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Women in Red May 2025

Women in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338 Online events: New: Revolutionary women | Alphabet run I & J Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements (events facilitated by others): WikiProject Women in Green - a Good Article editathon from 1-31 May 2025 Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period! 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women) 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women) Tip of the month: Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Question from Rozalia Luksenburg (13:50, 1 May 2025)

Hi!! Nice to meet you :-) I'm working on an article I want to create about a gender topic. As I'm involve in academia, I want to ask you if you have any recommendations about how to write something academic but in Wikipedia style. --Rozalia Luksenburg (talk) 13:50, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Rozalia Luksenburg, and welcome to Wikipedia. It's good to see you are interested in creating articles on gender topics. I suggest you start by looking at the links on your talk page which will help you to learn how to edit on Wikipedia. It's important to make sure that each detail you include in an article relies on a reliable source which should be included as a citation. If you feel you have made sufficient progress on a new article, please let me know and I'll try to help you along. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 15:51, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi! Thank you so much for your kind message and warm welcome.

Yes, I’ve actually been working on a Wikipedia article for about a year now. It’s currently in its final formatting revisions, and I’ve been collaborating with colleagues—both academics and policy experts—to gather their feedback. It’s a really important and fascinating topic, and while teaching at the university, I’ve realized how often students turn to Wikipedia as a reference. So having a well-sourced, clear page on this subject feels genuinely valuable.

As soon as I have the final draft ready, I’ll definitely send it to you! Thanks again for offering your support.

Have a good one! Rozalia Luksenburg (talk) 16:33, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi again!

Just following up on the article I mentioned a while back — Child penalties — it’s now live on Wikipedia.

As I told you before, this is a topic I care a lot about, and I’ve been working on the article slowly over the past months. Since English isn’t my native language haha (I’m a native speaker of German and Spanish), I was extra careful with the writing — probably more than in anything I’ve written academically. I also tried to follow Wikipedia’s tone and structure closely, and all the content is based on peer-reviewed research in labor economics and gender studies.

A few PhD colleagues in econ and the social sciences have told me they found the page helpful already, which is encouraging! But I’d really value your feedback :-) (especially on the style, tone, or anything else you think might need improvement from a Wikipedia point of view).

I also had two quick questions:

- When other pages (like Gender pay gap) link to the article, the preview still says “Page not found.” Does that eventually fix itself?

- When people search “child penalties Wikipedia” on Google, the article doesn’t show up. Is there something I could do to help with that?

Thanks again for your support earlier on — it really gave me the push to get this across the finish line.

Best,

Roza Rozalia Luksenburg (talk) 21:36, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Sam Jenkins Arthur (08:05, 5 May 2025)

How do I move a sandbox into the main page?t --Sam Jenkins Arthur (talk) 08:05, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Sam Jenkins Arthur, and welcome to Wikipedia. I have looked at your work on a biography of Ebenezer Jazial Nesakumar in your sandbox but I'm afraid it is not suitable for Wikipedia. In accordance with Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, biographies need to be based on substantial coverage in least three secondary sources such as reliable newspapers or appropriate journals or in connection with the receipt of notable awards. Citations based on sites closely related to the individual are not acceptable for demonstrating notability. That said, you appear to have a good grasp of Wikipedia editing and I would encourage you to work on topics based on acceptable sources. Please let me know if I can help you further. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 08:37, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. So I wouldn't be able to move it to the main page? Sam Jenkins Arthur (talk) 10:26, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

@Sam Jenkins Arthur: If you moved it, it would soon be deleted as it does not meet basic notability requirements. If you are keen to write biographies, I suggest you start with people who have achieved widely reported success. It's usually easier to cover people who are no longer living. It might be useful if you could create your user page giving us an idea of your background and interests and why you are keen to edit on Wikipedia. We may them be able to help you further. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 12:41, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from CoolDino1 (15:09, 6 May 2025)

Hi, would it be okay for me to reinstate presumtively removed content on Wooly Willy do to the user plagiarizing elsewhere? I checked it with Grammarly Plagiarism checker and it says the removed content is not plagiarized. --CoolDino1 (talk) 15:09, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

@CoolDino1: In connection with Wooly Willy, there appear to have been copyright problems. If you want to reinstate any of the deleted content, you should make sure it is re-expressed in your own words. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 11:46, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. CoolDino1 (talk) 15:00, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Peraltyssyma (18:30, 7 May 2025)

hey man i want to make myself a wiki page, what do I do sir? --Peraltyssyma (talk) 18:30, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Peraltyssyma, and welcome to Wikipedia. -Please use the links in my welcome message on your talk page to learn how to edit on Wikipedia. You can use your user page to provide basic information on your background and why you are interested in contributing to Wikipedia but you should not attempt to write your own biography. Wikipedia strongly discourages autobiographies or biographies of those with whom you have close connections. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 06:52, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Hey dear editor

Hey editor I have been looking through your edits recently and I love it all you are just a perfect Wikipedia editor model for me, I am planning on creating 20 new articles about women cause I think women deserve to be more on Wikipedia and am going to join wikiproject women in red, please can you keep out for me cause I would be creating a lot of articles about women but can you do me a favor and review this article I created, I wish you the best you are the best Wikipedia editor if you don’t know, keep up your hard work. Making it now (talk) 01:27, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Making it now, and welcome to Wikipedia. In my opinion, your biography of Juest is something of a borderline case as I am not sure whether the sources you quote are widely recognized as reliable. At this stage, he has only a couple of recording to his name. It would be good if you could look for sources in more widely read newspapers or journals. Happy editing!-Ipigott (talk) 14:57, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

Does the article meet the criteria now I added a new reference of a book published by Oxford university press on the web archive about Juest it should meet notability criteria now I know for sure it meets WP:MUSICBIO Making it now (talk) 11:14, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

And also here is the reference: https://archive.org/details/20250514_20250514_0253/page/n9/mode/1up Making it now (talk) 11:14, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

• @Making it now: For establishing notability, we need sources which cover the individual in some detail, not simply a name in a listing. But let's see what other reviewers think about this.--Ipigott (talk) 11:11, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

  Please note the article has been for over a month without being patrolled can you please mark it as patrolled to take it out the new pages feed, thank you so much and I would be working on more articles about women. Making it now (talk) 10:51, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

@Making it now: Done. Thanks for your additional work on the article. Let me know if you run into further difficulties.--Ipigott (talk) 13:23, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

May music

story · music · places

check my talk today for two pics of Margot Friedländer -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:50, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

now May Abrahamse (with uncertain licensing of portrait), and Vakhtang Machavariani (nominated) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:08, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

(the pic was deleted but the composer of Mariupol made it to the main page) - musings on 15 May --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

Alla Osipenko, too tired for more than a link, and yesterday's woman was also great. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:21, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Jadwiga Rappé - lovely voice --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:12, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, born 100 years ago, described by Alan Blyth --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:10, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

Can you help with Per Nørgård? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:38, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Noxobiux (11:18, 15 May 2025)

Hello. I will like to get my artist bio on Wikipedia. How do I go about it --Noxobiux (talk) 11:18, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Noxobiux, and welcome to Wikipedia. You can use the links in my welcome message on your talk page to see how to edit on Wikipedia. I'm afraid Wikipedia is strongly opposed to biographies by individuals about themselves or their close associates. You are however welcome to write biographies of other artists who are covered in some detail in reliable independent sources such as newspapers, specialized journals or in connection with the awards they have received. You can nevertheless use your user page to give summary details of your background and interests and why you hope to contribute to Wikipedia, Please let me know if I can help you further or if you run into any difficulties. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 11:34, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Lighthousefire (18:00, 18 May 2025)

Hey, wanted to edit the trade union UNISON's page - the President, Steve North, has been suspended from his post, Julie Mwaluke and Lynn Marie O’Hara as Vice Presidents are continuing his duties until a new President is elected next month, how would be the best way to convey this in the infobox and article? I don't know how much info can be put in the key poeple section, and I haven't made any new heading before about anything so I'm slightly wary. Thanks! --Lighthousefire (talk) 18:00, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there< Lighthousefire, and welcome to Wikipedia. You can use the links in my welcome message on your talk page to find out how to edit. As for the changes you propose, each new item needs to be backed by a citation from a reliable source. If you find difficulty in making the edits yourself, you can draw attention to the changes on the article's talk page. Please let me know if you need further assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 08:02, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Robin the bird on Talk:Mensa International (19:20, 18 May 2025)

Who dreams of living forever? Want to know the secret? Knowledge is key. Not old knowledge but new. This is the age of Aquarius . A new beginning. What goes around comes around bitches and witches --Robin the bird (talk) 19:20, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Robin the bird, and welcome to Wikipedia. In my welcome message on you talk page, you will find links on how to edit. Please let me know if you need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 08:05, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Drahick33 (14:47, 19 May 2025)

Hi,

How do I make a lengthy article that catches the reader's eye --Drahick33 (talk) 14:47, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Drahick33, and welcome to Wikipedia. You can use the links in my welcome message on your talk page to learn how to edit. When you feel ready to create a new article, you should let me know so that I can look through your draft. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 08:11, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi,

I will definitely need some help with this stage of editing, and I will definitely need your help swinging by things and doing better within the Wikipedia community.

Thanks,

Drahick33 Drahick33 (talk) 16:18, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Harperas12 on User:Harperas12/sandbox (18:55, 21 May 2025)

meme1518 --Harperas12 (talk) 18:55, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Harperas12, and welcome to Wikipedia. You can use the links in my welcome message on your talk page to find out how to edit. Please let me know if you need further assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 10:53, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Arnaldocma (12:13, 23 May 2025)

Hi, how's it going? I'm from Campo Grande, a city in Brazil, and just realized that a huge aquarium we have since 2022 in my city is not on wikipedia in english, and the portuguese article is very incomplete (https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqu%C3%A1rio_do_Pantanal). I was wondering if you can help me translate it and get more information about it on the website. Thank you

(I'm thinking about getting most of the material from the official government website https://bioparquepantanal.ms.gov.br/) --Arnaldocma (talk) 12:13, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Arnaldocma, and welcome to Wikipedia. The article on the aquarium certainly deserves to be translated and I look forward to your further development of the draft article. You can follow the links in my welcome message on your talk page to learn more about how to edit. If you are translating an article from another language version you need to avoid copyright problems by following the advice in Help:Translation. Please let me know if you need further assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 12:43, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Rowena Hill

Dear Ipigott, I hope you are doing well. I haven't done much recently as there is illness in our house. But I have tried to make a draft start article for Rowena Hill. The draft procedure seems to have changed somehow but anyway...it seems to be at: Draft:Rowena Hill Do you think it is acceptable? If you do, then I will find categories for it and move it to main space. I do have a problem with two of the NZ govt references though which have bits missing and I don't know how to find them. I wonder if you could figure out what I need to do? Sorry to trouble you with this. Balance person (talk) 13:02, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Balance person: It would be good if you could find reviews of her works or related awards. I see there is also another Rowana Hill who was awarded an MBE. But feel free to go ahead with categories, etc.--Ipigott (talk) 14:57, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Thanks very much. I have added a quote from a review, a listing for translation, added a couple of categories, moved it to main space and made sure that it is not an orphan. If you happen to see it as a newly moved article,....I'd be grateful? Thanks as ever for your speed and care. Balance person (talk) 19:22, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Have also added her photo from Wiki Commons Balance person (talk) 19:33, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Ah! And there is also a strange message on the talk page for Rowena Hill that indicates that somebody must have tried to make a page for her before. I have no idea what to do about that! If you have time at some point, could you possibly take a look? Not today of course! Balance person (talk) 20:45, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Balance person The message is about a previous article which was moved to draft in 2019 and then deleted after 6 months in 2020 as it had been "abandoned". I've created a new talk page.

But I'm a bit confused by the contradiction between lead sentence and categories: is she English/Welsh (whatever that is - British?) or Venezuelan? You say "based in Venezuela for more than forty years" but that's not really the same as "Venezuelan". Perhaps add English/Welsh/British categories as well as the Venezuelan ones? And you need one or more categories which indicate "woman" or "female". Thanks. PamD 21:14, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

I've tweaked the refs a bit - the first two had red error messages complaining that they had no titles, and I dug around a bit to expand on "Translator's note"! PamD 21:34, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

And added a couple of categories, and DEFAULTSORT, and added this article to her WikiData entry so that the 3 other language articles are now displayed. And made a redirect from her long name Rowena Mary Hill, and added her to Hill (surname). Do we know which university she graduated from? If known and sourced, and added, then an "alumni" category would be appropriate too.

Just various bits of infrastructure which make the article easier to find, etc.

On "DEFAULTSORT", let me introduce you to a useful shortcut, {{L}}: (boilerplate text now follows):

There is a very easy way to add the DEFAULTSORT (so the article files by surname in lists), and Category:Living people where appropriate, and any birth or death date category: {{subst:L|1882|1984|Brown, Annie}} would create {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Annie}}, Category:1882 births and Category:1984 deaths, while {{subst:L|||Smith, Jane}} would create {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Jane}}, Category:Living people and Category:Date of birth missing (living people). Lack of death date implies "living" (or you can add "unknown" or "missing" as the death date to suppress this). You get a lot done for a few keystrokes: I think it's a great little template. Happy Editing.

PamD 22:45, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Dear PamD Gosh, thanks for all the wonderful help. I will now go and look at the page and see what I need to do! I don't know her university unfortunately. And I can find no citation to prove she was born in Cardiff but I suppose it is true. No obits so I think she is still alive. I use visual editor as I am pretty basic techno-wise. SO I will try to find out how to do the Default sort thing in visual editor next time. More when I have had a look. Thanks again! Balance person (talk) 07:28, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Amazing what you have done. Thank you! I have added some British categories as you suggested. Also Living people and Women Balance person (talk) 07:43, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

If you don't have a source for Cardiff (or anything else), then you should remove it. I notice that WikiData says her birthplace (Cardiff) is sourced to Spanish Wikipedia, but we don't take Wikipedia as a reliable source. Even if you're translating an article, you're responsible for not adding unsourced content (especially about a living person). I notice that the biog you see if you click on "About the author" in this ref says she was born in England. That may be someone outside the UK thinking Wales=Britain =England, but we should assume it to be true (probably contributed by "the author", ie Hill.)

Looking further, her archived personal website says she was born in England, and doesn't mention Wales. Where did the "Welsh" come from?

The Spanish Wikipedia article was started in April 2013, with the birthplace stated but not apparently sourced (unless it was in the now-unavailable "laletra") so it would be great to find a source for her birthplace which predates that, as otherwise we can't be sure that some enthusiastic editor invented it for sp.wiki and it was then picked up and spread around.

I got interested in her and made the various upgrades I do when I feel inclined to support a new article. By looking at the changes and the other things I mentioned, you can see how to improve your own future editing - it all helps get the article more easily found/read/etc. Happy Editing! PamD 12:17, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Dear Ipigott,

I have had loads of help from PamD with Rowena Hill who is as far as I think I can get her for now. I think the page is yet to be reviewed and classified. I don't know if you would spot it as a new page perhaps? Hope you have a good weekend Balance person (talk) 10:39, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Malaban (15:05, 24 May 2025)

hello i have no intention of editing i only use "w" to look up items and reqd them... i also send money every year i just wnt to be able to look something up .. this is all ne to me and very confusing for an 84 year old --Malaban (talk) 15:05, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Malaban, and welcome to Wikipedia. I'm in my 83rd year myself and am still pretty active. You might be able to get a better idea of how Wikipedia is built up by looking into some of the links in my welcome message on your talk page. Please let me know if you need help with anything in particular.--Ipigott (talk) 15:11, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

the whole format has changed when i open the website/ so i guess it;s good bye wikipedia from me// i've enjoyed it for so many many years too bad Malaban (talk) 15:17, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

@Malaban: That sounds very strange to me, Nothing has changed for me, If you could provide a link, I may be able to help you.-- Ipigott (talk) 14:46, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Nmaybury4 (14:35, 25 May 2025)

Hi! I have a question about one page. I've been doing some little edits on the page for Gertrude Caton Thompson and, when I was looking at the citations, I realised some were referencing her works as 'Thompson, Gertrude Caton', and others as 'Caton-Thompson, Gertrude'. I looked at her books and she pretty consistently refers to herself as Gertrude Caton-Thompson, which is also used on the British Academy website and the British Museum website (e.g. https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/about/12-decades-of-the-british-academy/the-1930s/the-first-women-in-the-british-academy/ ; https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/reclaiming-great-zimbabwes-past-to-learn-lessons-for-the-future/ ; https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG133741). I changed the references so they all used the hyphenated version, for the sake of continuity, but I was wondering whether that should be something that I should change for the spelling of her name throughout the article?

Thanks in advance! --Nmaybury4 (talk) 14:35, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Nmaybury4, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to be sensible. In names of authors in citations should be presented as they appear in the publication. It is not unusual for a given author to use various names or pseudonyms. You may find it useful to use the links in my welcome message on your talk page to learn more about how to develop Wikipedia. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 07:29, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi

Hello Ipigott, I hope you are doing well and that you remember me. I’ve been consistently working on articles about women, and alongside that, I’ve also been creating biographies of notable men. Recently, I’ve written three articles, one on Padma awardee Neerja Bhatla, and the other two on authors Chander Bhan Khayal and Saifi Sironji. If you find them up to the mark, kindly consider reviewing and marking them accordingly. Thank you:) Baqi:) (talk) 15:37, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Cantake on User:72.172.200.192 (02:01, 27 May 2025)

Hi, how do I remove my ip address from "talk" and use my user name, instead? --Cantake (talk) 02:01, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, Cantake and welcome to Wikipedia. You can use the links in my welcome message on your talk page to learn how yo edit. To sign with your user name, justs use four tildes (~). Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 09:00, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Reviewing

Hi, you marked Marie Bohlen as reviewed, but it was extremely closely paraphrased from its first source[1]. Furthermore, none of the sources were independent (3 times Greenpeace, which she cofounded, and one time an organisation honouring the people who left them money in their will). Please don't mark such articles as reviewed. Fram (talk) 15:23, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

Women in Red June 2025

Women in Red | June 2025, Vol 11, Issue 6, Nos. 326, 327, 339, 340 Online events: New: LGBTQ+ | Alphabet run K & L Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Who are the most overlooked and interesting Women in Red? We've no idea, but we're putting together our list of the 100 most interesting ex-Women in Red. We are creating the list to celebrate 10 years of Women in Red and we hope to present it at Wikimania. We are ignoring the obvious, so do you have a name or subject we should consider? Can you suggest a DYK style hook? If you are shy about editing that page, you are welcome to add ideas and comments on the talk page. The World Destubathon, 16 June - 13 July, 2025 Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,492 articles during this period! 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280; 415,618 women) 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% (2,061,363 bios; 414,126 women) Tip of the month: Every language Wikipedia has its own policies regarding notability and reliable sources. Before translating an article from one language Wikipedia into English Wikipedia, research the subject and verify that the translated article will meet English Wikipedia's policy requirements. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

--Lajmmoore (talk 06:04, 29 May 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Kindly check!

Hello! @Ipigott, I have created a draft Draft:Akash Singh Rajput with more reliable sources, and it now looks much better. If everything looks good, can I move it to the mainspace? 𝒮-𝒜𝓊𝓇𝒶 08:55, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

@S-Aura: I see this has been submitted for review. Let's see how it fares. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 08:56, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Question from Wikipeadia101 (15:53, 3 June 2025)

How do I create a page --Wikipeadia101 (talk) 15:53, 3 June 2025 (UTC)