Lucy Moore (archaeologist)

Lucy Moore is a British academic who is known for improving the coverage of women on Wikipedia.

Career
Moore is an archaeologist and curator. She also works as an unpaid carer.

Wikipedia editing
Moore became a Wikipedia editor in 2019. Her initial editing focused on soldiers in World War I, but she later decided to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women who are underrepresented in Wikipedia articles.

In 2021, Moore started a project to create a Wikipedia article for a woman from every country in the world. She completed the project in 2024. As of March 2024, Moore has written 533 biographies of women, including Sharbat Gula, Julia Chinn, Jeanne Gapiya-Niyonzima, Ólafía Einarsdóttir and Gloria Meneses.

Personal life
Moore lives in Leeds.