Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/211/Ghana
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Ada Lovelace Day:
24-Hour Global Edit-a-thon – Ghana
12 October 2021
editDate: Tuesday 12 October 2021 is Ada Lovelace Day. Sign-up here
| Session Country | Time | Ghana Based Session |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 12:00 - 2 p.m UTC | Link (here TBA) |
| Global | 24 hours | Global |
| Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)! |
|---|
| Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our project's scope is women's representation on all language Wikipedias (biographies, women's works, women's issues, broadly construed). Did you know that, according to Humaniki, only 19.97% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed? Content gender gap is a form of systemic bias, and this is what WiR addresses. We invite you to participate, whenever you like, in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome at Women in Red! |
Goal
edit- Increase biographies of women in STEM on Wikipedia to address the existing bias
- Recruit and teach new users how to create a biography
Articles to do
editWe have hundreds of lists of missing women in our "redlists". Here is a list of African STEM women who do not have English Wikipedia pages: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by occupation/Scientists - Africa
Not all of the women listed might be notable - good things to look for to establish their notability are whether they have received any awards e.g. from the African Academy of Sciences.
The first step after you have identified a subject is to check that you can find three reliable sources to write your article. Want more then see the Resources tab at the top of the page.
Other more general lists, where you might find West African women include: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Engineering
Trainers/Hosts
edit- Ruby D-Brown
- Pamela Ofori Boaten
- Jesse Asiedu-Akrofi
First Step
editWe have an automatic facility that will record the edits that you make on Wikipedia once you have an account. You need to click here to make this work. You can see the articles created by others at the same place.
Second Step
editYou need to register for the event.
Third Step
editHave a look at our red list and decide who you would like to write an article for. You should have three independent sources for their biography. Wiki does not use trivial sources. "MyCelebityLife" and tabloids are not a good source. Journals, leading newspapers and citations for major awards are usually good.
Fourth step
editIf you have a new account then why not experiment? Try adding that missing comma or improving the phrasing of an article. Look out for peacock phrases in articles and remove them.
Fifth step
editOur host will welcome you on October 12th at 12 o'clock pm (13:00 UK Time).
Sixth step
editAfterwards, have a look again at the dashboard and see all the new and improved article. Add "WIR-211" to the talkpage of your new article in double curly brackets so that Women in Red can keep an eye on it. Come and say "Hi" at www.womeminred.org and find some mates.