Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/13

Dates	May 2016
Location	This is a virtual, global event... you can participate from anywhere in the world
Hosts	Women in Red, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Hashtag	#wikiwomeninred; #guggathon
Facilitators	Rosiestep; Pharos & Victuallers

MENA Women Artists | May 2016

1-31 May: Art, Middle East & North Africa 1-31 May: Photographers April-December: Scientists

1-30 June: Entertainers 1-15 June: Jewish history 16-30 June: LGBTQ
See also: Ideas, planning, & future events

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 19.98% 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. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome to participate in the work of Women in Red!

Celebrating MENA Women Artists

In May 2016, Women in Red is focusing on women artists of the Middle East / North Africa. Anyone can take part in this event, whatever their previous experience. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies of some of the many past and present notable women artists associated with this region who are still red-linked or underdeveloped on the English Wikipedia. Other articles regarding women artists, such as the works they created, and so on, are also welcome. The virtual edit-a-thon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in the work. See the "Resources and Red links" section below for guidance.

As part of MENA Artists Month, the Guggenheim will host its fourth Wikipedia edit-a-thon — or, #guggathon — to enhance Wikipedia's coverage of modern and contemporary artists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and to counter geocultural systemic bias on Wikipedia.

The main goals of the event are:

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

Contest and prizes

During the MENA Artists Month, an editor on any language Wikipedia who contributes, or substantially expands, at least 3 (three) articles about 20th and 21st centuries artists in the MENA region, will be mailed a Guggenheim postcard and Susan Hefuna-designed temporary tattoo, and Guggenheim exhibition catalogs for top contributors.

Participants

You can also sign up @ MENA Artists Month English Wikipedia hub to be eligible for prizes.

Pharos (talk) 15:51, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Jooojay (talk) 05:51, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ipigott (talk) 07:22, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Rosiestep (talk) 14:15, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nvvchar. 14:30, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:08, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Penny Richards (talk) 18:07, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
T. Anthony (talk) 11:48, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sydney Poore/FloNight ♥♥♥♥ 14:49, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Howkafkaesque (talk) 15:18, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Alafarge (talk) 17:13, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Victuallers (talk) 09:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC) see #WikiWomenInRed[reply]
Big_iron (talk) 15:12, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
PamD 21:23, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Fouetté rond de jambe en tournant (talk) 05:29, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Reda benkhadra (talk) 12:40, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
czar 18:53, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
--Armineaghayan (talk) 12:38, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Resources and red links

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

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Add these to articles

Add to the foot of every biography: {{Authority control}}; it will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata.
Add a artist stub template (or Category:Artist stubs) if appropriate to do so
There is a list of applicable categories at Category:Women artists.
You may include new articles on the appropriate List of women artists.

Add these to article talkpages

{{WikiProject Biography}}
{{WikiProject Women}}
if applicable{{WikiProject Women artists}}{{WikiProject Architecture}}
Important: Please also include the MENA editathon template for this event: {{WIR-MENA 2016}}

Outcomes

Add the titles of your new or upgraded articles here – most recent at the top

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

Lili Almog - 29 May
Heba Amin - 18 May

Press about the event

Not press, but here's the Pinterest board for this editathon. I'll update it as needed through the end of the event.Penny Richards (talk) 14:04, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Penny Richards: Thank you! --Rosiestep (talk) 16:08, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

add here

Event templates

Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/13/Invitation & Thank you & Barnstar
Editathon banner for talk pages: {{WIR-MENA 2016}}