Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/2

Women in Leadership
Virtual World Edit-a-thon
Date	7 to 20 September 2015
Location	This is a virtual, global event... you can participate from anywhere in the world
Sponsor	Women in Red, a department of WikiProject Women
Twitter hashtag	womeninrededitathon
Facilitators	Rosiestep (talk · contribs)

Women in leadership | September 2015

Women in Red

Did you know that 15% of the biographies on Wikipedia are about women? Not impressed? Women in Red (WiR) focuses on "content gender gap". If you'd like to help contribute articles on women and women's works, we warmly welcome you!

The Women in Leadership Virtual World Edit-a-thon will be held from 7 to 20 September 2015. Anyone can take part whatever your previous experience. The event targets more focused work on the coverage of women in Wikipedia.

Goals

At WikiProject Women in Red, we have noticed serious gaps in Wikipedia's coverage of women in leadership. To help remedy the situation, we are focusing on a Virtual World Edit-a-thon from 7 to 20 September 2015 when we hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies of some of the many past and present prominent women leaders who are still red-linked on the English Wikipedia. A virtual edit-a-thon will allow enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the event, choosing names from our preliminary Women in leadership list. Relative newcomers to Wikipedia will be able to work with more experienced mentors who will assist them in creating or improving articles, and will provide on-going guidance in the future.

The main goals of the edit-a-thon are therefore:

to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of some of the world's most prominent women
to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on the neglected area of women in leadership
to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works

Participants

Yes

I would like to take part in the event over the two weeks from 7 to 20 September 2015

Ipigott (talk) 19:09, 25 August 2015 (UTC) (willing to act as a mentor)[reply]
SusunW (talk) 19:31, 25 August 2015 (UTC) (willing to act as a mentor)[reply]
Rosiestep (talk) 00:56, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:11, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 09:22, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 12:26, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
lirazelf (talk) I'll likely be unavailable in week 1, but week 2 should be fine! Lirazelf (talk) 12:41, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
EmilyvstheGorn (talk) I'll be available on and off during this period, and will try to get to any messages ASAP! EmilyvstheGorn (talk) 13:34, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
TeriEmbrey (willing to act as a mentor)
Fuzchia (talk) 21:55, 1 September 2015 (UTC) I'd love to help out! Just let me know where I'm needed. I enjoy both writing and clean-up.[reply]
Big_iron (talk) 17:29, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
reinrosemary Happy to be a part of this event.Reinrosemary (talk) 16:05, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk) Can't do a whole lot, but I have a few articles in mind I'd like to contribute...
Megalibrarygirl (talk) 10:20, 30 August 2015 (UTC) I'm in! :)[reply]
Leslie Les733 (talk) 01:05, 8 September 2015 (UTC) In![reply]
Lotje (talk) 03:34, 8 September 2015 (UTC) I'm in, though... still trying to figure out how I can help. Lotje (talk) 03:34, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Uenuku (talk) 16:35, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nvvchar. 02:14, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 15:34, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
DThomsen8 (talk) 19:02, 9 September 2015 (UTC) Starting with a woman ship captain and one of the first Philadelphia woman doctors[reply]
User:Scribe4562 I would like to join. I can help with clean-up and then I will think more about new entries.Scribe4562 (talk) 19:28, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ruby2010 Great idea! Signing up to help, starting with Nancy Dubuc. Ruby 2010/2013 03:04, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
gobonobo ⁺ ^c 20:01, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
User:T. Anthony Not sure I'll do much, but interested in at least trying a bit.--T. Anthony (talk) 00:11, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Montanabw ^(talk) If the four articles we created during the editathon just a week before this started can count! I'm a little distracted right now...but with you in spirit. Montanabw ^(talk) 07:42, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Roxyuru (talk) 22:58, 20 September 2015 (UTC) Joining today.[reply]

Not this time

I am keen to support Women in Red but cannot make it this time:

Thanks for the invite. I don't usually work to these time-bound deadlines and contribute when and where I can. I've added a ton of female athlete biographies from the IAAF Championship this month (here and here). Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 10:23, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you kindly for the invite. Being the sloth that I am, I tend to wander about and have trouble staying within projects, but right now I'm on a patch of nice female biographies so I think I'll stick around there for a while now since it coincides with this event. w.carter-Talk 10:50, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks for the invite. I have a long list of needed women's bios in the areas I work on (visual arts, architecture, writing) so am going to pass on this for now. With three cheers for this idea, Alafarge (talk) 20:43, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Belatedly created an article for this project today! PamD 09:46, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Articles to be created/translated

We have drawn up an initial list of prominent women leaders who have not yet been covered on the English Wikipedia. The list is arranged by country and contains links to basic information on each individual. Many of the names have been drawn from the world's most widely published lists of women leaders in business, finance, politics and government as well as from historic sources.

Please add any other missing articles for creation here:

Kathryn M. Hobbs, Captain, USN (Ret.)
Ruth Hammond Broe, was a Colonel in USMCR, received posthumously the The Colonel Julia E. Hamblet Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation for her work in furthering "the recognition of the history of women who have earned the title Marine"
Mary Childs Nerney (NAACP national secretary)

Woman presidents of the American Chemical Society
- Elsa Reichmanis (2003)
- Elizabeth Ann Nalley "Ann" (2006)
- Catherine T. Hunt "Katie" (2007)
- Nancy B. Jackson (2011)
- Marinda Li Wu (2013)^[1] Working in my Sandbox. --Roxyuru (talk) 23:27, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Diane Grob-Schmidt (2015)
Samsi Queen of Arabs during the Biblical period. Expanded.
Shanakdakhete to expand
Kumud Srinivasan Can we use linkedin.com as source?--Nvvchar. 14:42, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, provided that you use independent sources as well of course!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:53, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Articles to expand/improve

Please add articles on women in leadership which need further work:

Rheta Childe Dorr, born November 2, 1866? 1868? or like on the files --> 1872-1948 Lotje (talk) 12:50, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Lillian Exum Clement - dates as given in article (1894–1925) do not match those in the North Carolina encyclopedia (12 Mar. 1886–21 Feb. 1925). That's a source I consider reliable, but no other source supports the birthdate it gives...but the resources I can find are scant enough that I'm not sure who to believe. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 23:12, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Margherita Cogo - one-line stub. Yoninah (talk) 00:45, 17 September 2015 (UTC) Done Ipigott or someone who speaks/reads Italian and you please confirm my translations of data. Thanks! SusunW (talk) 18:27, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, SusunW! BTW quite a number of the articles listed under "Outcomes" are one-line stubs. This makes the number of our newly-created articles misleading, as those stubs will certainly show up at AFD in the near future. Yoninah (talk) 23:06, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

denada Yoninah I am tagging them all to make sure they have some WikiProject related to women and hopefully they will then end up on our "Alerts" list, if they are nominated. I wish they would figure out how to automate adding WikiProjects. SusunW (talk) 00:01, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Outcomes

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Did You Know? articles

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... that Kathryn Parsons (pictured) co-founded a startup that teaches people how to "code in a day"? (2015-12-10)
... that on 25 February 1990, Violeta Chamorro of Nicaragua became the first elected woman president in the Americas? (2015-11-10)
... that Debra Crew surprised business observers when she became president of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company only two months after being named president of PepsiCo North America Nutrition? (2015-10-26)
... that the vision of architects Pravina Mehta, Charles Correa, and Shirish Patel for the New Bombay project has been compared to that of a popular Bollywood film? (2015-10-13)
... that chemist and science diplomat Nancy B. Jackson was the first implementer of the U.S. State Department's Chemical Security Engagement Program? (2015-10-13)
... that in the war against Tiglath-Pileser III in 732 BCE, Samsi was defeated and was said to have fled the battlefield like a "wild she-ass of the desert"? (2015-10-12)
... that 30 years after joining the Royal Bank of Canada as a teller, Zabeen Hirji became chief human resources officer with responsibility for nearly 79,000 employees in 50 countries? (2015-10-10)
... that the artist Siri Derkert carved words of peace on the walls of a metro station doubling as a nuclear war shelter? (2015-10-06)
... that Catherine T. Hunt, the 2007 president of the American Chemical Society, won the society's first election to use Internet voting? (2015-10-03)
... that Algerian filmmaker Nadia Labidi is also a politician who served as Minister of Culture from May 2014 to May 2015? (2015-10-01)
... that Canadian tech entrepreneur Suhayya Abu-Hakima, who has founded two startups and holds 30 international patents, received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012? (2015-09-28)
... that Lourdes Aflague Leon Guerrero, who served as a senator in the Legislature of Guam, is the Chairwoman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Bank of Guam? (2015-09-28)
... that Katie Page, CEO of Harvey Norman and an active supporter of women in sports, announced a $500,000 purse for horses owned or leased by women at the 2013 Magic Millions racing event? (2015-09-28)
... that astrobiologist and freediver Nathalie Cabrol selected the landing site for the Mars rover Spirit? (2015-09-27)
... that Stephanie Langhoff, who has produced numerous films made by brothers Jay and Mark Duplass, has been referred to as "the honorary Duplass sister"? (2015-09-26)
... that Iranian-born Azita Shariati, an executive with the French catering and support services multinational Sodexo, has been named the most powerful businesswoman in Sweden? (2015-09-25)
... that Mary Ann Turcke, the recently-appointed President of Bell Media, Canada, began her career designing and building bridges and highways for the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario? (2015-09-24)
... that Bridget van Kralingen, senior vice president of IBM Global Business Services, oversees 100,000 consultants and service providers in 170 countries? (2015-09-23)
... that Louise O'Sullivan, founder and CEO of Anam Technologies, Dublin, is a vocal advocate for gender parity in the IT industry? (2015-09-22)
... that in 2014 the Sunday Independent named Irish venture capitalist Elaine Coughlan one of "The 50 Most Influential and Powerful Women in Business"? (2015-09-22)
... that Ann-Marie Campbell, southern division president for The Home Depot with responsibility for 690 stores and 100,000 employees, started with the company as a part-time cashier? (2015-09-21)
... that within two years of the hiring of Sandi Peterson as Group Worldwide Chairman of Johnson & Johnson, the company doubled its number of women in executive leadership positions? (2015-09-19)

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References

^ "Whenever I've had a challenge, or people say 'no, you can't,' I say 'why not?'". Chemical Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

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