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Women in Red March 2025

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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:

Tip of the month:

You can access the [https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/?next_url=/users/my_library/ Wikipedia Library] if you have made 500+ edits, and 6+ months editing,
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Moving the needle:{{cite web |title=Humaniki |url=https://humaniki.wmcloud.org/search}}

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)

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A series of 22 mini-RFCs that double-checked consensus on some aspects and improved certain parts of the administrator elections process has been closed (see the summary of the changes).
A request for comment is open to gain consensus on whether future administrator elections should be held.

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The 2025 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, Arcticocean, Ameisenigel, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, Galahad, Nehaoua, Renvoy, Revi C., RoySmith, Teles and Zafer as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
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Women in Green's May 2025 edit-a-thon

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Hello FormalDude:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Editathon event in May 2025!

Running from May 1 to 31, 2025, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) editathon event – Wildcard Edition! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to any and all women and women's works during the event period. Want to improve an article about a women's rights activist? Go for it. An Olympian gold medallist? Absolutely. A famous painting by a woman? Yes! GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to receive a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

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Women in Red April 2025

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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: ([https://humaniki.wmcloud.org/search statistics available via Humaniki tool])

24 Mar 2025: 20.070% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,057,083, 412,857 women)
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Nomination of [[:Jonah (Kanye West song)]] for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article :Jonah (Kanye West song) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonah (Kanye West song) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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