually includes many pages which aren't tagged with WiR banners. I dug through to the Wikipedia:Article_alerts/Subscription list#W page and found that we're also requesting everything in Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Women (i.e. every deletion discussion manually sorted into the "Women" list). I can't find when this was added to the subscription, but it has been present since at least 2018. This contradicts our description of the alerts, and leads editors to (unsurprisingly) conclude that many WiR-supported pages are up for deletion. It does, OTOH, give more visibility to those deletion discussions, which is certainly a good thing. However, since Wikipedia:WikiProject Women/Article alerts also includes the deletion sorting list, and since it's a more generic umbrella project, I'm tempted to remove the deletion sorting list from this project's subscription, so that the subscription matches what we say it includes. What do others think? pburka (talk) 15:11, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

That would make more sense, I have often wondered why there were so many "Women in Red" projects up for deletion, and clearly they weren't! Theroadislong (talk) 15:16, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for catching this, Theroadislong. (a) I think we should revert to the original subscription. (b) Maybe add "See also" linking to the Women AfD list? --Rosiestep (talk) 15:32, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Found the original diff. It looks like @Headbomb added this to the subscription in this diff on 6 August 2018. pburka (talk) 16:06, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, it would be better if the "WiR" report only included pages tagged with our project.

At present I have both the article alerts lists on my watchlist, but each day only look at whichever has more AfDs (usually "women" I think). I too had a look at some of the "WiR" list today and was surprised that they weren't "ours". Yes, people involved in WiR may also be interested in all articles about women which are threatened with deletion, but it's a different thing. PamD 16:27, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

It occurred to me that a way to see how many of our WiR articles get deleted would be to scan through our numbered project pages and see if there are any red links in the lists of articles created. That would really show whether a large number get deleted (not just dragged to AfD and kept). Do we have any way to create a giant unified file by copying the "new articles" section of all 300+ editathon pages? It would be an interesting sight. PamD 16:37, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

This was done and discussed here and also here.

Basically, if these biographies get deleted, they would become women in red. So members of the project may want to contribute to WikiProject Women in Red by "keeping women blue". This made sense to most members back then.

The alerts can easily be tweaked if that's desired, but the consequences of this particular tweak is fewer eyes on the AFDs of women biographies, and thus more women biographies might end up deleted when they would perhaps have been kept, slowing down this progress. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:25, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the pointers to past discussions! I had poked around in the archives a bit, but didn't see those. My preference is to remove the "Deletion sorting/Women" pages from the alert, as I watch that list separately, and those pages can also already be found in the WikiProject Women alerts. But if anyone feels strongly about keeping the current behavior I won't object to that, either. However, whichever way we go, we should make sure that the text at the top of the alerts page accurately describes the behavior, as it's a bit confusing and mysterious currently. pburka (talk) 22:49, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I think it would be more useful if the "WiR" list only included WiR-tagged articles, so we could spot the rare occasions when one of "our" articles is tagged for AfD or PRODded. But we should perhaps remind WiR members that they might like also to watchlist the "Women" list, to notice other articles on women which are threatened with deletion. I scan one or other deletion list each day and among the poorly-sourced sportswomen and obscure showbiz people I sometimes find interesting women whose articles can be argued for or improved so that they survive. PamD 23:04, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

This is one of my "hobbies", too. My most recent save was (I hope) Savannah Burton. I wonder if we could create a WiR rescue header to tag articles we're trying to save? I imagine an ongoing initiative like #1day1woman, but for rescues. (Or maybe we should coordinate with the WP:RESCUE squadron). pburka (talk) 23:13, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't feel strongly about this either way, so if concensus has changed and WIR members wants to only focus on WIR-created article, understanding the implications, absolutely feel free to change the behaviour by undoing . Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:07, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

• I think we need to compromise on this. I suggest we change the display to present articles specifically covered by Women in Red first but then that we maintain a link to the present Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Article alerts which appears to draw on all articles related to women (just like our kist of women articles for review). I think we should continue to have an easy way of identifying all articles about women as our contributors are frequently able to work on candidates for deletion (or other aspects) even if they are not specifically covered by Women in Red. Our project's original intention was to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women in general. That is no doubt why our listings are so extensive. But as suggested, I agree we need to give priority to articles with talk pages listing WiR. Would this present any difficulties?--Ipigott (talk) 11:06, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  @Ipigott Did you mean to link to the "Women" alert list, rather than the WiR one? PamD 11:52, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  I realize this is all rather confusing, PamD, but as far as I can see our WiR Article Alerts currently includes more than WP WiR, WP Women and WP Women's History. For example, if you look at the "Articles for Deletion", the first one listed, Alena Aliyeva, is not attached to any wikiprojects but is no doubt identified via Wikidata. I think that works pretty well for us, just like the women's articles for review. That's why I am suggesting we should somehow maintain this listing while we also emphasize the articles specifically tagged WP Women in Red. Does that sound reasonable--Ipigott (talk) 14:44, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  @Ipigott The alerts only include WiR articles, except that the list of pages for deletion also includes everything from Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Women. In 2018 the bot was explicitly asked to include those. We can stop requesting that, but we can't make it put them in a separate section. However, the Article alerts section on our main page already advises editors to "See Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Women for articles about women that are nominated for deletion".

  I propose that we stop including these pages in our alerts. We could add a new "Articles for deletion" section to the main page using {{Excerpt|Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Women|Women}} to transclude the list of all nominated articles about women (probably in a collapsible section, as it can be quite verbose). Or we could just retain the "see..." link. pburka (talk) 15:19, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  I have actually been focusing on articles for deletion. I am not as active as I used to be but I must have "saved" dozens of the articles listed, including many put together by new contributors who were keen to write about women but who had not yet gained sufficient experience. I have actually been suggesting that under Articles for Deletion, we should prioritize those specifically designated Women in Red but we should also link to the current selection which provides scope for encouraging less experienced contributors and inviting them to become members of our project. I cannot imagine that would present too many problems but younger enthusiasts should not be put off by my views.--Ipigott (talk) 15:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  We do already link to the list of all women being considered for deletion, so I think your concerns are addressed. As nobody seems to object, I'm going to remove the extra pages from our alerts so we can see what it looks like over the next few days. pburka (talk) 15:42, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

•  Done. The bot ran again after my change and produced a much shorter list. Also my change to the descriptive text above the alerts (linking to the full list) was retained. pburka (talk) 14:06, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

A small redlist of pages deleted for copyvio

In 2021 it was discovered that a prolific editor had been plagiarizing online and offline sources since at least 2008. The user created hundreds of articles, many of which were Good Articles, had DYKs, and were well linked throughout the encyclopedia. The user was blocked, and a large cleanup effort was undertaken. While many articles were salvaged, many more were deleted. There were no concerns about notability raised: only copyright issues were identified.

See Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 (and the linnked subpages) for all of the details and affected articles.

The editor seemed primarily interested in United States topics, but the range of topics is quite diverse. They didn't focus on women, but did write about quite a few notable women. The list below includes all of the articles about women that weren't saved during the cleanup (based on my evaluation of the titles). These are generally notable, but I haven't evaluated them individually.

1. Mary Augusta Dickerson
2. Sulpicia (wife of Lentulus Cruscellio)
3. Gertrude Hull (Talk:Gertrude Hull)
4. Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald (Talk:Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald)
5. Persis Foster Eames Albee (Talk:Persis Foster Eames Albee)
6. Olive Hoskins (Talk:Olive Hoskins)
7. Mary Shotwell Ingraham
8. Mary F. Hoyt
9. Woman's World's Fair
10. Mary Whitcher
11. Bathsheba's spring and bower
12. Effie Maud Aldrich Morrison (Talk:Effie Maud Aldrich Morrison)

pburka (talk) 22:33, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

It feels like it would be better for the encyclopedia in Copvio cases like this for obviously notable subjects if the text was just TNTed and a single sentence or two was made with one of the reliable sources used prior. So we would at least still have the article and the incoming wikilinks to it. Silverseren^C 01:09, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

A huge number of the editor's pages were cleansed or rewritten. I think that, in this case, there were so many pages that some weren't reached before the (self-imposed) deadline. Interestingly, they did preserve some of the talk pages. When I (re)created Mary F. Hoyt and moved it to mainspace, I was a bit surprised to find that Talk:Mary F. Hoyt was already populated with projects and an extensive discussion about its GAN. pburka (talk) 02:00, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Ashley Van Zeeland

Bearian alerted me to this, so I'm pinging him for comment as well. This article has been PRODded by the article's subject, and my recommendation is that it be put up for deletion so that the community can make a final determination. I'm dropping it here as well for some review. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:43, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Given that the article has been at AFD before, doesn't it preclude another PROD (which is literally indicated on the PROD template)? In that case, it likely has to go thru another AFD in order to get it deleted. JuniperChill (talk) 18:57, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Agreed. Avanzeeland acknowledged that she is the subject of the article. I'm having trouble with installing Twinkle on my device. Can somebody else nominate this please? Bearian (talk) 21:40, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Are you confident the user really is the subject? We've had problems recently with users related to scam editing services claiming to be subjects of Wiki bios. pburka (talk) 22:22, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

I will volunteer to nominate the article. I'll also reach out to the subject via LinkedIn to double check that the request is legitimate. pburka (talk) 23:48, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. Bearian (talk) 14:33, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Databases of women composers

I was doing a little research online into a composer whose name was unknown to me (Saskia Apon); one thing led to another and I ended up here, at The Big List of Women Composers. It describes itself thus: "The BIG LIST of Women Composers is an ever-expanding list featuring more than 5,000 women composers (and counting). From pre-medieval composers to 21st century singer-songwriters, pick a country, a century, a music genre: you will find a woman there!" It reminded me of a similar list put out by the Boulanger Initiative, their database of works by gender-marginalized composers. I know the latter group is Wiki-aware, as they run monthly edit-a-thons in the field of classical music. What overlap the two databases have I do not know; either way, there seems to be some likely fodder for investigation here (Apon, for instance, has no articles, and seems to have a fairly scant web presence, although she is on Wikidata.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:25, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Quellusignolo.fr

Another website I have come across, and this one is very interesting - here is a link. It's a collection of biographies of opera singers of the Baroque and classical eras, and while it's not exclusive to women it's nicely broken down by voice type, so there are lists of sopranos and contraltos. Cursory inspection suggests that there are a number of artists here for whom we lack articles, and the site looks scholarly enough that it ought to be useful as a source. There is also a bibliography, which I have not investigated. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:31, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Newbie question!

Hello! I LOVE the idea of this project! I’m not able to create articles (thanks, migraine brain fog!) but I have been adding illustrations of women illustrators before I even knew of this project. Is that enough to join up? What other simple tasks could I help with? Thanks for any help! Stampdragon (talk) 17:18, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Of course, you're welcome to join. There are all kinds of ways to help that don't involve writing new articles from scratch. You may want to keep an eye on the Article Alerts, in particular the Articles for Creation section. Those are drafts waiting in the queue to be reviewed by an AFC reviewer. If you spot something wrong with them before then, like a lack of sources, you can help by fixing up the draft before a reviewer spots it. -- asilvering (talk) 21:40, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Another way to contribute, also related to Article Alerts, is deletion patrol. Watch for WiR pages nominated for deletion (AfD and PROD). With some familiarity with the notability guidelines and the shorthand often used in the discussions, and a bit of research, I find quite a few pages that can be rescued with some small improvements and a concise argument to keep them (today's target: Merrilyn Gann). This is a particularly rewarding task if you enjoy arguing with strangers on the internet :) pburka (talk) 00:15, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

@Stampdragon: welcome! It's great to have you here, and there are many other tasks apart from creating articles. Copy-editing or proofreading existing articles is one easy option. Another could be looking at orphaned articles of women (articles that don't have any incoming wikilinks). These pages can still be found by searching Wikipedia, but they're likely to receive much less readership if there's nowhere else that people can see them linked.

• Orphaned articles about women artists
• Orphaned articles about women scientists
• Orphaned articles about women writers
• Orphaned articles about women's history

You could add these women to relevant lists of people (e.g. "List of women writers", "List of [nationality] writers"), or check the articles for places they're from or schools they've attended to see if you can add them to notable people lists on those pages. For example, I just picked Anna Louisa Miller randomly off the list. I've added her to List of American women artists, List of American artists 1900 and after and List of 20th-century women artists. I've also added her to the Anna Miller (disambiguation) page and List of people from Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Hope that all makes sense, and also feel free to reach out any time if you have any questions or would like support with anything. :) Chocmilk03 (talk) 01:22, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

• Hi there, Stampdragon. and thanks for your interest in Women in Red. You can join the project under "New registrations" on Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/New members. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 09:43, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Wikiproject Feminism

Hello! I'm recruiting for Wikiproject Feminism, an inactive wikiproject about feminism, if anyone is interested or wants to join I'd love to see you there! Goetia [She/They/Any] (talk) 21:57, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt, The Ars Goetia. I've been contributing directly and indirectly to the project for many years but see my name was not on the members list. I've now added it.--Ipigott (talk) 09:59, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Rufi Thorpe Draft

I noticed an article about the television show Margo's Got Money Troubles, and still nothing for the book's author Rufi Thorpe. I started a stub article as a draft, but then just decided to publish it as an article (this is a no-no and I learned my lesson about cutting and pasting a draft to an article). Anyway, my draft has been rejected for "reads like an advertisement." There are factual statements of literary awards and critical acclaim, but I wasn't trying to be overly promotional. I was honestly trying to prove notability. If someone feels like helping out, I would appreciate it! signed, @Spacecat711 Spacecat711 (talk) 21:16, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

There's nothing seriously wrong with the page in my opinion. There are a few weasel words (e.g. "critically acclaimed", which sounds grandiose, but doesn't really mean anything), and some minor formatting issues (e.g. the first reference to the subject should be in bold). This is another case of AfC reviewers ignoring WP:AFCPURPOSE and leaving vague, unactionable feedback. If the subject is notable, the draft must be accepted. I would ask the reviewer to be more specific about their concerns, so that you can address them or refute them. (BTW, the correct way to move a draft into mainspace is to use the "Tools"->"Move" function.) pburka (talk) 22:03, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

I've moved Rufi Thorpe to mainspace where it belongs.--Ipigott (talk) 09:06, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Help me decipher a chronological conundrum

So, I'm working on a draft for this lovely woman at the moment and I appear to have come across either a chronological or name-based inconsistency. Start with this 1950's source that's about the unfortunate death of Mrs. Eiler's brother. It notes the whole family by name (except for the mother, annoyingly with these old sources and perhaps the source of contention here), her parents, her sisters, and her other brother. It also notes Elsie is in Omaha at the time, which lines up when she and her husband were there for less than a year finishing his Air Force requirements.

Now, I decided to look up sources under her maiden name ("Elsie Piklapp") to see if I could find some older biographical material. And I found this. It also mentions the, then alive, brother, and even her two sisters prior to their marriages, along with Elsie herself.

Except this is impossible. That article is from 1933. If you look at this more recent article from 2005, it says she was 71 at the time. That would mean she was born in 1933/1934. You see the problem?

Now, I suppose if someone is able to dig up specific genealogical or census data on her exact birth date, it's possible she was born prior to the date of this article, since it was in December of 1933. Maybe the "role" she played in the play was as a literal baby? Otherwise, the only other possible thought for me is that her mother's name was also Elsie and she's the one with the role instead? Any ideas/comments/opinions? 21:38, 13 May 2026 (UTC) Silverseren^C 21:38, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

@Silver seren: have you tried Ancestry? I looked for Elsie Piklapp, born 1933 in the US.

• According to the birth ledger Elsie M Piklapp was born on 11 Oct 1933 (no image)
• According to the 1940 United States Federal Census Elsie Piklapp, age 6, born Nebraska, was living in Bush Township, Bush, Boyd, Nebraska, USA
• As was her mother Elsie Piklapp, age 38, born Nebraska

TSventon (talk) 22:04, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Well, that answers both questions. She was both born and her mother was also named Elsie. I'm gonna guess that was her mother in the article then. Silverseren^C 22:27, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for bringing up Ancestry by the way, TSventon. The marriage records for Eiler also linked to this source, which is extremely useful. Silverseren^C 04:52, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Can you do events after the month they're held?

Can I do them and then add onto the event page? Also, I just want to say: Although I've been participating in WIR, I have just realised I have been incorrectly tagging my articles. For example, see Michele Singer Reiner; see the talk page, it had the WikiProject, but not the correct event, which was 357. I did not realise the values "1", "2" etc were so you can put the event numbers. Just pointing this out. jolielover♥talk 12:15, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't think there are very strict rules. I've certainly seen pages added to events a few days before or after the official dates. And if you just didn't tag a page correctly there's no deadline for going back and fixing that. If the pages you're working on don't fit into the current month's "themes" you can always use the perpetually ongoing #1woman1day event, too. pburka (talk) 13:42, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, I was just pointing it out here incase people thought I was just stacking articles months later, when I honestly didn't know how the parameters worked jolielover♥talk 13:50, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi there, Jolielover, and thanks for getting in touch. I fully understand your difficulties in coping with the numbering system for our events but it is never too late to sort things out. It's good to see you have been creating biographies of women and adding WP Women in Red to their talk pages. With all your experience, it would be good to have you as a full member of our project. You can sign up under "New registrations" on Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/New members. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 09:27, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, I've already signed up! jolielover♥talk 09:38, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, identifying the event is great because we can track articles by event. For example all the articles from 357 are in Category:WikiProject Women in Red meetup 357 articles. Please note the "1" and "2" are not required. You can just type something like {{WIR|357|358}} — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:29, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I've been know to add articles to an event page before the month starts if I'm super eager to start on the topic. ;) --Rosiestep (talk) 12:12, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Louise Maureen Pankhurst

Following up on a request I made in April for Louise Maureen Pankhurst (born September 3rd 1943), British charity director, town planner, and women's rights advocate who was awarded an OBE in the 1996 New Year Honours for services to road safety.

The original request is now in the archive: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red/Archive 152.

She has good coverage across reliable sources, including:

• [1996 New Year Honours](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_New_Year_Honours)
• Director of the Child Accident Prevention Trust (with Princess Diana as patron) and author/contributor to Injury Prevention journal (1995)
• Head of the Greater London Council's Women's Committee Support Unit (covered in [The Guardian, 1999](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/dec/20/londonmayor.uk))
• Roles at Peckham Settlement, Deptford Fund/The Albany (opened by Princess Diana), Grandparents Plus (now Kinship), and founder/director of Understanding Childhood Limited
• Additional mention as a supporter: [Children Are Unbeatable! campaign](https://www.childrenareunbeatable.org.uk/about-us/supporters.html) (listed as Louise Pankhurst OBE)

Would any editors be interested in creating a stub or draft article? Feedback on notability would also be welcome. Thanks! ~2026-24270-40 (talk) 17:43, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Keep in mind that there are probably millions of notable women missing from Wikipedia, and editors each work on the priorities of most interest to them. Unless you have a conflict of interest, you may wish to write the article yourself and ask for assistance with that, rather than asking other volunteers to start from scratch. Regarding notability, OBE generally doesn't automatically confer (wiki) notability, so you'll need show that she satisfies WP:GNG. To do that, it's best to provide links to three (Not more! Choose the best!) articles, chapters, or books published by independent, reliable publishers, which provide significant coverage of her life. A long list of mentions or achievements is not sufficient: Wikipedia needs to see that she's already been covered in other publications before we can include her here. (For reference, the Guardian article is a good start, but it's marginal for significant coverage. I'd like to see at least two more news articles with much more in-depth coverage of her. None of the other links contribute to notability.) pburka (talk) 22:01, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Notability for Welsh writers

I've written a couple of articles for Women in Red focusing on deceased Welsh writers who have a Welsh-language Wikipedia page but not an English-language equivalent. I've started with the person's Welsh-language page, then translated into English, edited and added additional sources. However, a couple of my articles have been rejected or queried with reviewers quoting WP:GOLDENRULE and WP:GNG. I wondered if someone could explain what I'm lacking:

• Draft:Mair Garnon - her death was reported on by BBC Cymru Fyw and NS4C
• Draft:Glenys Mair Lloyd - her death was reported by Golwg360 and Barn, as well as 2 regional newspapers

I believe all these to be reliable sources providing significant coverage; however, they are written in Welsh, which may make it difficult for non-Welsh-speakers to verify.

And I've written the following pages for Welsh women which haven't been reviewed yet:

• Draft:Florence Thomas (surgeon)
• Draft:Bethan Phillips
• Draft:Nesta Wyn Jones

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks! Kimbarrett92 (talk) 12:02, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Regarding Mair Garnon, I think the sourcing is borderline. You've got two obituaries, and the other references are all, I think, to a bookseller and a funeral home. Only the first two are reliable. I would try to replace the unreliable or primary sources with reliable sources, ideally published while she was living. In my opinion, including too many primary or unreliable sources probably hurts the page's chance of being approved. (I'll also point out that AfC is not mandatory and you're welcome to move drafts to mainspace without going through that bureaucracy.) pburka (talk) 12:33, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Please be advised that taking the mainspace route is not an ideal option either, there are a HUGE number of poor quality women in red articles at WP:AFD see WP:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Article_alerts. Theroadislong (talk) 12:56, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I understand, I think I'd rather have something rejected than deleted anyway. Plus I appreciate the overview while I'm still learning! Kimbarrett92 (talk) 13:06, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

That's a very misleading statement. Those are all of the recent AfDs of women or topics related to women. Very few of them are tagged with WiR banners (and many are lugstubs). pburka (talk) 13:17, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I apologize for accusing Tril of making a misleading statement. The alert page does claim to only include WiR pages, but in fact it doesn't, so this is a case of the alerts being misleading. See discussion below. pburka (talk) 15:19, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, that's very clear and helpful. I'll look for sources while she was alive - and I didn't realise that the bookseller would count as an unreliable source, I just thought it didn't justify notability. Kimbarrett92 (talk) 13:04, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I would treat it as unreliable. I imagine they're just republishing blurbs from the publishers with minimal editorial oversight. Regardless, including lots of non-GNG sources just dilutes the sourcing, making it harder for reviewers to quickly assess notability. (And you should mention the Tlws Coffa Mair Garnon James Memorial Award). pburka (talk) 13:12, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

OK, thank you, that makes sense to me - and thanks for that link, you're right I definitely should mention that! Kimbarrett92 (talk) 13:17, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

@Kimbarrett92 It took a bit of prodding, but the page is now in mainspace. Congratulations! pburka (talk) 22:05, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Awesome! Thank you - that's great to hear :) Kimbarrett92 (talk) 22:08, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Who makes history? I analyzed 29,000 New York Times obituaries to find out.

I came across this post doing dataviz homework and thought WiR might find it interesting too. Would be interesting to see how they stack up against enwiki's bios and wikidata items for the same people! - Yupik (talk) 12:03, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/2016 Women in Philosophy Drive

For some reason, this event is not currently included in the official list of Women in Red meet-ups and it has a custom banner template {{2016 Women in Philosophy Drive}}. I propose to incorporate it in the official list and merge the banner into the usual {{WikiProject Women in Red}} — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:31, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting this one, MSGJ. Yes, it should be incorporated into the official list, and the banner merged. IMO, it should also have a redirect with a sequential number, though I'm not sure what's the best numbering convention, e.g., Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/20/2, Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/20b, something else? Others that would benefit from number sequencing, etc.: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00 (Aug-Dec 2017), Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest (Nov 2017), Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00/2018 (Jan-Dec 2018). Thoughts? --Rosiestep (talk) 12:35, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I was thinking of using 19b, but 20b works just as well. I'll look at those others too ... — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:15, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Proposals:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/2016 Women in Philosophy Drive -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/19a  Done
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00 -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/32a  Done but template parameters need updating
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/WikiclubNT -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/38  Not done already exists at 38
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/60  Not done redirect already existed at 60
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00/2018 -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/63a  Done but template parameters need updating
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/PankhurstCentre -> Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/139a  Done

— Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:53, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

You're right, MSGJ. Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/2016 Women in Philosophy Drive should be Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/19a. I agree with all the others. Plus thanks for finding the additional ones. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:32, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

72 Women of the Eiffel Tower editathon - May-July 2026

Hi, Women in Red editors might be interested in an new longish editathon looking at improving the pages of the 72 women of science proposed to be added to the Eiffel Tower, and then linking them to all the other pages they should be connected to. I've teamed up with EriedgenArc, Topics for Impact Coordinator at Wikimedia UK to organise it. You can find out more, explore the Googledrive of potential tasks and register here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:EiffelWomen or join the Dashboard.

It starts this weekend (16 May) and runs until end of July - timed to conclude with Wikimania which is in Paris this year.

It would be great if we hit our target of 500 edits to help get these Women in STEM better represented and better connected across the wiki world. Hope you can join us.

MumphingSquirrel (talk) 21:46, 13 May 2026

Great initiative, MumphingSquirrel. It would be good if you could create a Wikipedia event page.--Ipigott (talk) 09:33, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks Ipigott - I seem to have messed the original link up to event page - replaced in above and here as well. Event:EiffelWomen MumphingSquirrel (talk) 09:39, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

• @MumphingSquirrel:: I was interested in participating but could find no easy way to register. I lokked at the Dashboard participants page but could not edit it. I finally discovered that there was a registration button on the basic Dashboard page. I registered but was not happy about providing the details requested and was not able to state that I was registering for the English-language event. I would have preferred to register on the Wikipedia events page but that is apparently not possible and I realize the dashboard is designed to provide statistics. I find it confusing that so many other language versions are involved. I think you need to make it clear that your English-language pages are limited to the English version of Wikipedia (if that is the case) and that we are working towards 500 edits in English. Sooner or later it would be good to add the rating of each biography listed so that priority can be given to those requiring improvement. It would also help to include a feedback section where problems encountered can be discussed. Hope this will not cause any problems.--Ipigott (talk) 12:22, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

  If you go to the Dashboard's Articles tab, then click Available Articles (right hand side of page) you can see the list of articles and what their ratings currently are. MumphingSquirrel (talk) 20:45, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

• I should add that this link to the dashboard provides no means of registration, This caused me additional problems. There is however now a link to dashboard registration on the Wikipedia event page which I finally used.--Ipigott (talk) 15:17, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

How to register

The link to the Wikipedia event page provides a registration button which brings you to the registration mechanism for the Dasnboard. This worked for me.--Ipigott (talk) 09:52, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

question for the hive mind

I created a short article for the German ceramic designer Trude Petri (1906-1998) as part of the country alphabet run for May. I do not speak German and I am having trouble determining some facts:

• What is the difference between Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin (KPM Berlin) and the Staatliche Porzellan- Manufaktur State Porcelain Manufactory Berlin (also KPM?).
• When did she emigrate to the United States? Sometime in the 1950s but sources conflict about the actual year.

Any clarification would be appreciated. Thanks, WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:27, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

To answer the first question, according to Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin, the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur of Berlin was renamed as Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur in 1918 and returned to the old name in 1988. The information is unreferenced, but sounds plausible.

According to The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, here, she married John Gerard Raben (Q117120842) on 30 November 1949, in Chicago. TSventon (talk) 07:04, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks TSventon! I will think about how to incorporate this information properly into the article. I am going to have to side step her employment dates at KPM (for now). Thank you again for the assistance. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 15:20, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

@WomenArtistUpdates: I am hoping that someone with a newspapers.com subscription will find a good obituary. Based on current information you could say something like "she moved to the US after getting married in 1949" and mention possible dates in a footnote. It would be interesting to know more about what happened at the end of the war: as the factory was destroyed and then temporarily moved to Bavaria, it obviously wasn't business as usual. The KPM factories in both Tiergarten, Berlin, and Selb, Bavaria, were in the Western zone of Germany. I believe that de Wikipedia is generally accurate, but often lacks the citations needed here. TSventon (talk) 15:59, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Why is the UAE not included in the alphabet run?

Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Ideas#Alphabet_run_-_Countries_starting_with_U,_V,_Y_and_Z Here. This event is for December 2026. jolielover♥talk 12:37, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

WomenArtistUpdates added Alphabet run - Countries starting with U, V, Y and Z here. I am pretty sure that not including United Arab Emirates is an error. TSventon (talk) 14:59, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Jolielover TSventon, Indeed, just an error, not deliberate omission. We always miss one (or two) when rounding up country names. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:13, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Should we add former countries, e.g., U.S.S.R, Yugoslavia, and/or Zaire? --Rosiestep (talk) 04:17, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

No, but that's a good idea... an event for women from countries which no longer exist jolielover♥talk 09:39, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

My own preference would be not to add these. In the majority of cases, people are associated with the recent or former equivalents which coincide with our current listings. If we were really interested in listing former states, we would also need to go through lists such as List of former sovereign states - no easy matter and probably not very productive.--Ipigott (talk) 09:46, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Anopther question is why "W" has been omitted. I am assuming there are no countries beginning with "X" but what about Wales and Western Sahara? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:35, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Wales falls into the above linked month as part of the United Kingdom. • Quinn (talk • it/its) 11:39, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I will note that last month (D, E, F), a number of England articles were still included despite it not being listed. So, take the previous comment with a grain of salt I suppose. • Quinn (talk • it/its) 11:42, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Generally we're pretty liberal about how these events are interpreted. My preference would be to include W (and X), even if there aren't any countries listed with those letters. If someone wants to add some biographies of women from West Germany, Wales, or Wessex, go for it! pburka (talk) 03:02, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Templates | Cascading women

I've just started getting involved with templates, and it occurred to me that their creation also fits nicely with the Cascading women theme. I started one today for the Template:Susan Smith Blackburn Prize but i expect there might be others that the month-long event might highlight! Lajmmoore (talk) 11:29, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Seems very useful I may have to create a couple for the presidents of WES and SWE that I've been focusing on. TheResilientEngineer (talk) 09:54, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Lajmmoore, Wow! I'm seeing the Cascading women templates on several pages now and I think it'ss not only beautiful, but also a wonderful way of providing participation acknowledgement for one of our events. We should do this more often! In the meantime, would you please add the template to this category: Category:WikiProject Women in Red templates (I would have done it myself, but I couldn't find it). I suppose it could also be added to Category:WikiProject Women in Red awards, if/when we create that category. Thank you. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:43, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

done! Lajmmoore (talk) 02:06, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

An alternate way of presenting the WiR invite

What do you think of this alternate way to present our invite?

Women in Red | May 2026, Vol 12, Issue 5, Nos 358, 359, 370, 371, 372 Online events: New: Countries starting with G and H | Women's scientific works | Religion and Spirituality Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements, tips, participation... Announcements from other communities: Contest: Destubathon of the Americas Tip of the month: Struggling to find scientific works to write about? Start with review articles or textbooks, which may highlight influential studies, theories or methods by women. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram & Pinterest

The idea is based on this trimmed version of our May invite: User talk:Gerda Arendt#Women in Red – May 2026. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:35, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

• Looks good to me, especially as the full version can be viewed using "show". I have noticed that the user talk pages of many of our members appear to be unnecessarily full of our fairly lengthy newsletters.--Ipigott (talk) 08:49, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Looks good to me too. (I usually like something more low-key, so this suits my tastes anyway, but for the reasons mentioned above, I think it's a useful version too.)Penny Richards (talk) 02:47, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

I like it! I tend to go through and regularly delete old WiR invites as they otherwise take up too much space on my talk page; this would save me that step. Chocmilk03 (talk) 06:12, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

yes, this is very neat! Lajmmoore (talk) 02:10, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Scientific Works

Hello folks, Just flagging this months' Scientific Works event - it's a new one! I'm wondering if there's a list of women's inventions anywhere off-wiki? Lajmmoore (talk) 15:45, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

@Lajmmoore: You are probably aware of our List of inventions and discoveries by women. I see that many of the citations point to "off wiki" listings.--Ipigott (talk) 09:11, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Article for creation draft w/ potential for Religion and Spirituality

Came across this draft (Draft:Jennie Miller Faggen) that might be of interest to WiR editors for the ongoing Religion and Spirituality event. Coqui002 (talk) 01:10, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

• The enthusiastic level of language could be toned down a bit but the article could soon be moved to mainspace.Thanks, Coqui002 for your recent improvements.--Ipigott (talk) 16:07, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

• Now in mainspace. Thanks, Coqui002, for bringing this to our attention.--Ipigott (talk) 09:32, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Kōme Akasaka

Saw this was created earlier, and I wondered if anyone wanted to take a look and clean it up some. I've tried to do a few things, including add categories, but I don't speak Japanese, and I'm not familiar with the history of geisha or Japanese popular music, so I'd rather hand this over to someone who knows the subject better. The article itself appears fine...it mostly needs some work with presentation, I think. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 08:58, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

List of Yiddish women writers

Another list which I came across in my ramblings: here, with a further list here. There's quite a bit to sort through here - the latter list, for one thing, has something like 900 entries, and I can't imagine that they all have Wikipedia articles. And while I don't speak Yiddish myself, and so cannot review sources, I have a suspicion that there's quite a lot of source material to work with here. Once again, it's something that I would pursue if I had more time and more wherewithal - as I do not I'd rather leave it here so that at least somebody else can take a look and work with it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 09:07, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

These are great lists, Ser Amantio di Nicolao. Thank you for finding them. JFYI, I cross-posted at WikiProject Women Writers. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:44, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red - June 2026

Women in Red | June 2026, Vol 12, Issue 6, Nos 358, 359, 373, 374, 375 Online events: New: LGBTQ+ women | Alphabet run: Countries starting with I, J, K and L Article improvement campaign: Orphaned women Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements, tips, participation... Announcements from other communities: Eiffel women Tip of the month: Consider contributing to two of our monthly events at once, and improve coverage of LGBTQ+ women by de-orphaning their articles. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram & Pinterest

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

Daniela Candillari

If any classical music lovers have time we could use an article on conductor Daniela Candillari who is one of the more high profile woman conductors working at the moment. She is currently principle conductor of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis (since 2022), and has guest gigs with major orchestras routinely like the London Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She also conducts operas as a guest at places like the Metropolitan Opera. There aren't very many women conductors working at that level even now, sadly, so we should write on the few who have managed to break the glass ceiling. I've got too many irons in the fire at present to write one myself any time soon. Best. 4meter4 (talk) 02:05, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

I see a number of primary source references but not finding secondary readily. —DIYeditor (talk) 02:14, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

There are lots of critical reviews of her performances in newspapers.com Enough to pass WP:NCREATIVE. It would be very easy to access those through the WP:Wikipedia Library. Stuff like , , , , Best,4meter4 (talk) 02:43, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Based on a Wikipedia search, her mother seems to be Tatjana Ječmenica (table tennis), reference 27 is an article about Daniela in Slovenian. TSventon (talk) 03:09, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Is anyone working on a draft? I would make a stub biography for her if nobody else is. —DIYeditor (talk) 23:47, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Go for it, I searched for Daniela Candillari in draft and user spaces and didn't find anything. This looks useful, by the way. TSventon (talk) 00:23, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Well I started it to get it in motion. Feel free anyone to contribute to this Draft:Daniela Candillari. —DIYeditor (talk) 01:01, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

I looked for another youngish woman conductor and found Stephanie Childress. The article structure there looks reasonable. TSventon (talk) 02:56, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done —DIYeditor (talk) 23:11, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Tessa Hulls

A page on Tessa Hulls was recently deleted as it had been created by a blocked user. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her graphic novel memoir in 2025 (see e.g. CBC). The book was also reviewed by a number of notable literary sources: the LA Review of Books, Publishers Weekly, The NY Times, etc. There's certainly enough material here for someone to create a new page for her. I'm happy to pick it up if need be, but my to-do list is becoming quite long so I'm posting here in the hopes that someone else will get to it first. Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 03:06, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Chocmilk03 (talk)

Hi! I too am in a busy patch but I will have a little look in a day or two if nobody has got to it yet. Balance person (talk) 11:45, 29 May 2026 (UTC)