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Celebrating Indigenous women

August: Indigenous women August: Women in peace August: Canadian women New in August: #1day1woman Global Initiative September: Hispanic and Latina Women September: Women in the Olympics September: Women from New Zealand See also: Future events

Women in Red is hosting a virtual editathon from August 1 to 31, 2017 on Indigenous women, providing an opportunity for you to create or improve articles on women who are notable in various fields of endeavor. The virtual edit-a-thon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work.

  • 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 a specific area
  • to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
  • to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter)

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)

  1. Crowd-sourced Indigenous women redlink list
  2. Yupik's redlink and expansion list of Indigenous women

Add other red links here, if possible with a source:

  • A Gathering of Spirit: A Collection of Writing and Art by North American Indian Women was the first published collection of Indigenous women's writing in North America, as well as the first anthology edited by an aboriginal woman. The book was edited by Mohawk author and anthologist Beth Brant GOOD ARTICLE. Contributing authors included:

Participants

  1. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:44, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Ipigott (talk) 11:40, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  3. PamD 21:59, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Penny Richards (talk) 13:09, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  5. SusunW (talk) 13:10, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Rosiestep (talk) 14:55, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  7. T. Anthony (talk) 15:28, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Elisa.rolle --Elisa.rolle (talk) 17:02, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Camelia (talk) 22:35, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Keilana (talk) 17:15, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Alanna the Brave (talk) 19:53, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Missvain (talk) 19:54, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Netherzone (talk) 04:51, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Artemeesia (talk) 16:52, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Victuallers (talk) 17:19, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Outcomes

Promote our work

Key:

  • Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
  • Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest
  • Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter. (Note: If you tweet from the @wikiwomeninred account, it will be mirrored on the WiR Facebook page, so you don't need to add it there by hand.)
  • Add NAP if the articles "needs a photo".

New or upgraded articles

  • Add the titles of your new or upgraded articles here created in August – most recent at the top, specifying upgraded if not new
  1. Grace Chapella
  2. Nauja Lynge
  3. Amelia Douglas TW, PIN
  4. Lisa Telford - PIN
  5. Della Casa Appa
  6. Mary Jane Fate NAP, TW
  7. Gaura Devi new, TW, PIN
  8. Wendy Ponca NAP, TW
  9. Umoja, Kenya, upgraded TW
  10. Monica Edmondson, NAP
  11. Makereti Papakura - expanded TW, PIN
  12. Denese Becker, NAP
  13. Ata Hoe - new, NAP
  14. Jeri Ah-be-hill TW, PIN
  15. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie - PIN
  16. Mary Kawennatakie Adams upgraded TW, PIN
  17. Josephine Myers-Wapp TW, PIN
  18. Lozen pic TW
  19. Arnaq TW, PIN
  20. Julie Edel Hardenberg, NAP
  21. Vera Brown Starr, NAP, TW
  22. The Rancher
  23. Mary V. Riley TW, PIN
  24. Kona Williams, NAP
  25. Elizabeth Bender Roe Cloud TW, PIN
  26. Helen Peterson TW, PIN
  27. Nancy Iza Moreno, NAP
  28. Waunetta McClellan Dominic TW, PIN
  29. Betsy Thunder new, with picture - TW/FB, PIN
  30. Pauline Nakamarra Woods, NAP
  31. Barbara May Cameron, NAP (FB/TW)
  32. Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino, NAP TW

Did You Know features

New/expanded articles featured in the Did you know... column of the Wikipedia Main page

  • Add here - most recent at the top with date of publication
  1. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie - DYK September 17

New or improved pictures

Press about the event

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Meetup/51