Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/286

In October 2023, Women in Red's geofocus covers women from Sub-Saharan Africa.

We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about notable women from or associated with these countries.

This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are of course also welcome to add articles on any other women who deserve to be covered, for example under the topics of the month or our comprehensive #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 prominent women
 * to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
 * to promote the new and improved articles and images through social media and via nominations to Main Page features "Did You Know?" and "In The News".

What else?
 * Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create month by 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 share any of the articles or images on social media, or successfully nominate for Main Page, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)
A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on our Redlist index. Those main Wikidata lists relating to women of Sub-Saharan Africa are listed below: Add other red links here, if possible with a source:
 * Scientists (CS)
 * Dictionary of African Biography (WD)
 * Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (CS) (GBooks)

Participants

 * Curbon7 (talk) 02:04, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 20:59, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Penny Richards (talk) 18:40, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Dsp13 (talk) 10:19, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Pam D  11:17, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Roundtheworld (talk) 18:03, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Lajmmoore (talk) 20:09, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Kravk (talk) 05:01, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Marluliaq (talk) 12:51, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Outcomes (articles)
Please add the biographical dictionary, if used:

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


 * 1) 🇲🇬 Fatima Achimo
 * 2) 🇳🇪 Jeannette Schmidt Degener
 * 3) 🇰🇪 Susan Murabana
 * 4) 🇿🇲 Lily Monze
 * 5) 🇰🇪🇺🇸 Mwende Katwiwa
 * 6) 🇸🇸 Nyagua Ruea
 * 7) 🇳🇬 Grace Gbotosho (also 284/285)
 * 8) 🇺🇬 Gertrude Nakabira (also 284)
 * 9) Lidi Bessi Kama
 * 10) 🇸🇨 Ruby Malvina - PIN
 * 11) Masséré Touré - PIN
 * 12) 🇺🇸🇱🇷 Laura Holloway Yergan - PIN
 * 13) 🇨🇫 Mireille Kolingba
 * 14) 🇿🇦 Mawa kaJama
 * 15) 🇳🇬 Veronica Openibo
 * 16) Maria de Jesus Trovoada
 * 17) 🇲🇱 Sira Diop - PIN
 * 18) 🇳🇬 Margaret Gentle Harwood - PIN
 * 19) 🇰🇪 Patricia Amira
 * 20) 🇺🇸🇬🇭 Dorothy Vellenga - PIN
 * 21) 🇪🇹🇩🇪 Pauline Fatme - PIN
 * 22) 🇸🇱 Sarah Margru Kinson - PIN
 * 23) 🇿🇦 Audrey Brown (journalist)
 * 24) 🇿🇲 Doreen Mwape
 * 25) 🇨🇲 Germaine Djuidjé Kenmoé (also 284 & 285)
 * 26) 🇿🇼  Monica Mary Ncube

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
 * Add IG after the article if you post in on Instagram
 * Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn
 * Add ITN after the article if it was posted on the main page via WP:In The News

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 - 2023

Event templates

 * Invitation: October 2023
 * Editathon banner for talk pages – Geofocus: Sub-Saharan Africa Template:WIR-286: