08-16, 04:33–04:45 (UTC), Room 311
Language: English
All the planning for Women in Red's on-wiki events occurs on-wiki at the Virtual Ideas Cafe (VIC). In April 2023, that includes 7 different events, of different scopes and different durations. This session describes the collaborative monthly planning process (i.e., ideas development, task delegation, logo design, newsletter creation, MassMessaging), a discussion of collaborative processes used by others, and a look to a synergistic future.
Women in Red is an on-wiki community established at Wikimania 2015 Mexico City. It is not a WMF affiliate. It has never applied for a grant. Its events are planned at the Virtual Ideas Cafe, an on-wiki space run by Women in Red volunteer editors. No one is in charge; all decisions are reached by consensus.
By July 2023, Women in Red has coordinated 276 different on-wiki events. Events vary by type (e.g., contest, collaboration, annual event), scope (e.g., geography, occupation, alphabet letter), and duration (e.g., 1 month, 1 quarter, 1 year).
In this session, attendees will learn how Women in Red generates and develops ideas; delegates tasks; designs a logo; designs each event's meetup page, redlist, and talkpage template; develops a monthly "tip"; creates a newsletter; assembles the mailing list; and MassMessages every month since its establishment 8 years ago. The session will also describe archiving the previous plans and social media promotion of future events.
Time permitting, a discussion will ensue regarding how attendees develop their on-wiki events. This will address topics such as equity decision-making in the event's scope, planning for metrics (tracking outcomes), planning for training, how to avoid facilitator burnout, and when/why to apply for a grant.
Time permitting, the session will address future collaborative strategies and synergies in alignment with WMF Movement Strategy Initiatives.
Links:
Women in Red: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red
Virtual Ideas Cafe at Women in Red: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Ideas
2030 initiatives: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Initiatives
Everyone can participate in this session
How will you deliver this session? –In-person, live: The speaker or speakers will all be onsite in Singapore
How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration, Future? –This session focuses on a systematic approach to collaborative on-wiki planning for content gender gap events. It has three objectives:
1. Description of Women in Red's approach, which has led to 19.61% of EN-WP biographies being about women (as of July 2023), up from 15.5% when Women in Red was established (July 2015).
2. Discussion of how other communities facilitate a systematic approach to collaborative on-wiki planning for content gender gap events.
3. Synergies and commitments for future collaborations in ways that honor our different lived experiences.