User:Redwidgeon

I am a long-standing, enthusiastic Wikipedian. So far, I have been a very infrequent contributor! But I am now (semi) retired & I hope to be more actively engaged in the Wikipedia community.

I am curious about why so few women contribute to Wikipedia. I personally know of many professional, well-educated women who are retired or in similar situations with time and desire to contribute to good causes, and yet do not contribute to Wikipedia. This is a topic I'd love to explore further as I think retired educators would be a great volunteer resource.

For a full CV, please view my detailed profile in Wikimedia.

My links:

 * My copyediting practice area
 * Great Wikipedia 'missing manual
 * to Wikimedia Meet (videoconferencing). Access credentials in Keep.

Pages & people I watch

 * DocJames: [] James Heilman, MD, CCFP-EM, Clinical Faculty member of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (Clinical Assistant Professor) & active wikipedian in BC
 * Women in Red - open group of editors working to improving content systemic bias in the wiki movement.

Info to keep at hand
User:Yourname/sandbox Then click on the reply you may create the page "User:Yourname/sandbox"
 * To create a new sandbox (call it anything, such as 'sandbox2') enter this in the search box, using your actual username:

Potential starting points for new (or intimidated) editors

 * structured tasks (& Newcomer page, help boxes)
 * Wikidata has a nice starting module
 * phone app to upload photos to Wikicommons
 * Also: list of articles needing photos

Wiki projects & accomplishments

 * Link to my Wikimedia Education Greenhouse Project (an amazing 3-module course showing us how to develop a comprehensive Wiki-related project plan)
 * coordinated the development & publication of article on Metaliteracy
 * began article on Michele Hayeur Smith, archeologist

Things I'd like to study & become a Wikipedia expert about (sometime in the future)

 * Voyageurs
 * Border pedagogy
 * some aspect of train history in Canada
 * (I hope I can add to this list soon)

My educational affiliations
In 2017-2020, worked as a sessional instructor at University of the Fraser Valley

Things I do to help
I have contributed as a juror to the AfroCreatives WikiProject.