Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/371
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| Works by women: Scientific works edit‑a‑thon | |
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| Online event May 2026 | |
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| Meetup | 371 |
| Type | Edit-a-thon |
| Series | Works by women |
| Articles | Meetup 371 articles (4) |
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| May-2026-editathons | |
| Hashtag | #wikiwomeninred |
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Works by women: Scientific works
May 2026
May 2026
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Welcome!
Women in Red is running a series of events in 2026 to improve coverage not only of women themselves but also of the works they created. Many inventions, discoveries or products designed and created by women remain undocumented, under-described or entirely absent from Wikipedia. In cases where their creations are on Wikipedia it is possible that their contributions are overlooked, as has often been the case across scientific fields.
This edit-a-thon invites new and experienced editors to help address this gap by creating and improving articles about notable scientific works by women. This could include any kinds of inventions, discoveries, creations, patents, materials, methods or scientific theories.
You are also encouraged to expand coverage of individual works that currently exist only as stubs or mentions within biographies, especially where a woman's contribution has been under-reported. As an example, credit is widely given to Margaret Crane for designing the first at home Pregnancy test, however this page is a lot less thorough than the page for COVID-19 testing.
What else?
- The lists of redlinks below provides inspiration for articles to work on.
- You will also find sections where you can list the articles you created this month and where you can add any images you have uploaded (for example, of freely licensed cover images) to Commons.
- New contributors may find these essays helpful: This essay on writing about women and their works and Ten Simple Rules for Women in Red.
- If you share any articles or images on social media, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.
The main goals of the event are:
- to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating articles about scientific works by 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 scientific works
- to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media
Thank you!
Redlists (lists of possible articles to be created)
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Please also add below any relevant works which you consider notable enough for articles, if possible with reliable sources:
- Button Machine one patent is owned by Minnie S Elliott, looking further, there has been a lot of litigation around button attachment technology. Her husband submitted a patent on the same day, and he also took other button companies to court.[1][2][3][4]
- Scientific Institutions such as The Women's Anthropological Society[5]
- Scientific organisations such as SG Geek Girls [6] or the National Association for Women Entrepreneurs of Malaysia, (NAWEM), [7]
Participants
[edit]Outcomes (articles)
[edit]Promote our work
[edit]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 IG after the article if you post it on Instagram
- Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn
- Add Bsky after the article if you post it on Bluesky
New or upgraded articles
[edit]Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new
Outcomes (media)
[edit]- Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2026
Did You Know features
[edit] | This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Women in Red meetup 371 articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
- ... that Tulasi Srinivas wrote an ethnographic study of beauty parlours? (2026-06-05)
Event resources
[edit]- Please add Category:Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2026 to any media you upload to Commons.
- Invitation: WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2026
- Editathon banner for talk pages: Template:WikiProject Women in Red -
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