User:Balance person

I have been a book and periodical editor for decades. Now I am interested in supporting Wikipedia and most especially its balance in terms of rural/urban, gender, heritage diversity and topic diversity. I am not great at the technical side of Wikipedia editing.

Articles created

 * Carol Van Strum (Did you know? 11 April 2022)
 * Women's Report
 * Gerlin Bean (I initiated the idea and then was helped hugely by experienced editors) (Did You Know? 19 July 2022) (Good Article status)
 * Pinwill sisters (with support from experienced editor tidying up for move to main space) (Did You Know? 1 September 2022)
 * Katherine Clerides (with support from experienced editor tidying up for move to main space)
 * Black Lives in Music (with helpful advice on 'orphans' and creating links)
 * The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (novel)
 * Beverley Lawrence Beech (with loads of help especially as to references and citations)
 * Jean Argles (nee Owtram)
 * Patricia Davies (cryptographer) (nee Owtram) (Did You Know? 19 July 2023) After a discussion on the talk page, the article became Patricia Davies (codebreaker)
 * Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly (ceramicist)
 * Vere Hodgson (British World War Two diarist)
 * Elizabeth Myers (author)
 * Léonie Coicou Madiou
 * Chiqui Vicioso
 * Ann Robertson (nurse)
 * Victoria Howard
 * Ada Cole
 * Gessica Généus
 * Pinky Winters
 * Stephanie Haynes
 * Jan Blake
 * Vanessa Lubach
 * Tendai Moyo
 * Ellinor Hinks
 * Norma Gregory
 * Alison Heydari
 * Fran Leeper Buss
 * Maria Elena Lucas
 * Rena Lee

Articles improved to Good Article status
Mary Jane Patterson

Articles expanded from stubs

 * Sylvia Ashton-Warner

Articles started and then abandoned

 * Olajumoke (Jay) Abdullahi and Kym Oliver of Triple Cripples. Though they are amazing, sadly I could not find enough independent sources to continue.


 * Dr Pragya Agarwal. Evidently an inspiring communicator in speech and writing and of complex ideas. Not enough biographical details available to continue.


 * Thelma Gracen. Jazz aficionados rate her singing highly but I could find few traces of her work or biography.