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Women in Red March 2025

Women in Red | March 2025, Vol 11, Issue 3, Nos. 326, 327, 332, 333, 334

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 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!

Other ways to participate:

Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications.
Join the conversations on our talkpage.
Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project.
Follow us on social media:

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--Lajmmoore (talk 08:54, 25 February 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

References

^ "Humaniki".

Administrators' newsletter – March 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).

Administrator changes

CheckUser changes

Oversighter changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
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.

Technical news

A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. T376378

Miscellaneous

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.
Following the 2025 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: 1234qwer1234qwer4, AramilFeraxa, Daniuu, KonstantinaG07, MdsShakil and XXBlackburnXx.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:37, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red April 2025

Women in Red | April 2025, Vol 11, Issue 4, Nos. 326, 327, 335, 336

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!

Other ways to participate:

Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications.
Join the conversations on our talkpage.
Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project.
Follow us on social media:

Instagram | Pinterest

--Rosiestep (talk) 13:19, 30 March 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).

Administrator changes

Dennis Brown

Bureaucrat changes

Barkeep49

CheckUser changes

0xDeadbeef

Oversighter changes

GB fan

Moneytrees

Miscellaneous

Sign up for The Core Contest, a competition running from 15 April to 31 May to improve vital articles.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:45, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red May 2025

Women in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338

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.

Other ways to participate:

Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications.
Join the conversations on our talkpage.
Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project.
Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

--Lajmmoore (talk 09:20, 29 April 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).

Administrator changes

Rusalkii

NaomiAmethyst (overlooked last month)

Interface administrator changes

Galobtter

Guideline and policy news

Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.

Miscellaneous

A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:01, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red June 2025

Women in Red | June 2025, Vol 11, Issue 6, Nos. 326, 327, 339, 340

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.

Other ways to participate:

Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications.
Join the conversations on our talkpage.
Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project.
Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

--Lajmmoore (talk 06:03, 29 May 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

[1] "Humaniki".

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