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Page move? Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

Michigan Women's Hall of Fame, asking for advice here instead of the article talk page. Hardly anybody looks at that talk page. Anyone watching it would be more likely to see something here. This would be IMO a non-controversial move, but I would like feedback before I do it. The Michigan Women's HoF changed its website and its name. Their old Hall of Fame URL seems to have been usurped. Their new website and name is MichiganWomenForward. Does anyone here have advice or objections if I move our article list and its navbox, to the new name? I'd leave redirects to both. — Maile (talk) 17:45, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Maile66, When I look at the new website it looks to me like the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame still exists, but the data is kept on the MichiganWomenForward website. My opinion is to keep the wiki article where it is. Especially as there is a template for Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. I am more concerned that all the existing links out to the the old site are now dead :( Keep me posted on any organized effort to update the articles on the inductees. I'll be looking through for any articles I may have written and update along the way. Best, WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:29, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
OK, thanks. Happy to leave it as is; less work for me. — Maile (talk) 00:33, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
Maile66: Another good reason not to move it is that many of the U.S. states have hall of fame pages using the same format. See Category:Women's halls of fame and/or Women's Hall of Fame.--Ipigott (talk) 09:36, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
For documentation purposes, I'm copying this thread to Talk:Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. — Maile (talk) 13:48, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Edith C. Halbert

Another APS Fellow, active in the 1950s–1970s:

I've been having a bit of trouble finding out whether or not Halbert is still alive. XOR'easter (talk) 21:11, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Her DOB, via the unreliable source mylife.com, is 1931; the same site says she lives in Oak Ridge TN. That might be helpful in a search for sources. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 21:35, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! That at least sounds plausible (she would then have gotten a bachelor's degree at age ~20, and she did work at ORNL). Also on the list for being elected APS Fellow in '72 is Elizabeth Baranger. Someone who looks to be a relative wrote what would basically be an article if it were here; presuming that his references check out, writing an article for her shouldn't be terribly difficult. XOR'easter (talk) 21:52, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Elena Castedo

Please see User talk:Elranchito. This shows up at Category:Wikipedians looking for help She is referring to Elena Castedo about herself, and she wants help in updating it. — Maile (talk) 01:19, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

I just noticed this article was created for a 2017 WIR drive. — Maile (talk) 02:37, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Feedback Requested: Activist Preload Draft Template

Hello WikiProject Women in Red!

I thought it might be useful and fun to make a preload draft template for activists. I'm currently an intern at Smith College Special Collections, where the institution holds the papers of so many activists, but I think this could be useful elsewhere as well.

Further, I had the idea to include ample hidden notes within the draft, in an attempt to assist those who are new to editing Wikipedia, and I worked to tailor it to what would be good to know about the lives of activists, in particular. From what I can tell, the use of hidden notes is not a common practice within Wikipedia, but I think there's a real possibility for hidden notes to lower the barriers to editing for those new to the process (or, that's my thought process, anyway.)

I would love some feedback on this preload template draft, the notes, the content, anything. Also, what might next steps be into making my Sandbox draft into a real workable thing? (I had the idea that I could simply make the page with the URL as "Template:Preloaddraft/Activist" and just hit publish.) I'm not sure that that would make it quite useable yet. If anyone has any insight on what to do to take it to the next level (i.e. published and useable) that would be much appreciated.

Thank you to any feedback or assistance you may be able to provide! - Fernmother (talk) 20:35, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

  • Well, I can't say I like the over-nannying but I guess it's fine, except where it says hidden text is green and in brackets? Since when? At least correct that so the first thing in there isn't just wrong. Kingsif (talk) 21:51, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
@Fernmother:I have just seen this template for an activist. It is something that would have helped me a lot as I stumbled to work out what could/should be on a page. It is more general that just an activist; headings and suggestions work for many people. One thing that would still help me is including suggestions about notability (ie sourcing and including evidence that the activist is notable).--MerielGJones (talk) 21:27, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Can I get second opinions on two articles?

I wrote two bios this week and I could use a second opinion on each.

1. Mary Schenck Woolman got drive-by-tagged just hours after I posted it. It is only a vague comment about writing style. I kinda think I know what the tagger meant, and I've rewritten those parts and deleted a few things. Have I fixed it?

2. Marion Coats Graves is still in my sandbox. My gut says this woman is notable, and I'm ready to post, but the sourcing is thinner than I usually like to do. Do you think I need more sources here? Any suggestions on where to find them?

Ooops, nevermind on Marion Coats, once my coffee kicked in I found two additional books that mention her, and one filled in the open question of when she retired. I think I'm good now, I've moved that sandbox to article space. Still need an opinion Woolman though. --Krelnik (talk) 12:52, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
  • Umm...@DGG: I'm not entirely sure that rii much like an admiring obituary is necessary helpful. And I'm not sure I see any glaring errors in tone that differ substantially from tone I myself have used in a number of GA bios. GMGtalk 15:37, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
To clarify, I have revised the article since that tag was applied, but it did leave me scratching my head a bit. --Krelnik (talk) 15:44, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Looking at the article now, I agree and think you're safe to remove the tag. - Whisperjanes (talk) 15:46, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Thanks everyone, I've removed the tag. --Krelnik (talk) 19:47, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
I. just rechecked the article, and removed a few sentences near the edn, the ones that most strongly gave me that impression. I don't conside hwat I do as drive-by taggng: I try to review interesting articles, especially interesting articles in fields where we need coverage, as soon as possible after submission---in this case before the article might get challlenged by someone who thinks her field of professional work unimportant --such challenges used to happen a good deal more--people here have finally been learning, & I like to think that my arguments 10 to 12 years ago had something to do with it. . When I check, I look for only the most prominent problems--drive by tagging usually refers to automatically tagging every possible deficiency, and that is decidedly not how I work. I remain convinced it needed tagging, and it needed the improvement I made. A good case could however have been made that I should have just removed it myself, but when itswork by an established editor, I like to give them the chance, Naturally, if you really do think those sentences encyclopedic, , we can discuss it on the article talk p. If so, please let me know. DGG ( talk ) 04:35, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
I understand. Well I believe every sentence in the original version was cited to a source. Admittedly some of those sentences were not "by the numbers" encyclopedic (she did this in this year, then did this in that year). But frankly I think some of our biographies are dreadfully boring, and I'm always looking for some personal color or an interesting story that I can pull from the sources. For instance, that this woman and her husband were from two very notable families, but then health problems devastated her and led her to New York where her career got started. Or the details you just removed at the end as "fluff" about her having a sense of humor and doing carpentry on a cottage during the summer. That helps make this person more of a person to the reader, and I don't consider them fluff. And again, they are in the sources. --Krelnik (talk) 12:21, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
@Krelnik: Minor suggestions on Woolman, Could you elaborate the Career section start, "This led to Woolman…" so "This" is clear and independent of the prior section? Thank you for creating these articles. StrayBolt (talk) 15:56, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Done. Thanks for the suggestion! --Krelnik (talk) 17:07, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Any more suggestions, and an update

Have a couple left to do, mainly Leach, Fanny Fern, and an extremely difficult-looking Mary Louise Booth restoration, but I'm running low again. Last time was.... super-productive, so I'm open to new suggestions. Of the last batch (Not counting Booth. who should be featurable, but isn't done yet), Kee Mar College and Nelly Martyl ended up being high enough resolution for Featured picture candidates (and I snuck in the decidedly NOT red-linked Constance Baker Motley as well) - but I'm now open to a new set of suggestions. Oh, and as of Sunday, I should be over 500 featured pictures, which is nice, with 120 of those being woman-related, which is... well, it's way better than it would have been if I hadn't joined Women in Red - I think only about 20 of those predate me joining WiR - but it certainly could be better. One of the reasons I'm so strict with the 50% minimum rule, nowadays, I suppose. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 05:57, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Adam Cuerden: Your contributions and the assistance you have given to our members have done much to enhance Women in Red. We look forward to your continued support.--Ipigott (talk) 06:33, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Well, I do my best. All I can do. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 06:41, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

I'm a little late to this, but as a media historian (and since last I posted, an actual award-winning media historian...which turns out to be a thing), I wanted to suggest something related to women in broadcasting. I do a lot of research on women in early broadcasting in the US, Canada, and England, but wondered if (a) we have a category for that, and (b) some contributors could add women broadcasters from other countries. DonnaHalper (talk) 18:16, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

@DonnaHalper: D'ye mean for October's drive, or for images? The big problem I've found with broadcasters is that there's a fairly small category of images that are actually out of copyright, pretty much American images that failed to follow the requirements for copyright protection back when that was a thing, and.... well, most of the rest are pretty locked down copyright-wise, or are taken by Wikipedians so there's no need for me to step in.
That said, congratulations on the award! Which award is it, and d'we reckon ye now count as notable per Wikipedia's rules? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 19:36, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

I do have some rare photos in my personal collection, having written a book about women in American broadcasting. And yes, I'm referring to either articles about pioneering women broadcasters and/or photos of them. As for whether I'm noteworthy or not, I'm not exactly famous, but some folks do know my work (6 books, many articles, 4 decades in broadcasting etc.). I actually have a Wikipedia page that someone did for me a while back (imagine my surprise) but I'm not allowed to update my own page. If I could, I would mention several of the awards I've won, and the organizations that gave them to me. I was also included in a rock video recently, "Spirit of Radio," commemorating the rock band I'm credited with discovering (Rush): [1] And several weeks ago, in honor of a century of women voting, the Quincy Patriot-Ledger named me one of the notable South Shore women of the Century (the South Shore refers to the part of MA that is south of Boston). [2] DonnaHalper (talk) 05:34, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

GA Review for Kaʻiulani

Anybody interested in reviewing the article expansion on Kaʻiulani for GA status? It would be nice to post this on the main page as a DYK on the 145th anniversary of her birth on October 16. KAVEBEAR (talk) 14:50, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Rae Foley

This is a question about wikidata and writer's pseudonyms. I see that Rae Foley is a pseudonym for Elinor Denniston. There is a redirect in Wikipedia from Rae to Elinor, but there is wikidata for both Rae Foley (Q3928916) and Elinor Denniston (Q64148484) . I think the two should be merged in wikidata under Elinor Denniston, but do not know the protocol for pseudonyms. Any suggestions? Can authority control be added to a redirect page? WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 16:03, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Like you, I'm not v.familiar with how wikidata handles pseudonyms; probably both as discrete items and as a single item, is my guess. There is a pseudonym property - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P742 - and that being the case I cannot see any objection to merging the two items. We'll give that a go, shall we? --Tagishsimon (talk) 16:38, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, elegant solution. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 17:54, 1 September 2020 (UTC)  Done

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon

Oh dear, another quandary in writers and wikidata. There is an article on Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, both deceased. There are redirects for both Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon to the shared article. There are wikidata entries for Del Martin (Q445893) and Phyllis Lyon (Q15056022) and Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon (Q15056017). May I add the shared article to the individual (populated) wikidata entries? Any suggestions? WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 18:11, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

No. This is where it all breaks down into a little heap of bent springs and dislocated cogs. The so-called 'Bonnie & Clyde" problem. I think the best way forward, sadly, is to do manual {{Authority control}} for the joint article - i.e. specifying values in the wikipedia template rather than relying on Wikidata populating them. So Template:Authority_control#Usage. Can you put two {{Authority control}} on the same article? Probably, but I've never tried. --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:32, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
This template and the Bonnie & Clyde problem on the template talk page, fwiw. --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
I was able to add two formatted authority control templates on the article. Looks messy, but may have to do. I guess there was a reason these women were not noteworthy enough to have their own pages with a see main article Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon? Whoops, I see this was debated on the talk page back in 2010 culminating in no consensus. BTW, I tried to add the existing article to the two discreet wikidata items and was prevented by the springs and cogs.WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 19:34, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Wikidata allows only a single sitelink to a language wikipedia article. It's possible to kludge a redirect into the wikidata item, but for other reasons, it somewhat degrades the database. Bottom line is that Bonnie & Clyde articles create issues which wikidata and templates deal with poorly, and there's little if any prospect of that situation improving. So, we improvise, as you've done to good effect here. --Tagishsimon (talk) 19:46, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

September Women in Red edithons

Women in Red | September 2020, Volume 6, Issue 9, Numbers 150, 151, 176, 177


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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:53, 29 August 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging

@Megalibrarygirl:, @Ipigott: It just occurred to me - does the Writers event include Women's works as well? There are some redlists that are pretty hefty and could also use some love: Books, Poems, Novels, Plays. - Whisperjanes (talk) 15:31, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Whisperjanes, oh yes, indeed! Glad you brought it up, and that should be clarified on the event page. Do you feeling like doing so? Also, we should add redlists. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:59, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: Sure! I'll go ahead and add it, and let you know when I'm done (so you can tell me if it looks alright) :) - Whisperjanes (talk) 23:03, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: Finished! Feel free to adjust, if you'd like. - Whisperjanes (talk) 23:37, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
@Whisperjanes: thank you! --Rosiestep (talk) 00:03, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Redirect

I'm planning on writing an article for Alex Anderson, but Alex Anderson redirects to the disambiguation page Alexander Anderson. How would I go about choosing an article title? SL93 (talk) 02:33, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

SL93: Call it Alex Anderson (quilter) or Alex Anderson (quilt artist). Then add a link on Alexander Anderson.--Ipigott (talk) 06:47, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Ipigott I guess I will do that. Although the idea of linking it to that disambiguation page when her name isn’t Alexander is annoying. SL93 (talk) 06:56, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Take over the redirect, make it into your article, put a hatnote on it pointing to the Alexander Anderson DAB page. Or start it with your own title then ask an admin to move it over the redirect (so you get an article creation statistic). As you note, Alex != Alexander. --Tagishsimon (talk) 07:15, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Or else turn Alex Anderson into a DAB page which points at your page and at the Alexander Anderson page. --Tagishsimon (talk) 07:20, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Tagishsimon I used your first suggestion. Now I'm trying to at least figure out what year she was born in. I didn't think it would be so difficult. SL93 (talk) 09:43, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Don't sweat it too much. Very many living people, for obviously good reasons, don't promulgate their DoBs. We shouldn't, either, as a WP:BLPPRIVACY issue. --Tagishsimon (talk) 12:38, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure she has a claim to be the Primary Topic for Alex A. The cartoonist, who was originally at the basic title but was moved, has quite a steady set of page views. I think there should be an Alex A. disambiguation page, and this woman should be at ".. (quilter)". PamD 23:30, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
I disagree. The cartoonist’s actual name is Alexander. SL93 (talk) 04:19, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
That isn't relevant ( and do you really know that the quilter wasn't baptised as Alexandra or Alexis?) Even if his full name is Alexander he can still be the Primary topic for "Alex", or a reason for the quilter not being the primary topic. PamD 05:41, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
PamD I still disagree. I don’t even know why the cartoonist’s article is titled Alex when even his obituary refer to him as Alexander. All reliable sources that are accessible for Alex Anderson refers to her as just Alex. Alex is an actual valid common name. I suggest renaming the cartoonist to Alexander, per many of the sources I found. SL93 (talk) 10:00, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
I renamed the cartoonist to Alexander Anderson (cartoonist). Also, searching Google for Alex Anderson only reveals the quilter on the first page. I'm not going to change that article title because of someone's earlier bad naming of an article. SL93 (talk) 10:16, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
The cartoonist is clearly more commonly known as Alex (obituaries are often more formal than real life descriptions: try a google search on "rocky squirrel anderson"). I have reverted the move and will make a formal move request later but need to do some real stuff right now before the shops shut for early-closing day. PamD 10:35, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Alex Anderson the quilter is only known as Alex. I undid your edit. SL93 (talk) 10:36, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
PamD I renamed the article that I started. My issue was linking someone whose name clearly isn't Alexander to a disambiguation page named that. It's no use arguing my point, when I feel that Alex Anderson (cartoonist) redirecting to Alexander Anderson (cartoonist) is equally valid due to the name still getting people to the desired article, it's his given name, and there are sources that actually use it including in the media. Some sources even tack on Jr at the end. SL93 (talk) 10:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Alex Anderson is now a dab page. SL93 (talk)
@SL93: Thanks, that's what I was planning to create when I got back, and was then planning to do a formal Request Move, so I'm delighted to see that we've got there now. I'm certainly not biased towards the cartoonist, who I'd never heard of before (and not biased towards men, if that was what you were implying - see my WiR record), but I'm wary when someone creates an article on the assumption that the person they are interested in is the WP:Primary Topic. I'm sure most readers are best served with what we've got now. Thanks again. PamD 11:48, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
PamD I wasn’t implying that. Although, I do feel that whoever added women articles to Alexander Anderson might be. SL93 (talk) 11:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
  • All this goes to show that discussion leads to a sensible solution. A new dab page was obviously called for. Thanks to all concerned.--Ipigott (talk) 08:27, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

ppcocaine

Not to toot my own horn, but this new article might be a good one to tweet, she's a biracial lesbian rapper who's become TikTok famous for her sex-positive songs, so possibly high interest. No image unfortunately. —valereee (talk) 16:10, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Sharbat Gula aka 'Afghan Girl'

Hi friends, I wondered if anyone could help me out with checking and tidying a page I made for Sharbat Gula who is the woman photographed in the National Geographic image Afghan Girl? I had not noticed there was a re-direct page there already, so made a Draft:Sharbat Gula page. I've copied and pasted the content, and added a merge request for histories, but is there anything else I should do? It ended up being more complicated than I imagined, so I feel like I have missed things out. Also, what do I do about the (now empty) Draft:Sharbat Gula. Help and advice gratefully received! (Lajmmoore (talk) 19:34, 2 September 2020 (UTC))

Peer review request

Requesting peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Women in Islam/archive1,

Bookku (talk) 09:44, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Portraits of American Women

Some interesting content on this page from the Library Company of Philadelphia; I'm not sure of the original sources, but they appear likely to be public domain. They are broken up into three sets:

Cursory investigation revealed that we do not have articles for at least two of them, so there's likely some fodder here for work. Especially as the focus this month is on women writers. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:58, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

I think I found an interesting woman in red

Columbia Soralgi, right, with John Hamilton-Gordon at a high-society fête in Aberdeen in 1924.

Columbia Soralgi, First Indian woman to practise at the bar in India. There's a fantastic photo of her, as well. What think ye? I was looking for interesting Scots. But I'll no look a giftie horse in the mooth. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 04:18, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

@Adam Cuerden: yes that photo is terrific. I wonder if the spelling of her name is correct, as I can only find this mention of her ("Miss Columbia Soralgi is the first Indian woman to practise at the Bar in India") in the social pages. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 04:33, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
OK, I think Columbia can be chalked up to an OCR error: Cornelia Sorabji.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 04:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
I've made a redirect, to save anyone else going round this loop. PamD 06:01, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Well, drat. Still, good we have an article. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 06:43, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Should we not include the image into the article (the whole of it)? Aditya(talk • contribs) 11:49, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
We not only have an article on Cornelia Sorabji, we have articles on two of her sisters, educator Susie Sorabji and medical doctor Alice Maude Sorabji Pennell, and her mother Francina Sorabji, and her nephew Richard Sorabji. Quite a family! Penny Richards (talk) 14:07, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
But until a few minutes ago they weren't all linked from each others' articles. PamD 15:23, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Margaret F. Winner

Could I please have some help with this entry on an artist and illustrator? FloridaArmy (talk) 23:12, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Just had a look at this one. I don't suppose she's the Margaret Winner mentioned in the Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser on 16 May 1919 is she? It's a paid-for resource but basically the article is a review of the Royal Academy show and mentions local people with work in the show: "In the sculpture gallery the only local exhibitor is Miss Margaret Winner, of Tenterden, who has a finely conceived memorial group". Wouldn't help with notability if it is her, but might suggest some more lines of enquiry. Tacyarg (talk) 18:30, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Help with COI editing

A number of editors have been trying to stop unreferenced and/or COI editing, both by registered Users and IP addresses, of the bio of Aida Tomescu. Despite discussion on the Talk page, the COI editing has continued. Today's edit summaries confirm the COI: "Citations & edits made in line with artist's wishes" and "Edits made, additional information added and corrections as specified by the artist". Can someone here help with this? Oronsay (talk) 04:31, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

@Oronsay:, hopefully the rollbacks by Tagishsimon and yourself will deter some of this type editing on that particular article. I think if a few of us watch these hot spots closely we can revert most of them quickly. Thank you for bringing it up here. I've added it to my watchlist.Tsistunagiska (talk) 13:14, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
Tagishsimon and Tsistunagiska thank you. Ongoing oversight and action by more editors may eventually halt IP editors and others from making unreferenced additions and providing deliberately misleading edit summaries, at least that's my hope. Oronsay (talk) 20:26, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Occupational tag for President of Canadian Space Agency?

Hi all -- looking for some quick advice. I'm drafting a new page for Lisa Campbell, a Canadian lawyer who has just been appointed the first female President of the Canadian Space Agency, but she's not the first Lisa Campbell on Wikipedia (an Australian badminton player got there first). I'm not sure what occupational tag to include in my article's title. Suggestions? She's not really notable for her law work, and her other positions have been mainly government-appointed (assistant deputy minister, associate deputy minister, etc). Would "civil servant" or "executive" be reasonable here? Thanks, Alanna the Brave (talk) 13:37, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

@Alanna the Brave: I would go with "civil servant" per precedent at Margaret Kelly (civil servant) an assistant director of the United States Mint, which I think is broadly comparable. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:02, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks Richie -- I'll go with that! Alanna the Brave (talk) 14:49, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Sofia Levkovskaya

This just popped into the slush pile. It's apparently a translation from the Russian Wikipedia, but I can't find the original article. Can anyone help clean it up? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:56, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Ritchie333: It's Левковская, София Сергеевна. I've linked it via Wikidata.--Ipigott (talk) 16:13, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Unencyclopedic image gallery? Maybe.

Maternity clothing probably has way too many images without context or necessity, I hope its not prego-fetish, for WP:NOTGALLERY. Most doesn't try to be contextual, and some doesn't even have captions. Can someone clean it up a bit, and help to reduce unwarranted voyeurism on the Wikipedia? Aditya(talk • contribs) 14:50, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

@Aditya Kabir: File:Ergoloc von schwangerer Frau getragen.jpg looks suspicious as "own work". Beyond that, I think it's just a case of cleaning up the article, which I have now done - there is now a reasonable lead and pictures are restricted to an appropriate opening picture and historical and military dresses. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:10, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
That image looks like COI from a German company. de:Beckenringorthese is pretty spammy looking. But I don't speak German and I would venture it needs an actual deletion discussion. It's also from 2013 and it's damned near impossible to prove the source of an image from seven years ago on the internets.
Otherwise, noting that the article is still pretty daggum Western, and could probably use some broadening in general. GMGtalk 15:28, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
The description translates as "The Ergo-Lock sits below the waistline". Sounds like corporate spam. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:40, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
While the article is okay, the images and their intentions may not be. Too many images to illustrate the same thing can't be the result of an encyclopedic intention, I believe.
The poster originally wanted me to include it in another article, and when I raised the issue of WP:NOTGALLERY, she/he just came over and posted it here (see discussion: Talk:Cleavage (breasts)#Maternity dress). Her/his stated interest was to gratuitiously including a "sexy maternity fashion". Highly suspiscious? I guess so.
In fact his declaration "never mind--I will post it at the maternity clothing article" led me to the Maternity article. Since I am involved in this discussion, I feel obliged to ask for opinions and some action at arrporpriate forums, if necessary. I hope it isn't WP:FORUMSHOP. Aditya(talk • contribs) 15:49, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Uhh... Maybe this was meant to be a sex-positive thing and it was badly presented...and I mean...I'm all for sex positivity...But uh...@Gandydancer: maybe you should consider where the line between sex positivity and objectification lies going forward. It's a bit hard to find the level of AGF that renders a comment like that not-cringy. GMGtalk 15:17, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
What on earth??? After years of working on woman-related articles I have become "suspicious" and need to have "someone [help to clean up my work] and help to reduce unwarranted voyeurism on the Wikipedia" ??? Holy cow...I'm the leading editor of the breastfeeding article. Is it surprising that I work on the maternity fashions article? Is it voyeurism to show a modern woman showing her "baby bump" fashion or a pregnant woman wearing an evening outfit that shows her cleavage? Sorry, but this is just nuts. I will ask fellow female editor @Atsme: to have an opinion here. Gandydancer (talk) 18:28, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Gandydancer, I am aghast at the replies by my trusted (male?) colleagues. I don't think they quite grasp the concept of a woman's sense of self-esteem, much less fashion or what women consider beautiful in a broad sense (no pun intended) - which is typically in the eyes of the beholder. To my colleagues - what I do know is that Gandydancer is a highly respected and competent editor on WP, and I have absolutely no doubt about her judgment - even in situations where I might disagree with her. Her information either comes from her own expert knowledge or from an honest opinion. This discussion needs to end here so we can move forward and actually create an article that appeals to humans who are seeking an encyclopedic perspective. Atsme Talk 📧 19:13, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
For whatever it's worth, I can't see anything wrong with the images in the article. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong versions, but I don't see anything I would call sex positive or objectifying, including in this version. If it's David's image we're discussing (File:Vera Farmiga pregnant Met Opera 2010 Shankbone.jpg) and the cleavage, it's very mild, it's a pretty dress, and it's not in any way (to my eyes) sexual. SarahSV (talk) 19:29, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
I assume some of the photos in this article have been replaced or removed since the discussion began. As of now, I think they are just fine to illustrate it & wonder if there is any more to add to this Talk. Sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 19:39, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
SV, it's also about this image which Gandy suggested for Cleavage (breasts). Atsme Talk 📧 21:16, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, Atsme, I'll take a look there too. SarahSV (talk) 21:41, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
  • @Gandydancer: As I said, it may have just been a sex-positive thing that was misinterpreted. I don't know that we're familiar and it wasn't my intention to give offense. GMGtalk 22:18, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
@BeenAroundAWhile, no photos have been changed. The Victorian and baby bump photos were removed and I returned them. Gandydancer (talk) 00:37, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Please see MOS:SANDWICHING. We cannot include inordinate amounts of images as they create formatting problems, especially as it concerns extra wide monitors and mobile users. It is a limitation of the medium we are using that the number of images must grow with the length of the article. GMGtalk 01:47, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
@Gandydancer: I am sorry that I have offended you (would not probably have happened if you did not snap at me). For one I didn't check your background, and jumped at what I saw. Not always a good idea. For another, I come from an article on the cleavage, a magnet for voyeuristic intentions, which keeps me highly suspiscious of any image without an encyclopedic context (and many even with context). I have been getting second opinions on every single image used on the article, whcih I will continue to get.
I hope you can forgive my somewhat over-reaction looking at the context. I also hope that we can come out of this slight dispute as friends and better editors.
TeacupY Here, let me pour you a cup of hot Darjeeling. I know it may not be enough to make up for any hurt I caused. But... I have only my aplogies and virtual tea to offer. By the way, I did look for some RS supported context to go with that image (and failed as miserably as my interactions). Aditya(talk • contribs) 12:34, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
This entire episode has been very distasteful for me. It all started when you had such a strong reaction to my suggestion to use a maternity fashion that showed cleavage. Then you followed the photo to the maternity clothing article and called its inclusion a prego-fetish. Sorry but I find this idea rather bizarre. Presently the maternity fashions page now lacks any photo at all demonstrating modern fashion in which there is no attempt to hide a woman's "baby bump", as was shown in the woman wearing a tight fitting knit outfit that closely outlined her pregnant shape. I don't much care that the modern evening gown was removed but I do care that we now have nothing any later than more than a hundred years ago. However, since this place is run by the consensus way of deciding disagreements and I have had no support what so ever, I have not re-added the modern photo. Gandydancer (talk) 17:01, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
I am very new to Wikipedia and, admittedly, I lack the knowledge of professional "wiki-isms" that many know here but after reading this entire dialogue I would like to point out some inconsistencies. In my opinion, by trying to combat what was perceived as possible objectification of women the exact opposite was done. The article is about maternity clothing and how it has changed and evolved yet only shows a very limited margin of clothing styles. Since when does being pregnant mean that a woman can't feel sexy or confident in her appearance? Pregnancy is an amazing expression of the creative power of a woman. Women can be shown in articles here in Wikipedia in a far more objectifying way than any pictures I have seen connected to this article. I get that we must temper our display out of the abundance of respect for other viewpoints but we shouldn't feel ashamed to show off our bodies or hide them while being pregnant any more than when we aren't. I have lived in several places around the world and this thinking pervades throughout the "western" nations. By limiting the article further we are making it more "western" and less inclusive of other ideas that may be more international but also more free in expression. Isn't the purpose of Wikipedia to tell the whole story as much as possible, free of bias toward a specific and narrowed vision of a topic? Being new to Wikipedia does make me ignorant of somethings but being new also allows me to see things from a different perspective. Most of the rules at Wikipedia aren't meant to suppress freedom of inclusion but to protect all points of view from a neutral position. From what I have seen I lean my support towards Gandydancer. Tsistunagiska (talk) 18:50, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
I see that my profuse apologies and virtual tea wasn't enough to show how sad I am about making a fellow editor so upset. It's okay if you continue to scream at me because some picture couldn't be used. I understand that short of reinstating that picture somewhere this bad feeling wouldn't go away. I also understand that in a community, congeniality matters almost as much as consensus. Let me see how I can ammend the situation. That's the third thing I can offer, after apologies and virtual tea – voluntary hardwork. Please, don't be offended if I come back once again to apologise, after I get your preferred image included. Aditya(talk • contribs) 13:15, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Update:  Done I hope the edit works and is agreeable to the good people here. Aditya(talk • contribs) 13:40, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
@Aditya Kabir: I am certainly not screaming at you and if anyone does scream at you let me know. We can disagree and even debate topics without demeaning eachother or personal attacks. We each have those things we are passionate about and everyone here that contributes in a constructive way to articles, debates and conversations is an asset.Tsistunagiska (talk) 14:04, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
It never occured to me that a comment clearly intended for Gandydancer would be recieved, and duely offended, by someone else. My bad. It was not meant for you, so absolutely no need to take offence.
My communication skills may have a lot of area of improvement, but I am a bit mystified by the readiness to be offended I see in this discussion. Do you really need to trash someone who is admiting their mistakes, explaining what led them to it, apologising profusely, and making ammends for any damage done?
I really wonder about what would happen to poor Christ if he came here offering the other cheek. I hope I am not being offensive again. Cheers (No hard feelings at all. I recieved too much help and learned a lot from this awesome project already). Aditya(talk • contribs) 14:26, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
I really hope this isn't some attempt to make me feel guilty for speaking up or to silence me by your religious references. There is a reason why these talk pages are public access. We all come from different walks of life. If you can find one shred of anything I said that isn't factual I will acknowledge and recant. I have feelings but I don't write articles based on them solely. Neither do I respond or voice my opinions based solely on feelings. I definitely do not and have not "trashed" anyone. You claim I am offended yet I never once used the word to characterize anything I've said or felt. To the contrary, I gave my objective opinion and sided with Gandydancer after seeing their plea that no one who could see it from their perspective spoke up. So I did. That is all. And now we have wasted far more time on this particular issue than was needed. Have a nice day or night. :-)Tsistunagiska (talk) 14:55, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
For the record, my issues with the article when I looked at it were the suspicion that the Ergoloc image was actually a copyright violation, the lead was too short and the article wasn't as well-presented as it could be. The selection of images showing the evolution of maternity wear now looks better. The main concern with images should be that they help the reader to understand the topic. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:05, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
@ Aditya Kabir Perhaps Tsistunagiskayou was confused because you referred to an editor screaming at you, since it certainly was not anything I have written (though she/he said nothing uncivil either). As for "what would Jesus say", I'm pretty sure that I know but we need not get into that here on this talk page about women's fashions. Gandydancer (talk) 15:49, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
I am sure the son of immaculate conception wouldn't bother about this earthly matters. That religious reference was as pious as Ricky Geravis. No worries.
@Gandydancer: I guess we are good now, and I have been finally able to establish my innocence (though not firmly). Provided that I don't mess things up, hopefully some we can be friends too. I can definitely drink to that. What would you prefer – a virtual cup of hot tea free from the template gallery, or a virtual mug of chilled beer from the same outlet? Aditya(talk • contribs) 18:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

To do Women in conflict zones

Hi,

While discussing on women related topics on a talk page I realized that following topics deserve attention for as articles. Wartime sexual violence article is available but it does not cover many other aspects related to Women in conflict zones

Women in conflict zones, Civil life in conflict zones,
Expand : Collateral damage
Civilian casualties need to have summarized section of Women in conflict zones.
Please contribute to the topics if those interest you.

Bookku (talk) 05:10, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Bookku for bringing this gap in coverage to our attention. The List of ongoing armed conflicts should provide a basis for articles along these lines. Many of the related articles (e.g. Afghanistan conflict (1978–present), Women in Afghanistan, Women in Yemen, Syrian civil war, Women in Syria) contain pertinent passages. There are also useful external sources such as Women in Conflict Zones - Oxfam Digital Repository and Women, War and Peace - UNIFEM report. It's not exactly my field of interest but I certainly agree it would be useful for Wikipedia to cover the topic in more detail. Perhaps we could address "Women in conflict zones" in one of our upcoming monthy priorities.--Ipigott (talk) 09:18, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Yes, there are a whole load of redlinks in this area. Dsp13 (talk) 08:09, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you, The link given by User:Dsp13 brought a small query in my mind, Whether Women in conflict zones title would be able to cover role and participation of women in conflicts and wars or for that we would need some change in proposed title some thing like Women and conflict zones or whether an entirely separate article with some other heading will be needed where women spearhead or participate in a War. Bookku (talk) 09:23, 20 August 2020 (UTC) May be I will start with Draft:Women, conflicts and conflict zones as a preliminary mix baggage coat rack in Draft namespace and fork out every independent article as they develop. I know Wikipedians get immediately over-concerned about coat racks but I am not proposing it for main name space. In main namespace we will have articles whichever develop first in Draft:Women, conflicts and conflict zones.

Bookku (talk) 06:35, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Bookku: You'll be pleased to hear that in September we'll be focusing on Women in conflict zones. We look forward to your contributions.--Ipigott (talk) 08:18, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, While my space is too slow -since busy in some RfC discussions-but draft page is at Draft:Women, conflict and conflict zones Thanks again for proactive support Bookku (talk) 10:15, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

List of books for women writers month

As a focus for September is women writers & their works, I'd like to call your attention to a good resource for red-linked books by women. An article creation drive sponsored by the Women's Environmental History Network and Environmental History Now identified these books to address systemic bias in our coverage of environmental topics. Most of the books are by authors who are women, trans, or non-binary. You can see the full list here. gobonobo + c 06:39, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for that! I've put the redlinked environmental writers here, feel free to move them if there is somewhere more useful. Dsp13 (talk) 17:07, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
And here's Susan Schrepfer. Dsp13 (talk) 13:43, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Difficulty finding source

I'm trying to verify the June 1945 Coronet magazine article that was written by Nan Wood Graham, but I can only find an auction site and The Unz Review. The print source I have only states that there is such an article, but not the date. I will remove the sentence if I can't verify it. SL93 (talk) 20:21, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Not sure if the auction website will work. SL93 (talk) 20:26, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
SL93 The only library that seems to have that magazine is in the UK and it doesn't give a range of years. On the other hand, this article relays what the Coronet article says.[3],[4] SusunW (talk) 04:49, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
SusunW Thank you for the find. I added that as two references in the article and removed the date. SL93 (talk) 05:04, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
SL93 You're very welcome. SusunW (talk) 14:34, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Eugènie Jeanne Devolle

Anyone want to take a try at Draft:Eugènie Jeanne Devolle, Coco Chanel's mother? I originally found it sitting in draftspace without reliable sources (but there are a good chunk of book sources on the internet that have info about her). I brushed it up and added just a little so far. - Whisperjanes (talk) 15:47, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Women in Red Featured pictures update

I'm not sure I ever mentioned Hazel MacKaye's lead image is now a featured picture, but it is. Think I can get Kee Mar College to FP, but I need to go back to the 1850s one, not the 1860s image which has some awkward camera distortion. Nelly Martyl and Beulah Ream Allen are both passing. In non-WiR women, Jeanne Granier in Orphée aux enfers and Constance Baker Motley both have passing images.

I have a couple suggestions left to do, but given it's literally two left, I certainly have room for a few more. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 20:00, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Tilly Koenen, concert artist (SAYRE 4376)

This one might not be good-quality enough for your purposes, but Tilly Koenen just got an English-language article this week, and the best image of her on the Commons has an unfortunate blemish right on her face. I also thought of you when I started an article for Sylvia Storey this week--the image is pretty poor quality, but there are six nice portraits of her in the NPG that are all before 1925. Penny Richards (talk) 00:49, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Sophie Wachner - sources?

What are some good sources for researching early Hollywood? I am working on a draft of Sophie Wachner, a costume designer who was MGM's director of costume design and designed for a ton of movies between 1924 and 1936. Most of the sources on my draft only have small sections about her, but she had an accomplished career and even designed for celebrities like Mary Pickford.

Also, I think it would be good to include images in the article, but I'm not super familiar with fair use, copyright violations, etc. Some of her films are nearly 100 years old, is it possible to include a still or two from those?

Thank you in advance for any help! Emflazie (talk) 19:11, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi! I sometimes have luck with the California Digital Newspaper Collection, for California stories, including Hollywood lives. It's free to use, no sign-in or anything required, and (spoiler alert) there are definitely articles about Sophie Wachner in the papers it includes... so, good luck, and have fun! Penny Richards (talk) 00:41, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Interner archive? - https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22Sophie%20Wachner%22&sin=TXT ... Hathi Trust - https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?field1=ocr;q1=%22Sophie%20Wachner%22;a=srchls;lmt=all --Tagishsimon (talk) 02:06, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Thank you Penny Richards, this looks like a great resource. The issue I've had so far at archive.org and Google Books is most text searches just turn up her film credits - I already know she's a costume designer! I was hoping some old Hollywood newspapers would help, and I think this is it. Emflazie (talk) 02:22, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
You'll need to set up an account to borrow IA books, but I venture to suggest that you'll find what you're looking for in "Film costume, an annotated bibliography", or "Hollywood costume design", or "Dressed : a century of Hollywood costume design" - those three from the first 15 hits on the above IA search. --Tagishsimon (talk) 02:41, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
My research shows she's included in Costume Design in the Movies: An Illustrated Guide to the Work of 157 Great Designers by Elizabeth Leese, 1991, isbn 978-0486265483. It should be available as an ebook from ProQuest Ebook Central, but I don't know whether anyone can get free access. Oronsay (talk) 03:01, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
The 1976 version of the same: https://archive.org/details/costumedesigninm0000lees --Tagishsimon (talk) 03:07, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Margaret Alison Stones

Hello folks! Please if anyone has the time, could you take a glance over Draft:Margaret Alison Stones? The editor working on it (Gottaleaf) is new to wikipedia and has run out of ideas for how to improve. I've tidied the article so that the achievements are not bullet points but are prose, as suggested by a previous reviewer. Thanks so much for any tips! KerstingFan (talk) 12:52, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

KerstingFan It seems logical to me that she meets WP:Prof #3 based on membership in Society of Antiquaries of London and Société des Antiquaires de France alone. "Reads like a resume" is not a reason for decline, rather simply a measure for improvement. I've said it before and will again, never submit articles to AfC. Ask here and just have it moved to mainspace. SusunW (talk) 16:36, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Promoted as Margaret Alison Stones. @MurielMary: FYI. You've yet to explain why you promote rubbish articles like Kuiljeit Uppaal but decline articles that obviously meet notability requirements. --Tagishsimon (talk) 16:45, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for so quickly reviewing and for your comments, SusunW and Tagishsimon! FWIW, I do think the article reads much better with the prose rather than bullet points, so I was not criticising the feedback from MurielMary, but I was a bit stuck on what to do next! All your advice is super appreciated! KerstingFan (talk) 16:55, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Sunbonnet babies / Bertha Corbett Melcher

I stumbled across this declined draft: Draft:Sunbonnet babies. It needs some work, but from what I can tell, it is a notable topic in women's folk art. I added a few sources as further reading and I hope to do some work on the draft in the future, but this isn't a topic I know anything about, so I thought I would bring it to the project's attention in case anyone here is interested. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 04:27, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

This is such an interesting page! I've had a go with adding a few citations. Will try and do more at a later point! KerstingFan (talk) 13:24, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
@Spicy: This is funny you mention this - I was just thinking about starting an article for Bertha Corbett Melcher yesterday. Her work is great and I think she is notable enough, since I'm pretty sure her books got attention and reviews in newspapers, enough to pass WP:AUTHOR. I'll dig up some of the sources I was looking at. - Whisperjanes (talk) 16:26, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Awesome work everyone. I moved it to mainspace. :) Spicy (talk) 20:20, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Research

Hi everybody, as a follow-up study to my team's previous research on women’s participation on Wikipedia and user incentives more generally, we are interested in examining how gender and status (adminship) of users shape their contributions to advancing gender equity on Wikipedia. I am reaching out to seek your guidance and feedback on how best to categorize articles related to advancing gender equity. We would like to establish a list of articles such that a contribution to one (or more) of them can be seen as a contribution to advancing gender equity. Ideally, this would be unequivocal such that a user's contribution can be seen as a clear intent to advance gender equity (e.g., contributing to the discussion of "Gender Equality" rather than contributing to a discussion about, say, "Lipstick", which might fall into a larger category of women's issues). We would greatly appreciate any feedback, suggestions, and comments. Here are the main steps of our approach so far: Step 1. We had two assistants help make an overview of WikiProjects related to gender equity and bias. Step 2. From those entries, WikiProject Women in Red appeared to be the largest and most comprehensive. Step 3. We plan to use the Metrics page to compile a list of the pages falling under the umbrella of Women in Red. Engaging in a discussion about any of those articles would be considered a contribution to gender equity. Please let us know if this approach seems reasonable, and/or if you have other ideas for establishing a list of relevant articles. Our analytical focus will be on the articles' Talk pages. We are eager to see your thoughts and thank you in advance for your help.--Nennes (talk) 23:26, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

This sounds difficult. Women in Red focuses on making articles, so that's going to lead to a certain bias, e.g. to women's articles wherein the woman (college, play written by a woman, etc) isn't so famous that she already had an article when the project was founded, and will have been almost entirely written by WiR contributors in the first instance. This means our most productive members will likely dominate talk pages - especially for tasks like, say, adding {{WIR 2020}} or related templates to the talk page.
Let's see. Sample size might be an issue for some things. The bias towards more obscure women's subjects may limit number of talk page posts. Also, specific topics could have specific issues. For example, I think there's... maybe six of us on this project who are active with WP:FP, and that might mean that image discussions might get dominated by us a bit, especially as, for example, SusunW is excellent at researching images, but tends to pass them to me for restoration, which honestly vastly undercredits her if you don't know where to look.
There are a certain number of generic messages that should be disregarded: WP:DYK and WP:POTD templates, say, are semi-botlike edits I believe. I'd also be inclined to take any transclusions of the format Talk:Foo/GA1 (Talk:Foo/GA2, etc) as special cases - These are good article reviews, and I'd expect them to attract from different pools than other edits.
Good luck! I'd love for this research to succeed, but it's not easy research. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 00:37, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Kind of per Adam, "Engaging in a discussion about any of those articles would be considered a contribution to gender equity" seems a very poor proxy. "Engaging in the creation or improvement of any of those articles would be considered a contribution to gender equity" might work a little better. I think you'll find that discussion of articles - especially biogs arising from WiR - is an exceptional and very uncommon event, outside of Good Article and Featured Article reviews. Example: 4,659 talk pages in Category:WikiProject Women in Red 2020 articles, of which 387 have talk pages greater than 1k in size. --Tagishsimon (talk) 01:38, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
If I understand this correctly, the analysis will be on the talk page of various articles? If that is correct, I agree with Tagishsimon, that there will be little discussion on the article talk page. Typically what happens is discussion on this talk page, or a member's talk page. As Adam Cuerden said, I like research and my user page is full of discussion about articles that never appears on the talk page of an article. Often when trying to evaluate if an article can be developed there is discussion between project members here or on their talk pages. Can you help me find sources, can you review a draft, does there appear to be enough info, is this a reliable source, etc.? The conversation might also carry over to multiple users talk pages, for example User A asks a question of User B. User C has B's talk page on watch and answers the question. User A then asks a follow-up question on User C's page. These types of discussions rarely happen on an article talk, because an article doesn't yet exist, or because more people will see it if posted here. SusunW (talk) 04:50, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, Nennes, and thanks for taking such a serious interest in our project. It's really good to hear you are interested in conducting further research on gender equity in connection with Wikipedia. I hope you will keep us informed of your results as they evolve. We may be able to help you along. In addition to the constructive comments already made, I think you might find it useful to look at some of the user pages of the editors who have been most active in creating articles about women. They often provide explanations of why they find it important to try to give more prominence to women and help to correct some of the historical discrepancies between men and women. In addition to Women in Red, you could also look at wp:Women in Green which aims at improving the quality of articles about women to Good Article status or higher. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. And good luck with your research initiative.--Ipigott (talk) 06:44, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Thank you all so much for your quick and extremely helpful feedback! I greatly appreciate it and learned a lot from it. Based on your advice, we will not go with our initial approach of establishing a list of articles and then studying their talk pages. Those are great points you have raised for why this is not suitable. I wonder if an alternative design might be to go from the list of article talk pages that are included in our dataset, and see which ones have a template 'tag' similar to {{WIR 2020}}, which Adam Cuerden mentioned. Is there a list of templates that could serve to categorize articles as being related to gender equity? Might the WIR meta-template even be comprehensive (or as close to comprehensive as it gets)?
Ipigott, I would be intrigued to study the motivations of users who have been especially involved in creating articles about women! And to research how best to support those motivations. Thank you so much for offering your continued support for this research program.--Nennes (talk) 00:04, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
I wonder if looking at talk pages of a wikiproject that is exclusively about bias would be a better proxy for this study. Something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Systemic_bias. If you look at the pages there, there are all about bias (some related to gender and some not). You wouldn't have the same concern as you do for the Women in Red group. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EDI90069 (talk • contribs) 03:30, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

International Childfree Day

Could I have some more eyes on User talk:LLC88 (who self-identifies as Laura Carroll)? After four edits to International Childfree Day, none of which look to be egregious when looked at on their own merits, they have been indefinitely blocked and yelled at. I feel like pointing out that the Conflict of Interest policy is not designed to stop subject experts from correcting factual errors on Wikipedia, but I feel like I'd be wasting my time. Can anybody else deliver a more compassionate response? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:35, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Whether locking the article instead of blocking user could have been a easier option then user will automatically will go to talk page?
Many times I find logic behind Wikipedia rules and implementation strange. I went on to create RfC about Wikipedia talk:Five pillars#Fifth pillar be deleted or rewritten since Wikipedians seem regularly seriously miss on spirit behind Wikipedia has no firm rules: "...The principles and spirit matter more than literal wording, and sometimes improving Wikipedia requires making exceptions. Be bold, but not reckless, in updating articles. And do not agonize over making mistakes:...." the last of fifth pillar.
Spirit is so much missing no one has bothered and opposed deletion RfC yet! :(
Bookku (talk) 16:43, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
@Bookku: Locking the article would have been a very bad idea. No one person owns an article, any editor has the right to edit any article constructively (unless they personally have been forbidden to do so under some sanction). It certainly looks as if there has been a string of misunderstanding here, with the editor not understanding that she was being told to use the talk page to edit the article, and other editors seeming keener to block than to explain. I've tweaked the target article a little - added the website, expanded the list of winners - but have also trimmed back the self-promoting tone of this addition to National Alliance for Optional Parenthood done under the IP address she uses. PamD 08:16, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, Ritchie333, for bringing this draconian treatment of a newly-registered female Wikipedian to our attention. I am pretty sure that if LLC88 had been treated more courteously from the beginning, everything could have been resolved on an amicable basis. While she was openly supportive of Wikipedia when she started out, she has now been driven into a such a corner that she tells us she will never edit on Wikipedia again. It looks to me as if this is a case which should be brought to the attention of Wikimedia's Trust and Safety initiative.--Ipigott (talk) 09:03, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
I have no way of contacting Laura Carroll other than on her talk page here, and given her previous responses, I'd be surprised if she came back. I'm unsure what Trust and Safety could do - nobody purposefully harassed her, they acted in good faith, but seemingly without thinking about the nuances of what they're doing. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:31, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
She doesn't seem to have shown any interest in improving the encyclopedia except in connection with the day/award she organises, and as her previous IP persona added some self-promotional stuff to National Alliance for Optional Parenthood.
Her Welcome message on 11 July was the version which talks about COI - but, looking at it, it's a bit of a "wall of text" and although it discusses article creation, shared/corporate usernames, and paid editing it doesn't seem to include anything helpful on the lines of "If you want to suggest a correction or other improvement to an article where you have a Conflict of Interest, please use the article's Talk Page to explain what you think needs to be changed, providing detailed references to reliable independent published sources which support your proposed change. Another editor will then consider these changes and make them if appropriate, but this may not happen immediately.", which seems to be the message she never understood. Perhaps a new variation of the welcome message is needed, without the paragraphs "To reduce..." (about article creation) and "One rule" (about shared/corporate usernames), but including the advice about using talk pages? PamD 13:25, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
I am thinking of starting a Request For Comment to have policy of extensive and exhaustive structure of Examination about Wikipedia rules before one is permitted to edit Wikipedia. And also a bureau of Edit-Visa which will exmine Rehearsing Wikipedia book of Commands should be mandatory in person for every editor.
The most funny part is if one would comment in any comment saying Wikipedians can come up with some Anti-Sarcasm Rule No. So and so, then Wikipedians really come up with one.-Sarcasm is intended. Bookku (talk) 14:57, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Metrics kaput again

Let's hope it's temporary. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Metrics/September_2020&action=history --Tagishsimon (talk) 20:45, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

fixed. --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:40, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Fire On Her Tongue: An Anthology of Contemporary Women's Poetry

Found a reference to this book in an article about the current Poet Laureate of Virginia, Luisa Igloria; it seems to have a number of writers included for whom we don't have articles, currently. Here's a list, if anyone's interested in tackling any:

(Please note, I haven't cleaned it up.) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:17, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Prunella Fraser

Hello everyone! I've been helping folks to edit Draft:Prunella Fraser, and it's been rejected twice. I wanted to ask the hive mind of more experienced Wikipedians whether you think it's worth resubmitting or if it's just unlikely to ever pass? Thank you! KerstingFan (talk) 11:50, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

It passes WP:NACADEMIC criteria 3, and should not have been rejected. I have promoted it. --Tagishsimon (talk) 13:35, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with this one, Tagishsimon! Much appreciated! KerstingFan (talk) 09:25, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Bluestockings (bookstore)

There's currently an AFD for Bluestockings (bookstore), a radical feminist bookstore in NYC. Thought the discussion may be of interest here. Marquardtika (talk) 19:04, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Draft:The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto

Hi, everyone. Me and a few other new editors recently completed a draft for an essay written by Sandy Stone. We would really appreciate generalized feedback, specifically relating to making it ready to survive the review process. We have one issue currently posted to the article's talk page - attention to that would be appreciated as well. Thank you! Rizzolioli (talk) 22:22, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Rizzolioli, what review process are you concerned about? That the article will be accepted at WP:AfC or new page patrol WP:NPP? It will likely be both. AfC should be (but isn't always) really simple. The question is "would this article survive at WP:AfD". If you have independent, reliable sources that provide significant coverage of the subject (you do) and the article is not promotional, or a copyright violation, it should pass AfC. NPP has its own way of looking at things, but it's not that different; as long as the sources check out, it should be fine. Vexations (talk) 23:01, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Vexations, This is very useful information, thank you! After looking at the pages for AfC, AfD, and NPP, I have a much better understanding of the process. Thank you also for taking the time to look over the article and provide encouraging feedback. Rizzolioli (talk) 22:12, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi Rizzolioli: This draft is very well written and referenced. The Analysis and Reception sections establish the essay's notability. I (and am sure any other reasonable editor) would be happy to accept it at AfC. - MapleSoy (talk) 02:00, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
MapleSoy, Thank you for the encouragement. We will be publishing shortly. Rizzolioli (talk) 22:12, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Rizzolioli, I've replied on the talk page. Were it me, I would add a note, make sure that the issues here (which all appear to be properly noted by quotation marks or are titles) have been quoted, and then move it to mainspace. There is no need to send it to AfC as that venue is neither required nor an article improvement venue. If you don't know how to move it, just post back here and someone can help. SusunW (talk) 14:34, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
SusunW, thank you for showing me this tool. I will be sure to look it over! The consensus seems to be that the article appears solid enough to survive NPP, so we will likely move it over to mainspace shortly. I really appreciate your thoughtful and thorough attention to the issue on the talk page. Thanks! Rizzolioli (talk) 22:12, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Naomi Ishisaka

There's been quite a bit of news coverage of this journalist over the past few days in connection with an article which has apparently been deleted without trace. See [5]], [6], etc. Maybe she deserves an article anyway? I see "in 2020, she was awarded first place in the Best in the West competition for Special Topics Column Writing for her work in The Seattle Times" and that she has received quite a number of awards. She seems to have been involved with Black Lives Matter for quite some time. Not sure whether all this makes her notable enough for Wikipedia.--Ipigott (talk) 10:40, 10 September 2020 (UTC) Maybe Another Believer would be interested in looking into this?--Ipigott (talk) 10:54, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

The article was deleted as an attack page, making claims about Ishisaka which the article you link states are false and for which there was little evidence connecting to Ishisaka beyond a similarity of common first names. The attacker who wrote it was indefinitely blocked a month ago. I have no opinion on whether she actually is notable, but the past actions did not involve notability. So if a new article can be written that demonstrates notability as a journalist and does not repeat the previous attacks, the fact that a previous article was deleted should not raise any issues. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:29, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Katherine Shonfield

This was declined at AFC, and then G13 deleted. I found it in the trash heap and restored/approved it. Anyone want to give the article some love? Thanks, Calliopejen1 (talk) 06:41, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for restoring that to mainspace, Calliopejen1. I've done a little work on the article but there's plenty of scope for developing it further.14GTR (talk) 13:25, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
And another example of the dread hand of AfC declining a new editor's well-sourced article (3 obits in major newspapers, plus link to the notable muf of which she was a founder collaborator) as "not enough to establish notability". New editor made six edits while creating this, and has not been seen since. Sad. I wonder how many potentially useful editors we lose through bad experiences like this. PamD 14:22, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
I've made an incoming redirect, created surname page Shonfield (just the three: herself and her two parents!), and tweaked around a bit making links... (got distracted onto sourcing her dad's middle name and knighthood... the way things go). PamD 14:54, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Ida F. Butler

We have a couple lovely pictures of her in the Women in Conflict event, but they're unused. Is anyone working on her article? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 19:53, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

@Adam Cuerden: here is a short draft that I started: Draft:Ida F. Butler. I am not sure I will finish it as the notability seems a bit cloudy, but anyone is of course free to dive in.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 22:54, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
when/if it moves out of draft space - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84953662 WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:25, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
I'd say it passes Notability easily. National Nursing Director for the American Red Cross, and numerous independent sources. 86.151.87.167 (talk) 00:55, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
Easily passes GNG. 15th US recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international recognition for the nursing profession. SusunW (talk) 05:10, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
@SusunW: that was a nice find. I pushed it to article space.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 05:49, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Raissa Calza

I just approved this article from draft, but it's not completely clear to me that she is notable. Can someone shore up the article? Thanks, Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:33, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

I found enough reviews of her books on JSTOR to convince me that she's notable, at least. Will work on adding them to the article. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:34, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
Ok, done. While filling out review details, I found that we don't have an article on one of the reviewers, Helga von Heintze [de], so if you're looking for another article to create in this same general area, that looks like a possibility. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:09, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestion. I think it should be directed at Wingedserif.--Ipigott (talk) 08:44, 13 September 2020 (UTC) Sorry, my mistake, I see Wingedserif translates from Italian, not German.--Ipigott (talk) 08:46, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Ellen S. Stewart

Another APS Fellow who poses some challenges!

The APS archive lists her as "Ellen S. Stewart", which is not the easiest of names to search for. However, one of her publications included the middle name "Swomley" in the byline, which led to an obituary that said she remarried and went by Ellen Kuhns. I'm reluctant to use the obituary itself as a source — it looks to have been sent in by the family and not necessarily vetted — but it does give particulars that could be followed up on. Supposing that we can gather the documentation to write an article, we'd have to decide what to title it. XOR'easter (talk) 22:59, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

@XOR'easter:, draft is looking good! (missing categories). Would be a shame to leave it in draft space.. SportsOlympic (talk) 13:58, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
SportsOlympic, thanks. It's probably close to ready; I wanted to find better documentation on when she remarried and started going by Kuhns instead of Stewart, and I haven't really had the opportunity to go back and do that. XOR'easter (talk) 19:23, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
I moved the article (already) to the main space. Sorry that I was bold ;) The article is good enough; and otherwise the image would be deleted. If you find more sources; it can still be added ;) SportsOlympic (talk) 19:00, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Barbara Gilewska

Up for deletion. Anyone interested in looking for Polish press reports, etc.? In general, I think our reviewers are all to happy to delete articles on people of historical interest if they cannot find immediate coverage by searching on the English Google. We are developing a tendency to sift out non-English speakers and women not immediately supported in English-language sources.--Ipigott (talk) 17:07, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

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