Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/135

 Geofocus: Defunct countries | September 2019

Continuing global initiatives:

September:

August:

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 Welcome!

In September 2019, Women in Red's geofocus in on defunct countries, especially those which were still recognized in the 20th century. Those with opportunities for covering women include Czechoslovakia, Gran Colombia, Hawaiian Kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire, Moldavia, Newfoundland, the Ottoman Empire, Prussia, Rhodesia, Wallachia, Yugoslavia, and of course the Soviet Union. Many others are included in the List of former sovereign states.

Anyone can take part in this event. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about women in all fields of interest in various countries, as well as their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in our initiative. You are of course also welcome to add articles on any other notable women who deserve to be covered, for example under our #1day1woman priority.

The main goals of the event are:
 * to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of some of the world's most prominent women
 * to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
 * to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
 * to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter)

What else?
 * Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create this month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
 * This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
 * If you tweet about any of the articles, or upload any of the images to Pinterest, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

 Thank you!

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)
Red-link lists on women from a wide variety of fields can be accessed from the WiR Redlink index. A selection of those which might be useful for this priority is listed below.

Add other red links here, if possible with a source:

Participants

 * Ipigott (talk) 14:58, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Rosiestep (talk) 14:55, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
 * SusunW (talk) 15:34, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
 * MarioGom (talk) 15:36, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Penny Richards (talk) 17:47, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs 05:29, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Victuallers (talk) 20:15, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Promote our work
Key:
 * Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
 * Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest
 * Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter

New or upgraded articles
Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new


 * 1) Nino Tkeshelashvili
 * 2) Branka Sovrlić (improved, rescued from Speedy deletion)
 * 3) Suzana Mančić (upgraded, rescued from Speedy deletion)
 * 4) Ida Sabo
 * 5) Ana Conta-Kernbach - PIN
 * 6) Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčkova - PIN
 * 7) Antonie Stemmler - PIN
 * 8) Galina Nikolaeva
 * 9) Lebanese French flag.svg Nina Helou
 * 10) Julia Adolfs - PIN
 * 11) 🇷🇸 Gorica Gajević
 * 12) Fəridə Vəzirova - PIN

Did You Know features
New/expanded articles featured in the Did you know... column of the Wikipedia Main page
 * Add here – most recent at the top with date of publication

Outcomes (media)
Add here – most recent at the top
 * Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2019

Event templates

 * Invitation: SEPTEMBER 2019
 * Editathon banner for talk pages: Template:WIR-135: