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Women's History and Religion: Editing Wikipedia Pages

California Suffragist Resources

California Suffragists in Need of a Wikipedia Page

5 Pillars of Wikipedia

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia
Wikipedia has a neutral point of view
Wikipedia is free content
Wikipedians should interact in a respectful and civil manner
Wikipedia does not have firm rules

General Resources

10 Rules for Creating Women's Biographies
Checklist to Check Before Creating a New Page
Editing Women's Studies Wikipedia Pages
History Hub
You can type in a question about history and others will help you with your inquiry
Wikipedia Biography Portal
Wikipedia has 1.5 million biographies in English. Only 17 percent are about women.
Wikipedia is not a Directory
WIki Project Women
Wiki Project Women in Red
Women in Red (WiR), is a WikiProject whose objective is to turn "redlinks" into blue ones within the project scope: women's biographies, works by women, and women's issues.

Editing Pages

Stats on Editing Wikipedia Pages

Biography Pages: Gender Breakdown by Language

Articles to Avoid

controversial topics
broad, general topics
well-developed topics without much room to improve
topics that don't have enough sources to work from.

6 Good Article Criteria

Article is well written
Verifiable with no original research
Broad in coverage (no unnecessary details)
Neutral
Stable
Illustrated with images

High Priority Pages

Resources for Images

Creative Commons
Images from the Library of Congress
Library of Congress Public Domain Images
Wikipedia Commons
Images that have been uploaded to wikipedia, you can also upload your own original images

Resources for Researching

Choosing Pages

Wikipedia's Notability Standards

WikiProjects

1000 Women in Religion

Personalizing your Talk Page

Adding User Boxes to your Talk Page