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Online events:

• New: Alphabet run C & D | Indigenous women | Film and stage | Geofocus: Arab League

• Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

See also:

• Wikimania 2023 will be held in Singapore, 16–19 August, and will be facilitated by the
  affiliates in the ESEAP (East/South East/Asia/Pacific) region.

Tip of the month:

• Read the essay Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities to understand
  the criteria for status as Native American or Indigenous Canadian.

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• New: Alphabet run E & F | Women writers & their works | Geofocus: Celtic nations

• Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

Tip of the month:

• The books she wrote might be notable, too; learn 5 quick tips about about book articles.

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• New: Alphabet run G & H | Women in STEM | Geofocus: Sub-Saharan Africa

• Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

See also

• Women in Green's "Around the World in 31 Days" Good Article editathon

Tip of the month:

• When creating an article, check to see if there is an entry in the sister project
  Wikidata. If your subject is listed, the Wikidata information can be useful

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• New: Alphabet run I & J | Geofocus: Indian subcontinent | Women in Politics

• Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

See also

• Wikipedia Asian Month November Contest

Tip of the month:

• When translating articles from another language Wikipedia, don't forget
  to include attribution in your first edit summary.

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• New: Alphabet run K & L | Women who died in 2023 | Honoured Women

• Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman

Tip of the month:

• Avoid copyright problems by rewriting in your own words. You can check
  any article or draft with Earwig's copyvio detector.

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• New: Education (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run M & N | Temperance women

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Women who died in 2023

Announcement

• In 2024 Women in Red also has a one biography a week challenge as part
  of the #1day1woman initiative!

Tip of the month:

• Check out the new navigation on our Women in Red Project home page.

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• New: Alphabet run O & P | Black women

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcement

• Please let other wikiprojects know about our February Black women event.

Tip of the month:

• AllAfrica can now be searched on the ProQuest tab at the WP Library.

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• New: Alphabet run Q & R | Art+Feminism | Find Her

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements

• Celebrate Women – All content gender gap events, in every language Wikipedia, in March 2024
• Francophone Women★ Writers Fortnight 2024
• Feminism and Folklore 2024 Writing Contest

Tip of the month:

• When creating a new article, check various spellings, including birth name, married names
  and pseudonyms, to be sure an article doesn't already exist.

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• New: Alphabet run S & T | Gender studies | Health

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements

• The second round of "One biography a week" begins in April as part of #1day1woman.

Tip of the month:

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

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• New: Press women | Alphabet run U, V & W | Central and Eastern Europe

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Wikimedia CEE Spring 2024 - contest with certificates of participation and prizes
• The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref - May 15th to June 5th

Tip of the month:

• Use open-access references wherever possible, but a paywalled reliable source
  is better than none, particularly for biographies of living people.

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Online events:

• New: LGBTQ+ women | Wiki Loves Pride | Women in Music | Alphabet run X, Y & Z

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Women in Green Good Article Edit-a-thon June 2024 - Going Back in Time
• The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref - May 15th to June 5th

Tip of the month:

• Find a Grave is NOT a reliable source (as it is user-generated content). It can be used
  to look for biographical clues.

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• New: Translation contest 2024 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | Women in Sports

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Wiki Loves Sport 2024 22 July - 22 September

Tip of the month:

• A foreign language biography does not guarantee notability for English Wikipedia.
  Check the guidelines before you start.

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• New: | Women in film and stage | Indigenous women

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) |
  Translation contest 2024 (July, August, September) | Women in Sports (July, August)

Announcements from other communities

• TBD

Tip of the month:

• Check your athlete's notability before researching and creating her bio.

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Online events:

• New: Women writers & their works | Geofocus: Islands A - H

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) | Translation contest 2024 (Jul, Aug, Sep)

Announcements from other communities

• August 30 is the tenth anniversary of WikiProject Women writers!

Tip of the month:

• Try her pen name when searching for sources, and remember to add her to any of these that apply:
  List of pen names, List of literary initials, and Category:Pseudonymous women writers.

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Online events:

• New: Women in STEM | Geofocus: Islands I-P | Women in archaeology

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• October is Women in Green's "Around the World in 31 Days" Good Article Edit-a-thon

Tip of the month:

• Unsure how to expand a stub article? Take a look at this guidance

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Online events:

• New: Asian women | Geofocus: Islands Q-Z | Women in engineering

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Annual Wikipedia Asian Month (WAM) is an online campaign designed to boost
  Asian content on Wikipedia each November.
• Unreferenced articles backlog drive. These Wikiproject clean-up lists offer a start
  to November's backlog drive, e.g. Women's History and Women writers

Tip of the month:

• Looking for an image? Sometimes you can find openly licensed images at
  search.creativecommons.org/

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Online events:

• New: Women who died in 2024 | Religion

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Women in Religion have a monthly virtual edit-a-thon and the next session is
  December 2nd 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. CST. For Zoom meeting details, contact Dzingle1 or
  RosPost. Women in Red members are welcome to join the Zoom Meeting here

Tip of the month:

• Think of rewarding contributors, especially newcomers, with a barnstar.

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Online events:

• New: Music (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run A & B | Internet personalities
• Continuing: #1day1woman (year-long initiative) | Women who died in 2024

Announcements from other communities

• Celebrate Wikipedia Day on Jan 15, 2025
• Participate in #1Lib1Ref Jan 15 – Feb 5, 2025

Tip of the month:

• Celebrate WiR's 20% achievement by adding {{User:ForsythiaJo/20%Userbox}} to your user page.

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Online events:

• New: Black women | Alphabet run C & D
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements from other communities:

• Wiki Loves Ramadan begins on 25 February - a great opportunity to focus on women from Islamic history

Tip of the month:

• Looking for an image? Sometimes you can find openly licensed ones on Creative Commons search

Suggestion:

• Consider helping to promote women under In the news and On this day on Wikipedia's main page

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• New: Alphabet run E & F | Artists+Activists | Women of the Arab World
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements from other communities:

• March editathons around the world
• Celebrate Women 2025 office hour series

Tip of the month:

• You can access the Wikipedia Library if you have made 500+ edits, and 6+ months editing,
  and 10+ edits in the last 30 days, and No active blocks

Moving the needle:^[1]

• 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)
• 23 Dec 2024: 20.009% (2,041,741 bios, 408,531 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,669 articles during this period!

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Online events:

• New: Alphabet run G & H | Business
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements (Events facilitated by others):

• The European Destubathon – a stub improvement contest/editathon from 1–30 April 2025

Tip of the month:

• When creating biographies, don't forget to use Template:DEFAULTSORT.
  Accessible from "Wiki markup" at the foot of the page being edited,
  it allows categories to be listed under the subject's family name rather than their first or given name.

Moving the needle: (statistics available via Humaniki tool)

• 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,057,083, 412,857 women)
• 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 2,657 articles during this period!

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