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[[File:Love Heart KammaRahbek.SVG|thumb|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women/Women_in_Red Women in Red]]]
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Readers of Wikipedia can only read the articles which exist at an given time. If an article is missing, it can't be read. According to WikiProject Countering systemic bias/Gender gap task force, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias/Gender_gap_task_force/Media_and_research 84.5%] of the biographies on the en-Wikipedia are about men. If the percentage is inaccurate -- if the error is based on omission (systemic bias) -- we are capable of correcting the statistic. All we need is a bright light focused on the issue and a village committed to change.
 
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An international movement has begun to ensure that notable women are recognized for their achievements. The issue is defined as content gender gap, and the movement that addresses it is named, "Women in Red". Wikipedia is ideally situated to take a leadership role in this campaign due to its diverse array of editors, languages, and readership. This presentation raises awareness about content gender gap, and outlines a call for action for the global Wikimedia village. What we accomplish through Women in Red will inspire future generations of women and men to stand on their shoulders and reach for the stars.
   
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INTRODUCTION:
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WikiProject Women in Red (WiR) was created to address content gender gap... a form of systemic bias. WiR was launched in July at Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico by Roger Bamkin (user:Victuallers) and me (Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, user:Rosiestep). WiR's scope focuses on increasing the number of women's biographies from 15% to a larger percentage of Wikipedia's biographies. WiR also seeks to increase the number of articles about women's works, broadly construed, to include the books women wrote, the art they created, the conferences they organized, and so on. WiR maintains lists of crowd-sourced redlinks organized by occupation, nationality, and such. It provides curated groups of redlinked articles to work on through a collaboration with other women's WikiProjects, such as Women artists, Women scientists, and Women writers. It encourages translation from other language Wikipedias through a collaboration with WikiProject Intertranswiki. It streams a Wikidata feed of articles (Wikidata entries with no en-Wikipedia article) through a collaboration with WikiProject X. WiR's members update a list of newly created articles. WiR tracks events and published articles related to the project's scope.
 
   
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According to WikiProject Countering systemic bias/Gender gap task force, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias/Gender_gap_task_force/Media_and_research approximately 15%] of the biographies on the en-Wikipedia are about women. WikiProject Women in Red (WiR) was created to address content gender gap... a form of systemic bias. It was launched in July at Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico by two seasoned editors: Roger Bamkin (user:Victuallers) and me. WiR maintains lists of crowd-sourced redlinks organized by occupation, nationality, and such. It provides curated groups of redlinked articles to work on through a collaboration with other women's WikiProjects, such as Women artists, Women scientists, and Women writers. It encourages translation from other language Wikipedias through a collaboration with WikiProject Intertranswiki. It streams a Wikidata feed of articles (Wikidata entries with no en-Wikipedia article) through a collaboration with WikiProject X. WiR's members update a list of newly created articles. WiR tracks events and published articles related to the project's scope. WiR is young and strong. In its first 24 hours, it dealt with a rename (from WikiProject XX). In its first 2 weeks, the project created almost 500 new articles. In its first month, it encountered a formal merge proposal to become a subgroup of the newly-established, WikiProject Women; with consensus, the merge occurred at Week 5.
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WiR has had its share of struggles. In its first 24 hours, it was renamed (from WikiProject XX). In its first 30 days, after having created hundreds of new biographies, it encountered a formal merge proposal to become a subgroup of the newly-established, WikiProject Women. WiR has weathered struggles, it has created hundreds of articles, but now it needs a village -- the entire Wikimedia village -- to join the cause.
  
   
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PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES:
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The objectives of this presentation include:
  
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*Review WiR's scope, why we need to address women's biographies '''and''' women's works.
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*Review WiR's scope: women's biographies and women's works.
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*Review lessons learned during the project's first 90 days to include, project design, branding, organization, talkpage issues, collaboration with other WikiProjects, and how membership has reacted to change)
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*Review lessons learned during the project's first 90 days to include, project design, branding, organization, talkpage issues, collaboration with other WikiProjects, and membership
 
*Provide an outcomes projection for WiR's one year mark
  
*Provide an outcomes projection for WiR's one year mark
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*Request the community's support in developing a campaign to further our work. We are hopeful that a village-wide campaign, addressing strategy, developing best practices, and amplifying communication, will catapult the work of WiR.
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*Call for action to the Wikimedia village
  
   
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IT TAKES A VILLAGE:
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The presentation's title, "Women... it takes a village", is apt as:
 
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[[File:Wigi map.png|thumb|Female ratio of biographies by place of birth and citizenship in Wikidata]]
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*WiR requires a global "campaign" involving the entire Wikimedia village in order to achieve its goal
  
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* GLOBAL FOCUS: In order to reach its goal of increasing the percentage of women's biographies, the Wikimedia village -- all language Wikipedias, as well as WikiData -- must embark on a global campaign.
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*WiR requires local and global advocacy, including Usergroups and Chapters
  
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* PROMOTION: WiR needs local and global advocacy, branding, and promotion. It needs internal and external marketing coordination. It needs press coverage and social media expertise. This campaign needs to be not only informational but inspirational as today's readers are tomorrow's editors. This campaign needs the amalgamation of global Wikimedia campaigns, such as Wiki Loves Monuments, which has a presence on the Wikimedia movement calendar, with the woman-minded focus of the ArtAndFeminism initiative during WikiWomen's History Month, which does not. Major local and international-level initiatives which rely significantly on site advertising/banners/messaging for their success already bump up against each with competing priorities. We need a strategy as, if editors don't know about a particular initiative, or don't understand that Wikipedia considers it to be a high priority, they won't give it significant attention.
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*Wiki Loves Monuments and ArtAndFeminism are examples of global campaigns which WiR would like to emulate but needs you to make this happen
  
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* GLAM, EDUCATION, CHAPTERS, USER GROUPS: WiR would benefit from the ideas, the connections, and the support of these communities. How can we partner with you?
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* TECH SUPPORT: WiR's talkpage abounds with discussions centered on tech issues. The WiR tech wish list is long. WiR's articles are generated by humans. Let's address bots before someone starts using one indiscriminately to create thousands of sub-stubs.
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* WIKIDATA: We have been told that WIGI [[:m:Grants:IdeaLab/WIGI: Wikipedia Gender Index|Wikipedia Gender Index]] will be able to provide statistics on a weekly basis, but only for the biographies in WikiData. How do we account for every Wikipedia article on WikiData? Who is creating the WikiData entry for the newly-created Wikipedia article?
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* QUALITY: WiR focuses on converting redlinks into blue. How do we build in quality measures for a project which concentrates on new article creation (Stub-class/Start-class articles)?
   
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CONCLUSION:
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What else does the WiR campaign need?
  
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*The right title -- to be determined by the village
  
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*Editor support. Editors choose what they edit. If they don't know about the campaign, they won't work on it. If they know about it, and if it is presented in an attractive way, and if it is fun, they may decide to participate.
  
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*Tech support: The WiR talkpage abounds with discussions centered on tech issues. The WiR tech Wish List is long. We need tech support.
  
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*Outreach: The campaign needs promotion and advocacy through the press and social media. Today's readers are tomorrow's editors; the campaign's promotion has to be both inward and outward facing.
  
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*GLAM: WiR is ideally coupled with the efforts of GLAM and Education in that we need the ideas, the connections, and the support of each.
  
   
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In July 2015, the en-Wikipedia started a global conversation at the international conference, Wikimania, addressing content gender gap. Women in Red's work depends upon editor engagement, that is, creating new articles about notable women and their works, "moving the needle" from 15% of en-Wikipedia's biographies to some larger number. The movement's success hinges upon strategy, coordination, promotion, and buy-in from the Wikimedia village as there are other competing movements vying for the same editor's and reader's attention. Join in the conversation at WikiConference USA and/or at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women/Women_in_Red Women in Red].
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I truly believe our society will be judged by WiR's legacy. If you agree, join in the conversation at WikiConference USA and/or at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Women_in_Red Women in Red].
  
   
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Latest revision as of 15:39, 9 October 2015

Title
Women... it takes a village
Theme
Advocacy & Outreach
Type of submission
Presentation
Author
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
E-mail address
rosiestep.wiki@gmail.com
Username
Rosiestep
Affiliation
Wikipedia; WikiWomen's User Group
Abstract
Women in Red

An international movement has begun to ensure that notable women are recognized for their achievements. The issue is defined as content gender gap, and the movement that addresses it is named, "Women in Red". Wikipedia is ideally situated to take a leadership role in this campaign due to its diverse array of editors, languages, and readership. This presentation raises awareness about content gender gap, and outlines a call for action for the global Wikimedia village. What we accomplish through Women in Red will inspire future generations of women and men to stand on their shoulders and reach for the stars.

INTRODUCTION:

According to WikiProject Countering systemic bias/Gender gap task force, approximately 15% of the biographies on the en-Wikipedia are about women. WikiProject Women in Red (WiR) was created to address content gender gap... a form of systemic bias. It was launched in July at Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico by two seasoned editors: Roger Bamkin (user:Victuallers) and me. WiR maintains lists of crowd-sourced redlinks organized by occupation, nationality, and such. It provides curated groups of redlinked articles to work on through a collaboration with other women's WikiProjects, such as Women artists, Women scientists, and Women writers. It encourages translation from other language Wikipedias through a collaboration with WikiProject Intertranswiki. It streams a Wikidata feed of articles (Wikidata entries with no en-Wikipedia article) through a collaboration with WikiProject X. WiR's members update a list of newly created articles. WiR tracks events and published articles related to the project's scope. WiR is young and strong. In its first 24 hours, it dealt with a rename (from WikiProject XX). In its first 2 weeks, the project created almost 500 new articles. In its first month, it encountered a formal merge proposal to become a subgroup of the newly-established, WikiProject Women; with consensus, the merge occurred at Week 5.

PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES:

  • Review WiR's scope: women's biographies and women's works.
  • Review lessons learned during the project's first 90 days to include, project design, branding, organization, talkpage issues, collaboration with other WikiProjects, and membership
  • Provide an outcomes projection for WiR's one year mark
  • Request the community's support in developing a campaign to further our work. We are hopeful that a village-wide campaign, addressing strategy, developing best practices, and amplifying communication, will catapult the work of WiR.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE:

Female ratio of biographies by place of birth and citizenship in Wikidata
  • GLOBAL FOCUS: In order to reach its goal of increasing the percentage of women's biographies, the Wikimedia village -- all language Wikipedias, as well as WikiData -- must embark on a global campaign.
  • PROMOTION: WiR needs local and global advocacy, branding, and promotion. It needs internal and external marketing coordination. It needs press coverage and social media expertise. This campaign needs to be not only informational but inspirational as today's readers are tomorrow's editors. This campaign needs the amalgamation of global Wikimedia campaigns, such as Wiki Loves Monuments, which has a presence on the Wikimedia movement calendar, with the woman-minded focus of the ArtAndFeminism initiative during WikiWomen's History Month, which does not. Major local and international-level initiatives which rely significantly on site advertising/banners/messaging for their success already bump up against each with competing priorities. We need a strategy as, if editors don't know about a particular initiative, or don't understand that Wikipedia considers it to be a high priority, they won't give it significant attention.
  • GLAM, EDUCATION, CHAPTERS, USER GROUPS: WiR would benefit from the ideas, the connections, and the support of these communities. How can we partner with you?
  • TECH SUPPORT: WiR's talkpage abounds with discussions centered on tech issues. The WiR tech wish list is long. WiR's articles are generated by humans. Let's address bots before someone starts using one indiscriminately to create thousands of sub-stubs.
  • WIKIDATA: We have been told that WIGI Wikipedia Gender Index will be able to provide statistics on a weekly basis, but only for the biographies in WikiData. How do we account for every Wikipedia article on WikiData? Who is creating the WikiData entry for the newly-created Wikipedia article?
  • QUALITY: WiR focuses on converting redlinks into blue. How do we build in quality measures for a project which concentrates on new article creation (Stub-class/Start-class articles)?

CONCLUSION:

In July 2015, the en-Wikipedia started a global conversation at the international conference, Wikimania, addressing content gender gap. Women in Red's work depends upon editor engagement, that is, creating new articles about notable women and their works, "moving the needle" from 15% of en-Wikipedia's biographies to some larger number. The movement's success hinges upon strategy, coordination, promotion, and buy-in from the Wikimedia village as there are other competing movements vying for the same editor's and reader's attention. Join in the conversation at WikiConference USA and/or at Women in Red.

Length of presentation
15 or 30 minutes (30 minutes will allow for interaction with the attendees).
Special schedule requests
None
Will you attend WikiConference USA if your submission is not accepted?
Yes

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  1. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:03, 20 August 2015 (EDT)
  2. Gamaliel (talk) 19:53, 21 August 2015 (EDT)
  3. Ipigott (talk) 08:30, 22 August 2015 (EDT)
  4. Gobonobo (talk) 05:31, 24 August 2015 (EDT)
  5. SusunW (talk) 23:23, 24 August 2015 (EDT)
  6. Smallbones (talk) 22:47, 25 August 2015 (EDT)
  7. Doncram (talk) 09:46, 26 August 2015 (EDT)
  8. Rhododendrites (talk) 14:06, 26 August 2015 (EDT)
  9. Mozucat (talk) 15:50, 26 August 2015 (EDT)
  10. --Sphilbrick (talk) 21:45, 26 August 2015 (EDT)
  11. Jami (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:18, 28 August 2015 (EDT)
  12. Theredproject (talk) 13:25, 30 August 2015 (EDT)
  13. AKolbe (talk) 17:17, 31 August 2015 (EDT)
  14. emitraka aka lv_ra 10:01, 1 September 2015 (EDT)
  15. Eryk (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:30, 1 September 2015 (EDT)
  16. Samantha (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:06, 3 September 2015 (EDT)
  17. Helaine (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:22, 3 September 2015 (EDT)
  18. DocTree (talk) 23:13, 3 September 2015 (EDT)
  19. Mvetter (talk) 12:21, 14 September 2015 (EDT)
  20. -Another Believer (talk) 10:12, 17 September 2015 (EDT)
  21. Hildabast (talk) 14:06, 6 October 2015 (EDT)
  22. FriendlyFred (talk) 22:19, 6 October 2015 (EDT)
  23. DStrassmann (talk) 23:54, 8 October 2015 (EDT)
  24. Ftripodi (talk) 11:39, 9 October 2015 (EDT)
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