User talk:Penny Richards/Archive 8

September 2019 Backlog Banzai

 * 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)
 * : 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)

DYK for Gwendolyne Cowart
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December events with WIR
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Some baklava for you!

 * 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)

WAM 2019 Postcard
Dear Participants and Organizers,

Congratulations!

It's WAM's honor to have you all participated in Wikipedia Asian Month 2019, the fifth edition of WAM. Your achievements were fabulous, and all the articles you created make the world can know more about Asia in different languages! Here we, the WAM International team, would like to say thank you for your contribution also cheer for you that you are eligible for the postcard of Wikipedia Asian Month 2019. Please kindly fill the form, let the postcard can send to you asap!

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DYK for Marilyn Saviola
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WAM 2019 Postcard


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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)
 * 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)

February with Women in Red
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The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon
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 * I love a destubathon! thanks for the announcement. Penny Richards (talk) 15:06, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary
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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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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!

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

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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
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Mary Wollstonecraft Award

 * 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)

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)

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Digital Postcards and Certifications


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.

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 * 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)

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Editor of the Week
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.

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 * Thank you, I am honored! Penny Richards (talk) 14:50, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The honor is mine. Just a note about the banner I just posted. You will note that "Women in Red" is a red link. At first I was going to fix it so that it was a blue link but realized....it is perfect RED! Best to you and TY for all you do! &#8213; Buster7  &#9742;   16:47, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Images
Hey, Penny! I cleaned up the two images you suggested - couldn't get high-resolution copies, but did the highest I could grab. They're too small to pass FPC, but think they're improved enough to be worth it. Anything else you'd like me to take a look at? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 13:53, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'll keep your kind offer in mind. (I mostly find pretty gritty newspaper images but occasionally something a little nicer comes along.) Penny Richards (talk) 13:56, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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


 * 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)
 * I've seen official records used for birth and death dates of people famous around the middle of their lives, but in the case it was done, it was for scanned records available through Gallica. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 18:13, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Central Business District
Your attention is called to the addition of this display to the article on the Central Business District, Los Angeles (1880s-1890s). Do you have any feelings, for or against? Discussion should take place on that article's Talk page. Thanks. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 05:25, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Invitation
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September Women in Red edithons
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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!

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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.

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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!

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Women in Red's April+Further with Art+Feminism 2018
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January 2020 at Women in Red
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WAM 2019 Postcard: All postcards are postponed due to the postal system shut down


Dear all participants and organizers,

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, all the postcards are postponed due to the shut down of the postal system all over the world. Hope all the postcards can arrive as soon as the postal system return and please take good care.

Best regards,

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WAM Address Collection
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Best,

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WAM Address Collection - 1st reminder
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Nelly Martyl
Not sure how this'll do at FPC - all the images of her had some awkward damage to the edges - but I do like this one. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 03:25, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
 * It's lovely, and it's so much better than the previous image on the article! Thank you. Penny Richards (talk) 14:39, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
 * The answer to how it'd do at FPC seems to be very well, by the way. It's one short of quorum with about a week to go, and universally praised. Ye may want to start thinking of good date for her to hit mainpage. 15:18, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh what happy news to start the week! Well, November 9 is the anniversary of her death, if that's appropriate. Penny Richards (talk) 15:23, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * If it's still free when the nomination concludes, it should be fine. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 16:37, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Six supports now (including you, I see). It's pretty much definitely passing now. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 01:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * By the way, have you seen this? https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6945879n.r=nelly%20Martyl?rk=85837;2 Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 01:07, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I did see that! It's grand! Penny Richards (talk) 01:30, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Remind me to pull that over here tomorrow. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 03:43, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * And now she's an FP, and I still haven't pulled that image over. Drat! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 17:52, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * And now it is. I like my description of her at the planning page of WikiProject Military history/News/September 2020/Articles - It does a good job at justifying her presence there, while being super intriguing. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 18:39, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Excellent! Penny Richards (talk) 18:54, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Template:POTD/2021-11-11 - A little far out, but recognising women's service on Remembrance Day rather appeals to me. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 02:15, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Completely agree, it looks and reads just right. Thank you for all you do! Penny Richards (talk) 02:25, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Ffrance3-regions.francetvinfo.fr%2Fgrand-est%2Fmeuse%2Fverdun%2Fhistoires-14-18-nelly-martyl-fee-verdun-1300913.html She was gassed twice, wounded three times, and collected the wounded from the front lines at Verdun! ....And then just... created the lead soprano role in Jules Massenet's Amadis Holy shit, she's amazing! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 02:33, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

October editathons from Women in Red
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Women in Asia contest
Thanks for Mizuki but articles listed before 1 October will not be taken into account. We look forward to many more in October, November and December.--Ipigott (talk) 17:53, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I think this was meant for someone else? I didn't start the Mizuki article. Penny Richards (talk) 20:39, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry, my mistake. It was of course Mizuki (wrestler) which was listed. But I see that was created by Fixer88. I think I'll just delete it to avoid confusion.--Ipigott (talk) 06:23, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Deborah Marrow
Penny, I hope you do not mind. I have been working on a wiki bio of my wife, Deborah Marrow, for several months. I was just ready to pull the trigger when I saw the bio you did. Your bio is fine but I believe that I have created one that covers a bit more material. You may have noted that the picture you used was one that I took several years ago. Tomorrow is the first anniversary of her death. I am replacing the bio you did with the one I did. Please add some of the references you used and any of the material that I have forgotten. If you are really upset with me, please call me at 310-560-0257. You are incredibly prolific on Wikipedia and you have accomplished much. I have only written a handful of biographies. However, as her husband, I hope you will do me the courtesy of letting my bio of Deb stand. Thank you. Mike McGuire — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drinkingwaterdoc (talk • contribs) 23:26, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi : First, it's a sad anniversary coming up and I wish you a day of comfort and good memories. Mourning under social distance can be so difficult.
 * About the article: you really don't need my permission to edit it (I don't own the articles I start). You may risk running afoul of WP:COI, as a close relative of the article's subject. And of course nothing stands forever on Wikipedia, per WP:LUC; all biographical articles change over time, some quite a lot, for better and for worse (we hope mostly for better). If all your statements are neutral and sourced, they'll have a good chance of staying more or less intact. As you've written Wikipedia biographies before, you probably know all that, but it's always worth saying. I'm not even a little bit upset with you. I'm glad you let me know the backstory. She sounds like a wonderful woman. Penny Richards (talk) 01:58, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you Penny for your kind words. I do know that the bio will change as others edit it. In fact, someone has already jumped in with some good edits. I really like working on Wikipedia. I wish I have had more time to devote to biographies of notable men and women in water history. Perhaps I will be able to devote more time in the future. You are a nice person and it is great to meet you if only digitally. Mike McGuire — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drinkingwaterdoc (talk • contribs) 16:26, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

 * I love tea, thank you! Penny Richards (talk) 18:44, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Women in Red
Congratulations, Penny Richards, for finally registering as a member of Women in Red. You have been on our mailing list since early 2016 but apparently never officially registered. As one of the most active supporters of our goals, it's good to see your name on our membership list. Keep up the good work.--Ipigott (talk) 12:08, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Pauline Gracia Beery Mack
So, uh... was eyeing the Women Scientist articles, saw her, thought she had an interesting career, and the image looked nice, so I'm putting the finishing touches on the restoration now...

And thought I'd see who worked on it, in case it was someone I knew. Well, you can probably guess the result. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 04:44, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Wow, yeah, that was one of my earliest articles. She is interesting! And it will be great to have a restored image of her. Thank you, as always, for your work. Penny Richards (talk) 04:55, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * And there we go! I think she's one of those people who shows how rigorous the readily-dismissed "Home Economics" field could be. She did some amazing research under its banner, which isn't surprising really, once you think about it and realise it was basically where the talented women were getting pushed to. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 05:50, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * She looks fantastic! And you're absolutely right about home economics being far more substantial than many realize. Penny Richards (talk) 13:22, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Doing pretty well at FPC as well. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 02:43, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ...Well, this was a day. Insomnia, and I had found a bunch of good images of women scientists, so... um... I might have done both Mary Jackson and Jeanette Scissum, as well as passing a no-restoration-needed Katherine Johnson to FPC the same day as Mack. Ah, well, good for Wikipedia. Just hope I don't wear down the voters.
 * Ach, do love this kind of work, though. Sorry for talking so much. Just coming down from the Scissum restoration, which was kind of intense in places. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 08:06, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, looks like Mack's passing already! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 18:38, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Go Mack go! Well deserved. Penny Richards (talk) 18:42, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, could you check my dating? It's all detailed in the footnote for the date on the file description page. I think it's pretty convincing. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 19:20, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Checks out to me. The published one you found was also published in a 1941 newspaper, here, which makes sense; she might certainly have had a new portrait made about the time she became director of the Richards Institute at Penn State. Penny Richards (talk) 20:01, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Updated the year and explanation. Good find! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 21:45, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

what to do with some articles
I'd like your opinion on something I've struggled with. There are people who deserve a wikipedia article but of whom there are no biographies. One can gather from diverse sources, sometimes in the hundreds, and tell their story, yet in doing so sometimes the articles get flagged as too long. But on the other hand if one has sources and chooses what to not include then one is not being a fair-minded wikipedia editor who is then picking and choosing among published references. On the other hand this amounts to writing a biography (or at least in that direction depending on how the sources cover a life,) which is sometimes flagged for length while not being able to point out the importance of some event or situation because no source perse might say so. Has there been much thought about this in circles of people writing biographical articles? Examples of things I've done:
 * Mary Hanford Ford
 * John Harrison Mills
 * Maria Montana
 * Nipo T. Strongheart
 * Your thoughts?Smkolins (talk) 10:47, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Smkolins! I'd say longer isn't better with a lot of biographies. Encyclopedia articles aren't meant to be full-length biographies. Editing means making choices. If there are dozens of sources, try to choose the very best dozen (best meaning most neutral, most reliable, according to Wikipedia guidelines on sources). And only include facts with reliable neutral sources, even if that means you may have to leave aside some context or connections that are interesting. Hope this helps! Penny Richards (talk) 14:09, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Penny Richards I don't think it is that simple. I think wikipedia encyclopedic summary goal depends on historically relying on academic sources in such a way as to not infringe on copyright - that forces such articles to depend on summary. Practically, if someone or something qualifies for an article, and there are no published summaries like biographies, then there is no infringement of copyright likely and nothing to really stop wikipedia from being far more detailed save this question of tone which, to me, is a historical hold over. Another reason to look at this more carefully is how much of what has been written about has been dependent on those academic sources which have been subject to biases like de-emaphasizing women, people of color, etc. I would also add that through long experience in wikipedia diverse opinions exist of what is worth a mention and can reasonably be represented in a diversity of still reliable sources so again without unbalancing. I don't see a strong case that wikipedia "editors" should be choosy what to include or not (as long as it is properly citable), as opposed to journal editors or others who should exactly filter what is worthy of mention or not. Indeed I think if professional editors have shown bias that's an even stronger argument that wikipedia editors should not (but still respect reliable source criteria.) But this hasn't been an issue of discussion with others? Smkolins (talk) 15:12, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Smkolins: My main interest is readability. I write and edit for the audience, and I believe the audience for Wikipedia articles mostly wants reliable facts, efficiently delivered, with good sources and pointers for further reading. But, of course, diverse opinions exist; I can't say I've had any conversations with other editors about the ideal length of a biographical article on Wikipedia. I'm sure there's room for some variety on that subject. Penny Richards (talk) 15:22, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It's going to vary by person. I'd say that it can be fairly long, but, if so, the lead really needs to do a good job as a short article in its own right. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 23:49, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Disability in France
I recently approved this from draft, and someone tagged it as needing an image. Want to poke around for one? It seems like most images are parasports competitions held in France with people who may or may not be French, and I've seen a few beggars and one person looking for a miracle at Lourdes. I wish we had a stock photo of a wheelchair user grocery shopping or using a curb cut or something. Feel like looking for a good photo to add? I assume other similar articles also lack images. Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:37, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's a general problem, I think. I'll poke around and see what I can find. Penny Richards (talk) 15:04, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

November edith-a-thons from Women in Red
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Winner WiR October Asia contest
Congratulations, Penny Richards. With 29 new articles, you are the winner of the October contributions to our Women in Red Women in Asia contest. Here is a user box award which you can add to your user page:. We look forward to further contributions in November. Well done!--Ipigott (talk) 10:07, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it was a lot of fun! Penny Richards (talk) 14:18, 1 November 2020 (UTC)