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Online events:

• New: Music (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run A & B | Internet personalities
• Continuing: #1day1woman (year-long initiative) | Women who died in 2024

Announcements from other communities

• Celebrate Wikipedia Day on Jan 15, 2025
• Participate in #1Lib1Ref Jan 15 – Feb 5, 2025

Tip of the month:

• Celebrate WiR's 20% achievement by adding } to your user page.

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Online events:

• New: Black women | Alphabet run C & D
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements from other communities:

• Wiki Loves Ramadan begins on 25 February - a great opportunity to focus on women from Islamic history

Tip of the month:

• Looking for an image? Sometimes you can find openly licensed ones on Creative Commons search

Suggestion:

• Consider helping to promote women under In the news and On this day on Wikipedia's main page

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Online events:

• New: Alphabet run E & F | Artists+Activists | Women of the Arab World
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements from other communities:

• March editathons around the world
• Celebrate Women 2025 office hour series

Tip of the month:

• You can access the Wikipedia Library if you have made 500+ edits, and 6+ months editing,
  and 10+ edits in the last 30 days, and No active blocks

Moving the needle:[1]

• 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)
• 23 Dec 2024: 20.009% (2,041,741 bios, 408,531 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,669 articles during this period!

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Online events:

• New: Alphabet run G & H | Business
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements (Events facilitated by others):

• The European Destubathon – a stub improvement contest/editathon from 1–30 April 2025

Tip of the month:

• When creating biographies, don't forget to use Template:DEFAULTSORT.
  Accessible from "Wiki markup" at the foot of the page being edited,
  it allows categories to be listed under the subject's family name rather than their first or given name.

Moving the needle: (statistics available via Humaniki tool)

• 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,057,083, 412,857 women)
• 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 2,657 articles during this period!

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Online events:

• New: Revolutionary women | Alphabet run I & J
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements (events facilitated by others):

• WikiProject Women in Green - a Good Article editathon from 1-31 May 2025

Progress ("moving the needle"):

• Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period!

• 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women)
• 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women)

Tip of the month:

• Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women
  are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page.

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Online events:

• New: LGBTQ+ | Alphabet run K & L
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements:

• Who are the most overlooked and interesting Women in Red? We've no idea,
  but we're putting together our list of the 100 most interesting ex-Women in Red.
  We are creating the list to celebrate 10 years of Women in Red and we hope to present it at Wikimania.
  We are ignoring the obvious, so do you have a name or subject we should consider?
  Can you suggest a DYK style hook?
  If you are shy about editing that page, you are welcome to add ideas and comments on the talk page.
• The World Destubathon, 16 June - 13 July, 2025

Progress ("moving the needle"):

• Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,492 articles during this period!

• 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280; 415,618 women)
• 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% (2,061,363 bios; 414,126 women)

Tip of the month:

• Every language Wikipedia has its own policies regarding notability and reliable sources.
  Before translating an article from one language Wikipedia into English Wikipedia, research
  the subject and verify that the translated article will meet English Wikipedia's policy requirements.

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Online events:

• New: Alphabet run M & N | Women in Red turns 10 | Kenya
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements:

• The World Destubathon, 16 June - 13 July 2025

Progress ("moving the needle"):

• Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,514 articles during this period!

• 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280 bios; 415,618 women)
• 23 Jun 2025: 20.130% (2,072,236 bios; 417,132 women)

Tip of the month:

• A nuanced article is more useful than a shiny pedestal. Readers can find hope in your subject's survival or achievements,
  but they can also learn from your subject's mistakes and limitations.

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Online events:

• New: Alphabet run O & P | Indigenous women | Film and stage
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements:

• Wikipedia:Developing Countries WikiContest runs 1 July 2025 until 30 September 2025

Tip of the month:

• Read the essay Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities to understand
  the criteria for status as Native American or Indigenous Canadian

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Online events:

• New: Alphabet run Q & R | Women writers & their works | Microstates
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements:

• Wikipedia:Developing Countries WikiContest runs 1 July 2025 until 30 September 2025

Tip of the Month:

• Researching historical women writers who used pseudonyms requires careful investigation across multiple sources, as many women adopted pen names to avoid gender bias and judgment (e.g., being labeled a bluestocking) and, ultimately, to get published.

Progress ("moving the needle"):

• The WikiProject Women in Red homepage is usually updated weekly, using the Humaniki tool. Sadly, Humaniki has been out of action since 23 June.

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Online events:

• New: Alphabet run S & T | Women in STEM | Halloween
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements:

• Sister wikiproject Women in Green October 2025 Good Article Edit-a-thon focuses on What Women Do

Tip of the Month:

• Notable does not always mean admirable; you don't have to like an article's subject to make the article a useful contribution to Wikipedia.

Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via various tools: previously, Humaniki tool; currently, QLever.
Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 6,283 articles during this period:

• 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280; 415,618 women)
• 24 September 2025: 20.20% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,088,533 biographies; 421,901 women)

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Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes.

Online events:

• New: Alphabet run: U, V, W | Asian women
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements:

• Women in Red's Asian women event is part of the global Wikipedia Asian Month 2025 campaign.
  You are welcome to add your contributions to both event pages.

Tip of the Month:

• Verifiability is increasingly important as AI evolves. You should ensure that every statement made
  is adequately sourced. There should be no less than three independent reliable sources for each
  biography, including at least one source for each paragraph.

Progress ("moving the needle"):

• Statistics available via various tools: previously, Humaniki tool; currently, QLever. Thank you if
  you contributed one or more of the 20,473 articles created in the past year.

• 21 Oct 2024, 19.963% of biographies on EN-WP were about women (2,030,245 biographies; 405,305 women)
• 28 Oct 2025: 20.23% of biographies on EN-WP were about women (2,094,677 biographies; 423,778 women)

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Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes.

Online events:

• New: Alphabet run X, Y, Z | Food and drink | Women who died in 2025
• Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements:

• Global Translat-a-thon 2025 06 December 2025

Tip of the Month:

• Lists of deaths by year is a good resource for the December / January meet-up Women who died in 2025

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Online events:

• New: Sports (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run - countries starting with A
• Continuing: #1day1woman ( year-long initiative) | Women who died in 2025

Announcements from other communities

• Wikipedia turns 25! Celebrate Wikipedia Day on Jan 15, 2026.

Tip of the month:

• Consider becoming a new page reviewer to help reduce the huge backlog of women's biographies.

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Online events:

• New: Alphabet run: countries starting with B | Black Women | Works by women: theatre, opera, music
• Continuing: #1day1woman ( year-long initiative) | Sports (year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Join Wikipedia:26 for '26 and create or substantially improve twenty-six Wikipedia
  articles during the year 2026, at least one for each letter of the English alphabet.

Tip of the month:

• Our redlists are a great resource, but not every redlinked subject is notable. Be sure to research before starting a new article.

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