User talk:Penny Richards

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2016)

An ear of rye Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Rye Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Answering machine • Home page Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 11 July 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

The West Country Challenge

Hi. I was wondering if you'd be interested in participating in Wikipedia:WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge in August. A chance to win £250 as well! If contests aren't your thing we welcome independent contributors too. If interested sign up at participants. Cheers!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:53, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2016)

RMS Olympic's deck Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Sun deck Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Rye • Answering machine Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 18 July 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Wikipedia and United Nations Women Project

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	Wikipedia and United Nations Women Project A Women in Red worldwide, online editathon - 12 July till 12 August 2016 - #wikiwomeninred

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Indigenous women & Polar women editathons

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	Indigenous women editathon & Polar women editathon Hosted by Women in Red - August 2016 - #wikiwomeninred

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2016)

Closeup view of a Squeegee Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Squeegee Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Sun deck • Rye Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 25 July 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2016)

History of the constellations, Ursa Minor constellation map Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: History of the constellations Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Squeegee • Sun deck Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 1 August 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Digital Anthropology research

Hello Penny Richards, My name is Stephanie Barker and I am a student at the University of Colorado Boulder. I am currently enrolled in a Digital Anthropology class, which attempts to answer how the digital world affects culture and how culture affects the digital world. For my final project I am doing an ethnography on women Wikipedia users and as a member of the WikiProject Women page I was hoping I could ask you some questions about your experiences editing Wikipedia pages. 1. Have you ever been locked into an intense editing war? If yes, please explain the situation to me. 2. How did you become interested in editing Wikipedia pages and did you have any initial fears/hesitations when you started editing pages? 3. Have you ever been a victim of a mass deletion or other vandalism on Wikipedia? If yes, please explain the situation to me. 4. How would you describe your gender? 5. Is there anything else you would like to share with me about your experiences as a Wikipedia editor? Thank you for taking the time to read this email. I would like you to know that I am only sharing my research with my professor and the other students in my class. If you would like me to send you a copy of my final project, I would be more than happy to! Sincerely, Stelba90 (talk) 00:39, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2016)

One of many icons associated with The Sims Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: The Sims (video game) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: History of the constellations • Squeegee Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 8 August 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

The West Country Challenge

This is just a reminder that Wikipedia:WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge kicks off today, with the first subject being Bristol. Please remember to post entries under your name at Wikipedia:WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge/Bristol. You are receiving this message because you are listed as a participant in the challenge.

Happy editing! --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:46, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

The first leg is Bristol. Names are to be added at the bottom of the Bristol page and articles listed. Please also make sure that you add entries you improve/start to the main list on the main page. There will be £10 to win each day for the most points accumulated and then the winner of the county crowned after three days. The overall winner will be decided from the points accumulated from each county round. If you're not interested in winning anything and want to contribute anything you want from the West Country this is fine too though. Best of luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:08, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Can you or SusunW start Susanna Winkworth, a philantrophist from Bristol I believe.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:09, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Sure, I'll get on that right now.Penny Richards (talk) 11:31, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Golden Hollywood Contest

Doc's just started up this contest about topics and articles covering Classical Hollywood cinema. Do express if you are interested or not by signing up under the "Editors Interested" section. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Speak 2 me} 10:18, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2016)

Archaeological record example: a section of the Papyrus of Ani showing cursive hieroglyphs Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Archaeological record Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: The Sims (video game) • History of the constellations Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:10, 15 August 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2016)

Heraldic Badge of the Spanish West Indies Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Spanish West Indies Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Archaeological record • The Sims (video game) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 22 August 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Upcoming editathons: Women in Nursing & Women Labor Activists

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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2016)

The Holy Family with God the Father and the Holy Spirit by Carlo Dolci Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Holy Spirit Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Spanish West Indies • Archaeological record Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 29 August 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge

Hi there. I've started a new initiative, the Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. It's a long term goal to bring about 10,000 article improvements to the UK and Ireland. Through two contests involving just six or seven weeks of editing so far we've produced over 1500 improvements. Long term if we have more people chipping it and adding articles they've edited independently as well from all areas of the UK then reaching that target is all possible. I think it would be an amazing achievement to see 10,000 article improvements by editors chipping in. If you support this and think you might want to contribute towards this long term please sign up in the Contributors section. No obligations, just post work on anything you feel like whenever you want, though try to avoid basic stubs if possible as we're trying to reduce the overall stub count and improve general comprehension and quality. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:21, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

I'll update that main list once the West Country challenge is complete though so don't worry about adding your entries for the contest to it!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:19, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 18

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by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi, Samwalton9, UY Scuti, and Sadads

• New donations - Edinburgh University Press, American Psychological Association, Nomos (a German-language database), and more!
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Less than 300 edits, all not really!

Dear Penny Richards, I am bilingual and I edit mostly in French. Soi in fact I have much more than 300 edits... I can read english sources, and any source of any language is accepted on the french wikipedia. here is my global count: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spécial:CentralAuth/Nattes_à_chat Kind regards, --Nattes à chat (talk) 23:31, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Aha, got it, thanks--I'll approve you for WWO now.Penny Richards (talk) 23:34, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

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William Henry Goddard

Hi, can you or Deb find enough to start this chap? Nunton, [1]♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:08, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

I tried, but could not find much about him. Deb (talk) 11:43, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

Me too, briefly tried, mostly found other William Henry Goddards.Penny Richards (talk) 14:32, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2016)

Wedding ring being placed on during a wedding ceremony Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Wedding ring Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Holy Spirit • Spanish West Indies Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 5 September 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2016)

Adarsha School Narayanganj in Dhaka, Bangladesh Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Education in Bangladesh Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Wedding ring • Holy Spirit Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 02:18, 12 September 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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Invitation to Women in Architecture & Women in Archaeology editathons

October 2016
	Women in Architecture & Women in Archaeology editathons Faciliated by Women in Red

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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2016)

Albrecht Dürer, famous German painter of the German Renaissance. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: List of German painters Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Brain damage • Education in Bangladesh Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 26 September 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2016)

Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Math rock Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: List of German painters • Brain damage Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 3 October 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon

Hi, you up for this? Starts on October 15th. You can work on any woman on any African country ;-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:16, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

I'll try to do something, but I'm still in my #100wikidays through mid-November--that's priority till I finish.Penny Richards (talk) 22:26, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

I'll see if I can allow new articles on women to be included too. But they'd have to be minimum 1.5 kb, no stubs.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:10, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Been browsing the people stub categories and it's appalling how few women bios there are, worse than anywhere I've seen. As some countries barely have a couple of stubs I'm going to permit new articles on women too, but the articles have to be minimum 1.5 kb bios and no stubs! Women in Red should have some missing lists but if you could see to it that better lists are drawn up for the African countries I'll list them on the contest page/subpage.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:52, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2016)

A spelling bee at Jhenidah Cadet College in Bangladesh Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Spelling bee Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Math rock • List of German painters Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 04:03, 10 October 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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October 2016

Hello, I'm Zackmann08. Thank you for your recent contributions to Jean Pond Miner Coburn. I noticed that when you added the image to the infobox, you added it as a thumbnail. In the future, please do not use thumbnails when adding images to an infobox (see WP:INFOBOXIMAGE). What does this mean? Well in the infobox, when you specify the image you wish to use, instead of doing it like this:

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Gotcha! Looks much better now, and I appreciate the explanation.Penny Richards (talk) 18:24, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Africa Destubathon

Hi, thanks for your work so far! Can you do me a favour though and always add every entry you do to the main list here as well as the entries page, regardless if yet approved or not as that's the master list of all articles being done. It's just veyr time consuming for me to be judging the articles, trying to contribute myself and chasing up what people have done and filling it out for people each time. So if you can take care of that this would be a great help, there's some part filled out ones underneath so you just need to add country, article name and then you username. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:33, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2016)

NASA researchers at Glenn Research Center conducting tests on aircraft engine noise in 1967 Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Noise Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Spelling bee • Math rock Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 17 October 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

An invitation to November's events

November 2016
	Announcing two exciting online editathons Women in Food and Drink and Women Writers as well as our strong support for articles on women in connection with Wikipedia Asian Month Faciliated by Women in Red

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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2016)

The attic at a factory Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Attic Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Noise • Spelling bee Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 24 October 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

New prize

Offering this book Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kathleen Sheldon for the first person who can create or destub 50 biographies on African women for the Destubathon!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:28, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Wonderful! Kathie Sheldon and I have been friends for many years, and we've celebrated this book's completion and publication. It's a great prize for the purpose.Penny Richards (talk) 15:29, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Awesome! Small world :-) Perhaps you could notify her and even get her contributing!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:31, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

I told her about the prize this morning, she was pleased to hear it and hopes that it encourages improved coverage of African women on Wikipedia.Penny Richards (talk) 16:37, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Cool!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:40, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2016)

Street food vendors at a roadside market just outside of Hua Hin District, Thailand Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Street food Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Attic • Noise Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 31 October 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Books and Bytes - Issue 19

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Issue 19, September–October 2016
by Nikkimaria, Sadads and UY Scuti

• New and expanded donations - Foreign Affairs, Open Edition, and many more
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• Spotlight: Fixing one million broken links

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Welcome to Wikipedia Asian Month!

Hi there! Thanks for joining Wikipedia Asian Month. Here is some information about participating in the event:

1. Please submit your articles via this tool. Click 'log in' at the top-right and OAuth will take care the rest. You can also change the interface language at the top-right.
2. Once you submit an article, the tool will add a template to the article and mark it as needing review by an organizer. You can check your progress using the tool, which includes how many accepted articles you have.
3. Participants who achieve 4 accepted articles will receive a Wikipedia Asian Month postcard. You will receive another special postcard if you achieve 15 accepted articles. The Wikipedian with the highest number of accepted articles on the English Wikipedia will be honored as a "Wikipedia Asian Ambassador", and will receive a signed certificate and additional postcard.
4. If you have any problems accessing or using the tool, you can submit your articles at this page next to your username.
5. Wikipedia Asian Month is also held in other language Wikipedia and count independently. Check for language editions.
6. If you have any question, you can take a look at our Q&A or post on the WAM talk page.

Best Wishes, --AddisWang (talk) 06:47, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2016)

A sword dance performance Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Sword dance Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Street food • Attic Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 7 November 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2016)

A woman wearing a dress Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Dress Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Sword dance • Street food Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 14 November 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2016)

A cleaning sponge Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Sponge (material) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Dress • Sword dance Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 21 November 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

December 2016 at Women in Red

File:Roza Shanina.jpg December 2016
	Two new topics for our online editathons Women in Aviation and Women in the Military Our geographical topic of the month is Caribbean Women During the period of 21 Nov - 8 Dec, we are also supporting BBC 100 Women Women in Red

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Destubathon

Ends tomorrow, so would appreciate it if you could help create a few this weekend to get us to the 2000 mark!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:45, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2016)

Homework may include mathematical exercises Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Homework Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Sponge (material) • Dress Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 28 November 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Women and destub

Hello ! I published a brand new fresh barnstar on your user page :) Thank you ! Anthere (talk)

Lovely, thank you!Penny Richards (talk) 14:06, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Book

Hi Penny, there's another book being offered, African Women: A Historical Panorama. Would you like to receive it as a complimentary prize for your effort? I'm not sure how much use it would be more individual bios, but might contain some info to enable you to write about women in historical Africa. It should be interesting to read anyway.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:02, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Sure, thanks, that'd be very cool.Penny Richards (talk) 14:05, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Address Collection

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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2016)

Three Martinis Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Three-martini lunch Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Homework • Sponge (material) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:10, 5 December 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Collect your prize

Hi, please carefully read the instructions at the bottom of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon for collecting your prize. I will need you to send me an email, your wiki name, what I owe you and your preference for currency in dollars or pounds/country of residence.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:42, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2016)

Helena Bergström in 2014 Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Helena Bergström Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Hoax • Three-martini lunch Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 19 December 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

An award for your contributions

These virtual BBC 100 Women freebies are for you. Thank you for your contributions to our very successful BBC 100 Women editathon Hundreds of articles were created in thirteen countries.
	WiR/WMUK/BBC 100 Women worldwide online edit-a-thon Hosts: BBC, Women in Red, Wikimedia UK December 2016

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(See you at our next event Women in Philosophy online edit-a-thon) Victuallers (talk) 13:55, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas from me! Thanks for your company during 2016. We have seen the percentage of articles on women rise from 15% to 16.77%. 20% is within our grasp and that's an increase of a third over what we first found. Victuallers (talk) 13:55, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2016)

World plate tectonics (click on map for more details) Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Tectonics Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Helena Bergström • Hoax Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 26 December 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

January 2017 at Women in Red

January 2017
	Women Philosophers & Women in Education online editathons Faciliated by Women in Red

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Happy 2017

Happy new year :-)

--Camelia (talk) 12:19, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, same to you; just waking up here in California, but we'll get to midnight eventually... Penny Richards (talk) 16:42, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy 2017!

Wishing good health and happiness as we start the new year! --Rosiestep (talk) 19:18, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, same to you! Penny Richards (talk) 19:23, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2017)

Some of the Aeolian Islands Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Aeolian Islands Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Tectonics • Helena Bergström Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 2 January 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2017)

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Some of the human organs Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Organ (anatomy) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Professional audio • Aeolian Islands Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:08, 16 January 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Books and Bytes - Issue 20

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February 2017 at Women in Red

February 2017
	Black Women & Women Anthropologists online editathons Faciliated by Women in Red

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Articles

Hi, thanks for contributing to the US Challenge. Can you do me a favour and add the articles Rosie does to the list? Lots of interesting articles which would make good entries for the challenge.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:31, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Not sure how I'd easily figure out which ones she starts. Does she want them to be included?Penny Richards (talk) 19:52, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I think so, but like Aymatth2 I don't think Rosie wants to have to keep listing the articles there manually.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:02, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

It's a chore I don't particularly relish, either; I can do it for my own new articles, but my wiki time isn't abundant enough to do more than that right now.Penny Richards (talk) 15:41, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

February 18 Wikipedia Day event in DTLA

LA Wikipedia Day Celebration (February 18)

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Connecting about disability topics

Hi Penny! I want to reach out to you to connect. I am the Visiting Scholar with San Francisco State University and I am improving topics about disability on Wikipedia. I heard you are a crucial person I should connect with on here. I'd love to hear your recommendations on topics. Feel free to message me on my Talk page or send me a message. Thanks! Jackiekoerner (talk) 23:49, 13 February 2017 (UTC) Hello! We can email back and forth easier than leaving user page messages. I'll send you a Wikiemail now. But my email address is easy to find (and I know Cathy K has it). Penny Richards (talk) 23:55, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

March 2017 at Women in Red

		Welcome to... Women's History Month worldwide online editathon Facilitated by Women in Red
		March 2017 Featuring: "Art+Feminism" and "The Women You Have Never Met" Feel free to add articles in other languages too (To subscribe: Women in Red/English language list and Women in Red/international list. Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 22:53, 18 February 2017 (UTC) via MassMessaging

A cupcake for you!

So glad to finally meet you at Wikipedia Day 16 LA! Rosiestep (talk) 03:08, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, and glad to meet you too.Penny Richards (talk) 03:15, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2017)

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Pinterest boards

Hi Penny, if you have created Pinterest boards for Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/3‎7 and Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/38‎, will you please add a link to them in the yellow 'social media' boxes on each meetup page? If there aren't any for these events, no worries. Thank you, --Rosiestep (talk) 15:53, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Will do! I just made one for March 2017 Editathons. - Penny Richards (talk) 17:38, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Penny. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 02:58, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2017)

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Paula Edwardes

What a fabulous hairdo and hat, and what a sad ending to her story. I'm glad she has a Wikipedia page. --MopTop (talk) 18:43, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

I agree on both counts! Maybe somebody can find her death date or gravesite; maybe she found a happier ending after the events in the Later Life section.-Penny Richards (talk) 18:48, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

April events at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's April 2017 worldwide online editathons. Participation is welcome in any language.
		"Psychology" "Book Artists" "CEE Countries"

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This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2017)

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Loeb

Dear Penny, thanks for sending the code so quickly. However, after I have redeemed it, nothing has changed. I still get the message that I have reached my view limit. I do not quite understand why. Should I contact Loeb directly? Thanks! Zwerg Nase (talk) 10:27, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

@Zwerg Nase: It might be best for you to contact them first, to explain what you're seeing and doing. But if that's not effective, I'll check in with them too--if this is something that's happening to others I should find out why, anyway. Keep me posted about the outcome for you.- Penny Richards (talk) 14:18, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 21

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		"Organizations" "Sports" "Pacific islanders"

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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2017)

The Remorse of Orestes, where he is surrounded by the Erinyes, who were identified as chthonic beings, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1862 Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Chthonic Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Gerald and Charlene Gallego • Page footer Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 May 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli has been nominated for Did You Know

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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2017)

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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2017)

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DYK for Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli

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June 2017 offerings @ WikiProject Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's June 2017 worldwide online editathons.
		File:Nefertari.jpg "Met artwork by women" "LGBTQ women & Wiki Loves Pride" "Pre-20-century women"

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Come and join us at the Wiknic

LA Meetup: 6th Wiknic, 7/15 @ Pan Pacific Park

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This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2017)

Beverage vending machines in Japan Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Vending machine Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Statistician • Leisure Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 5 June 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	Congratulations on writing 26 women's biographies (here's the list), one per letter, in consecutive alpha order, all within a month. Not only is it a brilliant idea, but I think it's a Women in Red record! Rosiestep (talk) 18:13, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! Penny Richards (talk) 18:22, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2017)

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Thanks

Thanks for your work. My goal is to create more articles on women playwrights and get attention to them. There is likely no good reasons for why people like Babette Hughes and Doris Frankel didn't have at least stub articles yet. SL93 (talk) 17:26, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Also, just letting you know that I nominated an article of yours for DYK at Template:Did you know nominations/Anissa Rawda Najjar. SL93 (talk) 22:46, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Wonderful, thanks! - Penny Richards (talk) 23:09, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Doris Frankel has been nominated for Did You Know

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Books and Bytes - Issue 22

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July 2017 at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's July 2017 worldwide online editathons.
		File:60C0074BA4FF-1 Джемма Халид.jpg "Women in dance" "Women in music" "Women from India"

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2017)

A deadpan emoji. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Deadpan Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Alice Bah Kuhnke • Footage Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 26 June 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Women In Red Page Needs Some Love

Thank you, Penny, for your support of women on Wikipedia! A page that was restored by the Women in Red Project is in urgent need of an experienced wiki editor to champion it. Unfortunately, a singular editor has made it his mission to undermine the page, and has marked the page for re-deletion. Sending this note in the hopes that you will join the conversation, and give a valuable woman’s voice a chance. Here is the page link.Thanks for all the good you do! A-voice-for-women (talk) 15:51, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

"A-voice-for-women" has posted similar messages asking for support to seven user talk pages. She is a new editor, and therefore presumably didn't know that this was contrary to Wikipedia:Canvassing, so I have posted to her talk page to let her know. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 21:32, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Anissa Rawda Najjar

On 30 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anissa Rawda Najjar, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anissa Rawda Najjar. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Anissa Rawda Najjar), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

--IronGargoyle (talk) 01:37, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

WP:MUSICALS

Hello. Thanks for your contributions. When you add an article about an actor or actress who primarily appeared in musical theatre (including pantomime, Victorian burlesque, the banner template for the talk page should be the one for the WikiProject Musical Theatre project, rather than the Theatre project. If he or she primarily appeared in Gilbert and Sullivan, there is a WP:Wikiproject Gilbert and Sullivan, which has its own templates. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:36, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

That's good to know, thank you! Penny Richards (talk) 19:10, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you and post-event survey for Women in Red 45/Met Open Access Artworks Challenge!

I award you with this barnstar of William the Faience Hippopotamus in recognition of your good work at the Women in Red 45/Met Open Access Artworks Challenge!

We'd like to invite your participation in the post-event survey for the Met Open Access Artworks Challenge.--Pharos (talk) 23:30, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Just a reminder, if you haven't filled it out, the post-event survey is open only until July 31.--Pharos (talk) 19:02, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Doris Frankel

On 18 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Doris Frankel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Doris Frankel won an Emmy for her work on All My Children? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Doris Frankel. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Doris Frankel), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih^Talk 00:02, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

User:Jane023/Women in Red, now blue on some Wikipedia

Hi Penny, thanks for taking the time to look at this list User:Jane023/Women in Red, now blue on some Wikipedia! Please don't edit the list. The idea is to show which items need information on Wikidata. All edits to the list will be overwritten by the listeria bot that created the list. If you update the Wikidata items, then when you click "update manually" you will see the changes. Thanks. Jane (talk) 19:48, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Ugh, okay, sorry I misunderstood. Wikidata feels like a minefield to me, I'm always afraid of editing anything there. Maybe someone bolder should do this instead, and I'll stick to en:wiki for now.Penny Richards (talk) 23:39, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

There are two things about the list that are useful: One is an indicator of whether they tend to have lots of other data besides occupation (they don't) and the other is to check for images & birthdates (which some do have). As I said to Rosie, don't try to fix the whole list in one go as it will get you down, but just pick at it from time to time. Try doing one on someone you know and just create an occupation statement on Wikidata. After about an hour, if you click "update manually", then this itam should disappear from the list (they are listed in descending order by Q number, which gives an indication of creation date). In the case of Penelope Reed Doob for example, you said she was a scholar and medievalist, but keep it simple on Wikidata - she's a writer. I did that one so you can check it when you click the Q number here: d:Q33111949. I just scrolled to the bottom of the statement list, clicked "add" then added "occupation" in the left hand property field, and "writer" in the right hand statement field, then clicked "save". Lot's of clicks for one statement, but it's a start. Best, Jane (talk) 10:31, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the patient explanation. I'm sure the list is very useful, but I'm not a data person; I don't get any thrill filling in forms (got plenty of that chore in my life already). So I'll leave Wikidata to the folks who do enjoy that. I had to laugh at "after about an hour"... that's definitely not how my leisure time online happens! Penny Richards (talk) 12:38, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red's new initiative: 1day1woman

		Women in Red is pleased to introduce... A new initiative for worldwide online coverage: 1day1woman
		Create articles on any day of any month Cover women and their works in any field of interest Feel free to add articles in other languages, too Social media hashtag campaign: #1day1woman (To subscribe: Women in Red/English language list and Women in Red/international list. Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 03:00, 28 July 2017 (UTC) via MassMessaging

August 2017 at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's August 2017 worldwide online editathons.
		"Indigenous women" "Women in peace" "Canadian women"

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A new WiR initiative starting in August

		Introducing... WiR's new initaitve: 1day1woman for worldwide online coverage Facilitated by Women in Red
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This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2017)

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948. Pictured is an image denoting global participation in the Genocide Convention in 2008. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Genocide Convention Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Search algorithm • Editor-in-chief Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 31 July 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Harriet Randall Lumis

She may be minor, but as she made it into a couple of regional museums (Springfield and the Butler), I think she passes notability. But then, I'm an inclusionist, so, y'know... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:05, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

I agree, that would be my decision too. Also, I like the idea of someone finding her on Wikipedia if they've got a painting by her (she seems to have been popular in her time, and still turns up at auction), and at least learning the when-and-where basics. Penny Richards (talk) 22:14, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

That, or someone stumbling over her work in one of the museums. She's probably twice as notable as half the pastellists I've been writing about, at any rate. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:34, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2017)

East Germany erected the Berlin Wall to prevent emigration westward. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Emigration Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Intermediate good • Blackmail Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 21 August 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Books and Bytes - Issue 23

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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2017)

Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Maya mythology Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Emigration • Intermediate good Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 28 August 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

September 2017 at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's September 2017 worldwide online editathons.
		"Hispanic and Latina Women" "Women in the Olympics" "Women from New Zealand"

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LA event this Thursday

LA Meetup: September 7 edit-a-thon near DTLA

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2017)

One 24-ounce energy drink has 330 calories, more than a fast-food cheeseburger, and the equivalent of 18 single-serving packets of sugar. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Calorie Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Maya mythology • Emigration Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 September 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Amazing

I believe that I have never had the pleasure of interacting with you before. I therefore took the liberty of visiting your user page and I must admit that I am impressed. You, my dear Penny, are truly amazing. Your work here should serve as a source of inspiration for everyone in Wikipedia. Tony the Marine (talk) 02:55, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Wow, thank you for such kind words, Tony the Marine! I visited your user page too, and enjoyed the stories and photos and amazing article counts very much. I really appreciate your help with getting the biographical article about María de Pérez Almiroty launched and looking good today. It needed attention from someone like you, who really knows Puerto Rican history. - Penny Richards (talk) 03:20, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

You know Penny, I wrote the article History of women in Puerto Rico and of the 12 women who were honored in the "La Plaza en Honor a la Mujer Puertorriqueña" (Plaza in Honor of Puerto Rican Women) in San Juan, I wrote the bios of Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Luisa Capetillo, Felisa Rincón de Gautier, Rebekah Colberg, María Luisa Arcelay de la Rosa, Julia de Burgos and Sylvia Rexach. Someone else wrote the bios. of Sor Isolina Ferré and Miriam Naveira de Merly. You did such an excellent job with your article on María Martínez Acosta de Pérez Almiroty that it made me think that maybe you could honor us with the bios. of Josefina Barceló Bird de Romero and María Libertad Gómez Garriga. Give it some thought. Tony the Marine (talk) 03:43, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

I'll give it a go! Penny Richards (talk) 14:50, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Tony the Marine: Josefina Barceló Bird de Romero now has an article started. Penny Richards (talk) 18:53, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

• Absolutely wonderful! I wikilinked her article to the "History of women in Puerto Rico" and the "Liberal Party of Puerto Rico" article. I would like to present you with this "barnstar" in recognition of your work.

This Boricua Tireless Contributor Barnstar is presented to User: Penny Richards for her continued work on Puerto Rican related articles. Presented by Tony the Marine (talk) 00:43, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Very honored! Thank you! Penny Richards (talk) 13:15, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Got an article started for María Libertad Gómez Garriga today too. Penny Richards (talk) 22:00, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2017)

A spelling error on a road sign Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Spelling Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Pond hockey • Calorie Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 September 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

U.S. women in the Olympics and Paralympics edit-a-thon at LA84

	U.S. women in the Olympics and Paralympics barnstar
	This is a note of appreciation for assisting at the U.S. women in the Olympics and Paralympics edit-a-thon at the LA84 Foundation, as well as your article contributions, and Pinterest posts! Thank you! Rosiestep (talk) 15:47, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red October editathon invitation

		Welcome to Women in Red's October 2017 worldwide online editathons. New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/57|"Women and disability"]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/58|"Healthcare"]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/59|"Geofocus on the Nordic countries"]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00|#1day1woman Global Initiative]] Begin preparing for November's big event: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest|Women World Contest]]
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WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest

Hi. Thankyou for your participation in the challenge series or/and contests. In November The Women in Red World Contest is being held to try to produce new articles for as many countries worldwide and occupations as possible. There will be over $4000 in prizes to win, including Amazon vouchers and paid subscriptions. If this would appeal to you and you think you'd be interested in contributing new articles on women during this month for your region or wherever please sign up in the participants section. If you're not interested in prize money yourself but are willing to participate and raise money to buy books about women for others to use, this is also fine. Thankyou, and if taking part, good luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:26, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2017)

Ivan Tsarevich, a hero of Russian folklore Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Hero Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: George Lazenby • Spelling Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 2 October 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2017)

Wikipedia is sometimes criticized for being used as a source of circular reporting. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Circular reporting Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Hero • George Lazenby Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 9 October 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2017)

A fire sprinkler with red liquid alcohol in the capsule Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Fire sprinkler Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Circular reporting • Hero Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 16 October 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Wiki Science Competition 2017

Hi, I don't if you missed all the messages I left here and on commons and wikiveristy about this event.

I am checking with Ivo Kruusamägi from Wikimedia Estonia the composition of the final juries. We did our best to keep it balanced by continent, gender, field etc but in the end we are still working on it.

I hope that the results will promote science around the globe in any case. As a last appropriate effort now that more urgent issues have been addressed and we are finalizing the main organization, I am also looking all the profiles of active wikimedians that are women or from countries without a jury or from other research fields, with a public name and surname (jurors should be public figures) and a academic or scientific or technological education or position.

The key aspect is to make a wikidata item of the jurors, so I need some ID that show they are or were related to the academia. There are good chance for example that this is you. We want to give the idea to the young uploaders that we their images will be evaluated by people who were or are in the academia like them, with different backgrounds.

Would you be interested in joining us to be a juror in the second-level jury? I am sure that next time we will find new additional contacts and I will find your name not at the last minute. The workload is in December.

Also, as I said in the talk page of the next "women in red" event, we expect wikimedians to make good use of the images, and this includes also the portraits of professors, therefore the representation of women in science.

Even you don't have time, could you help us also in promoting the event amongst people you know or mailing lists or groups you have joined? This will be also useful to promote more national juries next time.

Thank you in advance.--Alexmar983 (talk) 03:37, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

@Alexmar983: Sure, count me in, that sounds fun. I knew my boring user name would come handy someday. :) Penny Richards (talk) 17:09, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Good. Send an email with your email, the one you want to be used for the Mailing list and internal communication. If we get enough jurors, we can split them in two juries for different continents, that's what we will do probably when we rearrange the names alphabetically.--Alexmar983 (talk) 02:07, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Happy new year, I have sent an email for the jury. We start soon (I hope). Bye!--Alexmar983 (talk) 12:32, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Good job and very fast! the "rest of the world" category is not ready yet so maybe I put you soon as a juror for India...--Alexmar983 (talk) 06:54, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

I'd be happy to do that! The Iran images were lovely, felt like I was clicking through an art gallery. :) Penny Richards (talk) 14:38, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Glad to hear that. The main Iranian uploader is a very good photographer, although not a scientist. Unfortunately the Indian pictures are less nice, there is much more crap there (even if sometimes more scientific)... in any case as soon as the majority of the Iranian jurors have completed their tasks, we can start India. I simply cannot ask too many things at the same time to the same people. Also, I am not sure if the "rest of the world" category is ready, but they are only 150 files so it is much faster to revise.--Alexmar983 (talk) 05:09, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 24

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 24, August-September 2017

• User Group update
• Global branches update
  • Star Coordinator Award - last quarter's star coordinator: User:Csisc
• Wikimania Birds of a Feather session roundup
• Spotlight: Wiki Loves Archives
• Bytes in brief

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November editathons from Women in Red: Join us!

		Welcome to Women in Red's November 2017 worldwide online editathons. New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest|The Women in Red World Contest]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00|#1day1woman Global Initiative]]
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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2017)

A 1912 illustration of Robin Hood and Little John Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Little John Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Fire sprinkler • Circular reporting Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 23 October 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Wikipedia Asian Month 2017: Invitation to Participate

Hello! Last year, you signed up to participate in Wikipedia Asian Month (WAM) 2016 on the English Wikipedia. The event was an international success, with hundreds of editors creating thousands of articles on Asian topics across dozens of different language versions of Wikipedia.

I'd like to invite you to join us for Wikipedia Asian Month 2017, which once again lasts through the month of November. The goal is for users to create new articles on Asian-related content, each at least 3,000 bytes and 300 words in length. Editors who create at least four articles will receive a Wikipedia Asian Month postcard!

Also be sure to check out the Wikipedia Asian Art Month affiliate event - creating articles on Asian art topics can get you a Metropolitan Museum of Art postcard!

If you're interested, please sign up here for the English Wikipedia. If you are interested in also working on other language editions of Wikipedia, please visit the meta page to see other participating projects. If you have any questions, please visit our talk page.

Thank you!

- User:SuperHamster and User:Titodutta on behalf of The English Wikipedia WAM Team

This will be the last message you receive from the English Wikipedia WAM team for being a 2016 participant. If you sign up for WAM 2017, you will continue receiving periodic updates on the 2017 event.

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2017)

Choreographed dancing at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in 2015 Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Choreography Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Little John • Fire sprinkler Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 30 October 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2017)

"Pay no more than Ceiling Prices", WWII U.S. poster Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Price ceiling Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Choreography • Little John Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 6 November 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Happy Thanksgiving!

Unfortunately we don't celebrate it in the UK but all the best and thankyou for your work in the contest.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:26, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

WiR December highlights

		Welcome to Women in Red's December 2017 worldwide online editathons. New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/61|"Seasonal celebrations"]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/62|"First Ladies"]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/63|"Go local!"]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00|#1day1woman Global Initiative]] Remember the World Contest closes on Thursday, 30 November
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--Ipigott (talk) 13:14, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	I think you know why I'm giving you this. Vami_IV✠ 10:29, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!! Penny Richards (talk) 14:32, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Canadian biographies

Hi, Penny Richards! I saw you wrote some Canadian biographies for the WIR Contest. If you'd like, you can also submit these to The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Please use this link for convenience. Thanks for all your amazing work on the contest! – Reidgreg (talk) 12:09, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Will do! Penny Richards (talk) 14:35, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

An exceptional barnstar for you

	The World Contest Laurels
	Congratulations for finishing in 14th place overall in the Women in Red World Contest!! -♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:05, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Thankyou so much for the hard work! I make it $20 that you've won. Please double check. If you would like to donate any of your winnings into the Women in Red Book Fund to raise money to buy books for editors of women topics who need them on demand please add your name and the amount you'd like to donate in the sub section below the prize winners on the main contest page.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:05, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Fun, thank you! I'll go read up on the fund now. Penny Richards (talk) 14:32, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Military prize for WIR contest

Please email me (at tembrey@pritzkermilitary.org) a postal mailing address to claim your prize in the recent WIR contest. Congrats! TeriEmbrey (talk) 15:54, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Done! Penny Richards (talk) 16:05, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Sorry I got my wires crossed and stated the other diary LOL!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:23, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 25

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Books & Bytes
Issue 25, October – November 2017

• OAWiki & #1Lib1Ref
• User Group update
• Global branches update
• Spotlight: Research libraries and Wikimedia
• Bytes in brief

Arabic, Korean and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!

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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2017)

A mechanic at steam pump in an electric power house, 1920, (from a photo study for the WPA). Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Mechanic Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Report • Agriculture in Saudi Arabia Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 18 December 2017 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Christmas greetings

	A Shaker Christmas wish
	Give good gifts, one to another Peace, joy and comfort gladly bestow Harbor no ill 'gainst sister or brother Smooth life's journey as you onward go. Broad as the sunshine, free as the showers. So shed an influence blessing to prove; Give for the noblest of efforts your pow'rs; Blest and be blest, is the law of love.

Wishing you all the best for 2018 and beyond! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:24, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy Festivus!

		Happy Festivus!
		Here's wishing you a happy Festivus! May you emerge victorious from the Feats of Strength, may your list of Grievances be short, and may your days be filled with Festivus Miracles. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:41, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

		Happy Holidays! Happy New Year!
		Thinking of you and wishing you good health and happiness. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:12, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

New Year's resolution: Write more articles for Women in Red!

		Welcome to Women in Red's January 2018 worldwide online editathons. New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/64|"Prisoners"]] New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/65|"Fashion designers"]] New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/66|"Geofocus: Great Britain and Ireland"]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00|#1day1woman Global Initiative]]
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:13, 27 December 2017 (UTC) via MassMessaging

WAM Address Collection

Congratulations! You have more than 4 accepted articles in Wikipedia Asian Month! Please submit your postal mailing address via Google form or email me about that on erick@asianmonth.wiki before the end of Janauary, 2018. The Wikimedia Asian Month team only has access to this form, and we will only share your address with local affiliates to send postcards. All personal data will be destroyed immediately after postcards are sent. Please contact your local organizers if you have any question. We apologize for the delay in sending this form to you, this year we will make sure that you will receive your postcard from WAM. If you've not received a postcard from last year's WAM, Please let us know. All ambassadors will receive an electronic certificate from the team. Be sure to fill out your email if you are enlisted Ambassadors list.

Best, Erick Guan (talk)

This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2018)

Economic recovery – a "Project funded by The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" project sign. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Economic recovery Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Nutrient • Mechanic Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 1 January 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

WAM Address Collection - 1st reminder

Hi there. This is a reminder to fill the address collection. Sorry for the inconvenience if you did submit the form before. If you still wish to receive the postcard from Wikipedia Asian Month, please submit your postal mailing address via this Google form. This form is only accessed by WAM international team. All personal data will be destroyed immediately after postcards are sent. If you have problems in accessing the google form, you can use Email This User to send your address to my Email.

If you do not wish to share your personal information and do not want to receive the postcard, please let us know at WAM talk page so I will not keep sending reminders to you. Best, Sailesh Patnaik

Confusion in the previous message- WAM

Hello again, I believe the earlier message has created some confusion. If you have already submitted the details in the Google form, it has been accepted, you don't need to submit it again. The earlier reminder is for those who haven't yet submitted their Google form or if they any alternate way to provide their address. I apologize for creating the confusion. Thanks-Sailesh Patnaik

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2018)

There are about 260 known living species of monkeys. Pictured is a common squirrel monkey. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Monkey Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Economic recovery • Nutrient Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 January 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

proxy

Hi Penny, I just noticed this edit, where you add a reference that goes through your local proxy (the .gate.lib.buffalo.edu thing). I followed the link, and I don't get the information as I do not have access to the buffalo library (hence, rendering the link utterly useless for most of the world). Can you please update this link (and any others that you may have inadvertedly added)? Thanks! --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 16:19, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Yeah. Once I didn't include the links, and got dinged for that too; so now I do include the links, even though (obviously) most people don't have Buffalo library privileges. I only use that account to access large newspapers (in the case of the Ida Benfey Judd article, it's all New York Times clippings), and figure that other folks can access those by whatever means work for them, using the date/page in the cite. But I can stop including the link at all, if that works better.Penny Richards (talk) 16:23, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

And what is the problem with converting them to links that do not use the proxy: https://search-proquest-com.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/101517447/2FBA9FD4F0C84837PQ/17 to https://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/101517447/2FBA9FD4F0C84837PQ/17 - then people can login (if they can, I can't). At least now I get a proquest login window, and not the login window for the buffalo proxy. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 16:30, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

No problem at all, I wondered what would be required to fix the links. Thanks, I'll try that. Penny Richards (talk) 16:41, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Or http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9401E4D6133DE53ABC4852DFB566838E629EDE&legacy=true .. which would probably be the best, linking to the 'true source'? --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 16:33, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

That looks like it would require a lot more tracking around on my part, to get a completely different link every time I use proquest; but I'll consider it. Penny Richards (talk) 16:41, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

I am sorry, do you expect other editors to do it for you then? The link you have provided is .. utterly useless. The first solution I provided is a mere editing of the url, converting the proxy domain into the actual domain. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 16:52, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Oh no, I'd just probably give the cite without any blue link. Sources don't have to be accessible online at all; I sometimes cite books from my shelf, which I can't link, but WP:AGF applies. Penny Richards (talk) 17:09, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Also relevant: "It is convenient, but by no means necessary, for the archived copy to be accessible via the Internet." Wikipedia:PUBLISHED As I said, I'll try to do better, and I thank you for the specific help on fixing links; but I think of the link as a nice extra, as long as the citation is complete.Penny Richards (talk) 17:19, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Oh, I am fully aware of that, and I advocate that strongly. I however am also in favour to have correct links to the correct information - as I say, these are utterly useless. And I am not trying to suggest that you are adding these links in bad faith, I see you are meaning well. I do know that now someone else will come after you who has to correct all these links (and in some cases has to go a handful of extra miles, while you are on top of the information already. I don't have access to proquest here (maybe in the university library), but I guess that the query.nytimes.com link is somewhere on the page of the proquest result.

Just to note, this subject came up on a blacklist-discussion here, and we mitigated this from actually blacklisting these links (implement an edit filter, the one that you are now tripping regularly). I ran into your links, and started looking, and based on the results of the edit filter and this discussion, I am starting to be in favour of blacklisting these - many people are ignoring the remark that these links are utterly useless to the majority of the readers of wikipedia, and for some we are better off without them than that we have to do extra work. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 18:36, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

"I guess that the query.nytimes.com link is somewhere on the page of the proquest result." It isn't. That's the problem. They're annoying like that. I generally try to use links that can easily be googled if I find those first (and I do try), but I have university library access, and some subscriptions through WP:TWL; I use Proquest, JStor, EBSCO, etc., if that's where the best sources are. I'll definitely try to avoid using proxy links from now on; and I'll gladly leave out links to firewalled materials entirely, if that's really better. Penny Richards (talk) 19:47, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

I have continued the original blacklist discussion I pointed you to in my previous post, and looked at the results of the EditFilter you tripped as well. That discussion now goes in the direction of disallowing the addition of these links (as most people ignored the warning and saved the link anyway - even some that are really easy to convert to a useful link, e.g. with DOIsin the link). For the ones in the filter, you now will not be able to save the edit (after a warning first). —Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 20:56, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Apologize

I do apologize for the warning I left you earlier. I accidentally reverted your change in that article due to thinking it was vandalism and also as well WP:GLOO acting up I have therefore undid my change. I do apologize for any problems it may have caused you. --Clarkcj12 (talk) 06:27, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

No trouble, no problems caused, Clarkcj12. I'm glad to know someone's paying attention! Penny Richards (talk) 06:31, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Feburary 2018 at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's February 2018 worldwide online editathons. New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/67|"Black women"]] New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/68|"Mathematicians and statisticians"]] New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/69|"Geofocus: Island women"]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00|#1day1woman Global Initiative]]
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This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2018)

"Welcome to Virginia" sign along northbound Interstate 81 entering Washington County, Virginia from Bristol, Tennessee Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Interstate 81 Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Hyksos • Culture of Asia Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 29 January 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Books and Bytes - Issue 26

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 26, December – January 2018

• #1Lib1Ref
• User Group update
• Global branches update
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This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2018)

Shredded beef is common in South American cuisine and in Latin American cuisine, and is served with a variety of foods. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: South American cuisine Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Organ (anatomy) • Interstate 81 Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 12 February 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2018)

A SWOT analysis, with its four elements in a 2×2 matrix Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: SWOT analysis Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: South American cuisine • Organ (anatomy) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 19 February 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Women's History Month 2018 at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's March 2018 worldwide online editathons. Historically, our March event has been one of the biggest offerings of the year. This year, we are collaborating with two other wiki communities. Our article campaign is the official on-line/virtual node for Art+Feminism. Our image campaign supports the Whose Knowledge? initiative. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/70|Women's History Month 2018]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00|#1day1woman Global Initiative]]
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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2018)

Green beans Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Green bean Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: SWOT analysis • South American cuisine Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 26 February 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2018)

Medieval world religions Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: History of religions Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Green bean • SWOT analysis Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 5 March 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Wikipedia Day LA, March 31

Wikipedia Day LA 2018

Please join us from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm on Saturday, March 31st for Wikipedia Day LA 2018 at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. There will be speakers, panel discussions, a presentation on Wikidata, flash sessions, and a discussion about the formation of an LA User Group. There could be dramatic readings of LA-related talk pages, and there will be truly excellent cake. Please RSVP on the event page if you're thinking of joining us. We hope to see you there! JSFarman (talk) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:19, 9 March 2018 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here, and follow us on Twitter . To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2018)

Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Ted Gärdestad Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: History of religions • Green bean Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 12 March 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2018)

A composite satellite image of the contiguous United States and surrounding areas Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Environment of the United States Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Ted Gärdestad • History of religions Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 19 March 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2018)

The Grand Bazaar, held in Istanbul, is one of the oldest existing examples of a bazaar. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Bazaar Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Environment of the United States • Ted Gärdestad Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 26 March 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

April 2018 at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's April 2018 worldwide online editathons. Focus on: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/71|April+Further with Art+Feminism]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Meetup/72|Archaeology]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Meetup/73|Military history (contest)]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Meetup/74|Geofocus: Indian subcontinent]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00|#1day1woman Global Initiative]]
		To subscribe: Women in Red/English language mailing list or Women in Red/international list. To unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list. Follow us on Twitter: @wikiwomeninred --Rosiestep (talk) 12:05, 29 March 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Thanks

Dear Penny Richards:

We so appreciate your joining us on March 15th to celebrate the work of female artists and designers, and to address the gender disparity on Wikipedia. In particular, thank you, Penny, for lending your expertise as a seasoned Wikipedia editor to the many participants at the event that were new to editing on Wikipedia.

We made a difference, and we couldn't have done it without you!

Best regards,

Sue Maberry, Director of Library and Instructional Technology

Heather Cleary, Digital Projects and Metadata Librarian

Jean-Marie Venturini, Assistant Director of the Teaching and Learning Center; Instructional Designer

Note: please forgive me if this isn't in the right place, as I am new to Wikipedia and am still learning the lay of the land! We wanted to send you a personal thank you note, but the email address we have for you didn't work, so we wanted to find some way to contact you to express our thanks. LHR2LAX (talk) 21:42, 30 March 2018 (UTC)LHR2LAX

This is fine @LHR2LAX:, and I got a nice thank you email from Natalie Arps-Bumbera today also. You're welcome, anytime, I love visiting Otis! Penny Richards (talk) 01:57, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Women in Red's April+Further with Art+Feminism 2018

		Please join us as Women in Red and Art+Feminism continue our collaboration in April 2018. Continue the work you've done in March and pledge to help close the gender gap in April! All you need to do is sign up on the Meet-Up page below and list any articles you create in the month of April. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/71|April+Further with Art+Feminism]]
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Books & Bytes - Issue 27

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Arts Datathon!

LA County Civic Arts Datathon!

Please join us for the LA County Arts Commission Civic Art Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Beginners are welcome! We'll provide training for new editors. (See the meetup page for more details.) Friday, April 27, 2018, 9:00-5:00 Bob Hope Patriotic Hall, 1816 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90015. We hope to see you there! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:09, 25 April 2018 (UTC) Join our Facebook group here, and follow us on Twitter . To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list.

May 2018 at Women in Red

		Welcome to Women in Red's May 2018 worldwide online editathons. File:Soraya Aghaee4.jpg New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/75|"Women of the Sea"]] New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/76|"Villains"]] New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/77|"Women in Sports"]] New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/78|"Central Eastern European women"]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00|#1day1woman Global Initiative]]
		(To subscribe: Women in Red/English language mailing list and Women in Red/international list. Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 23:11, 29 April 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging

This seems up your alley

I was puttering around with the ASLO awards and ran across this: [2]. I know you have been working on CEE women, but thought this oceanographer might be interesting for you. If you don't want to do her, I will. as it looks like there are plenty of sources to meet GNG.[3], [4], [5], [6]. [7] SusunW (talk) 20:56, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Go ahead @SusunW:, she looks fascinating and you've already done a lot of the leg work of finding good sources. I wouldn't get to it for a while.Penny Richards (talk) 00:41, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

I'll add it to the list. I'm hip deep in revising the Women's Liberation Movement articles and trying to sort out Mary Hayley. SusunW (talk) 18:59, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Okay, finally got back to her Caroline M. Solomon totally rocks! She created a database to standardize signing for scientific and technological terms to help deaf and hearing impaired students and teachers become more involved in STEM. SusunW (talk) 22:04, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Oh excellent! Glad you created her article.Penny Richards (talk) 02:42, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Food

Curd Rice

Hello! After the successful pilot program by Wikimedia India in 2015, Wiki Loves Food (WLF) is happening again in 2018 and this year, it's going International. To make this event a grand success, your direction is key. Please sign up here as a volunteer to bring all the world's food to Wikimedia. Danidamiobi (talk) 20:55, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Mira Zore-Armanda

A neat article - would you mind if I nominated it for the DYK? I plan to expand it slightly in the process. GregorB (talk) 20:54, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

• @GregorB: Don't mind a bit, I'm honored! She seems like a very worthy subject for a DYK, and the article can surely benefit from some expansion. Penny Richards (talk) 20:57, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

Women in Red June Editathons

		Welcome to Women in Red's June 2018 worldwide online editathons. New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/79|WiR Loves Pride]] New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/80|Singers and Songwriters]] New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/81|Women in GLAM]] New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/82|Geofocus: Russia/USSR]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00|#1day1woman Global Initiative]]
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DYK for Mira Zore-Armanda

On 2 June 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mira Zore-Armanda, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Croatian oceanographer Mira Zore-Armanda had difficulty gaining passage on research vessels because she was a woman? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mira Zore-Armanda. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mira Zore-Armanda), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Vanamonde (talk) 05:18, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2018)

Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Civil ceremony Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Xenophobia • Richard Rohr Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 June 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Books & Bytes – Issue 28

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2018)

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman, builds a fire to help combat frostbite and hypothermia during a survival, evasion, resistance and escape exercise in Alaska. Note that there is a draft for the Survival page located at Draft:Survival. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Survival Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Civil ceremony • Xenophobia Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 June 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

July 2018 at Women in Red

		Hello again from Women in Red! July 2018 worldwide online editathons: New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/83|Sub-Saharan Africa]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/84|Film + stage]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/85|20th-century]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/86|Women Rock]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00|Notable women, broadly-construed!]] Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!): Are we losing momentum? London calling (the Mayor of London!) Publication about Wikipedia's coverage of women mathematicians Women in Red is featured in Toolhub
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This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2018)

Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Popular culture Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Survival • Civil ceremony Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 2 July 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Congratulations on writing your 700th new article on English Wikipedia. This is an amazing accomplishment, and much appreciated by many of us, including your colleagues at Women in Red! Rosiestep (talk) 21:31, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Onward... Penny Richards (talk) 23:20, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Retitle the L.A. Task Force

Your attention is called to the discussion here, suggesting retitling Los Angeles Task Force to Los Angeles County Task Force. Sincerely, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 22:00, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

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(talk page stalker)  Fixed for you! — Wyliepedia @ 09:33, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Archiving this page

Hi, Penny! I'm a fellow WIR editor and would like to suggest that you archive this talkpage. If you don't know how to, or if it seems daunting, I can help you. We can set it up to auto-archive or you might do like I do mine and manually archive it within time periods (weeks, months, years, etc.). This is just a suggestion, however its current state causes a long load-time for some who wish to leave you a new message here. Just reply here, if you would like my help. Have a great weekend! — Wyliepedia @ 09:47, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank you thank you thank you! I've been meaning to find out how to do this. I would definitely like help @CAWylie:! Penny Richards (talk) 16:32, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

@Penny Richards: Okay, I've set up the auto-archive for you, which appears at the top. Click the edit button after your name at the page heading to see the breakdown. It keeps posts here within 30 days or unanswered within 7. We can tweak it further once it cleans it all up, if necessary. You can always restore discussions here if you want. — Wyliepedia @ 02:19, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

@CAWylie:That sounds excellent, thank you very much. I archived the first fifty posts just now, to test it out. Very easy! Penny Richards (talk) 02:30, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

You're welcome! The bot will do it for you, but you can create and arrange any archive page that you want, now that you know how. Most bots start new ones after 100k size, but it's all your preference and you can DIY but bots save time. — Wyliepedia @ 04:29, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

August and New Achievements at Women in Red

Meetups #87, #88, #89, #90

		An exciting new month for Women in Red! August 2018 worldwide online editathons: New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/87|Indigenous women]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/88|Women of marginalized populations]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/89|Women writers]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/90|Geofocus: Bottom 10]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00/2018|#1day1woman Global Initiative Notable women, broadly-construed!]] For the first time, this month we are trying out our Monthly achievement initiative All creators of new biographies can keep track of their progress and earn virtual awards. It can be used in conjunction with the above editathons or for any women's biography created in August. Try it out when you create your first biography of the month.
		Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!): Call for members for the Gender Diversity Visibility Community User Group (To subscribe: Women in Red/English language mailing list and Women in Red/international list. Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list)

--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:33, 19 July 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging

August 2018 at Women in Red

		An exciting new month for Women in Red! August 2018 worldwide online editathons: New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/87|Indigenous women]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/88|Women of marginalized populations]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/89|Women writers]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/90|Geofocus: Bottom 10]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00/2018|#1day1woman Global Initiative Notable women, broadly-construed!]] For the first time, this month we are trying out our Monthly achievement initiative All creators of new biographies can keep track of their progress and earn virtual awards. It can be used in conjunction with the above editathons or for any women's biography created in August. Try it out when you create your first biography of the month.
		Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!): Call for members for the Gender Diversity Visibility Community User Group (To subscribe: Women in Red/English language mailing list and Women in Red/international list. Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 11:22, 23 July 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Myrtle Tannehill

I stand corrected on Tannehill's lawsuit to La Rue ["Grace La Rue Sued", LA Times February 11 1920](*several sources,see link). I don't understand how Tannehill thought she was going to win since Hamiton was a grown man responsible for his own actions and he and La Rue married legally. But I digress. It doesn't state if Tannehill won anything. Alienation-of-affections goes on to this day(*see link) and can be quite awarding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlYRBik3uf8

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=&date1=1920&date2=1921&proxtext=myrtle+tannehill&x=0&y=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&rows=20&searchType=basic

Thanks.Koplimek (talk) 21:41, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Monthly achievement initiative

Thanks, Penny, for being the first to list an article under the August Monthly achievement initiative. As you may have noticed, I have added a few details. Perhaps you would also like to add the {{Participant:Women in Red August 2018 achievements}} box to your user page (unless you are waiting until you achieve barnstart recognition for five or more). I think a box on your user page might well attract more interest and lead to wider participation in writing women's biographies. I realize all this takes up additional time but it might be worth it.--Ipigott (talk) 06:33, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2018)

Guacamole is an avocado-based dip, spread, or salad first developed by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Guacamole Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Anna Anka • Club drug Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 20 August 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Books & Bytes – Issue 29

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September 2018 at Women in Red

		September is an exciting new month for Women in Red's worldwide online editathons! New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/91|Women currently in academics]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/92|Women + Law]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/93|Geofocus: Hispanic countries]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00/2018|#1day1woman Global Initiative]] Check it out: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Monthly achievement initiative: September 2018|Monthly achievement initiative]] All creators of new biographies can keep track of their progress and earn virtual awards. It can be used in conjunction with the above editathons or for any women's biography created in September. Try it out when you create your first biography of the month.
		Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!): Call for members for the Gender Diversity Visibility Community User Group Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red#The Endless Night of Wikipedia’s Notable Woman Problem (To subscribe: Women in Red/English language mailing list and Women in Red/international list. Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 01:55, 26 August 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2018)

"The noblest motive is the public good." Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Public good Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Guacamole • Anna Anka Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 August 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Quaintance Eaton

Nice work on this. My father has several of her books - I've often thought I'd like to write an article, but could never scrape together enough info. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:22, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Hoping we can get a fair-use image to go with the article. She was often described as tall and striking, and she made a lot of her own gowns; there must be good photographs. I've enjoyed "meeting" her. Penny Richards (talk) 15:37, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

No promises, but I'll look tonight and see if any of the books has an author photograph - I'll scan it if so. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:57, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mary Sophia Hyde Rice

Hello! Your submission of Mary Sophia Hyde Rice at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 23:34, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Thank you for the heads up! I think KAVEBEAR got there first and did the bulk of the fixes, but I made a few more little changes, think it's looking good now. Penny Richards (talk) 00:22, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 01:01, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, @Yoninah:. I think the cut-and-paste expansion you mention was something @KAVEBEAR: did; if they don't do the template thing by tomorrow I'll give it a try (never done that before but I can probably figure it out). Penny Richards (talk) 04:33, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

The Template:Copied was not adequately filled out. The diffs need to be added so readers can see exactly what was copied and when the copying took place. Yoninah (talk) 00:49, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Okay. @KAVEBEAR: definitely did those edits, so I'll defer to them on this. Penny Richards (talk) 01:34, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Collaboration on missionary wives

Thanks for creating article on Ursula Emerson. Do you want to add a couple of missionary wives to your to do list? I have a problem with starting articles sometimes since I overdo it sometimes with quality instead of just creating a start article. If you want to start these, I can add my stuff to them and then nominate them for DYK. Here are a few women that I have in mind that desperately needs articles:

• From https://archive.org/details/portraitsofameri00hawarich
• Lucy Goodale Thurston needs to be separated from Asa and Lucy Goodale Thurston
• Clarissa Chapman Armstrong
• Sybil Moseley Bingham
• Juliette Montague Cooke
• Mary Barker Parker
• Laura Fish Judd
• Charlotte Fowler Baldwin
• Mary Tenney Castle
• Melicent Knapp Smith

KAVEBEAR (talk) 02:22, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

@KAVEBEAR: Happy to add them to my possibilities! I'm working my way through another alphabet run right now (which is why Ursula came up after Rose, Sarah, Thelma...). But once that's done (five articles from now, VWXYZ) I'll be up for starting some of these, absolutely. Happy to work with you! Penny Richards (talk) 02:49, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

I am expanding List of missionaries to Hawaii and you can see the redlinks there.KAVEBEAR (talk) 02:53, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2018)

Jahangir (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627) was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death in 1627. Pictured is a 17th century painting of Jahangir hunting with a falcon. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Jahangir Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Public good • Guacamole Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 September 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October!

Greetings!

You are receiving this message because your username or portal was listed as a participant of a WikiProject that is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.

This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

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DYK for Mary Sophia Hyde Rice

On 10 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mary Sophia Hyde Rice, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that American missionary Mary Sophia Hyde Rice taught Sanford B. Dole, who later became Hawaii's only president? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Sophia Hyde Rice. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mary Sophia Hyde Rice), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Women in SFF

Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it. ☕ Antiqueight ^chatter 13:32, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

As an aside - one of the topics I want to address in the event to be held at Octocon is how people who think they can't edit because of reasons (like being unable to type for long periods due to physical limitations) can still be major contributors - through copy editing, peer reviews, project rating, reviewing DYK and uploading photos etc. I note from your user page that you work with areas of disabilities. I thought you might have some useful insights or pointers for me. The major topic we are trying to address is lack of genre (specifically women and minorities biographies) in Science Fiction and Fantasy etc on the wiki. But we also want to get that diversity into the editor population and there will be a wide variety of people at the event with many different skills and abilities or limitations. I want to make sure they are all able to see the potential for their involvement. ☕ Antiqueight ^chatter 18:08, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

@Antiqueight:That sounds like a great priority for your event. And you're right, there are SO many ways to contribute beyond writing! I always suggest translation tasks (if someone is fluent in another language) or adding a ref (like #1lib1ref). It's easy to start with today's newspaper; is there anything in the headlines that could be added to an article on Wikipedia? An obituary of someone notable? A shortlist for a literary prize? If you have the newspaper in hand, you already have a source. Same with any reliable reference materials. I sometimes think pairing up two starting editors to work together is one way to get through some of the challenges. So, one does the typing, one looks at sources, one writes and one reads it over for errors, before hitting "save". Just a little more security, safety in numbers, for some folks. I'll keep thinking about this and add if I remember anything else.Penny Richards (talk) 21:56, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. And thanks for the fab names you added to the redlist! ☕ Antiqueight ^chatter 22:20, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

It was fun, and it added a few titles to my wishlists too.... whoops. Looking forward to the editathon! Just this week I wrote about Eva Limiñana, a screenwriter in Mexico in the 1930s, who wrote at least one horror film (Herencia macabra/A Macabre Legacy, 1939). If anyone can improve that from Spanish sources, I'd be thrilled! Penny Richards (talk) 01:42, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Oh! That's a point - we should have a section on articles to improve too.... ☕ Antiqueight ^chatter 02:01, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

October 2018 at Women in Red

		Please join us... We have four new topics for Women in Red's worldwide online editathons in October! New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/94|Clubs]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/95|Science fiction + fantasy]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/96|STEM]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/97|The Mediterranean]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00/2018|#1day1woman Global Initiative]]
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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

• Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
• Country Winners
• Diversity winner
• High quality contributors
• Gender-gap fillers
• Page improvers
• Wikidata Translators

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Ursula Newell Emerson

On 7 October 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ursula Newell Emerson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1833, Ursula Newell Emerson drew some of the earliest surviving manuscript maps of Hawaii for instructional use? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ursula Newell Emerson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ursula Newell Emerson), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Clarissa Chapman Armstrong

On 12 October 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Clarissa Chapman Armstrong, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that American missionary Clarissa Chapman Armstrong led Bible study meetings for Queen Kalama in Hawaii while her husband served as Minister of Public Instruction under King Kamehameha III? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Clarissa Chapman Armstrong. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Clarissa Chapman Armstrong), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for all the hard work that went into creating the article on Clarissa Chapman Armstrong. It was great seeing it on the main page today. Best Regards, Barbara ✐  ✉ 23:47, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Get ready for November with Women in Red!

		Three new topics for WiR's online editathons in November, two of them supporting other initiatives New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/98|Religion]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/99|Deceased politicians]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/96|Asia]] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00/2018|#1day1woman Global Initiative]]
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A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thank you for your excellent work on biographies of women! GorillaWarfare (talk) 17:32, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Penny Richards (talk) 19:08, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Because I think you're marvellous

		The Science Fiction Barnstar
		THANK YOU for all your support and articles for women in SFF ☕ Antiqueight chatter 08:20, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Penny Richards (talk) 13:41, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Books & Bytes, Issue 30

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This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2018)

A view of the Gulf of Alaska from space. Notice the swirling sediment in the waters. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Gulf of Alaska Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Latin music (genre) • Cocktail Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 October 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

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WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge award

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		This maple leaf is awarded to Penny Richards for creating four women's biographies during the second year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 20:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

THANK YOU! I'm honored. Penny Richards (talk) 20:51, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

California State Contest

Hi Penny, I don't know if you or Rosiestep would be interested in a state contest for California. Naturally if would include women bios but would see article improvements on all topics. We'll need some independent sponsors as WMF won't pay me another cent. Can you think of any institution in California which might be interested in putting up a prize fund?♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:07, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

• Hi Dr. Blofeld. I'd gladly participate in any contest you propose, though I'm not interested in competing in contests as that just isn't my cup of tea. I'm not aware of any organization who would sponsor a contest or give us a grant in general but if I do come across something, I'll let you know! --Rosiestep (talk) 11:20, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

I'll have a think about it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:34, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Keep me posted, of course, that would be fun. I wouldn't have a clue about finding prize money, but I'd happily publicize any fun California stuff through Wikimedians of Los Angeles and related groups. - Penny Richards (talk) 13:19, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

It would be! And so many notable landmarks which are poorly developed. As with previous contests good prizes for editing women bios. Washington DC area and California I'm considering.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:01, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Sarah P. Monks

Thanks for contributing the article Sarah P. Monks! I've been adding some scant biographical details, but they are largely hard to find in reliable sources. Since you appear to have a Newspapers.com account, you might be able to find and clip the full page profile in the December 8, 1918 Los Angeles Times, as described in Vassar Quarterly (title appears to be "Hail Woman as Marvel"). Thanks again, --Animalparty! (talk) 22:38, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi! Can you please sign the petition to TASS and RIAN requesting certain historic photos for Wikimedia by adding your signature to the signature section? Many of the requested images would be very useful to the Women in Red project articles. Thanks, --PlanespotterA320 (talk) 21:32, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Photo request petition - please sign

Hi! Can you please sign the petition to TASS and RIAN requesting certain historic photos for Wikimedia by adding your signature to the signature section? Many of the requested images would be very useful to the Women in Red project articles. Thanks, --PlanespotterA320 (talk) 02:20, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2018)

Siri is a virtual assistant part of Apple Inc.'s iOS, watchOS, macOS, HomePod, and tvOS operating systems. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Siri Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Equator • Mongoloid Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 26 November 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

December 2018 at Women in Red

		The WiR December editathons provide something for everyone. New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/101|Photography]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/102|Laureates]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/103|Countries beginning with 'I']] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00/2018|#1day1woman Global Initiative]]
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December 2018 at Women in Red

		The WiR December editathons provide something for everyone. New: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/101|Photography]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/102|Laureates]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/103|Countries beginning with 'I']] Continuing: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00/2018|#1day1woman Global Initiative]]
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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2018)

Waves in Lake Ontario Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Lake surfing Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Siri • Equator Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 December 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2018)

Nuuk is the capital and largest city of Greenland. Pictured is the Nuussuaq district in Nuuk, with Sermitsiaq mountain in the background. Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Nuuk Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Lake surfing • Siri Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 10 December 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2018)

A bookworm / beetle grub found inside a paperback book, showing some of the damage it has wrought Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Bookworm (insect) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Nuuk • Lake surfing Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 17 December 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Books & Bytes, Issue 31

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January 2019 at Women in Red

January 2019, Volume 5, Issue 1, Numbers 104-108 Happy New Year from Women in Red! Please join us for these virtual editathons. January events: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/104|Women of War and Peace]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/105|Play!]] January geofocus: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/106|Caucasus]] New, year-long initiative: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/107|Suffrage]] Continuing global initiative: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/108|#1day1woman2019]] Help us plan our future events: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Ideas|Ideas Cafe]] To subscribe: Women in Red/English language mailing list and Women in Red/international list Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list Image attribution: Nevit Dilmen (CC BY-SA 3.0) --Rosiestep (talk) 17:40, 21 December 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Myrtle Elvyn

Quick question–how sure are you about her date of birth? I've got a bit of a mystery here-two rather dubious-looking sources say 1886: what seems to be the VIAF page on her and this website (apparently a digitisation of some contemporary reference book, but I haven't been able to find out what). Blythwood (talk) 01:45, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Blythwood I saw those, yeah; the 1887 date comes from the Death Master File listings (assuming she's the Mabel E. Bloch with a February 1975 death, and 10021 zipcode; her death was listed in the NYTimes so a NYC zipcode makes sense); seemed more solid than the 1886 guess. I'm happy to change it to "circa 1886" if you think that's better. Penny Richards (talk) 01:53, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

• Ah right. I think circa is probably better, my feeling is when sources contradict it's better to outright explicitly state that than leave it ambiguous why you preferred one over the other. (I've run into this kind of thing before, and even one case I can't find where we were reduced to consulting a calendar of 1928 to figure out whether "last Tuesday" in a newspaper was the date we thought it was...) It's a shame I can't find where that Grande Musica website is getting its text from, as it does look authentic. (Also, just in case you didn't know, the ping function is tied to a signature, you have to sign a post when you ping or it doesn't work.) Blythwood (talk)

Oh yes, one other thing-how confident do you feel that the VIAF page is her and worth linking to this article? I ran into this when I was trying to activate the authcon tag. The one thing on there I could track down-a set of recordings of Wagner's music arranged for piano and organ rolls-sounds like it might be her, but I'm not 100% positive. Blythwood (talk) 02:12, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Blythwood, ha, yeah, I check calendars for "last Tuesday" a lot. I have zero experience with VIAF pages, but I guess that looks like her--the Sherman TX birthplace is consistent, and there can't be many pianists named Myrtle Elvyn. Myrtle Elvyn, aka Myrtle Elvyn Bloch (c1886-1975) definitely made recordings of Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein, at least--I found reference to it but didn't mention it in the article (yet, can now add); here's the ref for that fact: Hugh Hoffman, "The Welte Autograph Organ" Moving Picture World (November 22, 1913): 855. Penny Richards (talk) 02:24, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Great, I've activated the authcon tag now. Thanks for the quick response! Blythwood (talk) 02:30, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Excellent. Always happy to work on making biographies better. Penny Richards (talk) 02:37, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

No worries, sorry for being so pedantic. Reminds me of Gracie Allen. (I dug it up-here's the worst case of this I've run into; my annotation as the endnote is a major chunk of the article's length... Blythwood (talk) 04:05, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2018)

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Wikipedia Asian Month 2018 postcard - info needed!

Hello! Kevin from Wikipedia Asian Month here. Thank you very much for your contributions this year. Because you have created at least 4 eligible articles, you are qualified to receive a special WAM postcard from an Asian community. If you would like one, please fill out this form by January 10. All personal information you submit will only be visible to select organizers in charge of postcards, and will be destroyed once postcards are sent out. If you have any questions, please drop a line on my talk page or ping me. Thank you, and happy holidays! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 01:55, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Buone Feste!

May you have very Happy Holidays, Penny ...

and a New Year filled with peace, joy, and beautiful music!

Best wishes and many thanks for your articles on no-longer-forgotten opera singers, Voceditenore (talk) 08:51, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

THANK YOU! Always a pleasure. Happiest holidays and bright new year wishes from Southern California. Penny Richards (talk) 15:20, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2019)

An example of page orientation: a smartphone positioned upright (portrait orientation) and horizontally (landscape orientation) Hello, Penny Richards. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Page orientation Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Farce • Scalp Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:27, 7 January 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Interlanguage links... and more

Hallo Penny, A lot of your new articles have popped up in my notifications because many years ago I created the article Florence Nightingale Medal to which a batch of your recent articles have linked.

I'm something of a redirects enthusiast and have spent a bit of time yesterday adding lots of redirects for these formidable women, from all the variations of their name which seem likely - it picked up a few incoming links, and I ended up having fun disambiguating a clutch of different people to create a dab page at Rebecca Price. I don't really see the point of surname list pages, but they exist so it's good to get women listed on them, so I've added your subjects to those pages, or made a redirect where they are the only surname-holder.

Today I saw Lucy Minnigerode, ended up creating a surname page at Minnigerode, creating the article about her grandad Charles Minnigerode (and fixing a handful of mis-spellings of him in various articles, and linking to him, etc). But I noticed that you'd got a blue limk to Charles Frederick Ernest Minnigerode which was leading outside enwiki to the German article on him.

There is actually a rather useful template {{Interlanguage link}} (which can be abbreviated as {{Ill}} which is hard to read in a san-serif font), which allows you to make a redlink within enwiki and also a link to another wiki. When the enwiki article is created, the red link turns blue and the external link disappears. It's rather neat. In this situation the code would have been {{ill|Charles Frederick Ernest Minnigerode|de|Karl Minnigerode}}. Just to show what it would look like, here's a version with a red link: Charles xyz Minnigerode. I suggest that it's better to use this template than to link directly to the German article. Hope this is helpful.

Best wishes - and congratulations on the huge stream of well-crafted articles, which makes my own set of stubby little contributions seem very weak! PamD 18:27, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! I appreciate this note, because I've always wanted to know how to do interlanguage links correctly, and this is exactly the clear instruction I needed. I love learning new wikipedia "tricks". I will use this a lot.Penny Richards (talk) 18:35, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2019)

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February 2019 at Women in Red

February 2019, Volume 5, Issue 2, Numbers 107-111 Happy February from Women in Red! Please join us for these virtual editathons. February events: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/109|Social Workers]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/110|Black Women]] February geofocus: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/111|Ancient World]] Continuing initiatives: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/107|Suffrage]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/108|#1day1woman2019]] Help us plan our future events: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Ideas|Ideas Cafe]] Join the conversations on our talkpage: Socialites Twitter - Forgotten African American Suffragists Women in Red image uploads to Commons Image attribution: Johntex (CC BY-SA 3.0) Subscription options: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/List|English language opt-in]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/International list|International opt-in]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/Opt-out|Unsubscribe]] --Rosiestep (talk) 20:10, 26 January 2019 (UTC) via MassMessaging

This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2019)

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Dorothy Vena Johnson

Hi, I'm looking for articles to feature on the main page in the DYK section during Black History Month. Are you planning to nominate this, or would you like me to? Also, would you be able to write a stub article (one paragraph minimum) on the League of Allied Arts so we can link it in the Johnson article? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 11:58, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

If you want to suggest other articles created within the last 7 days to nominate, please let me know. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 12:02, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Yoninah: I wasn't planning to, but please go ahead! I'll try to write up the League sometime this weekend. Here are all my Black History Month articles so far this month:

1. Mary Eliza Walker Crump
2. Bette Treadville
3. Suzette Harbin
4. Exie Lee Hampton
5. Minnie Tate
6. Althea Brown Edmiston
7. Fay M. Jackson
8. Thyra J. Edwards
9. Jennie Jackson
10. Ione Wood Gibbs
11. Sylura Barron
12. Dorothy Vena Johnson

And another one is underway right now. ;)Penny Richards (talk) 14:17, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Yoninah: And now it's done, I think A. C. Bilbrew would be a good DYK candidate. Penny Richards (talk) 15:50, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Wow, you've been busy! The ones that were created more than 7 days ago won't qualify, but I'll start working on some later ones. You might want to think about nominating articles for an appearance during Women's History Month in March. Yoninah (talk) 20:18, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! I don't venture into DYK very often, but I do already have one in the Women's History Month queue (Lulu Grace Graves).Penny Richards (talk) 20:32, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

OK, I nominated Dorothy Vena Johnson here. At first I thought there was a good hook fact in Sylura Barron, but reading the source, I didn't see the discrimination mentioned outright, so I didn't nominate that. I also passed over Ione Wood Gibbs, as there isn't much to work with hook-wise. I would like to nominate Jennie Jackson, but since the sources are all offline, I wonder if you could type out the verifying text in the source for this hook:

• ... that Jennie Jackson, one of the original members of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, sang before Ulysses S. Grant, Mark Twain, and Queen Victoria? Yoninah (talk) 21:18, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Yoninah: Sure here you go:

“Among their patrons in our country were Henry Ward Beecher, Doctors Cuyler and Talmage, John Wanamaker, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, and Philips Brooks….and they were invited to the White House to sing for President Grant. In England their triumphs were repeated on a larger scale….an immediate result of this concert was an invitation from the Duke and Duchess of Argyll to sing at Argyll Lodge where, to their great surprise and pleasure, they learned that Queen Victoria would be present.” in Mary E. Nalle, "The Preservation of the American Negro Folk Song” Social Service Review (August 1916): 13. Online at Google Books.

“Writing on behalf of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Mark Twain took his task ‘cheerfully.’ ‘I would walk seven miles to hear them sing again,’ he declared in an 1873 letter…” in Gabriel Mllner, “The Tenor of Belonging: The Fisk Jubilee Singers and the Popular Culture of Postbellum Citizenship” ‘’Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressiv e Era’’ 15(4)(2016): 399.

Thank you! Yoninah (talk) 11:41, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi again. I'd also like to nominate Joyce Madkins Sumbi. I added a "citation needed" tag to the sentence I'd like to feature in the hook. If the source is offline, could you print out the relevant info for me? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 14:04, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Did you see my note on the talk page of A. C. Bilbrew? Once that's taken care of, I could nominate that too. Yoninah (talk) 14:06, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Yoninah: Think I've addressed both questions now in the articles, with additional content and refs. Thank you! I love how the DYK process makes articles better. Penny Richards (talk) 15:19, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Well, your edits to Joyce Madkins Sumbi made my hook fact more speculation than fact, that she was the first black librarian to work directly with the public. Since I can't view the Binnie Tate Wilkin book, I'm not seeing more hooky facts to work with. Yoninah (talk) 15:50, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Okay.Penny Richards (talk) 16:00, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi again. I don't know if you have the time for it, but when you have an oral history available online for someone like Joyce Madkins Sumbi, you can get a lot of personal detail off it. I just skipped around the first session, and added details of her early career. I'm mulling over a hook. Yoninah (talk) 16:37, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Yoninah: Aha, yes! No time today or tomorrow (holiday weekend here), but I'm glad to hear that it's accessible (I hadn't tried yet). I can try to listen later this week but if you find good stuff first, that's even better! Penny Richards (talk) 16:42, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

A. C. Bilbrew

According to this source, her given name was "AC". Could you provide a cite for the longer name? Maybe the biographical section needs some tweaking. Yoninah (talk) 15:38, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

I saw that one, and she certainly used A. C. (or even "Aycee") in most contexts, which is why I titled the article with the initials. Right now I can't find where "Alice Caledonia" came from, so I'm removing that name until I get a chance to retrace my steps.Penny Richards (talk) 15:50, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

I think the page should be moved to AC Bilbrew. Yoninah (talk) 15:53, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

I don't think so. The vast majority of print references to her are to "A. C. Bilbrew" (and the library named for her), not "AC Bilbrew." A redirect would be appropriate, I'll do that. Penny Richards (talk) 15:57, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

OK, I nominated her at Template:Did you know nominations/A. C. Bilbrew. Could you please give me the text from the Watkins source that says the choir members appeared as cotton pickers? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 18:41, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Yoninah: Sure, that one's easy: "Among those who left the city last Sunday morning for location scenes, in Wm. Fox's 'Hearts in Dixie' all-colored cast picture, were some of Los Angeles' most renowned choristers, under the very able direction of Mrs. A. C. Bilbrew. They will supply the chief background for the plantation scenes--cotton pickers--then return to the studio to complete the sound arrangements." This is a quote from the California Eagle newspaper, found on pages 72-73 of Mel Watkins, Stepin Fetchit: The Life and Times of Lincoln Perry (Knopf Doubleday Publishing 2006). On Google Books. Or this link is for the original article, in Internet Archive: "Shooting Begun on 'Hearts in Dixie'" California Eagle (November 30, 1928): 8. Penny Richards (talk) 01:17, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! I added the online link to the article. The DYK already passed! Yoninah (talk) 11:52, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! That's wonderful. I appreciate all your work on this. Penny Richards (talk) 15:15, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

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A-Z congratulations

I see you've finished another A-Z run - wonderful! And although I've been tracking your new articles and adding redirects and surname page entries, I hadn't noticed the A-Z sequence until Xenia and Yvette appeared yesterday - how's that for unobservant? I waited till Zona before congratulating you!

I see that you list "other names" in the infobox - please consider making redirects from those names too, and from other versions: every now and then they match an existing redlink, sometimes in the Women in Red lists of redlinks.

I'm not sure how useful surname pages are, but as they exist we ought to add women to them. Particularly for writers, academics, etc there's a chance that someone may find a mention of "Bloggs's work" and want to track down the "Bloggs". Unlike some other editors I don't bother adding new articles to birth date, death date, and given name pages - except for a few really unusual given names like Philadelphia and Xenia - as I can't imagine many readers searching that way. There are categories for birth and death years anyway. We all have our different ideas as to what is and isn't worth doing.

Congratulations again on producing so many good well-sourced articles, with the added quirk of A-Z sequencing. PamD 23:52, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! Yes, I usually do redirects and surname pages when I get a chance; I'll spend my wikitime the next couple days doing some tidy-up jobs on the latest alphabet of articles. (They all get at least one incoming link to avoid orphan tags, but now I can go back and do a few more for most of them.) – Penny Richards (talk) 00:54, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Paulette del Baye

You might be interested to know that Paulette del Baye is about to reach featured picture status. Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos is also up, but it's a vote short of passing right now, so might need a renomination later. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.5% of all FPs} 23:06, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

And both of them passed today! So, both articles WILL be on the main page; any dates you'd suggest? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.5% of all FPs} 13:40, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Adam Cuerden: WOW! That's so cool. They're such beautiful images. I don't have any particular dates to suggest. But my birthday is in April so I will consider both of them to be birthday honors, whenever they appear. Penny Richards (talk) 13:56, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Grabbed Roger-Miclos' birthday. Edit this as you see fit. Template:POTD/2019-05-01 Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.5% of all FPs} 15:05, 3 April 2019 (UTC)I

The nice round number appealed, so I grabbed the 75th anniversary of Paulette del Baye's death: Template:POTD/2020-05-23

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Alice Lethbridge

Thanks for adding Alice. May I ask if you have a connection to her? Grace H-D-H is my great aunt. MrMarmite (talk) 13:26, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome! Always happy to hear from the kin of my articles' subjects. No connection here. She just looked interesting. This month on Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red we're focusing on dancers, so she's one of five articles about dancers I've started so far in April.-Penny Richards (talk) 14:15, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Louisa Dow Benton

I really appreciate your improvements on the Louisa Dow Benton article. Thanks, Penny. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:37, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

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UC Irvine edit-a-thon on May 17, 2019

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Books & Bytes, Issue 33

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Gender equity event at UCI

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	Thank you for all you do for Women in Red, particularly for participating in the Gender equity editing workshop at UCI last week. It's always a better experience for me when you're around. Rosiestep (talk) 16:23, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! Good to see you and meet Roger too. Penny Richards (talk) 16:26, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2019)

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That looks delicious! Thank you. Penny Richards (talk) 14:03, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

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Maude A. K. Wetmore

I found some good group photos that include her. Would you like to have a look? The best are probably https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.02822/ and https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.36784/ and I'm pretty sure we could crop something out of one or both that'd look a bit better than the current lead image. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.8% of all FPs} 20:13, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Adam Cuerden: I think the second one has more potential. And yes, either one would be better than the current lead image. So let's do this. Penny Richards (talk) 21:41, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

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Frank Cellier (actor)

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Ah, thanks for the invitation. I'm sure it's wonderful, but it's not in the cards for me, not this time.Penny Richards (talk) 19:11, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

MilHist contest

Hi Penny

I have noticed that you have tagged several articles for the contest, but not assessed them. Which seems a shame. Is there a reason for this? If not, would you like them to be tagged? I would be happy to do this, or to give you pointers so that you could do it yourself. Or you could tell me to mind my own business - whatever. Cheers.

Gog the Mild (talk) 03:07, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Gog the Mild! Thanks for checking with me. I've never assessed an article, and don't really know how. I should probably learn sometime. Until then, I'm fine with other people doing it. Penny Richards (talk) 13:28, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Will do. It is fairly straight forward, and when you feel like having a go, this pretty much says it all so far as MilHist is concerned. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

I seem to have been beaten to it on several, but have wrapped them up. A fine set of articles to browse through. Fanny Titus Hazen, which I didn't assess, has been allocated a C; I assume for want of a cite for her presidency of the National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War. If you could add it and ping me I would be happy to upgrade. (Similar for Belle Coddington, but as I can't see a lack of a cite, I have already upgraded it.)

A couple of comments: every entry in an infobox starts with a capital letter - I have amended a couple; in one you accidently used "works", which refers to literary works, instead of "known for" - I tweaked it while I was there.

Gog the Mild (talk) 14:30, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Gog the Mild Done! And thanks for the tips! Penny Richards (talk) 18:31, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

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For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

September 2019 Backlog Banzai

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		For scoring 549 points in the WikiProject Military history September 2019 edit-a-thon Backlog Banzai, including the impressive feat of creating 12 new articles, 9 of them at B class, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons. Well done! Gog the Mild (talk) 11:34, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! I enjoyed writing these articles and joining in the Backlog Banzai. Penny Richards (talk) 13:53, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Henrietta Rodman

I've not cropped it, as I kind of like the symbolism of the full-size image. Very purposeful. What d'ye think? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.1% of all FPs} 11:21, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Adam Cuerden: I love it. Her boots and sack dress and head wrap were part of her story, so I'm glad those aren't cropped out. Thank you! Penny Richards (talk) 13:18, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

I've put it into the article, and put the image up at FPC. Anything else you'd like me to look at? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.1% of all FPs} 04:37, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

Looks great! I'll be on the lookout for more possibilities for your fine work.Penny Richards (talk) 13:57, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

Still has absolutely no reaction at FPC, but FPC can be weird sometimes. I have two nominations that seem stuck at four votes, which both started really slow.... Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.2% of all FPs} 03:19, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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Some baklava for you!

Interesting article Grace Paul. Would you like to nominate it for WP:DYK? Regards. -- Titodutta (talk) 22:02, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the baklava, yum! I agree, she was interesting to learn about. I'll think about DYK. Penny Richards (talk) 22:06, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

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Magda Brard

Dear Penny, Thanks a lot for your article about Magda Brard. I am an absolute beginner on Wikipedia (but a passionate reader and occasional financial contributor) and I would like to modestly contribute to your article by translating it into French and German which are my languages. Magda Brard is a special topic for me as she taught me to play the piano as I was a child, in Nice (in the 70‘s) in her huge apartment full of marvellous souvenirs until I was old enough to enter the Conservatoire. Anyways I don’t know how to proceed and I don’t know whether that would be useful to translate. Just let me know, Kind regards from Berlin (Germany) Lionel Baret LioPieBar (talk) 21:16, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

@LioPieBar:: Hello! Thank you for the note. I think it would be amazing to have that article translated into French and German Wikipedia! And what a fascinating link you have to her. I haven't done any translations so I don't know the procedure, but I think since you already have a Wikipedia account, you're probably half-way there. Penny Richards (talk) 00:57, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

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The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon

Hi. The Wikipedia:The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon is planned for March 2020, a contest/editathon to eliminate as many stubs as possible from all 134 counties. Amazon vouchers/book prizes are planned for most articles destubbed from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and Northern Ireland and whoever destubs articles from the most counties out of the 134. Sign up on page if interested in participating, hope this will prove to be good fun and productive, we have over 44,000 stubs!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:22, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

I love a destubathon! thanks for the announcement. Penny Richards (talk) 15:06, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you! It's been a good five years for me on Wikipedia. To many more!Penny Richards (talk) 13:35, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

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WAM 2019 Postcard: All postcards are postponed due to the postal system shut down

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Wikipedia:The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge

Hi, thanks so much for contributing to the Destubathon Penny, brilliant effort on those women bios, hope Ser Amantio's prize will allow you to buy some books once this crazy situation ends! I've started this challenge long term, I was wondering if you could copy the list of women bios and find any others which were done during the Destubathon and use them to start a sub challenge of this page with women bios destubbed. If we can get it off to a good start using entries done for the Destubathon it might pick up. Entries on women should go in the main list as well as the women list. But just so we can monitor the progress, I think it might be a good vehicle to improve quality long term. † Encyclopædius 20:19, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

1. I've moved over all the ones from the contest now. Penny Richards (talk) 21:51, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Penny, thanks for joining the Wende's A+F edit-a-thon on Friday! We appreciate your efforts. Artanchovy (talk) 18:55, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! Penny Richards (talk) 21:31, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

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Pauline Phelps - Your article

Hello,

I'm doing family history and came across your article on Pauline Phelps;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phelps

Pauline is a side note in my family - in 1942 she was a mail order bride for a widower.

Question = should I add this to her Wikipedia page?

Thanks,

Ted

@Tedpoppke: Oh wow! Fun find. Thank you for letting me know. Is the marriage information published (in town records, a newspaper item, etc.)? Any information added to a Wikipedia article should have a published source (family lore is awesome, but not sufficient for a Wikipedia source). If it's not published anywhere, you could still add the information to the article's talk page; it might help the next visitor. Penny Richards (talk) 15:54, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Penny, Now I just got to learn about the infobox, thanks! I do most of my work on Ancestry.com and they are very good about sources and citations. Do you have an example of how to reference Ancestry.com in Wikipedia? I've done a light search. Ancestry often lists the primary source, but I don't have actual access to most of those.Tedpoppke (talk) 20:12, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

In most cases you want to avoid using primary sources for references on Wikipedia articles--that can be construed as "original research" (see WP:Original). If you find a date on Ancestry.com, try to find a published source that backs it up, like a newspaper obituary or a biographical dictionary entry. Those are generally considered better references for Wikipedia. Penny Richards (talk) 20:55, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge Summer Focus of the Week

Hi, just to announce that I've filed a £250 grant request for a "Summer Focus of the Week" feature for destubbing articles which will be run from May 1 to the end of July. £20 is planned to be rewarded each week, £10 most articles destubbed for the allocated focus of the week and £10 for the most destubbed for any topic of choice in total, a full £20 if most for the focused area. While it is intended to be more relaxed and open than an official contest, allowing editors to take a break some weeks from staying on focus and editing as they normally do, the winner will be whoever wins the most prize money at the end, so it is likely that some weeks they will need to tackle entries from the regional area allocated. The Summer Focus of the Week is planned to commence on May 1 with a 10 day focus on SouthEast England but will cover many regions of the globe by the end of the scheme. S E England was originally planned as a full blown contest (which you signed up for) but it will now be run as part of this 50,000 Challenge and I will redirect the contest page to the 50,000 Challenge. Hope this will be something enjoyable over the next few months!† Encyclopædius 13:39, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

50,000 Destubbing Challenge Focus of the Week

Hello there. This is an invitation to join the 50,000 Destubbing Challenge Focus of the Week. £250 (c. $310) up for grabs in May, June and July with £20 worth of prizes to give away every week for most articles destubbed. Each week there is a different region of focus, though half the prize will still be rewarded for articles on any subject. Sign up if you want to contribute at least one of the weeks or support the idea! † Encyclopædius 19:05, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Issue 38, January – April 2020

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 38, January – April 2020

• New partnership
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May 2020 at Women in Red

May 2020, Volume 6, Issue 5, Numbers 150, 151, 163, 164, 165, 166 May offerings at Women in Red. Online events: New: Healthcare / Women and their animals / Marys and Mays/ Geofocus Central & Eastern Europe Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Help us plan future events: Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversation: Women in Red talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

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Mary Wollstonecraft Award

		Mary Wollstonecraft Award
		On behalf of WP:WPWW, thank you for creating the recent new article on Mary L. Day, whose writings continue to be studied as the works of a blind woman in nineteenth-century America. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:04, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! I am honored. Wollstonecraft and I share a birthday, so she's always been my patron saint. :) Penny Richards (talk) 13:44, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Well-deserved. Plus super cool that you share a birthday with her! --Rosiestep (talk) 15:30, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

June 2020 at Women in Red

Women in Red June 2020, Volume 6, Issue 6, Numbers 150, 151, 167, 168, 169 Online events: New: Pride / United Nations / Geofocus on reducing gender imbalance Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Help us plan future events: Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversation: Women in Red talkpage Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications

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Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos

That's happened to me more often than I can recall - I look someone up (usually a severely obscure 19th-century American composer) and find out that I was the one who created the article, several years in the past.

Incidentally, apropos of very little, I went grocery shopping last night, and discovered in the bottled-water aisle that they're marketing something called "Voss" water. All I could think was, what would Patrick White have to say? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:21, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

It must happen to you very often! It's funny to find the little quirks of wording or formatting that I know are my own. Penny Richards (talk) 15:01, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Same - for me it's the little tricks of phrasing I use. And the sources - most of the composers are sourced to the same 1938 text. There are a lot of stubs out there whose only source is James Tasker Howard's Our American Music. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:15, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 39, May – June 2020

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 39, May – June 2020

• Library Card Platform
• New partnerships
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Digital Postcards and Certifications

Wikipedia Asian Month 2019

Dear Participants and Organizers,

Because of the COVID19 pandemic, there are a lot of countries’ international postal systems not reopened yet. We would like to send all the participants digital postcards and digital certifications for organizers to your email account in the upcoming weeks. For the paper ones, we will track the latest status of the international postal systems of all the countries and hope the postcards and certifications can be delivered to your mailboxes as soon as possible.

Take good care and wish you all the best.

This message was sent by Wikipedia Asian Month International Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:58, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the update! I received a lovely paper postcard from Taiwan already. Penny Richards (talk) 19:13, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Women with disability

Hi Penny. I've just been drafting a page for July's Women and Disability. Maybe you have more suggestions on redlists or redlinks. Please feel free to work on the page as you wish and communicate it to any interested parties. I note that last time round we had about 70 new articles and improvements. With your help, we may be able to do better this year. Don't know to what extent we can draw on those who were unable to take part in the Olympics.--Ipigott (talk) 15:50, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Oh excellent! I will have a look and start publicizing it and looking for more redlinks and lists. Thank you! Penny Richards (talk) 15:57, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

July 2020 at Women in Red

Women in Red / July 2020, Volume 6, Issue 7, Numbers 150, 151, 170, 171, 172, 173 Online events: New: July Julies / Disability / Women from Where? ... and starting for an extended period: BLM/Anti-discrimination Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman / Sports! Help us plan future events: Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversation: Women in Red talkpage Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red / Opt-out of notifications Social media: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter

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Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your continuing efforts to improve the status of women at Wikipedia. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Rosiestep submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Penny Richards as Editor of the Week because of the over 1,200 articles she has created and also for her huge contribution to Women's biographies. She has participated in numerous de-stub-ithons and her collaborative spirit shines through her work. The articles she has created focus mostly on gender and/or disability and are consistently informative and well presented. The subject matter she chooses shows a diverse range that makes Wikipedia richer every time she creates a new article. She has run through the alphabet (A to Z) several times. She also is active in promoting and attending edit-a-thons and Wikimedia events. She is a top editor with a kind manner towards others. She is very active with uploads to Pinterest and social media on behalf of the Women in Red Project. This nomination was seconded by SusunW, Ipigott, Victuallers and Megalibrarygirl.

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 09:27, 19 July 2020 (UTC)