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Geofocus: Defunct countries | September 2019

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1–30 September 2019

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|data4= [https://www.pinterest.com/wikiwomeninred/september-2019-editathons/ September 2019 editathons]

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• Authority control should be included at the foot of every biography: {{Authority control}}. It will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata.
• Choose applicable Categories including relevant subcategories of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Women Category:Women].
• If applicable, add a stub template at the foot of an article:{{stub}}.

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• {{WikiProject Biography| }} or {{WikiProject Biography}}
• {{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}}:: if born before 1950.
• Editathon banner: {{WIR-135}}

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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.